There's a few very basic phrases we use daily in class. Some of these include greetings, the date, classroom jobs, and routines. Click on the link below to access a review of some of these phrases.
Common daily phrases review
Sra. Rivera
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Winter break!
I hope you’re all enjoying the winter
break!
On Friday, I sent home a packet with our December
newsletter, a letter from the APS World Languages Office on FLES grading, and general
reviews of what we’ve been learning so far. While preparing it, I realized we
have come a long way since September! Click on the links below to access the APS
letter and the newsletter, and keep visiting, as I will be posting more information and resources.
Sra. Rivera
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Welcome to the 2015-16 School Year
¡Hola!
Welcome Back to School!
It’s been quite a long time since I don’t post. The start of
a new year takes so much time! I hope you all had a great summer and ready for
the 2015-16 school year.
A couple of weeks ago, I sent home the first newsletter of
this year. I hope you enjoyed it! I plan to prepare one every moth. I’ll send a
copy home and post it here. Below is the link for the document.
See you soon!
Sra. Rivera
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Interesting Article on Bilingualism
Hello all,
I hope you're enjoying the first week of summer vacation! I came across this TED-Ed presentation on the benefits of bilingualism that I thought might be of interest.
The benefits of a bilingual brain
Have a great week!
Sra. Rivera
I hope you're enjoying the first week of summer vacation! I came across this TED-Ed presentation on the benefits of bilingualism that I thought might be of interest.
The benefits of a bilingual brain
Have a great week!
Sra. Rivera
Sunday, June 7, 2015
Videos for numbers and a new unit!
Hell all!
I promised on my previous entry I would post other videos for our unit on the months of the year, days of the week, numbers, and birthdays. It took me a little while, but here they are! Please click on the links below to access the videos. (I cannot post the videos from Rockalingua, but the kids can log in to the website with their password at any time and watch them.)
Now that we
finished the unit, we have started learning about family members. Second,
third, and fourth grade students are working on a research project, which they
seem to be enjoying. Second graders are working on their iPads while third and
fourth graders are using Chromebooks. Students were asked to create a family
album or tree, some in teams of two students, some on their own, and then share
their projects with me. Kindergarteners and first graders have been learning
about family members and farm animals by doing more hands-on activities and
they will be playing with “farm animals” dice this week. I’ll be posting the
videos we watch in class soon, so be sure to come back!
Have a great
week,
Sra. Rivera
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Months of the year and days of the week
Dear families,
I am not at Tuckahoe this week, but I was able to secure a
wonderful substitute! Her name is Sra. Mignone. She is a Spanish teacher, and
very good with the students. She already covered for me at the beginning of the
school year and the feedback I got from the students was positive. In addition,
being a Spanish teacher, they’re still moving forward with their learning, they
won’t miss content in Spanish class.
Students are now learning about the months of the year, the
days of the week, numbers, and birthdays. You can access the videos we’ve
watched by clicking on the following links:
I’ll post more as we watch and discuss them in class.
Looking forward to being back in school next Monday,
Sra. Rivera
Sunday, April 5, 2015
We're starting a new unit!
¡Hola!
I hope everybody enjoyed the spring break. Now, it’s back to
reality! It’s amazing how time goes by, we’re about to start the last quarter
of the school year... and we still have so much to do and learn!
In class, we’re almost done with the unit on seasons,
weather, and clothing. I admit it took much more time than I had originally
intended due to snow days, morning delays, and holidays. If all goes as planned,
we’ll be starting the unit on months, days, numbers, and birthdays within a few
days.
I have attached glossaries for the months, days of the week,
and numbers in case any of my students want to check them out before class.
See you all on Tuesday!
Sra. Rivera
Saturday, February 14, 2015
New unit - seasons, weather, clothing
Hello all!
We just starting a new unit: seasons, weather, and clothing
(las estaciones, el tiempo y la ropa). Students have been taking
pre-assessments to evaluate how much, if anything, they know about these
topics. Assessments are only used as a way to guide instructions and to check
newly acquired knowledge vs. how much they already know. We have discussed in
class the importance of doing your best and I’ve tried to make it as clear as
possible that these assessments are not part of their grades. I have explained
that there are no tests in the Spanish class, and that their grades depend on
other factors, mostly effort. The last thing I want to do is to stress them
out! They know, however, that I do expect them to do their best, at all times!
After the pre-assessments, we have watched and discussed
some related music videos and started working on several activities. Below, you
will find links for two glossaries, one for the seasons and the other for
weather. I know many of my students like to review them at home. I have also
included links for some of the videos we have or are watching. Unfortunately, I
cannot post them all.
On the tech front, the upper grades (2nd – 5th)
started using clickers for class activities, assessments (we are using them for
this unit), and exit tickets. I had promised the kids that we would use them, and
then “made” them wait for about a month as we were setting up and taking care
of a few issues. I also had to program the clickers and enter information for
all my (almost 240) students and start developing the actual activities. So
far, it’s been working out, and I think they prefer it to the old fashioned
method (paper and pencil)! We also got our own computer cart and iPod touch(es),
just for the three Spanish classes. I will definitely make very good use of
them for instruction in the classroom! I’m also working on fun, instructional
activities with these devices for the lower grades (K-1st).
I will keep posting more information and activities on what
we’re learning and will soon include links for clothing, so keep visiting!
Until the next time,
Sra. Rivera
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Hispanic Holiday Celebrations
Hello all!
It’s been a while since my last post. I apologize! Here’s
what we’ve been up to...
Although we had started learning about the parts of the body
and the face, we had to interrupt to talk about the holidays, solely in terms
of Hispanic culture and traditions. We discussed the Day of Epiphany and the
Three Kings, along with the tradition of Las Posadas. Students keep asking I
post the videos we saw in class, so here they are!
Now that we’ve finished talking about these Hispanic holiday
traditions, we’re going back to the parts of the body and the face.
Enjoy the long weekend!
Sra. Rivera
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