We've had a lively first week of Spanish. The students learned a song to sing at the beginning of each Spanish class - it's called "La Mar Estaba Serena" and it means -- "the sea was calm". The rest of the song is jibberish, intended to have the students practice their vowel sounds in a fun way. Ask them if they'll sing it for you -- the "u" sound is especially fun.
The students also learned 3 tonguetwisters (trabalenguas) in Spanish. They really took to 3rd one -- and had contests seeing how fast they could say it!
I am speaking primarily Spanish in class. If the student has a question, they are allowed to ask me in English as long as it is related to what we are learning about, and I will answer them in Spanish or English depending on the type of question. Although my desire is to use almost all Spanish, I sometimes use English for clarification purposes. As for basic things like going to the bathroom, or getting a drink of water, the school uses sign language for these sorts of things to facilitate flow of class teaching time so I also have the students use this sign language instead of having them say it in Spanish.
If you want to automatically receive my blog posts, please sign up on the subscription on the bottom left of my blog: http://accspanish345.blogspot.com/
If you have any questions, please let me know how I can help. The best way to get in touch with me is by email -- vwatne@archwaychandler.org I check email daily, and I will get back to you within 24 hours. If your student has an extra question that takes some time to explain, I would suggest they ask their homeroom teacher if they can come by my office at Lyceum which is at 12:45-1:15pm daily.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNED:
3rd/ 4th grade --- Monday/Thursday classes
- Have all materials bought and in class: Spiral notebook & zip folder (all worksheets should be glued in the spiral notebook by now)
- Have parents sign contract (Due Thurs 8/10)
- Say tonguetwisters to parents and have them sign tonguetwister sheet (Due Mon. 8/14)
- Students will receive the new Quizlet vocab 1.1 and will need to get on quizlet to practice the words or make flashcards for the new vocab words (Due Thurs. 8/17)
- Spiral notebook checked (Due Thurs. 8/17)
5th grade - Tuesday/ Friday classes
- Have all materials bought and in class: Spiral notebook, zip folder (all worksheets should be glued in the spiral notebook by now)
- Have parents sign contract (Due Fri. 8/11)
- Say tonguetwisters to parents and have them sign tonguetwister sheet (Due Tues. 8/15)
- Get on Quizlet 1.1 and start practicing the new vocab words or make flashcards for the new vocab words (Due Tues. 8/15)
- Spiral notebook checked (Due Fri. Aug. 18)
UP-COMING WEEK
- By this Thurs. or Fri. I will be checking all students Spiral notebooks (and giving a completion grade) to be sure they have their materials and have glued everything, and have their tonguetwister and Quizlet vocab sheet signed.
QUIZLET LINK: (Look for your grade level and click Vocabulary 1.1 )
https://quizlet.com/ACCSpanish345/classes
Trabalenguas (Tonguetwisters)
RR
Erre
con erre, guitarra;
erre
con erre, barril:
rápido ruedan los carros,
rápido el ferrocarril.
rápido ruedan los carros,
rápido el ferrocarril.
LL
Llueve
todo el día,
Llueve
sin cesar,
lluvia deja de mojar,
lluvia deja de mojar,
Para
poder jugar.
ñ
Pepe
Piña pica papa. Pica papa Pepe Piña.
La mar estaba serena
La
mar estaba serena.
Serena
estaba la mar.
La
mar estaba serena.
Serena
estaba la mar.
“A”
La
mar astaba sarana,
Sarana astaba la mar.
La
mar astaba sarana,
Sarana astaba la mar.
“E”
Le
mer estebe serene,
Serene
estebe le mer.
Le
mer estebe serene,
Serene
estebe le mer.
“I”
Li
mir istibi sirini,
Sirini
istibi li mir
“O”
Lo
mor ostobo sorono,
Sorono
ostobo lo mor.
“U”
Lu
mur ustubu surunu,
Surunu
ustubu lu mur.
