Happy New Year! Feliz Ano Nuevo!! It is a new year and a fresh start in Spanish. My goal for the new year is to really challenge my students to become critical thinkers in and outside of the classroom. I fully believe that learning a foreign language allows our students to tap in to a part of their brain that is not used very often. I am very excited about getting the opportunity to fully engage my students in many different types of learning activities this semester. In kindergarten we have started learning me gusta and no me gusta. This means "I like" and "I do not like". We created a T-Chart and charted which colors we said "me gusta" about and which ones we said "no me gusta" about. The kids were able to create sentences using their favorite colors. In first and second grade, we have started to learn vocabulary about clothing. I thought this would be a great opportunity to get them writing. My friend Paco the taco helped us create some sentences together, and then each student wrote a sentence using themselves as the subject. The kids were given several choices to help them put their sentence together, but I let them choose (and figure out how to spell) the color word to describe the article of clothing they said they were wearing. That was fun! I can foresee a lot more writing coming up in the future! This was some of their first writing in Spanish and it was awesome!
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AuthorMy name is Bethany Powell and I am honored to be able to teach in Madison City Schools this year. Spanish is my passion and I cannot wait to share it with your children. Archives
January 2017
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