What is Happening in Spanish in March!!

Que impresionante it is now March!! Can you believe that.

La Clase de Kindergarten


The Kindergarteners are currently learning the animals with a Spanish song called Vengan a Mi Granja (Come to My Farm). They will also be learning the names of places in the community using the question, “¿Donde vas?” and answering, “Voy …” (I’m going to…). They are individually making flashcards that they will be bringing home to practice the themes learned this month.

La Clase de Primer Grado

The First Grade students are reviewing the names of typical places in the community they live in by responding to, “¿A dónde vas?” (Where are you going?) and answering, “Voy a …” (I’m going to..). They are continuing practicing the numbers 1 through 30. The First Graders will also learn action words such as: I’m going to run, draw, color, write, eat, etc., using the phrase, “Voy a …” (I’m going to …).

La Clase de Segundo Grado

The Second Graders are continuing to make flashcards to take home to practice their Spanish vocabulary. As mentioned last month, you can expect to see the flashcards coming home frequently throughout the year. This month, the students are learning, “Tengo …” (I am cold, thirsty, hot, hungry, sleepy, scared, etc.). The Library Specialist (Ms. Simeon) invited the Author Samantha Vamos to school, and in preparation we read one of her books and reviewed the vocabulary. When the kids met the author, they were aware of the vocabulary words. They also completed a worksheet activity relating to the book.

La Clase de Tercer Grado

This month, the Third Graders will be reviewing the numbers 20-80 by throwing a beach ball filled with numbers and trying to say the number in Spanish. They will also learn to say their school subjects in Spanish followed by action verbs. For example, “Voy a la clase de arte para pintar.” (I go to art class to learn to paint.) The students will be bringing home some flashcards that they made themselves for review. I am very pleased that they have been submitting their Spanish homework each week. Thank you for helping to make this happen.

La Clase de Cuarto Grado

This month, the Fourth Graders finished Unit 3 of their program, which included reviewing the days of the week and the calendar using the question, “¿A dónde vas el fin de semana?” (Where are you going this weekend?) The students are looking forward to making masks in the style of the country we discussed in the previous unit, the Dominican Republic. Next, we will start Unit 4: En la Escuela (At School), where we will talk about classes, places in the school, and classroom activities, using the questions, “¿Adónde vas?” and “¿Qué vas hacer?” (Where are you going? and What are you doing?).

La Clase de Quinto Grado

The Fifth Graders did an amazing job with the voice thread activity mentioned last month, thanks to Mrs Sachdeva. It is worthwhile to take a moment to listen to your child and how impressive they sound using their Spanish sentences. The students should have a link to these voice threads. We willl have some other similar activities this year. The Fifth Graders have completed Chapter 2 and are moving on to Chapter 3 in their books “Expresate.” We will continue learning about their likes and dislikes using action verbs with their activities in sports and daily activities, such as, “hablar por telefono” (talk on the phone) or study, rest work, etc.). We will also be talking about the state of Texas and the large Spanish-speaking culture there.

I look forward to meeting parents for conferences this week. If you have any concerns or questions about your child’s progress, please feel free to contact me. Have a wonderful month of Marzo!

Gracias,
Señora Brodahl