Friday, March 11, 2011
Spanish Class
Here is a little Fyi on What we are doing in Spanish Classes.
Of course when you ask children what they are learning they tell you..."nothing..."
Students sing, learn hand motions for Spanish words, we are using action in the classroom, it is tiring but such a fun way to learn and much more is learned through action.
We have stories, games, worksheets, listening, speaking, conversational video clips, I often hear students say "class is over?! Students have such a great time and really soak up the material.
Kindergarten and Pre-K LOVE to learn Spanish with Choco the hedgehog puppet!
Students learn Bible Verses and meanings, this is a typical bulletin board in the Spanish room it has the verse and Bible truth that we are working on. Above is the 2nd-5th Grade verse and Bible truth.
The following is for students K3 to 1st grade:
These are the verses we have learned in Spanish so far...
We have also covered 3 or more Spanish hymns and additional Spanish Songs.
Spanish stories are read in class these are the stories we have read so far, students learn what each word means.
Students learn about Spanish culture and also vocabulary words, the following are the ones we have covered this year.
We do unit studies this is on My House and My family:
In the classroom:
Sports, Colors, conversation.
The face, parts of the body, clothing
Months of the year, days of the week
Bulletin Board
This is the inside of the workbook
There is a Bible verse, truth and song in each unit.
This is the bible truth and worksheets to reinforce what is taught:
Reinforcing the lessons
There are endless supplements, I haven't needed to use these very much, we are so busy!
Students worked on Spanish Tile project for our Spanish Tile wall!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Maggie Valley
Still working, I keep changing my mind about things and have so much more that I want to put in this scene. I want to include as much as I can remember from family vacations. I guess I need a bigger canvas.
I hope to be complete this in 2-3 more sessions.
Sorry for the delay Dad!
Chinese Bamboo Painting in Green
This is a watercolor paining from the Elementary Art Class at the Town of Jupiter. This class tends to be interesting as the ages are anywhere from 4 years to 12 so I usually choose simple projects like this Chinese Bamboo Painting.
I used some paper remnants given to me by Sir Speedy Tequesta and it worked very nicely as you can see.
Students first drew bamboo with markers then wet paper with a bamboo brush and painted the scene. At the end of class we had some extra time to draw designs in the borders (after the tape was removed.)
I introduced a phrase or 2 in mandarin, the tones, and taught students to count to 10 in mandarin.
Each time I ask which project is the favorite project student most often choose the chinese art projects!
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