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Pre-school Spanish

Some pre-school students will begin their Spanish classes next week. Each student will have Spanish once a week (20 minutes) for one quarter. Click here to see what we will be learning.

Practice Numbers, Shapes, and Colors

The following two links are great practice for learning numbers, shapes, and colors!

Count 1-100
Numbers Quiz
Colors and Shapes
Colors and Shapes Quiz

Listen to new Bible Memory Verses!

Our students are working on memorizing new verses in Spanish. Use the link below to listen to the verses in Spanish!

Bible Memory Verses

3rd and 4th Vocabulary, Song, and Verse

Click here to see what we are learning in 3rd and 4th grade! Kids, remember to teach padre, madre, hermano, hermana, or perro your new words with actions!

Espantapájaros

1st grade students at Rose Park celebrated Scarecrow Day today! As part of that, we read La Aventura de Espantapájaros in Spanish! Click the link below to read along with Señora Brouwer!

Read Along with Espantapájaros!

Demos Gracias (Let's give thanks)

Today, the third and fourth grade students learned a new song in Spanish! Click below to listen to the song, and sing along!

Demos Gracias

Last Chance for Spanish Book Orders!

Monday, October 20 is the last day to order Spanish books from Scholastic. Only Ms. VanWyk's 3rd and 4th graders received book order sheets, but anyone (Mrs. Brouwer's students, too) may order on-line. Go to Scholastic's website, click on "order books", and then enter user name "hcfles" and password "hcfles".

Scholastic's Spanish book selection is great and the prices are low. For K/1st we recommend #29, the De Colores CD, to listen to Spanish songs in the car! Some of these songs we sing in class! For 3rd/4th we recommend #69, a book called Usborne First 1000 Words in Spanish.

You may e-mail your child's teacher if the book is a gift. Remember that by ordering books you help us build our Spanish libraries!

Pictures of Srta. VanWyk's Students

Check out all our Spanish pictures!

September and October
October

1st Grade Vocab Lists

Here are the vocabulary lists, memory verses, and song lyrics for each unit in 1st Grade:
Unit 1 "Greetings"
Unit 2 "Body Parts"
Unit 3 "Colors, Shapes, and Numbers"
Espantapájaros (Scarecrow) Story
Unit 4 "Thanksgiving and Family"
Unit 5 "Christmas"
Unit 6 "Clothing and Weather"
Unit 7 "Animals"
Unit 8 "The Community"
Unit 9 "Calendar and Opposites"

4th Grade Vocab Lists

Here are the vocabulary lists, memory verses, and song lyrics for each unit in 4th Grade:

Greetings
State Symbols Unit
All About Me
Unit: Oct 27 - Nov 7
Thanksgiving Unit
Christmas
School
Verbs and Stories
Food
Clothing and Colors

3rd Grade Vocab Lists

Here are the vocabulary lists, memory verses and song lyrics for each unit in 3rd Grade:

Greetings
Map Unit
All About Me
Unit: Oct 27 - Nov 7
Thanksgiving
Christmas
School
Verbs and Stories
Food
Clothing and Colors

Kindergarten Vocab Lists

Here are the vocabulary lists, memory verses, and song lyrics for each unit in Kindergarten:
Unit 1 "Greetings"
Unit 2 "Body Parts"
Unit 3 "Colors, Shapes, and Numbers"
Unit 4 "Family and Christmas"
Unit 5 "Clothing and Weather"
Unit 6 "Animals"
Unit 7 "The Community"
Unit 8 "Calendar and Opposites"

Blog Challenge Answers

Here are the answers to the blog challenge! Felicidades to the winners!

Clue: Cartoon Character
Soy amarillo. Soy cuadrado. Vivo (I live) en el agua. Tengo ojos grandes. Tengo ojos azules. Tengo dedos blancos. No tengo pelo. ¿Quién soy?

Sponge Bob

Clue: Famous Teen
Soy una niña. Me gusta cantar. Tengo 15 años. Tengo pelo largo. Mi papá es famoso. ¿Quién soy?

Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana

Clue: Sports Star
Soy alto. Tengo pelo corto. Me gusta nadar rápidamente. Me gusta nadar en los Olímpicos. Yo gané 8 medallas de oro. ¿Quién soy?

Michael Phelps

Clue: Important Person
Soy un rey (king). Hablo español. Tengo 70 años. Tengo hijos (children)...dos chicas y un chico. Mi esposa se llama Sofía. ¿Quién soy?

King Juan Carlos I of Spain




Clue: Character from a Spanish Book
Me gusta montar a caballo (horse). Me gustan aventuras. Tengo un amigo, se llama Sancho Panza. ¿Quién soy?

Don Quijote

3/4 Blog Challenge!

There is a 3rd and 4th grade Blog Challenge in the sidebar on the right. Answers will be posted Tuesday afternoon (10/7). Remember, the first student in each class to figure out all 5 riddles and e-mail the answers to their Spanish teacher will win a small sorpresa!

More Vocabulary Videos

Check out THIS vocabulary video for K-1. Be sure to watch the one listed below of Ms. VanHemert, too!

Click here for vocabulary video.

3rd and 4th grade: We are working on vocabulary videos for you! In the meantime, here is a link to our list of new vocabulary words. Videos will be available very soon!!

Click here for vocabulary list

Practice "Body Parts" with Srta. VanHemert!

Kindergarteners and 1st Graders can show off their Spanish skills by naming the body part Ms. VanHemert points to before they hear it on the video! Click here to play!