FOURTH GR 2/18: UPDATE

Reading Week/Adjectives:
After taking their vocabulary evaluation on places words, many of the fourth graders played educational games before their introduction to the Spanish Reading Week theme. The theme for the week was "Don Quijote de la Mancha," wich is one of the world's oldest books and (Europe's first Novel)!

The students loved learning about the fairy-tale world of knights in shining armor and lovely ladies! We had lively discussions about the story and the two main characters: want-to-be knight Don Quijote and his "squire" Sancho Panzo. The students were asked to compare the two characters and then list some English adjectives to later look up in Spanish.


Valentine Fortune Tellers/Numbers, Colors, Predictions:
For the Valentine's celebrations, we took a pause from our unit on descriptive words and have been making Origami Fortune Tellers! This activity is helping the students review Spanish colors and numbers as well as using new verb forms to make predictions. Each class has come up with some really fun Spanish "fortunes" to share with friends and family!

Reading Week After-School Sessions:
Many of my students enjoyed the after school sessions about Puerto Rico's adorable, but very LOUD tree frog - The Coquí! Students got to see this tiny frog in action on film and hear it's wonderful singing. They then got to make tree-frog shadow puppets and performed wonderful Spanish skits for their families!
¡Coquí! ¡Coquí! ¡Co-quí-quí-quí!