El Cuerpo - Quinto Grado
Fifth graders learned the body parts in Spanish with an exciting activity.
Friends in Guatemala - Cuarto Grado - Room 12
Fourth graders in room 12 had the opportunity to Skype with students in Guatemala from the Colegio Americano del Sur. We have a neat connection with these students since one of our former teachers is working at this school. For our first meeting, students prepared questions to ask their new friends. Eventually, we will become pen pals as well as collaborate on a project.
Países Hispanohablantes - Cuarto Grado
Fourth graders learned about Spanish-speaking countries, países hispanohablantes. Each group chose a country and researched five facts they found interesting about their country. Students presented their facts to the class. Projects included clay models, posters, origami animales, Keynotes and wearing traditional clothing. Some of the countries included were Guatemala, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Chile, México, Costa Rica, Perú and Honduras.
Verbos, Emociones y Preposiciones - Sexto Grado
Sixth graders finished a unit on regular -AR verbs, emotions and prepositions. To tie them all together, students created projects to reinforce their learning. Here is an example of one of the projects created by a group of students.
Haciendo los Tamales - Quinto, Sexto y Octavo Grado
NMY students were fortunate to have AC’s mom and grandmother teach us how to make tamales. Prior to making tamales, students learned about the history and traditions of tamales as well as their ingredients (hoja de plátano, hoja de maíz, ajonjoli, chilé, tomatillos, pollo, queso, etc). Last Friday, each student made one Mexican and one Guatemalan tamale. ¡Muchas gracias a Vicky y a Doña Amparo!
Los Diseños - Cuarto Grado
Here are pictures of some fourth grader’s diseños (maps of their ranchos).
Los Ranchos - Cuarto Grado
In conjunction with their studies of ranchos in their homeroom class, fourth graders have been working on ranchos in Spanish too. Each student created a Spanish name for themselves as a ranchero/ranchera. They also created a Spanish name for their rancho. Last week we learned about diseños (maps of ranchos) and learned some Spanish vocabulary such as colina (hill), montaña (mountain), rio (river), lago (lake), camino (path), árbol (tree), and puente (bridge). Next week, students will be drawing a diseño of their rancho. Stay tuned for more photos!
El Tiempo y Las Estaciones - Quinto Grado
Fifth graders learned all about the weather and the seasons in Spanish this week. They also gave a pronóstico del tiempo (weather forecast) for a particular estación (season).
Los Verbos con -AR - Sexto Grado
Sixth graders spent the last week studying regular -AR verbs in Spanish. They learned how to conjugate the verbs in all six forms, learn their meanings, and use them in sentences. They played several verb games which created lots of excitement in the classroom!
La Ropa - Quinto Grado
Two weeks ago fifth graders studied clothes, la ropa, in Spanish class. After the unit students created projects based on their learning. Students made clothes for a small mannequin, created Spanish T-shirts, interviewed others and asked what they were wearing as well as made an instructional video all about la ropa.
