We have completed another set of Action Words (verbs) in Spanish. This set includes five verbs. Students will be memorizing these five action words, acting them out, writing them and using them in simple sentences like: “I can…” I have created a video to help you with pronunciation. It is very important that the student [Read On]
La Escuela – The School
September 20, 2018 by 1 Comment
A new school year has just started! Our Spanish classes will begin soon. Since we are beginning a new school year and the kids are talking everything related about school, I thought it would be fitting to learn some vocabulary in that topic. We will learn different places in the school and a few items [Read On]
Verbos – Action Words Set 1
January 4, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Happy New Year! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year with your loved ones! We are back into routine and plugging along with school. In our Spanish class, we will be learning five different action words (verbs) during the next few weeks. This is the first set of six sets I’ll be [Read On]
Zoo Animals – Animales del Zoológico
February 11, 2017 by 1 Comment
The new topic in our Spanish class is Zoo Animals! Kids naturally love animals and are interested in learning about them. We will learn the name of eight different animals. Some of these words are very easy to learn since they sound so similar to English. I made a short video to help you and [Read On]
A Mighty Fortress is Our God – Poetry
December 4, 2016 by Leave a Comment
During the next three weeks, my Kindergarten class will be memorizing the first two stanzas of the hymn “A Mighty Fortress” by Martin Luther. We will be studying about Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation in our History, so we thought it would line up perfectly to memorize this old hymn. I found a really [Read On]
Beowulf
August 28, 2016 by 1 Comment
This year we will be studying Medieval and Renaissance Era in our History curriculum. Some of our Poetry will be related to that era. Our co-op will be memorizing a couple of excerpts from “Beowulf”. Last week, we spent some time reading about Beowulf, watching some videos and having some discussion about what this poem [Read On]
Mark Antony’s Speech in Julius Caesar
March 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The next piece of Poetry we will be memorizing with our kids is an excerpt from Mark Antony’s Speech in the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Our kids are enjoying it, specially watching the short video I created. I also created some worksheets to help my kids memorize it. I typed the poem [Read On]
Phoneme Segmentation
September 14, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Phoneme segmentation is just one component of Phonemic Awareness. When we talk about Phonemic Awareness, we refer to the ability of manipulating & identifying sounds in a word WITHOUT looking at printed symbols (letters, words). In order for a child to be a successful reader and decoder, he must be able to manipulate & identify [Read On]
La Ropa – Clothing
April 25, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Hello readers! We are on our final stretch for this school year! We have a few weeks left. We are getting started on our last topic in Spanish class. We will be learning a few vocabulary words for clothing. Here’s the video with the vocabulary/pronunciation: At the bottom of the post, you will be able [Read On]
Las Profesiones – Community Helpers
February 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The next topic we are learning in Spanish Class is the vocabulary for Community Helpers (Las Profesiones). Here is the video to help you with pronunciation. 🙂 If you need some sheets for practice and review, you will be able to download them at the bottom of this post. Let me tell you what’s included [Read On]