La casa y Puerto Rico

Hola familias de sexto- 6th,

We are wrapping up the end of the school year with our unit on...

                                       ¡PUERTO RICO!

Has your family travelled to Puerto Rico? Do you have pictures for us with a rana coquí or a oso perezoso? Bring them over! We would love to see them.

In this unit students also study the house, the furniture, the prepostions and adverbs of location,  the present tense conjugations. Sing the prepositions song with your student! Or browse the Español en casa section of the blog for games you and your student can play at home.

Hola familias de quinto-5th,

In 5th grade we have been focusing on travel and Spain lately. We have just finished our transportation unit and we are moving onto food in Spain. I wanted to share a song that has been a huge success all across 5th grade, called A mi me gusta viajar. Ask your student to sing the song and join in!

We are now studying food, and as we study Spanish foods from different regions, I would encourage you to try them at home!

Ask your student about pan con tomate. Where is it from? What ingredients do you need? What type of pan? Clue "¡wonderpan nunca, siempre baguette o chapata"

You may also try a tortilla española or tortilla de patatas 
                   

                         Adult supervision required!

Un restaurante de 3o y las profesiones

Hola familias de tercero - 3rd,

We have been busy in 3rd grade finishing our food unit with a spectacular performance. It was a treat to see the 4rd graders perform with a friend pretending they were at a restaurant.

Ask your student whether they were the chef or the cliente, the name of the restaurant, or how much the leche con chocolate would cost. A big bravo to all 3rd graders that volunteered to do the play,  and to those who rehearsed tirelessly!

We are now studying profesiones, here Flashcards to study profesiones and a song Canción de profesiones

El huerto de la escuela Devo

Hola familias de primero-1st,

Felicidades for a fabulous concert last Friday! Your little performers will bring home a souvenir from the Spring Sing for you very soon... On another note altogether, the first grade students have been studying the Devotion garden. We have been having so much fun, planting lechuga, doing a scavenger hunt, and spotting gusanos y hormigas! Ask your student what their favorite part of the huerto visit was.

La oruga muy hambrienta, y una tierra muy linda

¡Hola familias de primero (1st)!

We have been busy studying spring, which is almost here consistently, and to stay! La oruga muy hambrienta has been a delightful book to read and explore about primavera. Does your student remember any of the words below? Do they have a gesture to go with it? Can your student find with their little eye: mariposa, capullo, hoja, ciruelas, manzana, naranjas,  sandía, fresas, peras, oruga pequeña, salchicha, oruga grande-muy grande-enorme.

Also, do not forget to rehearse the concierto de primavera song with your little singer! We have been very excited about the upcoming concert and cannot wait to show you our graceful choreography, stage presence, and very fine español. Below are the lyrics:

En nuestra tierra tan linda   

En nuestra tierra tan linda                          Here on our beautiful planet

Pronto va a salir el sol (2x)                         Soon the sun will shine

En nuestra tierra tan linda                          Here on our beautiful planet

En nuestra tierra tan linda                          Here on our beautiful planet

Pronto va a salir la luna(2x)                         Soon the moon will shine

En nuestra tierra tan linda                          Here on our beautiful planet

        

En nuestra tierra tan linda                          Here on our beautiful planet

Pronto va a soplar el viento (2x)                   Soon the wind will blow   

En nuestra tierra tan linda                          Here on our beautiful planet

En nuestra tierra tan linda                          Here on our beautiful planet

Pronto va a brillar una estrella (2x)              Soon a star will shine

     

Una actuación de flamenco

¡Hola familias de 5o!


We had a very special day last Wednesday, since The Flamenco Dance Project came to visit the 5th graders at Devo and performed for us! ¡Gracias PTO! In Spanish this year we are learning about Spain, and one of the most popular dances is flamenco. Some lucky students got the dance with the bailaoras as well!

Ask your student what they remember where this dance is from, about the performance, the dance itself, the castañuelas and the palmas:

Devo's very own Jorge Pérez joined in as well! What a surprise!

¡Campeones!

¡Hola familias de 6o!

We have the campeones of the immersion competition, trrrrrrrum... Emoción, intriga, dolor de barriga... Un aplauso para los finalistas: last but not least 6KL with 119 minutes spoken, bravo! Then 6K takes the bronze medal home with 191 minutes, estupendo! Silver medal for 6H and their 239 minutes, súper bien! And the campeones, and gold medal winners of a fiesta is 6D with 266 minutes spoken. A big round of applause for 6D, and for all the 6th graders, who worked really hard at using their Spanish in class. ¡Olé!