January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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Poemas Calaveras
Spanish students studied poemas calaveras when studying Día de los Muertos. Poemas calaveras are satirical rhymes which are written during Día de los Muertos. They are meant to make people laugh. Here is an example of a poema calavera written by the eighth grade.
October 2011
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September 2011
3 posts
WatchEl Alfabeto - Octavo Grado
Los estudiantes del octavo grado crearon este video para ayudarles a los estudiantes del NMY.
June 2011
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May 2011
8 posts
WatchLa Mariposa - Sexto Grado
Sixth graders read the book La Mariposa by Francisco Jiménez. The book is about a boy from Mexico who is excited about going to school in the United States until he goes on the bus and realizes he doesn’t understand anything since all the kids speak English. Francisco doesn’t understand anything his teacher says, so he escapes by looking at a caterpiller in a...
WatchCómo Hacer Proyecto - Séptimo Grado
Seventh graders made short “how-to videos” in Spanish. Here is one of the projects by CH. This project had several students dancing afterward.
April 2011
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March 2011
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La Casa en Mango Street Proyecto - Octavo Grado
Eighth graders read La Casa en Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. It was a challenging book for them to read in Spanish. However, they learned many new vocabulary words and sayings. After reading the book, eighth graders wrote stories (similiar to the ones in the book) about their street or school. Below are some of the stories they wrote.
TAB
TN
SAA
CL
DG & MS
Community Meeting
NMY español hosted community meeting on Friday, March 25. Fifth, seventh and eighth grades showed trailers of their movies. Below are the links to their films and mobiles. .
¡Gracias!
quinto (fifth) grado
Sexto (sixth) grado verb mobiles
séptimo (seventh) grado - grupo uno & grupo dos
octavo (eighth) grado - grupo uno & grupo dos
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Pobre Ana - Séptimo Grado
Seventh graders read the book, Pobre Ana by Blaine Ray. The class was divided into two groups and each group decided to make a movie. Grupo uno movie is loosely based on the book, while grupo dos movie is based on the book.
Grupo Uno - MC, BB, AB, SE
Grupo Dos - TR, RL, CH, TR, JG
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February 2011
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WatchLa Familia - Quinto Grado
Fifth graders learned about families a couple of weeks ago. They decided to create a movie based on a family reunion. I believe they included all family members - even a bebé.
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Octavo Grado - Poemas Cinquain
Eighth graders learned how to write Cinquain Poems in Spanish. Poemas Cinquain have five lines. The first line contains a sustantivo (a noun) or title for the poem. The second line contains two adjetivos (adjectives). The third line contains three words using el presente progresivo (present progressive). The fourth line contains una orración o frase (sentence or phrase). The fifth line contains a...
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El Tiempo y Las Estaciones - Quinto
Fifth graders studied all about “el tiempo y las estaciones” in Spanish. After learning phrases and vocabulary in Spanish, the students made a weather report (pronóstico del tiempo).
Grupo 1
Grupo 2
January 2011
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Casi Se Muere - Octavo Grado
Eighth graders read the book, Casi Se Muere by Blaine Ray. The class made a movie based on the book. Both groups had different approaches to their movie. The movies are creative, funny and well-spoken in Spanish.
Click here to watch the movie made by CL, SAR, TAB, DG and MS.
Click here to watch the movie made by AA, TG, TN, and SA.
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December 2010
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