Elementary Spanish News - February 2014
Lower and Middle Elementary are working on a chapter in Spanish about the Human Body. Here are some of the steps and activities that reinforce the vocabulary:
• Practicing with vocabulary flash cards.
• Drawing an outline around another student’s body, then labeling the parts of the body.
• Playing Simon Says or Manos en La Boca.
• Writing a story about a boy who is a vegetarian.
• Discussing the importance of healthy eating.
• Making a play about going to the doctor.
• Singing songs.
• Playing telephone, using words about the body in sentences.
Upper Elementary will be animating their stories as another project. Animation! Two projects using the same story! Clever! Brad Talbott (UE dad) will be the one to teach them how to do animation.
Upper Elementary classes are working with a story called “El Día se San Valentín.” The story works with two tenses, present and future.
Upper Elementary also had fun making up a play about “El Zorro”. We took turns acting out the different parts. Muy Divertido!
• Practicing with vocabulary flash cards.
• Drawing an outline around another student’s body, then labeling the parts of the body.
• Playing Simon Says or Manos en La Boca.
• Writing a story about a boy who is a vegetarian.
• Discussing the importance of healthy eating.
• Making a play about going to the doctor.
• Singing songs.
• Playing telephone, using words about the body in sentences.
As we say and do, “Repetition is the key to learning another language.”
Lower Elementary is working on how to tell time. Our stories are based on a boy or a girl who need to be on time to school.
Middle Elementary students are getting ready to go to a Mexican restaurant to practice our Spanish while we eat together. The students are designing their own menu in Spanish and have made up a play that will take place in a restaurant setting. The story will allow us to work on story-telling elements as well as Spanish vocabulary and proper pronunciation. ¡“ Buen Provecho”!
Early Childhood students have joined Upper School students in a project where each child creates a Spanish book. The majority of the students will donate the books they have made to organizations which serve Spanish speakers, but are unable to afford books. Other students have decided they can’t part with their creations and will take their books home.
Upper Elementary will be animating their stories as another project. Animation! Two projects using the same story! Clever! Brad Talbott (UE dad) will be the one to teach them how to do animation.
Upper Elementary also had fun making up a play about “El Zorro”. We took turns acting out the different parts. Muy Divertido!
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