Blog de Español

Lots of Different Languages

2011-03-15T13:04:00.003-06:00

We received letters from kids in Tanzania this week. We cannot believe how many different languages they speak. We only speak English and Spanish. We are busy writing them back. We are looking forward to learning more about Tanzania and Africa. We also are so excited to have friends from another continent. Our friends are Shilen, Laura, Antonia, and Christian. 5th Grade I/E Group at DVE

Nuestras Cartas

2011-03-15T12:38:00.005-06:00

We are in second grado. We just received our "cartas". We learned that Sonia likes to "nadar". We also learned that Nazri does NOT like to do "tarea". We are sending our "cartas" this week. We hope our "cartas" arrive in Tanzania soon.

Do you know anyone who lives in Africa? What part?

Gracias,

Maia y Sam

Amigos de Tanzania

2011-02-28T13:04:00.006-07:00

Today we were so excited! We received letters from a 5th grade class in Tanzania, Africa. Sarah's letter was from Ollie. Cassidy's was from Tandi and mine was Tyler. We learned that these students are from all over the world. Super Chevere! We also learned that their class has a blog and we are excited to see it and learn more about what they do in Tanzania. We hope to communicate with them via Skype soon but are not sure about the time difference. That's all for now, I want to get back to writing my letter to Tyler.

Have you ever had a Pen Pal? From where?

Gracias,

Alex

Speaking in Tongues

2011-01-31T12:51:00.005-07:00

Last Thursday our school showed a movie called Speaking in Tongues. This movie is about 4 kids on a journey to become bilingual.

The leadership team sold popcorn and we had dinner from three different cultures.

The lights went down, the movie started. Half of the fifth grade was moving up and down the halls guiding the smaller kids to different stations while the adults enjoyed the movie.

I enjoyed this movie because it made me think about diversity in different languages from a whole new point of view.

Do you know anyone that goes to a dual language school????????? If so, please leave a comment. We'd love to hear from you.

Anna (5to grado)

El grito del valle

2010-10-05T13:11:00.009-06:00

We celebrated EL GRITO DEL VALLE at Dillon Vally Elementary again last month. We do it every year close to the 16th of September in honor of Mexico and Latin's America's Independence. We had a lot of activities like a 1.5K and 5K run, face painting, dancers from Mexico, and lots of great food and drinks.

¿Cuál fue tu parte favorito?

Posted by Anna L.

Presidenta en Costa Rica

2010-02-17T20:59:00.006-07:00

Today we connected with our friends in Costa Rica via our wiki. We were both working on our wiki at the same time sharing what has been happening in our classes and working on our collaborative stories. We also learned that Costa Rica just voted in their first woman president a few weeks ago. ¡Qué chévere!

In the video below Shannon shares what she learned from Mariana.

What have you learned?

La Cultura

2010-02-14T21:57:00.005-07:00

We used the tool Wallwisher to share what we have learned about different Spanish Speaking Cultures. Add your own.

Juan Carlos

2010-02-01T16:03:00.007-07:00

We have been practicing the difference between what you do and what your friend does. Here is a story about a king in Spain that is having trouble remembering.

In the comments, write two things (en español) about Juan Carlos and then add two things about yourself.

SE SIENTE TRISTE

2010-01-26T21:14:00.007-07:00

Second Grade is working on feeling words in Spanish. Here is a Worlde with our newest story. Can you remember what happened in our story?

Más Pan

2009-12-17T10:54:00.002-07:00

Third and Fourth grade classes love this song.

First Grade Words

2009-12-17T08:28:00.004-07:00

First grade has been learning new words (palabras nuevas).

ella le dio-she gave
él tiró-he threw
ella quería-she wanted

Here is Madeline practicing her words. Let her know how she did.

Freezes and Melts

2009-12-09T14:18:00.007-07:00

Second Grade is studying matter. Here are some of our "palabras importantes" and the stories we created with the words. Leave a comment (en español) with what you remember about the different stories. ¡Gracias!

Greetings

2009-11-13T11:37:00.002-07:00

¿Qué te pasa, calabaza? Nada nada, limonada.

Shannon Descubrió Un Mapa

2009-11-10T08:38:00.003-07:00

4th grade Story:

Palabras Importantes:

se presentó
se acercó
descubrió

Coquí Tiene un Gatito

2009-11-05T21:05:00.006-07:00

Mónica saves the day!

¿Qué parte de la canción te gusta más?

El Cuerpo

2009-11-05T13:50:00.010-07:00

la oreja

las manos

la cabeza

la nariz

Here are a few body (cuerpo) words the kids have learned.

Halloween

2009-10-30T11:18:00.005-06:00

We are learning some scary words in Spanish.

calabaza-pumpkin
fantasma-ghost

Preguntas del Pasado

2009-10-29T14:32:00.003-06:00

Second grade has been studying past and present. Here is a picture from our conversation with Señorita Martínez' parents. Where are they from? What did you learn from the conversation?

Where the Wild Things Are

2009-10-28T15:49:00.005-06:00

This is the page (página) that 3rd grade read for our school's Where the Wild Things Are project. ¿Te gustó el libro?

¿Puedo Ir Al Baño?

2009-10-27T23:18:00.000-06:00

¿Puedo Ir Al Baño? by Señor Wooly is one of our favorites songs this year.

¡Eres Un Monstruo!

2009-10-27T17:42:00.000-06:00

The entire school is reading and studying Where the Wild Things Are. Here is a video from 2nd grade practicing some of the vocabulary from the book.

¡Quietos!-quiet
Eres un monstruo-You are a monster
habitación-bedroom
cena-dinner
jugaba-played