Miercoles 17 de diciembre

Estimados Padres,

 

Our last day before Winter Break was busy, productive, and fun!

 

We practiced the words for body parts and related them to the story of the gingerbread man.

 

The children made gingerbread men puppets and took home gingerbread cookies from their teacher.

 

We played the telephone game, Veo, Veo, which is "I Spy" and we practiced the phrases "Yo Soy"  "Tu Eres" "El, ella Es", which are fundamental phrases in any language, meaning "I am", "You are", "He, she is".

 

Until we meet the first Wednesday after the break, please look at your child's notebook and play the CD for them. It will keep Spanish fresher and they will be happy to share with you. I know everyone is busy, but just a suggestion.

 

Gracias, Lucy  331-6050

Miércoles 3 de Diciembre, 2014

Buenos días,

     I want to update your family on our class activities for Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014. Lucy Ruggles was out of town due to family matters and asked if I could sub for her. My birth name is Gabriel Wolff, however, while teaching the Los Chicos group last year it was changed to Señor Lobo, by popular consent. 

     Coming back to teach one of the groups was a real treat. You have adorable children, willing to be linguistically challenged and motivated to learn in a fun environment.

     We begun our class on the 3rd with a round of introductions. Each scholar was asked to introduce themselves, as well as their classmates using the following format:

Yo Soy .....(I am....)

Tú eres.....(You are....)

Ella es.....(She is....)

Él es.....(He is....)

Some chose to use their real names, others their middle names, and some, even used both. I, and they, stuck with Señor Lobo for me.  Ask them to go around the table introducing your family at dinner time.

After this round of introductions, we moved on to an all time favorite game of mine which I played with my four brothers without realizing I was learning anything. It is called Veo, Veo.........(I see, I see........), and goes something like this:

Person #1 - Veo, Veo...                           (I see, I see...)

Person #2 - ¿Qué Vés?                          (What do you see?)

Person #1 - Una cosa                              (A thing)

Person #2 - ¿Qué cosa?                         (Which thing?)

Person #1 - ¡Una cosa maravillosa!       (A marvellous thing!)

Person #2 - ¿De qué color?                    (Of which color?)

Person #1 - Color.....                                (Color.....)

Person #1 chooses (very discreetly) the marvelous non-moving object, then tells the rest of the group it's color. The group (Player #2) takes turns guessing which object it is. The player guessing the right object starts the game again by choosing their own object.

This is a great game for expanding vocabulary and learning colors. Remind the children they can always point at an object if they are unfamiliar with the name and say - Eso (That), Esto (This), Aquello (That, over there).

Your child should have a handout which covers the basics of the game as well as color names.

Hasta la próxima,

Señor Lobo

December 10

We reviewed the game  "Veo, veo". Your chiquito has a paper with the words. The children might enjoy playing it at home. It is like the game "I Spy", using color names in Spanish for the object he/she is "spying".

 

Also, the kids alternate the phrases, call and response. We will play it again on this next Wednesday.

The children colored the body part sheet and said the words of the parts of the body in Spanish. We are trying to learn the song " Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" in Spanish. I gave each child a copy of the song lyrics.

 

The kids so love the "Telephone" game that we played it again at the end of the school day. We also read "The Gingerbread Man" , which references body parts.

 

I hope the children are enjoying their CD's at home and/or in the car. Repetition is key.

I think we will be back in our same room this Wednesday, since we only changed for parent/teacher conferences this one time on the 10th.

 

Thanks for the privilege of working and playing with your chiquitos.

Senora Lucy

19 de Noviembre

Our last meeting before Thanksgiving the chiquitos learned how to say Happy Thanksgiving in Spanish ( Feliz Dia de Accion de Gracias). The colroing sheets of turkeys gave an opportunity to talk about colors again. I bring books in Spanish and in English themed to what we are learning in class. I think the children were very excited to receive CD's with songs they can listen to in the car and at home. I hope you all enjoy learning the Spanish words together! We practice writing some words of things we are grateful for, such as: mi familia, mi comida, etc. The children have showed great enthusiasm for learning more numbers, so they are writing the words and saying the words for numbers up to ten. We will continue to practice those and more!

Maestra Lucy

12 de Noviembre

Buenos Dias, Repetition is so important in learning a language, so we review words and phrases from previous weeks each class session. Your young artists enjoyed coloring Autumn leaves and trees. We began to name parts of the body, which we will revisit frequently. The telephone game was well-receeived again. The kids love writing on white board in a large format, but they understand we are using a teacher's classroom and are showing respect for the space. When they are drawing and coloring, I use Spanish words to describe what it is they are drawing, which accustoms them to the sounds of Spanish words. They are a fun group!

5 de Noviembre

Hola, Padres, Your students are learning greetings and polite phrases. They are also tackling "My name is". They enjoyed coloring a rainbow and naming the colors in Spanish, along with a song about the colors. We played the game "Telephone", in which they whisper a word in Spanish, going around the circle and ending up with the last person saying the word aloud. This can strengthen attention and focus, listening skills, and whimsy! They really had fun with this! Check your student's notebook to see what they have been doing and to reinforce at home what they are working on in the class. Thanks for the privilege of working with your bright youngsters. Sincerely, Senora Lucy Ruggles