Category Archives: 5TH

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quinto grado

  By anaisoliver • August 28, 2017 ,

5th grade burst into the classroom with much anticipation and excitement! We went over classroom expectations and had a lot of fun exploring Spanish language differences. We explored everything from accents and pace all the way to Spanish greetings.

We also reviewed the pledge, which they are expected to have memorized by the end of the month.

I am also adding an extra special book to the 5th grade curriculum this year, Esperanza Rising. For those of you who have not read this book, go to your local biblioteca and borrow it! It is a moving story about Esperanza and how sudden family tragedy strikes and they are forced to flee their farm in Mexico. They take up residency in a camp for Mexican farm workers. Esperanza isn’t ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When their new life is threatened, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances. Every Friday we will read this book for 10 minutes at the end of class. As we dove into the book I could see the angst and pressing interest on each student’s face.

As always, feel free to reach out to me with any questions. Have a feliz lunes!

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Bienvenidos al Mundo Hispano

  By anaisoliver • August 22, 2017 , , , , , , , ,

This year I have the great problem of way too many ideas of what to do on the first day of school.

I could not be more excited about beginning another school year of teaching PreK-5th! Spanish is so importante and I am blessed to be able to teach the language and culture.

Allow me to give you a glimpse into the first day of class!

BEFORE CLASS – A Spanish Pandora Station will be playing to acclimate them to the LATINO climate of my classroom
GREET – I greet all students at the door in Spanish with a smile and a seating card. I will ask their name in Spanish, modeling “Me llamo Senora Oliver” “¿Cómo te llamas?”
INTRO MYSELF – I will introduce myself using a PPT in Spanish with a lot of actions, movement and enthusiasm.
¿y tú? – I will ask each student what language is spoken at home
CIERTO O FALSO – We will play a fun game about common misconceptions about the Spanish language and the people who speak it
REFLECT – We will talk about expectations within the classroom and throughout Quest Academy

Next week is Meet the Teacher Night and I will handing out curriculum outlines for each specific grade. If you are unable to attend please email me and I can send it to you!

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AR, ER, IR Verbs

  By anaisoliver • May 3, 2017

Moving fast toward the end of the year! Attached is the current lesson we have been working on since presentations ended. For those parents who requested copies of their students speech, they have all been sent out 🙂

In Spanish, there are three categories of verbs. The category is determined by the last two letters of the infinitive:

-ar verbs (like hablar)
-er verbs (like comer)
-ir verbs (like vivir)

The infinitive is the base form of the verb, such as to speak, to eat, to live, etc. In Spanish, all infinitives end in -ar, -er, or -ir.

To conjugate a verb means to manipulate the infinitive so that it agrees with the different possible subjects. Here is the present tense conjugation of the infinitive “to speak”:

I speak
you speak
he speaks
she speaks
we speak
you-all speak
they speak

Many Spanish verbs are completely regular, meaning that they follow a specific pattern of conjugation. In their lessons they will learn to conjugate regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs (in the present tense). Before we can do that, we must memorize the following subject pronouns.

yo (I)
tú (you – informal)
él (he)
ella (she)
usted (you – formal)
nosotros/nosotras (we)
vosotros/vosotras (you-all – informal)
ellos/ellas (they)
ustedes (you-all formal)

EXAMPLES:
yo hablo (hablar – ar + o = hablo)
I speak, I am speaking, I do speak

yo como (comer – er + o = como)
I eat, I am eating, I do eat

yo vivo (vivir – ir + o = vivo)
I live, I am living, I do live

I am attaching two song videos to help them memorize the endings.

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Spanish Presentations NEXT WEEK!

  By anaisoliver • April 11, 2017 , , ,

Presentation week is upon us! I am excited to see the projects the students have been working so hard on!

We have been working on this presentation since late January. I anticipate being blown away by their efforts. All students are to dress formally for their presentation. If they are doing a reenactment they may dress as their chosen person.

Students should be working on this project at HOME to memorize! NO inglés

I sent out an email with the specific days that students will presenting for your convenience.

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Adjetivos

  By anaisoliver • March 16, 2017

Last week students chose a nombre from a sombrero of who they would illustrate in their class and then write positive ADJECTIVOS surrounding the image.
Upon completion they presented them to their respective persons.

Adjective Agreement

In Spanish, adjectives must agree with the noun (or pronoun) they describe in gender and in number. This means that if the noun an adejective describes is feminine, the adjective must be feminine, and if that same noun is also plural, the adjective will be feminine AND plural as well.

Descriptive Adjectives

Adjectives are usually listed in their masculine singular form in dictionaries, so it is important to know how to match these masculine singular adjectives to whatever noun you happen to be describing. Most adjectives end in -o, -e, – or a consonant in their singular masculine forms. Below you will find the rules for matching these adjectives to their respective nouns in gender and number.

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Latinos Who Changed the World. Presentation week: April 17-21

  By anaisoliver • February 24, 2017 , , ,

I. Overview

Your student will be researching the life and contributions of a famous Hispanic; living or dead. This will result in an oral presentation. Students will use class time to prepare every other week on a rotating basis.
They will present the information en Español ONLY. They may make a poster, Prezi, GLOGSTER, Wevideo, PowToon, PowerPoint/Slides to enhance their speech presentation. Presentations will be a minimum of a minute and a half of memorized content. Their presentation will include:

1. El nombre de la persona
2. La profesión
3. País de Origen/ Nacionalidad
4. Por lo menos una foto de la persona
5. 6-8 características necesarias para la profesión
6. Diga por qué esta persona es famosa (más que lo que sea conocido)

II. Purpose

Learning another language extends much further than simply learning the grammatical structure. This project gives them the opportunity to learn about the culture and history of Hispanic Heroes. Your student chose an individual from a list that included writers, painters, poets, activists, politicians, musicians, athletes, and actors. With this project, they will not only increase cognitive flexibility but showcase their accents and knowledge gained throughout the year.

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AfroLatino: El Mes de la Historia Afroamericana

  By anaisoliver • February 15, 2017 , , , , , ,

We’ve been diving into febrero learning all about the afrolatino connection. Ask your students all about it!

In the lemur classroom we are wrapping up learning about the rain forest. It was a lot of cross curricular fun! The students learning extensive vocabulary and built on their existing knowledge of animals. I was able to talk to them about my experience in the Guatemalan rain forest and share the true story of my sister getting attacked by a mono.

In the Kindergarten classrooms we are diving into the Spanish alphabet. What letras make different sounds in English and Spanish? How many more letras are there in the Spanish alphabet? We’ve also begun spelling while using our “Spanish brains.”
For El día del amor y la amistad we did a fun activity figuring out how many sílabas were in the words.

1st grade is learning frutas while incorporating colors. We are also spelling in Spanish and doing matemáticas. We just finished a unit on organos internos. All students finished an extensive life size drawing of all partes del cuerpo, they worked hard so we hope you appreciate them!

2nd grade wrote very sweet cartas for El día del amor y la amistad for faculty and staff, 50/50 en espanol y ingles. They have also been hard at work researching for their end of year projects. More info on projects to come.

3rd and 4th are learning adjectives to build on their conjugating understanding. It has been difficult but they are persevering!
I will attach a list of adjectives below that they have been learning.

5th grade is learning adjectives, present tense conjugating, classroom objects and chores. We are also hard at work on our end of year projects.

I am working on separating my blog into grade sections so I can add pictures and videos specific to classes. As always, it is a pleasure to teach Quest estudiantes.

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un poco de repaso

  By anaisoliver • January 18, 2017 , , , , , ,

Los Días, Los Meses, y Las Estaciones:

Los días de la semana: – days of the week

el día: the day

el lunes Monday

el martes Tuesday

el miércoles Wednesday

el jueves Thursday

el viernes Friday

el sábado Saturday

el domingo Sunday

Las estaciones del año The seasons of the year

el verano Summer

el otoño Fall

el invierno Winter

la primavera Spring

Los meses del año: The months of the year
El mes The month

1) enero 7) julio

2) febrero 8) agosto

3) marzo 9) septiembre

4) abril 10) octubre

5) mayo 11) noviembre

6) junio 12) diciembre

What day of the week does a Hispanic calendar begin with?

Besides spelling, what do you notice about the days in Spanish?