Students in grades 1-6 are learning and reviewing greetings, introductions, and farewells. Find your child's grade below to read more about what he/she is learning. Also, stayed tuned to the bottom of the post to find resources and practice websites your child can use to practice his/her new vocabulary!
Kindergarteners will be learning greetings, introductions, and farewells throughout the year during circle time at the beginning of class, as well as through interspersed singing. This week, kindergarten started learning the colors. We learned through a song, which we will continue to practice over the next few class periods. Here's a Youtube video of the song (not made by me, but the same one!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMFzytjFTRA. Practice with your child at home! You can also tell them to "Busca el color..." and they have to touch whatever color you say. Here are the colors (with the pronunciations in parenthesis):
rojo (ro-ho)
verde (vayr-thay)
azul (asool)
negro (nay-gro)
amarillo (ah-mah-ree-yo)
morado (mo-ra-tho)
gris (grease)
café (ca-fay)
anaranjado (a-na-ran-ha-tho)
Buenos días - Good morning
Buenas tardes - Good afternoon
Buenas noches - Good night
¿cómo estás? - How are you?
muy bien - very good
bien - good
muy mal - very bad
mal - bad
más o menos - ok
¿Cómo te llamas? - What's your name?
Me llamo... - My name is...
¡Mucho gusto! - Nice to meet you!
Hola - Hello
Adiós - Goodbye
¡Hasta luego! - See you later!
To teach vocabulary, I use actions to accompany my words. Students began the unit by learning these actions and learning how to ask for someone's name and say their own name in Spanish. This week, students will review the words and actions, learn a new song (http://www.rockalingua.com/songs/greetings-and-daily-routines), practice with a few games, and use the phrases to have dialogues with one another.
4th, 5th, and 6th graders are also following the same lessons during the first unit. The vocabulary they are learning is all of the above greeting and farewell words, in addition to the following:
¿Cómo está usted? - How are you?
(This is used formally and used when you want to show respect to someone)
¿Qué pasa? ¿Qué tal? - What's up (very informal, slang)
¡Hasta mañana! - See you tomorrow!
Students in these grades learn vocabulary through actions as well, but are also expected to be proficient in writing them. They will practice through quick conversations, writing their own dialogue with a partner and presenting it, fun games, and song. We will also continue to practice these words and phrases throughout the year.
And now the part you've all been waiting for. :)
How to practice? Here are some good resources from the internet I found. Some of them do use vocabulary we aren't necessarily using in class, but it's good to learn more too!
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27PqTadLJx0 - Good video to learn and review what we've talked about in class.
- http://www.purposegames.com/game/ea69181208 - click on the circle of the corresponding phrase.
- http://www.quia.com/ba/246897.html - Battleship. Sink your opponent's ships before he sinks yours. Upon finding a ship, you must answer a question to successfully hit it.
That's all for now! Check back soon to read more!
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