Using Vokis to create talking avatars

Kids created speaking avatars today in class. It was a writing, reading and listening activity designed to have students listen to a variety of Spanish Speaking accents. Finished vokis will be on students' blogs.

Lots of Different Languages

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

Amigos de Tanzania

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

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)