El tiempo vuela

The first quarter seems to be flying by.  Here is what Spanish classes have been up to the past couple of weeks:

Spanish 1:  Students have mastered vocabulary dealing with things found in a typical classroom.  They can tell what items they have with them as well as ask to borrow items such as a pen or pencil.  In addition, they are now able to count to at least 1000 and tell time in Spanish.  They had a great time playing "El osito perdido" (Lost Bear) to practice their counting skills.

Spanish 2:  Students are talking about sports and other  favorite activities.  They enjoyed the song Paraiso by Dvicio and even learned the dance that was done as a flashmob in McDonald's in Spain.

Spanish 3:  Students finished recording their "dating profiles" and are awaiting the final video product (as soon as I get time to do the editing).  They are now working on talking about their daily lives and routines.

Spanish 4:  Inca Cola --good.  Gazpacho--not so much.  That was the consensus after trying both. We finished our food unit by looking at what typical families around the world eat, and are now watching the movie "Canela" about a young girl, her grandmother, and their love of cooking.  (All Spanish, no subtitles--students are really getting a workout on their listening skills.)

First quarter mid-term...already?

It has been a busy couple of weeks,but we have survived Homecoming week and the first quarter is half done already. How time flies. Here is what we have been doing in Spanish classes recently.

  Spanish 1: We finished our introduction vokis. Here are a couple of examples:
 In the past week we have been working on learning things found in the classroom. Next up, counting and telling time.

Spanish 2:  We finished our Pixton Comics project which involved using many question words.  Here is an example:

In the past week we have practiced giving descriptions and have written poems describing ourselves. We are currently working on videos in which we talk about ourselves and various aspects of our lives.

Spanish 3:  Between Homecoming activities and other field trips, it seems that we haven't had much classtime lately.  We have continued working on our detailed description skills.  We made word clouds about ourselves using descriptive words and phrases which became the headings on our webpages.  Here is an example:

Students have been working on designing a Wanted poster.  They continue to independently read a novel in the Spanish language as well as post to their individual blogs in Spanish.  Hopefully we will fit in some new music this week, as well as begin work on a new project.

Spanish 4:  We are continuing our study of foods of the Hispanic world.  We have taken a look at some of typical foods of Peru (including sipping some Inca Cola) and Spain (trying gazpacho tomorrow!)  Our unit will soon be ending with the viewing of the Spanish langage film, Canela.

More updates in a couple of weeks.