In Kindergarten
"¿Cómo te llamas?" (What's your name).
"Hola" (hello)
"Buenos días" (good morning)
"Buenas tardes" (good afternoon)
"Buenas noches" (good night).
I try to use a lot of gestures and hand motions to help them learn Spanish vocabulary. I taught them "the secret motions" to use when they see me in the hall to say hello. It is so cute when I walk down the hall and they are saying hello to me with the "secret hand signal". It makes my day!
I used these words to help with classroom expectations.
Ojos (eyes on me)
Boca (our mouths are quiet)
Manos (our hands are in our lap)
"Stinky" pies (we are sitting correctly with our feet on the rug)
If you want to make your child laugh just say "Stinky Pies" (pronounced like stinky pee ace). They crack up when I say it.
In first grade
"¿Cómo te llamas?" (What's your name?)
"Me llamo..."(My name is...)
"¿Cómo estás?" (How are you?)
"Muy bien" (Very well)
"Bien" (Well)
"Más o menos" (Ok)
"Mal" (bad)
"Muy mal" (really bad)
¿Y tú? (and you?)
We used Señor Sosa to help us practice expressing how someone feels (Muy bien, más o menos , and muy mal). There are some pictures I posted of that activity that you can check out under the "What's Happening" tab.
In second grade
"¿Cómo te llamas?"(what's your name?) and "Me llamo" (My name is) with the Rosie and Andy song. They did a great job singing that song. I took some video of my classes singing. Those videos are also under the "What's Happening" tab.
"Buenos días" (good morning)
"Buenas tardes" (good afternoon)
"buenas noches" (good night).
I read a little story called "Buenos Días" and students acted out the story.
In third and fourth grades
All the ways to say hello and answer the questions "¿Cómo te llamas?" and "¿Cómo estás?"
We talked about where we went during summer vacation. Students answered the question "¿Adónde fuiste tú?" (Where did you go?). It was great hearing about all the places my students got to visit this summer. We reviewed all of our greetings and now we are practicing how to say when something hurts. Encourage your students to sign up for the Spanish Super Challenge. If you have any problems logging in, please email me at [email protected]
Have a great September or as they say in Costa Rica "Pura Vida" (Pure Life)!
Joelle Jones