We are using autorretrato to expand our knowledge on adjectives. All work should have been brought home last week 🙂
I am attaching fotos for your enjoyment!
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SPANISH ADJECTIVES
4th grade is moving rapido while reviewing adjectives. We are compounding on existing knowledge and beginning to explore noun and adjective agreement. We are using games, TPR activities(total physical response), as well as writing to further solidify and reinforce our understanding.
The key rule is to be careful of the differences between Masculine, Feminine, Singular and Plural forms of the Adjectives and Nouns.
Here is a quick review of the key tools discussed today in class:
Adjectives that end in -o have four forms: alto, alta, altos, altas
Adjectives that end in -e have two forms: inteligente, inteligentes
Most adjectives that end in a consonant have two forms: popular, populares (form plural by adding -es)
Latinos Who Changed the World. Presentation week: April 17-21
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.
AfroLatino: El Mes de la Historia Afroamericana
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.
un poco de repaso
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?
feliz regreso a clases :)
Back at school and ready to learn! lunes was a great kickoff to our new lessons. We reviewed learned vocabulary and conjugation of present tense AR,ER verbs.
MLK assembly is THIS viernes and I could not be more excited for the “yo tengo un sueño” video!
We are diving in head first into building their vocabulary. We are learning about how to ask and receive directions in the city. I am attaching some images for your enjoyment.
Here is a video of just before break when we had our FIESTA! DR. K stopped in and did some dancing and limbo with us. I have video to prove it!
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Ser & Estar
Grades 2-5th we are tackling Ser & Estar and using our conjugating charts (AKA Spanish Calculator) to learn how to correctly conjugate.
We are also giving ourselves ¨brain breaks¨ and learning winter and holiday vocabulary 🙂
Kindergarten just incorporated colors, body parts and new winter vocabulary to build snowmen! See attached images below.
I would also like to send out a HUGE GRACIAS to everyone who donated a Spanish book!!! MY heart is overwhelmed, overjoyed and beyond grateful!
Hola!
Welcome back from break! I am so emocionada to be back in classes and to hit the ground corriendo!
I am going to be posting several vocabulary lists below so that you can help your Questie remember the vocabulary 🙂
I would also like to Congratulate all of the selected students for their MLK speeches! Out of the many who auditioned only several were chosen to perform and be in the MLK video.
Subject Pronouns
I am also adding some links so you can see the songs we have learned.
Las Partes Del Cuerpo
Cabeza
Hombros
Rodillas
Pies
Orejas
Ojos
Boca
Nariz
Lengua
Dientes
Barbilla
Mejillas
Cejas
Frente
Labios
Estomago
Ombligo
Dedos
Dedos del pie
Unas
Codo
Brazo
Pierna
Tobillo
Muneca
Cuello
Espalda
Hueso
pelo
Parpados
Pulgar
Muslo
Labios
Cintura
Piel
Sangre
Musculos
Huesos
Feliz Diwali : festival de las luces
I was so excited to participate in last weeks celebration of Diwali! I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the festival of lights. I loved participating in Bollywood dancing, henna, dia making and making rangoli.
I had several people ask me to post pictures of me in a sari so I am attaching the fotos here. I DID NOT do the sari by myself as a very generous parent educated me.
I am very blessed to be teaching at Quest where I can not only share my culture but learn and participate in others. Thank you for sharing!
MLK tryouts were last week and the selected candidates have been notified. We will begin recording the video in the next couple of weeks.
We are also moving into personal pronouns so that we can dive into conjugating ASAP 🙂
I am attaching the video I have been showing in class to help with recall as well.
Muchas Gracias
Words cannot even begin to express how grateful I am to be here at Quest. Celebrating Dia de los Muertos was a great success! I am attaching many pictures for your enjoyment 🙂
We are also taking several class periods to learn and celebrate Diwali! Pictures of Diwali celebrations to follow.
