Hola padres! It is so hard to believe that this quarter is almost at an end. How I have enjoyed working with your children and getting to know them or getting reacquainted with them. I hope they have had as much fun as I have.
In PE this week, we continued our unit on throwing and I can tell that we are really itching to get outside. I am thankful for a useable indoor space that shelters us from the Arizona heat, but am so glad that the weather has cooled down and will allow us to be outdoors at the start of 2nd quarter. We will be out on the back field in the driving range and will be able to play more games and be more active than our indoor classroom space has allowed. I know this is what the scholars need and enjoy most for PE, so I look forward to expanding their game and skill knowledge after fall break!
This week in Spanish for first grade, we have continued our study of adjectives. We completed a worksheet that we had done in class a couple of weeks ago during our body part unit. This worksheet was a little more detailed however as in drawing our alien, we not only had to pay attention to color, number and body part, but also adjective! The scholars had fun deciphering what needed to be drawn and we had quite a bit of discussion as to how to translate "dos brazos largos y rosados". The scholars would typically say "two arms long and pink" and I asked them if that was said in a way that they would normally talk in English. After a bit of debate I let them know that in English, adjectives are put in front of a noun, whereas in Spanish, they come after. So, we concluded that a better translation would be "two long, pink arms." Not sure how well they understood this, but I like to make them aware of these nuances within a language so that when they really have to learn it, they have a base knowledge. We'll keep at it!
When we get back from fall break, we will start with feelings: hunger, thirst, hot, cold, etc. This will be fun as now in PE and being outside, we can talk about how the weather change makes us feel and these phrases really come alive for the scholars when they realize they can't just tell me they are thirsty to get a drink. They have to really think and say "tengo sed". I look forward to the application of this unit with them.
Thank you again for all of your support and encouragement this quarter. I hope you all have a wonderful break!
Sra. Hamilton
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