Números, colores y ¿cuántos hay?

¡Hola padres! Week four has been an exciting week as we have incorporated our knowledge of classroom vocabulary with learning colors and numbers. 

In P.E. this week we have begun to learn and practice our colors! We played zapped tag where the students used different colored foam balls to tag each other with. As I passed the balls out to my taggers, I said and had the students repeat the colors en español. As we played with the parachute on Wednesday, we discussed the different colors of the parachute and who was standing on which color. This adds a fun dimension to our classes as you can see the kids realize that they aren't there just to play, but to apply knowledge that they have. On parachute Wednesday, we also played games like palomitas and gato y ratón. If your scholar had P.E. on Wednesday this week, ask them about these games and how they were played. We had a lot of fun! 

In Spanish this week, we learned that it is ok to not know an answer and that we should then ask for help from our classmates around us. When the scholars aren't sure how to answer something I have asked them in Spanish, I taught them to say "ayuda, por favor" (help please) signaling to their classmates that they need help. The scholars have done a great job not only asking for help but jumping to each other's aid. I don't ever want a scholar to feel embarrassed to answer in Spanish because they are unsure, but wanted to give them a phrase they could rely on in case they got stuck. This seems to have done the trick. 

In Kindergarten Spanish this week, we started a packet on números or numbers 1-5. This packet will take us a few days to complete and I am hoping that it will help them visualize the numbers well both in English and in Spanish. They have done great so far. 

In First Grade Spanish this week, we played a fun game of memoria to practice the words for objects around the classroom and started on numbers through 16. I also put a classroom scene up on the document camera and had the scholars count how many of what objects they could see. They very eagerly learned that ¿cuántos hay? means "how many?" and that the appropriate answer is hay....I am so proud of how well they grasp these concepts and let them know that while they are out and about at school that I will be asking them this new question as well as how they are and what their name is and that they need to be ready with the appropriate answer. I know they will work hard at being ready for whatever I ask of them. 

Have a wonderful long weekend and as we look to next month, we will be studying Mexico and learning why their independence is celebrated in September. 

adiós,
Sra. Hamilton