spanish journal

During the month of November, we will be covering the following topics:

Kindergarten: Numbers & Colors

1st Grade:  Colors

2nd Grade:  Colors

3rd Grade:  Days of the Week & Colors

4th Grade: Months, Seasons & Colors

5th Grade:  Days of the Week, Time, Months, Seasons & Colors

6th Grade:  Days of the Week, Time, Months, Seasons & Colors

7th Grade:  Days of the Week, Time, Months, Seasons, Tú vs. Usted, & Noun Gender

8th Grade:  Days of the Week, Time, Months, Seasons, Tú vs. Usted, & Noun Gender

Use the following sites to answer the True/False worksheet:

http://www.lared-latina.com/sabe.html

http://www.lvccld.org/library/info_guides/nhhm/trivia.html

http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/medal2.htm

We will spend the remainder of October on the following:

• The HORA Y FECHA Unit.  This unit covers time, numbers, dates and months.
• Hispanic Heritage Month activities.
• "Dia De Los Muertos" (Day of the Dead) activities.

We have been working on the Spanish alphabet and the "Sonidos" unit which covers the special Spanish sounds: j, rr, ñ, h and ll.  We also used the following sites to study the Spanish alphabet:

http://www.rocketlanguages.com/spanish/pronunciation_spanish_alphabet.php

http://www.rocketlanguages.com/spanish/pronunciation_spanish_vowels.php

http://www.rocketlanguages.com/spanish/pronunciation_spanish_consonants.php

http://www.rocketlanguages.com/spanish/pronunciation_spanish_accents.php

This year we will be using the BBC's Primary Spanish website to introduce &/or review vocabulary in kindergarten through 8th grade.  Students are encouraged to visit the site often to practice their Spanish pronunciation skills.

We spent the weeks of September 1st and September 8th on the ¡HOLA! unit which covered saying hello, how are you? and goodbye. 

This week, we discussed Mexican Independence Day (September 16) and started working on the YO unit which covers how to say your name, how old you are, and where you're from.  We will continue with this unit next week, as well, and I encourage all students to visit the BBC Primary Spanish website to practice pronounciation and review vocabulary.