7 de octubre Continued practice with "los partes del cuerpo" (see last entry). We worked through a cut and paste practice page in which the students were able to label the parts of the body with the Spanish vocab word. This page was sent home. Great job, first graders!
16 de septiembre Our first unit this year is "los partes del cuerpo" or Parts of the Body. We practiced the words aloud in class, and also sent a page home with this information if you would like to practice some more with your child. We will be working on this unit for the next couple of classes.
26 de agosto Today was first grade's first day back in Spanish class! It was great to see all the smiling faces from Room 11 and Room 10! First graders will meet for Spanish once a week, on Tuesdays, for 30 minutes. Please check back for updates including more videos and photos as we learn this school year!!
13 de mayo Check out the pictures to the right, showing some of the first grade students working with their fourth grade buddies in our Spanish room. The first graders created books in Spanish that describe themselves, with some great assistance from our fourth grade friends!
27 de abril First graders have been working hard on completing our Diccionarios, to wrap up our year. These pages contain all the themes we have covered in Spanish class this year so be sure to check out all the pages your child has created!
18 de marzo Took a break from working on our end of the year Journals, and reviewed some of our units with small groups playing our ZAP game! Ask your child how we played!
11 de marzo Continued work in our end of the year review journals (see last entry). This week included a review of Los partes del cuerpo.
4 de marzo We have now begun our end of the year review; we will be making end of the year word journals with all the themes we have covered in First Grade. Our first two pages are a review of Feelings words and los objetos de la clase. We will be working on these the next couple of weeks and these books will be sent home when completed!
18 de febrero No hay escuela, see you next week, first grade!
12 de febrero First graders continued to practice our new Classroom objects words. We practiced with our picture cards and then played a fun partner game to help us learn.28 de enero Celebrated student appreciation day with a fun Spanish game in small groups called ZAP! Ask your child how we played!
7 de enero Today the first graders began our last new unit of the year, los objetos de la clase (classroom objects).
10 de diciembre First graders continue to practice calendar words in Spanish and related vocabulary - today we worked on los meses (months) and these pages were sent home.
2 de diciembre In conjunction with the first grades' Christmas Around the World project in their homerooms, the students discussed the Mexican legend of the poinsettia. We learned about how this plant came to be a symbol of Christmas in many countries of the world. We also read aloud the Legend of the Poinsettia in class and then created our own paper poinsettias to add to the students' traveling "suitcases" in their homerooms.
27 de noviembre We are now learning how to say los dias de la semana, or the days of the week. We practiced our words and then we created a wheel manipulative with this information; this was sent home if you would like extra practice!!
11 de noviembre Took a break from our regular unit to talk about "El dia de accion de gracias", or Thanksgiving! We made special books to take home that included what we are thanksful for ..."Doy gracias por - " as well as some Spanish words for the foods that we like to eat on Thanksgiving.
29 de octubre More practice with los partes del cuerpo. We also had fun with a Spanish read aloud of Eric Carle's popular story "De la cabeza a los pies" (From Head to Toe). The children predicted our Spanish body parts words in the story and acted out the actions we heard on each page. Good job, first graders!
16 de octubre Today we finished up our skeletons (see last entry), working in small groups and we put a Spanish label on the skeleton using of parts of the body vocab. We will use some of these to decorate the hallway outside of our room. We will continue to practice los partes del cuerpo next week.
October 8 No School - Columbus Day!!
October 1 First graders are now moving on to a new unit of words, los partes del cuerpo - parts of the body. We practiced our words out loud, then we got in to small groups to work on a new project with our words. We created skeletons and then labeled their body parts with our Spanish vocab words.
24 de septiembre Today we practiced our Spanish words and phrases in partner groups with a fun picture card game. The students raced their partner to grab the picture card that matched the Spanish word or phrase I said aloud. We finished with a read aloud "Como van a la escuela los dinosaurios? Great job, first graders!!
17 de septiembre Today's first grade classes continued to practice with our Sentimientos vocab. We practiced our words aloud and then in writing by finishing our papers from last week (see last entry). We ended class with a read aloud called "Say Hola to Spanish". 10 de septiembre We have begun working with a new unit of words, los sentimientos, or Feelings! Now we will have much more interesting answers to our ?Como estas? question. We practiced our words aloud as well as with a written practice page that included illustrations.
3 de septiembre Labor Day - no school!
27 de agosto Today was first grade's first day back in Spanish class! It was great to see all their smiling faces! First graders will meet for Spanish once a week for 30 minutes. Our first day included a read aloud of the Spanish story "David va al colegio" and this helped us talk about class rules. The children were able to write down one of the rules in Spanish that we discussed from the book and decorated their paper with a drawing of our amigo David! I am looking forward to a great year! Please check back for updates as we learn this school year!!
27 de marzo The first graders have been working with "los Sentimientos" or Feelings words. We now have many interesting responses to my Como estas? question!! The children worked in partner groups to play a fun card grab game using our vocab. We have also created a mini-book includes these new describing words; this was sent home. This is our last unit of the year and we will soon begin our end of the year review.
28 de febrero Last day of practice with our Spanish Clothing vocab words. Our picture cards have been sent home if you would like extra practice with these words. We also reviewed with a fun game using our box of clothing items; ask your child how we played.
21 de febrero Reviewed our "Ropa" (clothing) vocab with a partner card grab game; ask your child how we played!!
14 de febrero Feliz dia de la Amistad! We took a break from out regular unit of "La Ropa", and the students made Spanish valentines to give to someone special; maybe you got one!!
31 de enero Today's first grade classes went to the computer lab and worked on our fun links section of this website. We were able to practice our Clothing vocab on one of the games, ask your child to show you!
24 de enero The first graders continue to practice Spanish Clothing words, this week with two activities - some written practice pages with our vocab, and then a fun listening practice game in which the students had to race in pairs to grab the vocab word that I said aloud, out of a box full of clothes.
17 de enero We are now beginning a new unit, LA ROPA! (Clohting words). We created mini make and take Spanish books titled "Dia de nieve". These books contain some of our new vocab. We read the books aloud in Spanish and some volunteers even read in front of the class! Feel free to read this mini book at home also.
10 de enero Welcome back and Happy New Year!! The first grade classes continued to practice our days of the week and calendar information in Spanish. We got into small groups and worked through two centers with our dias de la semana vocab. One center was a memory game with our Spanish and English words, and the other was a board game with our Spanish and English words. The first graders are doing a great job!!
8 de noviembre More practice with parts of the body. We played a fun picture card grab game in partners. Ask your child how we played. November 1 First graders worked in the computer lab today to practice our parts of the body vocab. We used the fun links sections off of this website to help us learn these words. Great job, First graders!! 25 de octubre First graders continue to work with los partes del cuerpo. We completed a matching activity in which the students matched the Spanish vocab word to the correct part of the body; this sheet was sent home!
18 de octubre First graders are now moving on to a new unit of words, los partes del cuerpo - parts of the body. We practiced our words out loud, then we got in to small groups to work on a new project with our words. We created skeletons and then labeled their body parts with our Spanish vocab words. These are now decorating the hallway outside of our classroom. Great job, first graders!!
11 de octubre Today we began to learn los partes del cuerpo, the parts of the body in Spanish. We practiced writing our words on a page that was sent home as well as spoken practice saying our words aloud. Finally, we also had fun with a Spanish read aloud of Eric Carle's popular story "De la cabeza a los pies" (From Head to Toe). The children predicted our Spanish body parts words in the story and acted out the actions we heard on each page. Good job, first graders! 4 de octubre Today's class included finishing up our mini-books (see last entry). These books were sent home so feel free to practice the Spanish words and phrases in them at home.
27 de septiembre Today we practiced our Spanish words and phrases in partner groups with a fun picture card game. The students raced their partner to grab the picture card that matched the Spanish word or phrase I said aloud. We finished with a read aloud "?Como van a la escuela los dinosaurios? Great job, first graders!!
13 de septiembre Today we reviewed the Spanish phrases and words listed in last week's entry (see below). We worked on a practice page and used listening skills to select the correct picture to match it. This page was sent home. We also reviewed some of the concepts we learned last year with some of our old favorite Spanish songs.
6 de septiembre In class today, first graders practiced some important Spanish "greetings". The phrases and words we focused on include: Hola = Hello ?Como te llamas? = What is your name? Me llamo... = My name is... Tengo (#) anos. = I am (#) years old. ?Como estas? = How are you? I am .... Bien = Good, Mal = Bad, Asi-asi = OK. Adios = Goodbye. The practice page we worked on with this was sent home. 30 de agosto Today was first grade's first day back in Spanish class! It was great to see all their smiling faces! Our first day included going over some important information such as our class rules, consequences and procedures. First graders will meet for Spanish once a week, on Tuesdays, for 30 minutes. Please check back for updates as we learn this school year!!
24 de mayo Today we rotated through four different Spanish themed centers in small groups. The students worked on a Spanish puzzle pieces matching game, a Spanish vocab memory game, a color by Spanish numbers and a silent reading center with all of our Spanish read aloud books. Bien hecho, first graders! 17 de mayo Played a review game in small teams called ZAP! to help practice our listening and speaking Spanish skills. Ask your child how we played! 10 de mayo Now that our end of the year journals are complete, the first graders got to play a fun review game of Loteria, or Bingo! Great job, first grade! 3 de mayo 26 de abril Completed the last page in our end of the year word journals - los dias de la semana - days of the week in Spanish. Our word journals are now completed and were sent home; please feel free to use this to help your child practice and review at home!! 19 de abril Spring Break! 12 de abril First grade did not meet today; the students were watching the dress rehearsal of our school play!! 5 de abril Today we created another page for our word journals (see last entry). This time we worked with los objetos de la clase, or, classroom objects! 29 de marzo Continued work in our end of the year review journals (see last entry). This time we made a page including our Parts of the Body vocab words.
22 de marzo We are now beginning our end of the year review. We will be making our own word journals with all of our themes from this year. Today we practiced our basic Spanish greetings and common phrases that we learned in the start of the year. When the journals are all finished, they will be sent home with the students. Great job, first grade! 15 de marzo Today we worked in small teams and practiced our Spanish with a fun game of Que lastima! Ask your child how we played. 8 de marzo Shortened classes due to the Outdoor Mass this afternoon. We continued to work with our Classroom Objects unit. el primero de marzo Same as last week (see last entry), except with a few more new classroom objects words. Our picture cards have been sent home if you would like extra practice with these words. 22 de febrero First graders continued to practice our new Classroom objects words. We practiced with our picture cards and then played a fun partner game to help us learn; ask your child how we played! 15 de febrero Today the first graders began our last new unit of the year, los objetos de la clase (classroom objects). We practiced with our new words and then we also took some time at the end of class to try out the portable laptops. The students were very excited to work with the portable computers. 8 de febrero Today the Frist grade students made Spanish valentines to give to someone special; maybe you got one!! Feliz dia de San Valentin! February 1 More practice with los dias de la semana, the days of the week in Spanish. We also spent some class time today reviewing the Spanish color vocab words. January 10 Happy New Year!! We are now learning how to say los dias de la semana, or the days of the week. We practiced our new words, sang a song with these words and then we created a wheel manipulative with this information. Room 8 took this project home, while we kept Room 10's work to hang up in the classroom. December 14 Last day of work with our partes del cuerpo vocab. We did some practice aloud with our words, and also completed a written sheet labeling the parts of the body in Spanish (this was sent home). Finally we finished up our class today with a fun game using our Spanish vocab; ask your child how we played!!
December 7 In conjunction with the first grades' Christmas Around the World project in their homerooms, the students discussed the Mexican legend of the poinsettia. We learned about how this plant came to be a symbol of Christmas in many countries of the world. We also read aloud the Legend of the Poinsettia in class and then created our own paper poinsettias to decorate our hallway.
November 30 November 16 The first graders took a break from our regular lessons to make Thanksgiving greeting cards, in Spanish, to give to someone special. We discussed some of the things we are thankful for, learned how to say them in Spanish and then included that on our cards. The students also wrote a short note of thanks on their cards. !Feliz dia de accion de Gracias! Happy Thanksgiving! 2 de noviembre First graders played a fun game with our vocab that is called "Matamoscas"; ask your child how we played. We also had fun with a Spanish read aloud of Eric Carle's popular story "De la cabeza a los pies" (From Head to Toe). The children predicted our Spanish words in the story and acted out the actions we heard on each page. Good job, first graders!
26 de octubre First graders continue to work with los partes del cuerpo. We completed a matching activity in which the students matched the Spanish vocab word to the correct part of the body; this sheet was sent home!
19 de octubre 12 de octubre First graders are now moving on to a new unit of words, los partes del cuerpo - parts of the body. We practiced our words out loud, then we got in to small groups to work on a new project with our words. We will be creating skeletons and then labeling their body parts with our Spanish vocab words. Then we will decorate the hallway for Halloween with our skeleton posters! Next week, our word list will come home after we finish this new project.
5 de octubre Today's class included finishing up our mini-books (see last entry). These books were sent home so feel free to practice the Spanish words and phrases in them at home! We also took a practice quiz that covered the information in those little books to help review and reinforce the vocab.
28 de septiembre
Today we began making mini books with ALL of the phrases and words we have learned so far (see below). We will finish these next week and send them home. They are doing a great job! 14 de septiembre Today we worked on a sheet to practice the words listed below, and also added some new Spanish phrases to this list. (This sheet was sent home). We learned: ?Cuantos anos tienes? = How old are you? Tengo (#) anos. = I am (#) years old. por favor = please amigo/amiga = friend gracias = thank you Hasta luego = See you later. si = yes no = no We will practice these words all this year along with our other themed based units! 7 de septiembre In class today, first graders practiced some important Spanish "greetings". The phrases and words we focused on include: Hola = Hello ?Como te llamas? = What is your name? Me llamo... = My name is... Tengo (#) anos. = I am (#) years old. ?Como estas? = How are you? I am .... Bien = Good, Mal = Bad, Asi-asi = OK. Adios = Goodbye. 31 de agosto Today was first grade's first day back in Spanish class! It was great to see all the smiling faces from Room 8 and Room 10! Our first day included going over some important information such as our class rules, consequences and procedures. We also sang our Hello song from last year, as you can see in the video. Ask your child to sing it for you!
First graders will meet for Spanish once a week, on Tuesdays, for 30 minutes. Please check back for updates including more videos and photos as we learn this school year!!
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