Ojalá que llueva café, a song by Dominican musician Juan Luis Guerra
7th graders collaborating to complete a group project to teach 2+ Spanish concepts
5th graders study Mexican folk tales and write similes about El Cucuy, the Mexican Boogeyman
4th graders reading their Spanish paragraphs aloud
4th graders study the geography of South America
7th grade stem-changing verb conjugation study
Beginning of the year introductions, 4th and 5th grade
6th graders using Chatzy.com to ask and answer questions to classmates in Spanish
¡Hablamos! We speak Spanish!
I have learned that students can learn A LOT when they hear themselves speak Spanish. It gives them a chance to hear their mistakes, notice their strengths, evaluate how they can improve, and celebrate their progress. I often use the app audioBoo to record short speaking activities and replay the recordings immediately in class. Click below to hear a few examples.
8th grade student Día de los Muertos artwork.
¡Vamos a Hablar!
6th grade student notes for speaking activity interview.
¿Qué quieres comer? What do you want to eat?
¿helado? ice cream? ¿ensalada? salad?
¿una naranja? an orange? ¿sopa? soup?
¿pollo frito? fried chicken? ¿palomitas? popcorn?
¿una manzana? an apple? ¿fresas? ¿strawberries?
¿Qué quieres hacer? What do you want to do?
¿leer? read?
¿dibujar? draw?
¿ver la tele? watch TV?
¿escuchar música? listen to music?
¿jugar videojuegos? play videogames?
¿jugar fútbol? play soccer?
¿Qué quieres comer? What do you want to eat?
¿helado? ice cream? ¿ensalada? salad?
¿una naranja? an orange? ¿sopa? soup?
¿pollo frito? fried chicken? ¿palomitas? popcorn?
¿una manzana? an apple? ¿fresas? ¿strawberries?
¿Qué quieres hacer? What do you want to do?
¿leer? read?
¿dibujar? draw?
¿ver la tele? watch TV?
¿escuchar música? listen to music?
¿jugar videojuegos? play videogames?
¿jugar fútbol? play soccer?
Reading and Performing Spanish Literature
El Más Fuerte de Todos- The Strongest of All
4th grade students worked in groups to perform sections of the play El Más Fuerte de Todos, demonstrating their speaking and reading skills in Spanish.
4th grade students worked in groups to perform sections of the play El Más Fuerte de Todos, demonstrating their speaking and reading skills in Spanish.
¡Animales! "Yo soy yo" Poetry
Hernando de Soto
5th graders are learning about exploration in Social Studies. In Spanish we learned about la expedición de Hernando de Soto and la geografía of the southern states of the US. Students learned facts about this Spanish explorer and used longitude and latitude to find Native American villiages Hernado de Soto may have visited.
Speaking!
Click below to hear three examples of 8th grade students speaking the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish, created using Google Voice
Vocabulary!
4th grade students using the antonyms in the book Los Opuestoros to practice and build their Spanish vocabulary.
Writing!
Students have used the Story Kit application for iPad, iPod, and iPhone to create digital storybooks in Spanish. Click here to see short examples:
Pablo
Rosa
Pablo
Rosa
Creating!
4th graders explored the work of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and created digital art minicing his surrealist style using Picasso Head. Click below to see examples of their work.
Emily Hope Irfan and Mahesh Wasiqah
Sam Jennet Analea Aaliyah and Basma
Sophia RN Julian Jalen
May and Nabeel
Emily Hope Irfan and Mahesh Wasiqah
Sam Jennet Analea Aaliyah and Basma
Sophia RN Julian Jalen
May and Nabeel