formas, reviso y days of the week

Hola padres! This was a great week in both Spanish and P.E. for the Kinders and first graders. For the Kinders, we started learning our formas, or shapes, a concept they will begin soon in math. We discussed how there are many shapes in art and how the names for shapes in Spanish reflect the English names for shapes. Starting today, I will see how well they remember their formas when I ask them to take out some crayons and create the shape I call out with the crayons on their desk. (No coloring involved!) We'll see how well they do. 

In order to reinforce the formas with the Kindergarten, in P.E. we played círculo tag, where they had to form a circle with their squad with one person standing outside as the tagger. The tagger then selected a person that is part of the circle to tag. It was up to the circle to move in a way so as to not have the selected person tagged by the tagger. This game will need some work, but hopefully, after some practice they will be very efficient in their strategy. 

For first grade this week, Spanish has been mostly review. Earlier this week we did some fun activities in our workbooks to help us review most of the vocabulary we have learned so far and in the latter part of the week, we are working on a bingo or lotería game that helped them review their colors and numbers. It is fun to see their excitement when they remember words from the first weeks of school. 

For both grades, in P.E., I have put them in squads and because first grade has learned the days of the week, each squad is named a different day of the week. I am hoping with some repetition and practice, they will be able to recognize their squad name and the days of the week in general. I know this took me a long time to understand, so I will make sure we practice many times until they are comfortable with it. 

Next week, we are looking to study emotions and feelings in Spanish for both grades. In P.E. with some help from Mrs. Harding, we hope to incorporate a dance from Hansel and Gretel. Stay tuned for more details! 

Sra. Hamilton