Hola clase!, 

        3rd  grade was announced the winner of the Spanish race in the third quarter! They not only encourage one another to speak in Spanish but used the target language in and out side of  class. HURRAY!!

Pre k –K

The students have review shapes and colors in Spanish, while practicing their basic Spanish routine. All the students are now more familiar with the days of the week, months, weather and even those three special letter in the Spanish alphabet.  The students will continue to practice this routine vocabulary  while working onf body parts in the target language.

Grades 1 – 2

The students have practice how to combined the used on colors and shapes when describing something. They also took a ” non graded test”, there was a 90%  sucess rate! Hurray!!/ They have also review thier Spanish routines. At this point all of the students have shown to master the three letters that are commonly used in Spanish (Ch, LL, Ñ) an give examples of those in Spanish words, the months, the days fo the week, the weather and counting 1 - 30 as part of their Spanish routine!. The students will continue to practice this routine vocabulary while working on body parts  in the target language. 

2nd grade favorite song (watch them in action!)

 Meses del año

Grades 3 – 4

The students have master  the basic Spanish routine. Many of them have succeed at placing the days of the week and months in order, no singing needed!. They have practiced school objects vocabulary and the rules for singular and plural nouns in Spanish (3rd), and how to  use common verbs in Spanish to describe the activites we do at school in first and third person (4th ) . The students will continue to develop their foreign language skill by working on the used of colors as a description, articles used in spanish (3rd), and how to express the kind of seasons and weather while working on the unit “likes and dislikes” (4^th).

 Would like some milk? (watch this short add by Aidan and John – 4th grade)

Quieres leche?

Grades 5- 6

The students have  practiced school activities vocabulary, how to express their opinion according to these activities (5th), clothing vocabulary and  ways to express opinon regarding other peoples clothing.   They also had a great time working with partners during dialogues in order to improve their pronunciation skills. The students will  continue to practice their spekaing and grammar skills while describing people (6th) and talking about familiy members (5th ).

Grades 7 – 8

The students have practiced the used of articles in  house items (7^th grade), and  wrote a book while working on the use of preposition of places (8th). These books were shown to kindergardeners who really enjoy reading them in Spanish and appreciate the work their buddies put into this wonderful project. The students will continue to practice their  writing and speaking skills  by practicing the use of some prepositions, basic used of -ar, -er, -ir verbs (7th) and  how to express like/dislikes and the use of the verb “to want” while talking about food. (8^th).

Hasta pronto,

Señora  Hanson