How can we keep our bodies strong and healthy? By eating our FRUTAS y VEGETALES.

This week we will review body words by reading "De la Cabeza a los Pies" by Eric Carle. Then, we'll learn some vocabulary words for fruits and veggies in Spanish, and we'll practice saying which ones we like. At the end of the week, we'll read "La Oruga Muy Hambrienta" (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) to review some of our food words.

During Hybrid Learning B week, Ms. Mangelsdorf's class completed these lessons. During Hybrid Learning C week, Ms. Ramos' class completed these lessons.

At the beginning of each Spanish class, we complete a few daily routines. We say the date, give a weather report, and talk about how we're feeling. You can use this Google Slides presentation (embedded as a PDF document) to practice at home!

We can use the figuras geométricas to help us draw pictures! This week we'll follow step-by-step instructions to create drawings with our shapes, and then we'll create our own masterpieces for homework!

This week we will begin learning words to name geometric shapes in Spanish! Students will trace each shape in Seesaw, and we'll practice identifying the shapes out in the world. For example, when I look at my door I see a "rectángulo" and when I look at the roof on my neighbor's house, I see a "triángulo." What shapes can you see?

¡Gracias! I am so thankful for my wonderful students, their supportive families, and all of the excellent teachers and staff at Pulaski school. I hope you and your family have a safe, happy Thanksgiving holiday.

¿De qué color es? We will continue to practice our colores this week. Can your student use Spanish color words to describe these pictures? Use one of our all-time favorite Rockalingua songs to help you practice: CLICK HERE!

This week we will begin our Q2 unit which is all about colors, numbers and shapes! We will learn how to play "Veo, veo" (I Spy) to identify different colored objects in a group.

This week we will review our learning objectives for Q1 and self-assess to see if we can do everything in our Q1 "I can" statements! Click this link to watch a 20-minute review video of Q1 learning objectives for PYP Spanish students. I included a few exemplary work samples from 2nd and 3rd grade students at the end - Pulaski students are so impressive! You can also download the objectives presentation here.

Día de Muertos is celebrated the 1st and 2nd of November in Mexico, some other Spanish-speaking countries and across the United States. This week, we will spend one or two lessons learning about Día de Muertos, reading picture books about the holiday, and completing fun cultural activities. Here are a few of the students' favorite Día de Muertos videos:

Visit this virtual altar and click on the linked objects to learn more about Día de Muertos and these three famous people who passed away in 2020 - we will remember them for their positive contributions to society! FYI, You have to open the document in a separate tab for the links to work.

We'll keep practicing our feelings vocabulary this week, using it to describe photos of real people and thinking about what makes us feel each of our feelings: feliz, triste, enojado, cansado, calmado, and asustado.

This week we are getting to know each other more and talking about feelings. I've attached two coloring and tracing activities for Kindergarteners. They will also be shared in Seesaw on the day of Spanish class. You can print these pages and color on paper, or you can color digitally on Seesaw. Practice asking your student, "¿Cómo estás?" and sharing how you are feeling each day. Don't worry if you don't speak Spanish - just use the image below to help! You can also watch this free video about feelings on Rockalingua.com

Below I've embedded the Google Slides presentation I'm using during synchronous lessons with my Kindergarten classes during the week of September 8. Please note our Essential Agreements on Slide 8, and the lyrics to our beginning-of-class song on Slide 7. There is no homework this week.