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Noticias del aula de español -
News from the Spanish classroom
Noticias del aula de español -
News from the Spanish classroom
Los Buenos Modales : Good Manners
Los Buenos Modales : Good Manners
Intermediate students got to remind each other about our manners vocabulary, how to say them, when to use them, and best practices for being polite citizens in the Spanish language. We also had many laughs as the kids went above and beyond on the fun in their skits. Take a look at some of the action and ask your child which words we were focusing on, they did great!
5th grade having fun being polite!
Carefully working to include all terms.
Really selling the action for clarity!
Including the whole group in the fun!
4th grade actors working hard!
Whole group participation.
Planning how to include all the terms.
Making the action believable!
Student Language Agreement Update 25-26.docxIntermediate Language Agreement
Intermediate Language Agreement
Profesora se dice (Lang agree).pdfClassroom Directions
Classroom Directions
The above documents will help your intermediate student understand more about the Spanish program expectations and how to be successful in class. Grades are focused on participation and progress not on perfection. I will not be assigning homework although home practice using the above documents, resources on this site, and apps like DuoLingo are all encouraged!
Comparing Perú & Alaska
Comparing Perú & Alaska
Students are working hard to make meaning with vocabulary cards building stories about the two places from iconic dogs to iconic foods. Ask your child about some of the ways we have compared the two places. What are they hoping to create for their end of quarter project? Students have a broad goal for synthesizing their knowledge so that they can create unique illustrated writing about varied aspects we have studied.
Students bind terms to meaning
Students bind terms to meaning
Students build pairs at their table and stories about what the words mean in relationship to one another. Some creating moveable Venn Diagram like structrues to model their understanding of things that Alaska and Peru share and things that are unique to each place.
Sharing knowledge
Sharing knowledge
Table groups work together to pair vocabulary to icon imagery of the meaning binding their knowledge of the term with what the word represents. Each student learns in their own way and together they work quickly to share knowledge and pair all cards, even new vocabulary as we progress in student interviews.
A sample paragraph we built together
A sample paragraph we built together
Using personalized questions to learn more about one another we also learn grammar structures and how to discuss various foods from around the world. We also identify how many staples of the world diets are foods originally domesticated in the Americas such as potatoes, tomatoes, avocados, corn and pumpkins.
La gratitud de quinto grado
La gratitud de quinto grado
Stella
Stella
5th grade students integrated comparison language más que/menos que and connection terms such as también/tampoco to talk about their gratitude inrelationship to others.
Sammy
Sammy
5th grade students used illustrations to create visual supports for their writing and to focus their attention on that for which they are grateful.
Eloise
Eloise
5th grade students learned how to diversify their sentences using two different phrases for expressing gratitude. Each phrase doy gracias por/estoy agradecida por allows for readers to enjoy variety in the work.
La Causa Peruana
La Causa Peruana
A popular Peruvian dish that students learned to make in class this October as part of our world language program exploration of cultures in the Spanish speaking world. Take a look at their hard work!
A popular Peruvian dish that students learned to make in class this October as part of our world language program exploration of cultures in the Spanish speaking world. Take a look at their hard work!
Ellos pelan papas.
Ellos pelan papas.
They peel potatoes. This helps prepare the 'pure de papas' for the base of this dish.
Ellos pican jitomates.
Ellos pican jitomates.
They chop tomatoes for the protein mixture, tuna or chicken based, using their knives with focus and care!
Ellas están felices.
Ellas están felices.
They are happy with their final product as well as their teamwork to get it made!
El baile Llamerito : Mr. Ring's class dancing with glee
El baile Llamerito : Mr. Ring's class dancing with glee
These dancers participated with their best efforts and great llama spirits.
These dancers participated with their best efforts and great llama spirits.
Watching my video from my visit to The Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo
Watching my video from my visit to The Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo
El baile Llamerito : Mr. Campbell's class dancing with joy
El baile Llamerito : Mr. Campbell's class dancing with joy
Watching and practicing with great effort!
Watching and practicing with great effort!
Practicing without having to watch like experts!
Practicing without having to watch like experts!
El baile Llamerito : Mrs. Woolfenden's class dancing with delight!
El baile Llamerito : Mrs. Woolfenden's class dancing with delight!
Being risk-takers and encouraging each other to participate with best effort.
Being risk-takers and encouraging each other to participate with best effort.
Practicing the bigger movements with confidence and cheer.
Practicing the bigger movements with confidence and cheer.
Los pompones Peruanos
Los pompones Peruanos
Our 4th and 5th grade students are creating props for the Peruvian dance we will learn. They are using yarn, a main staple in the Peruvian culture from the llama, alpaca, and sheep. I spent three days at a weaving cooperative in Peru this summer learning traditional back strap weaving, knitting, and how to make these adornments found in schools, restaurants, homes, and used in traditional dances. Take a look at our progress!
Blaise
Blaise
This is the start of a pompom string used in the dance el llamerito and many others. He is improving his knot tying with each step!
Mallory
Mallory
Mallory is trying on another pompom to her rope she created using the double spinning technique I learned in Chinchero.
Ali
Ali
Ali is pushing himself to have as many pompoms as he can fit and using his creativity to increase eye catching colors!
Los Buenos Modales
Los Buenos Modales
Students are working to create essential agreements in Spanish class and one idea that came up often was the desire to use as much Spanish as possible. These kids! One great way to start with this is to have basic good manners vocabulary at the ready. Take a look at this slide show with your child to help them be ready to use them at any time. We are working on skits to present to one another and I'll share the highlights here, thanks for visiting!
Hispanic Heritage Month:
Sept 15th-Oct 15th
Hispanic Heritage Month:
Sept 15th-Oct 15th
Dolores Huerta: a Hispanic American Icon
Dolores Huerta: a Hispanic American Icon
5th and 6th grade students are learning about Dolores Huerta using our question words and simplified conversational language. We began exploring how to read for information as well and students will begin their own investigations into other Hispanic icons before the month is over. Ask you student about who they are learning about, what they remember about Dolores Huerta and what question words they can recall or practice with the below slide show.
Preguntas:Questions
Preguntas:Questions
This slide show gives you an opportunity to practice connecting the Spanish language question words and the meaning with an icon. This helps your brain construct meaning directly in the Spanish language. We use these images and words in a matching warm up activity and if you can practice at home your child will be more prepared to engage and support the learning of others too!
Student manners vocabulary illustrations from last year!
Student manners vocabulary illustrations from last year!
Showing care & good manners
Showing care & good manners
O no! Even in Spanish we can want all the cake for ourselves
O no! Even in Spanish we can want all the cake for ourselves
Taking responsibility for accidents is important in all languages!
Taking responsibility for accidents is important in all languages!
Showing mutual respect for others and their space is essential everywhere.
Showing mutual respect for others and their space is essential everywhere.
Professional Development!
Professional Development!
2023 began my journey toward becoming a National Board Certified Teacher of Spanish. It is described as the best professional development experience you can create for yourself, and also the most grueling. This school year (24-25) I will be studying to sit an exam on pedagogical knowledge and content area knowledge. It should be an exciting process with many language acquisition philosophies to understand better. I'm grateful for the learning opportunity!
Anaya Latin Dance Cultural Heritage Grant Visitors
Anaya Latin Dance Cultural Heritage Grant Visitors
In the fall of 2022 I was awarded a grant to provide cultural enrichment to our World Language Program. We had fun and our intermediate classes were brave risk-takers as they learned new dance moves listened to new music and moved their bodies in new ways together with Anaya Latin Dance.
Thanks to the Inlet View PTA and the Alaska State Council for the Arts for your support!
Mrs. Mendoza
Mrs. Mendoza
Our 4th grade class were resilient after their very special overnight in Seward they came back to school and got right into Anaya Latin Dance lessons.
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Campbell
The 5th graders were engaged and playful as they tried new dance moves and asked many questions about the history of each dance.
Mrs. Park
Mrs. Park
Our older students in 6th grade embraced the challenge of dancing in new ways and with new types of music.
Cartas de gracias
Thank you letters for Anaya Latin Dance
Cartas de gracias
Thank you letters for Anaya Latin Dance
Students reflected on their experience with Ciro and Liz Anaya thinking about four big ideas: what I learned, what I liked, what I wonder, what I want to do next time. In Spanish we say: Yo aprendí..., Me gustó... Me pregunto..., La proxima vez quiero...
4th grade Lucy G.
4th grade Mason M.
4th grade Reed L.
6th grade Anthony
6th grade Kathleen
6th grade Ben
Bromas en español
Bromas en español
Jokes in Spanish! What could be more fun than this? Take a look at some of these silly jokes using basic vocabulary, while we might not have learned it all yet I bet you can make meaning out of them. Practice telling them and then share them with a Spanish speaker you know - there are many of us right here at school! Señor C., La directora Señora Ahrens, Señora Mendoza, y yo!
This site SpanishPlayground.net has a wide variety of activities to keep you thinking and learning about Spanish. Try them out!
A wonderful way to make language practice successful is for it to be fun. These are two free applications that I have found to be simple, fun, and encouraging. Take a look at them both and see if one might be a good fit for your learner. There are others out there too and if you try one that you love please let me know!
This is a program just for mobile devices, it is available for download for Apple and GooglePlay
Remember our trabalenguas?
Remember our trabalenguas?
It's a fun way to practice your pronunciation and generally giggle about being tongue tied, or doing some tongue work as trabajar + lengua means in Spanish.
It's a fun way to practice your pronunciation and generally giggle about being tongue tied, or doing some tongue work as trabajar + lengua means in Spanish.
Compadre Compreme.MOVCompadre Compre un Coco
Compadre Compre un Coco
Compadre compreme un coco
Compadre no compro coco
Porque como poco coco como
Poco coco compro
Pepe Puso un Peso
Pepe Puso un Peso
Pepe puso un peso en el piso del pozo
En el piso del pozo puso un peso Pepe.
¡Si tú puedes! / Yes you can!
Pepe Puso.MOVNative Speakers describe common objects
Native Speakers describe common objects
The speakers on these short videos made for beginning college students all do a wonderful job speaking clearly and calmly to help novice language learners understand what they are talking about.
Hover over the top left link labeled Beginners where you can select various speakers from around the Spanish speaking world. Watch each short clip and enjoy! The related vocabulary list is a link to the far right of the page.
Destinos
Destinos
This was shared with my by another ASD Spanish teacher who grew up on these videos in her own Spanish classes! The episodes in this series provide some English language to support your understanding. Check it out and enjoy the engaging family drama based in Spain and performed in Spanish. Enjoy!!
Check out some of our past activities, including students writing paragraphs about what they are grateful for and practicing reading them aloud with others and some of their food explorations creating comparisons of national favorites.
Comparición
Comparición
To end the 1st quarter of 2021-2022 school year we did a comparison of two foods from the Spanish speaking world. Both were store bought Goya brand versions of typical foods from El Salvador and Cuba. Ask your students "¿Cómo están la yuca y las pupusas?"
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