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 vocabulary words for winter such as the following: Tengo frio (I am cold), chimenea, nieve, pala, sueter, botas, hombre de nieve, guantes
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.
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.
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.
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.