Bienvenidos mis estudantes y sus padres! Welcome to my Spanish students and their parents! Mi nombre es senora King! This site is for you to use and have fun with! All of the games found here will assist your child in learning this new language! Spanish for Kindergarten is all about having fun! We meet every Monday (lunes, en espanol!) and learn new words in Spanish! We will learn songs, dances and many beautiful traditions from the Hispanic world. We will learn vocabulary on los numeros (numbers), los colores (colors), la familia (family), el cuerpo humano (the human body), los dias de la semana (the days of the week), los meses del ano y las estaciones (the months of the year and the seasons), and la escuela (school). There is no homework (no tarea) nor grades in Kindergarten for Spanish class. Any sheets that get sent home are additional practice on vocabulary we are learning in class. Have fun learning along with your child and enjoy!
We had our last Spanish class for Kindergarten for the school year on Monday, May 21, 2007! Have a wonderful, safe summer vacation and may God Bless you all until we see each other again!
On "Los dias de la semana" (the days of the week)-
¡Bienvenidos mis estudiantes y sus padres! Welcome to my First Grade Spanish students and their parents! Spanish for First Grade is all about having fun! We will spend another year on vocabulary, reviewing words learned in Kindergarten, while addiing new words to each unit. Units covered in First Grade include; los numeros (numbers) up to the number 20, los colores (colors), la familia (family), los dias de la semana (days of the week), los meses del ano y las estaciones (the months of the year and the seasons), el cuerpo humano (the human body), la escuela y la clase (the school and the class) and a new unit for us this year will be la comida (food).
There are no tests, grades, notebooks or homework in Spanish for First Grade.
We had our last Spanish class for First Grade for the school year on Monday, June 04, 2007! Have a wonderful, safe summer vacation and may God Bless you all until we see each other again!
¡Lunes es el dia de espanol!
Feliz cinco de mayo!
We are beginning the topic of "La Comida" (the food).
There are no tests nor grades in Spanish for Second Grade, however, I do check homework each week. I also ask that you tape, paste or staple all sheets into your child's Spanish notebook, and that they come with it to class every Monday. There is tarea (homework) every week except over holidays.
¡Lunes es el dia de espanol!
Feliz cinco de mayo!
We had our last Spanish class for Second Grade for the school year on Monday, June 11, 2007! Have a wonderful, safe summer vacation and may God Bless you all until we see each other again!
Mexican revolutionary hero Pancho Villa had a carriage that was always breaking down on his endless journeys around the northern desert. His troops nicknamed the bulky carriage "La Cucaracha" (grandaddy of the Beetle?) and made up this little ditty about how the carriage "ya no puede caminar" (can't get around any more). Who knew it would become a world-famous tune?
a,b,c,ch,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,ll,m,n,n (with the tilde), o,p,q,r,rr,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z. There are 30 letters. Here's a game for review of the alphabet- http://www.members.tripod.com/spanishflashcards/
a,b,c,ch,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,ll,m,n,n (with the tilde), o,p,q,r,rr,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z. There are 30 letters. Here's a game for review of the alphabet- http://www.members.tripod.com/spanishflashcards/
There are no tests nor grades in Spanish for Third Grade, however, I do check homework each week. I ask that you tape, paste or staple all sheets into your child's Spanish notebook, and that they come with it to class every Monday. We have tarea (homework) every week except over holidays.
¡Lunes es el dia de espanol!
We had our last Spanish class for Third Grade for the school year on Monday, June 11, 2007! Have a wonderful, safe summer vacation and may God Bless you all until we see each other again!
We have begun the topic of "El Barrio" (the neighborhood) and "Las Profesiones" (the professions).
Tarea for this week - no tarea!
We have completed the topic of "Los contrarios" (the opposites). We learned about the placement of adjectives in Spanish.
Adjectives follow the noun they describe in Spanish. They must also agree in both gender and number with the noun they describe.
We will also learn the possessive pronouns: mi (my), tu (your-familiar), su (your-formal, his her, it's, their), nuestro (our-masculine noun) & nuestra (our-feminine noun).
If you find new words on your homework sheets that we didn't go over in class, you will find their meanings by clicking on the little explorers web site dictionary at the end under "favorite links".
Grade 3 should also periodically review the words to La Senal de la Cruz, El Avemaria, el alfabeto de espanol (the Spanish alphabet), our birthday song, "Las Mananitas" (words to all are on the bottom of this website). We will also add in El Padre Nuestro (The Our Father) this year. Grade 3 can also review all of the other games listed under the younger grades' sections.
Grades 4 & 5
Extra Credit is available to any student in Grades 4 or 5 who wishes to be "Prayer Leader" for the day.
We had our last Spanish class for the school year on Wednesday, June 06, 2007! Have a wonderful, safe summer vacation and may God Bless you all until we see each other again!
Words that are assigned this week;
Grade 4: no mas palabras para este ano!
We are now beginning to learn the concept of verb conjugation in Spanish.
The 10 pronombres (subject pronouns) are; yo, tu, Ud., el, ella, nosotros, nosotras, Uds., ellos, ellas. You can get lots of additional practice on this topic by playing the following game I made up for you on this topic;
ER verbs to know are; aprender, beber, comer, comprender, leer, responder, vender, correr, creer, deber, meter, offender, recorrer, romper, sorprender, suceder, temer, toser,emprender, depender. Play the following game I made up for you on this subject;
Hear the numbers 1-30 in Spanish by clicking on the following link-
Grades 4 & 5 must know the 10 basic subject pronouns in Spanish. The 10 pronombres (subject pronouns) are; yo, tu, Ud., el, ella, nosotros, nosotras, Uds., ellos, ellas. You can get lots of additional practice on this topic by playing the following games I made up for you on this topic;
These grades will learn how to make a word plural in Spanish. If the word ends in a vowel, add an "S". If the word ends in a consonant, add "ES" (except if a word ends in a "Z", change the Z to a C, and add "ES"). Example of this; casa-casas, reloj-relojes, lapiz-lapices.
Go over and review the use of the Indirect (un, una, unos, unas) and Direct Objects ( el, la, los, las). Here's a review game to play on the topic of Direct (el, la, los, las) and Indirect Objects (un, una. unos. unas) -
Most words that end in "a" are feminine, while most words that end in "o" are masculine. There are exceptions to this rule, such as dia and mapa are masculine, mano is feminine. The words that come from the Greek language, although they end in "a" are masculine (problema, sistema, idioma, tema, clima, programa, poema, telegrama). Words that end in cion, sion, tad, dad, and umbre are almost always feminine (libertad, conclusion, television, lumbre, universidad, nacion, personalidad, conversacion).
El, la, un and una (definite and indefinite articles)
In Spanish, as well as all the other Romance languages (French, Italian, etc), all nouns have a gender associated with them. "Chair" is feminine, "telephone" is masculine. The way to tell whether a noun is masculine or feminine is to look at the el or la that precedes the noun. El (differing than él, which means "he", by the accent mark over the "e") is the definite article that corresponds to masculine nouns - el cuarto, el teléfono. La is the definite article that corresponds to feminine nouns - la casa, la mesa, la ventana. Whether a noun is considered feminine or masculine is generally based on the last letter of the noun. If the noun ends with an "a", as in silla or cocina, or with "-sión" (televisión), "-ción", "-tad", "-dad", or "-umbre", then it is probably a feminine noun. If it ends with an "o" or a consonant, such as cuarto or reloj (wristwatch), then it is probably a masculine noun. Exceptions do exist to this rule - mapa (map) is masculine, and pared (wall) is feminine - but the majority of Spanish nouns behave normally. The exceptions just have to be memorized as you come across them.
When using nouns, you must make sure that you use the correct gender and number when using an identifier. The identifiers are el, la, los, las, un, una, unos, and unas. El and la are singular definite articles, which means you are talking about a specific thing. La silla means "the chair" - you are talking about a specific chair. Un and una are singular indefinite articles, which means you are taking about any member of a group of things. Una silla means "a chair" - you are talking about any chair in general. The use of these identifiers is identical to the way you would say it in English - if you want to say "a table", use una, and if you want to say "the table", use la. Los is the plural of el, and las is the plural of la. You use these plural definite articles when you are talking about several specific members of a group - las mesas means "the tables". Unos and unas are plural forms of un and una, respectively, and translate to "some" when used in sentences - unas mesas means "some tables". These are plural indefinite articles, which means they don't refer to any specific objects but to a class of them, such as tables or chairs.
Here are some examples using these 8 articles:
Los cuartos son grandes. ("The rooms are big.")
Unas sillas están en la cocina. ("Some chairs are in the kitchen.")
El teléfono es verde. ("The telephone is green.") La pared es fea. ("The wall is ugly.")
De and en
We will begin to learn how to conjugate verbs in Spanish, beginning with AR verbs. Play the following game for additional practice;
We will begin the topic of present tense verb conjugation in all classes. The endings for AR present tense verbs are; O,AS,A,AMOS,AN. To conjugate a verb means to make its ending agree with the subject of your sentence. For present tense verbs this is a 2-step process;
1. REMOVE THE "AR"
2. REPLACE WITH CORRECT ENDING
AR verbs to know are; pasar, buscar, mirar, contestar, llegar, visitar, nadar, amar, ayudar, hablar, bailar, cantar, escuchar, caminar, admirar, comprar, entrar, trabajar, preguntar, estudiar. They are listed under FLASHCARDS above, or you can play the game I made up for you on this subject;
You may wish to periodically review the words to our prayers, La Senal de la Cruz,El Avemaria, El Padre Nuestro, and this year we add El Gloria. We will also recite El Juramento de la Bandera y el alfabeto de espanol. The words follow:
LA SENAL DE LA CRUZ
En el nombre del Padre, del hijo, y del Espiritu Santo, Amen.
EL AVEMARIA
Dios to salve, Maria, llena eres de gracia; el Senor es contigo. Bendita tu eres entre todas las mujeres, y bendita es el fruto de tu vientre, Jesus. Santa Maria, Madre de Dios, ruega por nosotros pecadores, ahora y en la hora, de nuestra muerte. Amen.
El GLORIA
Gloria al Padre y al Hijo y al Espiritu Santo. Como era en el principio, ahora y siempre por los siglos de los siglos. Amen.
EL PADRE NUESTRO
Padre nuestro, que estas en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre; venga a nosotros tu reino, hagase tu voluntad asi en la tierra como en el cielo. El pan nuestro de cada dia, danaslo hoy y perdonanos nuestras ofensas asi como nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden; y no nos dejes caer en la tentacion, mas libranos del mal. Amen.
Pledge of Allegiance
EL JURAMENTO DE LA BANDERA
The Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish:
Prometo la fidelidad a la bandera
de los Estados Unidos de América
y a la república que representa,
una nación bajo Dios,
indivisible,
con libertad
y la justicia para todos.
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