Welcome to "español en casa"! I'm so excited to start on this new adventure with all of you! I have lots of fun activities and songs for us to do and learn together!
¡Nos vemos!
See you soon!
¡Nos vemos!
See you soon!
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Welcome to "español en casa"! I'm so excited to start on this new adventure with all of you! I have lots of fun activities and songs for us to do and learn together! ¡Nos vemos! See you soon!
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What a fun celebration at the Art Museum! Our Ofrenda looked great! Thanks Gus Larson for sharing your photos with us! Día de los Muertos is becoming a popular celebration in our area. Carpinteria is having its second annual Day of the Dead celebration and Summerland is having its first Day of the Dead celebration too! So if you are looking for something fun to do on Sunday, head to Santa Barbara, Summerland or Carpinteria to see altars, hear Mexican music and participate in the many activities planned for that day.
You can also host your own Day of the Dead! You can get calaveritas de azúcar (sugar skulls) at Reynaldo's bakery on Linden Ave. in Carpinteria. You can pre-order them without frosting and decorate them at home. Go to this link to print a fun skull mask you can decorate at home: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4u5NXUZkBrDY3RGZ1VJOXMyRk0/edit A great movie to watch is "The Book of Life" which takes place during Day of the Dead. Here's a link to the trailer if you'd like to pre-view is. It is rated PG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBw5YScs8iQ Here is a short video to introduce little ones to "El Día de los Muertos" celebration. http://www.tubechop.com/chop/xca7k2ga__M And one more and one I share with my students at school. They all enjoy this short video so much! They are already asking me when I will be showing it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCQnUuq-TEE And of course, you can always visit your local library to see what books they have on the Mexican celebration of "El Día de los Muertos" ¡Diviértanse! Have fun! Happy Halloween! Save the Date!
Free Family Day Día de los Muertos Sunday, October 25, 1 – 4 pm The Santa Barbara Museum of Art honors the Mexican tradition of remembering the dead with a variety of family festivities in the galleries, front steps, and back plaza including music by Conjunto Jardin, dance performances by Folkloric Dance Group Quetzalcóatl, art-making activities, bilingual storytelling, a special display of altars created by school and community groups, and traditional refreshments. The students in Spanish class have been busy this week working on projects to place in the MUS altar at the museum. We will be featuring crafts for students in grades K through 6th. So, what is the Day of the Dead? Many Mexican and Latin American people of Indian heritage believe that each year, on Día de Muertos, the souls of their departed relatives return to share a feast with the living. These beliefs are based on the Aztec celebrations of Día de Muertos, a time for the spirits to return to visit their family and friends still living on earth. They came back to see that all was well and that they had not been forgotten. It was a time for the dead to feast on their favorite foods, to hear the music that once made them happy, and to be with the people they loved. The celebration of the Day of the Dead begins at home. Families work together to create an ofrenda or altar. The altar is a place of honor for the departed souls of the family members. Altars are decorated with flowers, candles, a photo of the person or persons being remembered, their favorite food, and skeleton toys depicting skeletons celebrating life. Children get a special treat too: sugar skulls. Click on the link below to see some great photos posted by National Geographic. http://education.nationalgeographic.com/media/dia-de-los-muertos/ This week, the Kindergarten classes had their first Spanish class! We had a lot of fun learning how to introduce ourselves, practicing numbers up to 10 and colors in Spanish.
First and second graders have been busy learning the vocabulary for classroom supplies, while third graders have been learning about the Spanish classroom. Last month I posted an article about FLES programs, how they work and what the goals for these programs are. This article gives a great overview of the Spanish program at MUS. FLES: Foreign Language in the Elementary School FLES programs focus on the development of listening and speaking skills and on cultural awareness. Grammar is not ignored, but is learned indirectly rather than through direct instruction. FLES programs follow the natural sequence of language learning: understanding > speaking > reading > writing. The primary stress is on understanding and speaking. Instructional techniques appropriate for young children have been developed; physical activity and concrete experiences play an important role. Visuals, manipulatives, and realia are a crucial part of the FLES classroom, and the typical lesson plan includes songs, rhymes, games, play-acting with puppets, and other physical activities that appeal to the younger child. FLES classes usually meet two to five times a week for 20 to 40 minutes at a time. In some schools, classes begin in kindergarten and continue through 6th grade, while in other schools they begin in 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade. The level of proficiency attained by the students is usually directly related to the amount of time they spend using the foreign language. (From Ñandutí, Foreign Language Learning. By Janet Reed) Interactive learning tools: Here's a website I found where your students can practice basic Spanish vocabulary: http://www.onlinefreespanish.com/ The second one is Duolingo which can be used both on a computer or a tablet, iPad, or any phone. It was very exciting to see so many of your stop by my classroom to say hello on BTSN. I heard so many interesting questions that I thought it would be a good opportunity to give you more information about the Spanish program at MUS. FLES: Foreign Language Experience in the Elementary School. |
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