Los Sentimientos- Feelings

Hola Familias!

These past two weeks we have been studying feelings, and using the verb estar (to be). We started by introducing a list of vocabulary words that depict feelings:
feliz-happy
triste- sad
aburrido-bored
enojado-angry
malhumorado- grumpy
asustado- scared
sorprendido- surprised

We have been using this vocab to build sentences, play charades, and describe characters in books. Some books we have read are:
-La mariquita malhumorada/ The grumpy Ladybug
- El Pez Arcoriris / Rainbow fish

This last book was a great introduction on how to explain why we feel or a character feels a certain way. We are now working on explaining our feelings:

El pez esta triste porque no tiene amigos. (The fish is sad because he doesn't have friends).

This weekend I will be sending home examples of their work, and it's a great opportunity to have the kiddos read their work with you and explain what they are doing in class.

A quick reminder: Please send the yellow folders back as soon as possible!

Hola Familias!

Boy, it has been cold. The kids love wrapping their arms around themselves and saying:
Hace mucho frrrrrio!
Es muy frrrrio! (Oh, yes! They can rrrroll their RRRRRS!)

We have continued to work on creating complete sentences, in a conversational environment and in writing. As their final project, they are writing short stories and publishing them.

On another note, I will be out of town for a few days (Dec.10-16). Claudia (a former Hillcrest teacher and parent) will be taking over the class. The kids are going to love her!

Activity to do at home:
Here is a vocabulary list of some animals, and some more ideas to play with them at home:

serpiente-snake
pajaro-bird
gato-cat
perro- dog
elefante-elephant
pato- duck
puerco-pig
mono-monkey
leon- lion
dinosaurio- dinosaur
unicornio- unicorn

verbs:
come- eats
duerme- sleeps
corre- runs

• Play charades with the vocabulary word, whether it's guessing an animal, a verb, or even both!
• play "pictionary" with these words
• Play "hangman" with these words, or even whole phrases: "El gato corre", "La culebra come".

Have fun!

Friday Note

Hola Familias,
This last week we have been focusing on the follwing verbs:

camina (walks)
baila (dances)
canta (sings)
corre (run)s
nada (swims)
escribe (writes)
come (eats)

We have been listening to the Lango curriculum CD, and the children love the song "Camina con Cosmo". It was a great introduction to these verbs. Later, we got together and did some shared writing using these verbs,and then group stories (in groups of three).
They picked an animal and a verb,and would make a sentence:

El oso corre con el pato.(The bear runs with the duck)

when we come back from break, we will finish writing our own songs, replacing the verb with the ones we know.
Here is the song;
Camina con Cosmo (3 times)
la,la,la,la

Have a great Thanksgiving!

Hola Familias!

These last couple of weeks we have continued working on describing objects, using vocabulary they already know, and new vocabulary. They made a small book about classroom objects:

El lapiz es amarillo. (The pencil is yellow)
La bandera es roja, azul y blanca. (The flag is red,blue,and white)

We have continued to add on to our list of adjectives, and practicing with them. For Halloween, we read "El primer Halloween de Clifford". We then described our "calabazas" (pumpkins) with the new adjectives.

Lastly, we have also been talking about our favorite places... some of the places they mentioned are very cozy!
Me gusta la cama.(I like the bed)
Me gusta mi cuarto. (I like my bedroom)

Have a great week!

Como es?

This last week we have been getting into the nitty-gritty of the "ser" (to be) verb. We have been using this verb to describe objects around us, using adjectives to build complete sentences, and just today, linking them with animals.
We have read books like "Perro grande, perro pequeno"(big dog, small dog), which is full of adjectives, "Aventura en el Otono" (Adventures in Fall) from the Lango program, which is also full of adjectives about the fall, and others.
On Thursday the kiddos wrote sentences using "es". They drew a picture of a creature and described it.
Here are some pics:




Some awesome adjectives that we are working on are:
baboso-slimy
salvaje-wild
lindo-cute
inteligente- smart
mojado- wet
seco-dry

Build sentences:
El perro es inteligente.
_________ es ____________.

Hola Familias!

These first two weeks we have been practicing colors, numbers, greetings, and verbs. These last few days we focused on a few verbs, acted them out,and actually built sentences with them. Here are some of those verbs:
- cantar (sing)
- saltar (jump)
- bailar (dance)
- llorar (cry)
- mirar (see, look)

Yo canto, salto, bailo, lloro, miro.
(Notice that when conjugated with Yo (I) they end in o!...the kids noticed that today)

Try forming silly sentences at home like:
Yo bailo en mi casa.

Online narrated books

Check out these awesome on-line books in Spanish!! They also have the books in English, so you can go back and forth between the languages. This could be a fun thing to do with your kids!

Click here to go the Oakland Public Library-ebooks website.