Well, this week has certainly lacked in consistency with picture day on Monday, early release Wednesday and half day Friday! I have taught all sorts of lessons at random times and was even able to spend some time with the second graders working on some Spanish from last year. I have not introduced any new concepts in Spanish this week and have instead focused on reviewing basic color and number concepts. These are always good to review and I want to make sure the scholars know this vocabulary well. I am wrapping up our study on Venezuela today and will introduce the county of Ecuador next week.
Kinder Spanish began their study of the letter "B" this week and as we reviewed colors earlier this week, I was so pleased when a couple of the scholars noticed that some of the colors began with the letter "A" that we had studied the week before! These connections are so exciting for them to discover and make me so happy. While talking about these letters and also learning how to write the colors out in Spanish, we spend a lot of time talking about how letters in Spanish are different or the same from letters in English. We talk about how in Spanish, the letter "h" is always silent, how the "ll" makes a "y" sound and how the letter "j" makes and "h" sound. I think these are important concepts for them to be aware of and they will become more concrete for them as the year goes on. It is so exciting for them to see the "ll" in "amarillo" and know that it makes a "y" sound.
We have played all sorts of fun cooperation games in PE this week: link tag, chinese tag, and a game called "gato y raton" with the parachute. Next week we will begin our unit with the hula hoops and also do body part tag as we start our body part unit in Spanish. I am so blessed to be able to meld these two subjects together in the hopes of giving the scholars a better understanding of the Spanish language.
On a precautionary note, I have been talking to scholars about how their participation in both Spanish and PE affects their grade. I have a handful of scholars that for various reasons at different times decide they do not want to participate in PE or follow along in Spanish. In PE, it is my goal to make class as accessible to all the scholars as I can. I realize they are all at different levels physically and I make sure that my lessons will enable everyone to participate. I have let them know that what I am looking for is their best effort and for them to be following directions. As long as I know they are trying, they will succeed. The same in Spanish class. As long as they are working hard and doing their best, I make note of that. Please let your scholar know that the best way to succeed in my class is to give their best effort. When they do, they really enjoy class and the enables all of us to enjoy it as well. Thank you so much for your support!
Have a wonderfully long restful weekend and I look forward to seeing your scholars next week.
Sincerely,
Sra. Hamiltlon
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