January News from the Spanish Class!

La Clase de Kindergarten
What are the kindergarteners learning this month in Spanish?
We are learning the months of the year with a Spanish song, followed by the seasons. We will also be learning to say phrases such as the following: Tengo frio (I am cold), Tengo calor (I am hot), Tengo hambre (I am hungry), Tengo sueño (I am sleepy), Tengo miedo (I am scared), etc.

La Clase de Primer Grado
What are the First Graders learning in Spanish?
The students are reviewing the parts of the human body along with the parts of the penguin’s body for comparison. We are also going to practice action verbs that humans perform in addition to those that penguins can do to. For example, Yo camino (I walk),El pinguino camina (A penguin walks), etc.

La Clase de Segundo Grado
This month the Second Graders will learn the animals and learn how to describe their favorite animals. They will be using adjectives to describe the animals. They will learn how to ask questions such as: ¿Como es? (What is it like?) and ¿Qué color es? (What color is it?). They will also practice the numbers during an activity that involves catching a beach ball containing numbers.

La Clase de Tercer Grado
This month the Third Graders will be reviewing vocabulary related to the months of the year and identifying different sporting activities such as the following: I am going to ski (Voy a esquiar), I am going to skate (Voy a patinar), I am going to fish (Voy a pescar). They will also review and identify the seasons.

La Clase de Cuarto Grado
This month the Fourth Grade classes are practicing questions such as the following: ¿A dónde vas? (Where are you going?), ¿Cuando vas a la…? (When do you go to the..?), using their weekly class schedules. A related activity includes the students walking around in the classroom asking each other similar types of questions.

La Clase de Quinto Grado
This month the Fifth Graders will learn to ask what someone is like, (¿Cómo eres?) and describe someone (¿Cómo es?) They will ask about ages and birthdays: ¿Cuantos años tienes? (How old are you?) ¿Cuando es tu cumpleaños? (When is your birthday?) They will also talk about what others like and dislike ¿Qué te gusta? (What do you like?) ¿Qué no te gusta? (What don’t you like?).