K/1 Spanish

K/1 students are exploring the colors and signs of autumn as they begin their unit of study on the seasons. Rosalba and I have been reading stories and doing crafts with the children to reinforce the new vocabulary. Students are also learning a few fall songs and a welcome song in the language. Later this week we will design paper monarch butterflies to send to school children in Mexico. We will be collecting pennies to help to send Spanish picture books to schools in Mexico so that they too can learn more about the paths of the Monarchs. We are looking forward to watching via internet for the butterflies to arrive in the sanctuaries of Mexico later this fall! 

Bienvenidos Fall!

Welcome Fall and welcome back to La Clase de Espanol! I am looking forward to a great year working with your children as they explore Spanish language and culture! I am so excited to also welcome new faculty member Rosalba to the Spanish team. She is a native speaker from Mexico and will be working in the PreK 3 and 4 classes with our Integrated Spanish program. She will also be joining me in the K/1 class. Rosalba brings wonderful ideas to the group and we are already off and running with many new plans! Stay tuned for more updates! Hasta Pronto! Erin

Iron Chef - Mexico!

4/5 students showed their food genius and strong team work while simulating Iron Chef for their end of the year celebration! Cilantro, leche condensada and limes were no match for the talents of this group. Small groups competed in the categories of appetizers, entrees, desserts and snacks. Each round was more impressive than the last as students came up with innovative food -from microwave fudge with a banana-Tia Maria topping to a black olives stuffed with jalapenos. They were rated on presentation, taste and use of the secret ingredient. It was fun to be a taster and even more fun for the kids to eat all the leftovers at the end of the day! 

2/3 Celebration

As a culminating project for the Latin American Celebrations unit, students from the 2/3 class prepared authentic Mexican recipes to share at our class fiesta. Meanwhile, another group from the class is rehearsing with instruments for their Mariachi ensemble to share from the music unit and others are practicing traditional dances. 

Spanish III Film Projects

Spanish III students preparing film spoof - Harriet Potter 

By 8th grade, students are able to demonstrate that they can use the language in real life scenarios. Drama provides a fun way to practice intonation, accent and sentence structure in a way that replicates everyday conversation while using topics that are interesting and current to their world. Films give students the opportunity to hear and see their work so that they can self-critique and do retakes for improvement.

Building international relationships

A 4th grade student shows her presentation about meeting her pen pal while in Barcelona, Spain.

Mapping Latin America by Heart

 Mapping Latin America by Heart - Spanish II
After spending the fall and winter learning the names, geography, shape, culture and more about each country of Latin America students began their own mind maps for their final project of the year.