I bet you have been wondering why I wear that gorgeous
vest. Well, acquisition happens naturally and subconsciously when we are
surrounded by another language. My goal is to spend the first few minutes of
each class speaking in English to the children as I explain the day’s activity.
As the children gain some comprehension of the Spanish language, I will then
present the introduction of the day’s activity in Spanish. I have presented my red
sequin vest to the children. When I put this vest on, it indicates that I am
the Spanish teacher and therefore I will be speaking solely in Spanish. We volamos (fly) to Spain and other Spanish speaking
countries at the beginning of each class session and once we land, we all do
our very best to speak in the language of that country, Spanish.
During our clase de Español, we continue to
practice the Spanish words used when greeting each other. To reinforce the
vocabulary words for “Hello” and “Good-bye”, we sang the following songs (sung
to the tune of “London Bridge”):
hello, hello.
‘Hola’ means hello
¡Hola amigos!
‘Adíos’ means
good-bye
good-bye, good-bye
‘Adíos’ means
good-bye
Adíos amigos
Alicia: “Buenos
dia __________” (Good morning __________ )
Child: “Buenos dia
Alicia”
Alicia: ¿Cómo
estás? (How are you?)
Child: ¡Muy bien,
gracias! (Very well, thank you!)
To highlight these
expressions, we sang the following to the tune of “Are you Sleeping”:
Buenos días,
Buenos días
¿Cómo estás?, ¿Cómo
estás?
Yo muy bien
gracias, yo muy bien gracias.
¿Y tú? ¿Y tú?
Now that we know
how to say "Good Morning" in Spanish,
we wanted to learn how to say "Good Night".
So, to help us find out we began to read the Spanish version of Margaret Wise
Brown’s, "Good Night Moon". Go ahead, ask us how it is said ...
Until my next noticias (news) ....
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