THIRD & FOURTH GRADES UPDATE: 3/8/2010

THIRD GRADE: STORY/BILINGUAL DICTIONARIES/SPANISH ADJECTIVES
After Reading Week, the third graders listened to an exciting Spanish story, very similar to the English book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." The name of the book
was "¡Por favor no tires tus dulces!" or "Please don't through your candies!" Thereafter the class compared and contrasted three of the characters from Don Quijote: Don Quijote, Sancho Panza and Lady Dulcinea. Working in pairs, the students found English adjectives to describe these characters, which they later learned to look up in Spanish using bilingual dictionaries. The students are currently writing and illustrating their own Spanish books titled "Mi dia" or "My Day." In the book they have the opportunity to use much of the vocabulary they've learned so far this year.

FOURTH GRADE: IDEALISM/ADVANCED ADJECTIVES/SHIELDS/TECHNOLOGY/SPEAKING QUIZ
After discussing the idealistic qualities of Spain's Don Quijote as compared to historical figures such as Ben Franklin, Govenor Winthrop and Martin Luther King, the students worked in pairs to create Venn Diagrams comparing the two main characters of the book. Thereafter, the students came up with some English adjectives to describe each character (How are they different? How are they the same?). The fourth graders then collaborated on looking up the words to find their Spanish equivalents. To conclude this activity, the students watched a DVD about knighthood and learned how to make a Coat of Arms on the internet. The fourth graders are currently making their own shields, in which they will write four Spanish adjectives to describe their personal values. ¡Magnífico trabajo cuarto grado!

FOURTH GRADE ONLINE TECHNOLOGY PROJECT:
The students are enjoying learning how to use the Spanish blog to answer questions in Spanish about their families.

FOURTH GRADE SPEAKING QUIZ: Please review the Spanish questions previously posted on this site with your child. (Go to "Older Posts")I plan to test each child individually during the week of March 29. Additional questions that will be asked are:

¿En qué edificio vives? (¿EHN KEH EH-DEE-FEE-SEE-OH VEE-VEHS?)
In which building do you live? ANSWER: VIVO EN EL APARTAMENTO. (I LIVE IN THE APARTMENT.)/VIVO EN EL RASCACIELOS.(I LIVE IN THE SKY SCRAPER.)/VIVO EN LA CASA.
(I LIVE IN THE HOUSE.)

¿Adónde vas? (¿AH-DOEN-DEH VAHS?)
Where are you going?
ANSWER: VOY A LA CLASE DE MúSICA.(I'M GOING TO MUSIC CLASS.)/VOY A LA CLASE DE EDUCACIóN FíSICA. (I'M GOING TO P.E.) /VOY A LA CLASE DE ARTE. (I'M GOING TO ART CLASS.)/VOY A LA CLASE DE MúSICA.(I'M GOING TO MUSIC CLASS.)/VOY A LA HORA DE RECREO.(I'M GOING TO RECESS.)

¡BUENA SUERTE! (GOOD LUCK!)

SRA. STARR