All classes celebrated Dِía de los Muertos, a Mexican
holiday, last week. We learned how they
celebrate this holiday and we visited the Day of the Dead table and saw the
typical decorations, food, candy and candles that are usually included in this
celebration. 4th grade saw a
beautiful short video about the relationship between monarch butterflies and
Día de los Muertos celebrations. 5th
grade learned how to make “papel picado” (cut paper) to decorate for the
holiday.
3rd grade
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This quarter 3rd graders are learning
about how to talk about their home. Students
are currently working on drawing the main rooms of their home, labeling them in
Spanish and writing about their homes. They
will be talking in Spanish about their homes and what color their rooms
are.
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Starting next week, students will learn how to
say the words to different places in their neighborhood in Spanish, and we’ll
be doing various activities to practice saying and writing the words in
Spanish.
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The students will also learn about Argentina
later this quarter and what types of geography, culture and foods they might
encounter if they were to visit Argentina. They’ll learn about gauchos, Iguazu
Falls, las Pampas and the vast diversity of geography found in Argentina – such
as rainforests, Andes mountains, and the glaciers of Patagonia!
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Link to Quarter 2 vocab I encourage the students to practice any
vocabulary from Unit 2 during Q2 – 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 or 2.4. Even practicing once/week will help
them!
Link to Quizlet vocab for Unit 2
4th grade
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This quarter 4th graders have learned
direction words like: lejos (far), cerca (near), al lado (beside), enfrente de
(in front of), detrás de (behind). They
drew their placement in their classroom and learned how to say where different
students were located in the room in relation to themselves. They also sketched out their home and
described in Spanish where the rooms are located in relation to each
other. They learned that Spanish uses a
different verb to describe things than to say where things are located, even
though in English it is the same verb – is/are.
In Spanish it is -- es/está --
depending on the context of description or location.
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This week they will create a drawing of their
neighborhood and practice talking to each other about where the places in their
neighborhood are.
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The students will be learning about Paraguay
later on this quarter and what types of geography, culture and foods they might
encounter if they were to visit Paraguay.
They’ll learn about the dry Gran Chaco, the Pantanal wetlands, Iguazu
Falls and Itaipú, the enormous hydroelectric plant that was a collaboration
between Brazil and Paraguay!
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Link to Quarter 2 vocab I encourage the students to practice
any vocabulary from Unit 2 during Q2 – 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 or 2.4. Even practicing once/week will help
them! Link to Quizlet vocab for Unit 2
5th grade
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This quarter 5th graders reviewed
clothing vocabulary and added more detail so that they could describe what
clothing they would wear if they were playing sports or playing with friends,
skiing in the mountains, or if they were at school. They drew people doing these activities,
labeled the clothing in Spanish and then talked with partners about what they
were wearing and if they liked those activities.
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For the next couple weeks, the students will learn
about verb conjugation and learning how to form verbs and why it is necessary
for writing and talking in Spanish.
We’ll be learning this in the context of what activities we do in
certain rooms of our home. For example: Yo como con mi familia en el
comedor. (I eat with my family in the dining room.) Nosotros preparamos la comida en la cocina. (We
prepare food in the kitchen.)
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Later this quarter the students will get to
create their ideal neighborhood and will use their neighborhood to talk about
places in Spanish.
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The students will be learning about Spain later
this quarter and what types of geography, culture and foods they might
encounter if they were to visit Spain.
They’ll learn how Spain is where Spanish originated, some distinctions
in how they speak in Spain v. other Hispanic countries. They’ll also learn about the flamenco dance,
bull fights, the Alhambra, and the Sagrada Familia Basilica, a famous building
in Barcelona that has been in the process of being built since 1882.
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Link to Quarter 2 vocab I
encourage the students to practice any vocabulary from Unit 2 during Q2 – 2.1,
2.2, 2.3 or 2.4. Even practicing
once/week will help them! Quizlet 5th vocab practice
