¡Hola padres! This week has been mostly review, but in some fun and applicable ways for the scholars. In first grade, we have been going over our colors during P.E. (colored dots on the floor, colored balls for tossing and catching and during our parachute lessons on Wednesdays) since the beginning of the year, but this week, we addressed the colors specifically in Spanish class with a coloring sheet in the Sing 'N Speak workbook.
In terms of numbers, we have also been practicing those during P.E. Last week, we tossed a ball with partners and counted in Spanish how many times we could do this without dropping the ball. As I handed the balls out and as the scholars returned them at the end of class, they had to tell me the color of their ball in Spanish. This week in Spanish, we played a few games to help the scholars be able to better identify numbers using their Spanish vocabulary. The first was through a tapping game, where I would tap on a desk with a marker and when I stopped, the scholars would have to tell me en enspañol how many times I had tapped. For the second game, I passed out pipe cleaners or limpiadores de pipa, and when I called out a number in Spanish, the scholars then had to form that number with their pipe cleaner. They really had fun with this one. Our final way of practicing our números was with number bonds! I gave the students a number and we created as many number bonds we could for that number. This was all done in Spanish and the scholars learned that they could say 4+5=9 or they could say cuatro más cinco son nueve. It was really fun to be able to show them that math in English is the same as math in Spanish.
For Kindergarten, we are wrapping up our number packet this week. I also played the number games with them this week to give them a little break. The packet has taken us a little longer than I expected but I think the scholars will be excited to move on to studying verano or summer which is a subject they have already covered. In P.E. we have also continued working on our numbers and colors in various ways.
As an added note, I had the fortunate opportunity of going to the movies this past weekend with Ms. Keating. We saw Instructions Not Included. This was a beautifully sweet bilingual film. Although I wouldn't recommend it as a family movie, it was a movie with a heartlfelt message that was really well done. It was directed by Eugenio Derbez, a well known actor throughout Mexcio, who also played the lead role. This movie has been a surprise hit since it released Labor Day Weekend as was evidenced by the fact that it was sold out on two screens at the first theater we went to. If you get the chance, check it out! Its great to see a movie that isn't your typical everyday movie and we left the theater with smiles on our faces. Let me know what you think.
Sinceremente,
Sra. Hamilton
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