December has flown by!
We have traveled and learned about Argentina, as well as their passion for the sport of soccer, the art of playwriting, and the art of the flamenco dance. We have also learned about the differences between living in the country versus living in the city, and it’s interesting to observe how many would prefer living the country and vice versa.
Mrs. J-P
Take Spanish out of the classroom
Journey with us as our Spanish vocabulary increases to greater heights. I encourage you, if possible, to continue to speak Spanish with your child(ren), as this will enable learning all throughout.
Mrs. J-P
Telecommunications
This New Year, we begin learning vocabulary of various types of telecommunications; knowledge essential in today’s technological world. Students will learn names for parts of a computer, telephone, and more, as well as learn how to conjugate words in the imperfect past tense perfectly.
Mrs. J-P
December has flown by!
This month we have learned how to ask for the menu to order meats, seafood, vegetables, and much more from vocabulary concerning food. Students created skits and practiced on how to ask for a menu, food, and even ask check please? in a restaurant. We shall continue learning how to conjugate verbs using the past preterit tense.
Mrs. J-P
Colors
This year will be even more colorful, as we learn the names of colors in Spanish. We will continue to use articles and expand our Spanish nouns this new year, and throughout the month of January. Let us learn together!
Mrs. J-P
Favorites
After having created a personalized menu of favorite foods last month, this month, students were asked to create and personalize a calendar piece of their favorite month of the year.
Mrs. Jean-Pierre
December has flown by!
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 6:9
This month we had revisited Greetings & Numbers, while incorporating Days, Months, & Seasons. It’s interesting how Monday happens to be the 1st day of the month in Spanish-speaking countries.
Mrs. Jean-Pierre
Words of Encouragement
Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.
John Wooden.
Often we look at our accomplishments with such admiration, that we fail to realize that we could have done so much more with the gifts that God has given us. These athletes have so much God given talent. The challenge this year is getting them to look beyond their immediate accomplishments and pushing them to accomplish what they are fully capable of.
Coach Wong
Lets Talk About God
In ESL we have been focusing on improving our speaking skills and because the textbook doesn’t always offer the most interesting or relevant topics, we came up with our own topic for the month of December. Remembering the true meaning of Christmas, students wrote questions they had about who God is or anything about Christianity and we picked one question in the beginning of each class. Students came up with great questions such as: Why did God allow evil to exist? Why didn’t he get rid of it all? Or I want to know how to be a real Christian, not just study in a Christian school. A lot of our thoughts and answers pointed towards Jesus and it was a great way to celebrate Christmas even through a speaking activity.
Miss Park
Playing Recorders
In 4th and 5th grade music, we have been rehearsing the fingering of notes on the recorder while reading each note on a musical staff. We have found creative ways to make this into a game, as the students practiced identifying the notes drawn on the board. One of the games included the use of arts and crafts where the students had to silently work as a team to create the specified note out of fuzzoodles. The first team to make the note and toss it in the basket received points for their team. After rehearsing the notes and how many beats each note gets, we will proceed on to playing the song for the day. More game time and tunes to come!