Me gusta el chocolate. Yo quiero chocolate

Intro Spanish:

Today we continued practicing how to express likes and dislikes in Spanish. We also started learning about the verb to want (querer). Next week we will learn how to say dates (las fechas) in Spanish: days of the week (page 14) and months (page 15)

Also, please review your numbers from 1-30 (page 9) and watch the video below in preparation for class (you only need to learn to 30 (treinta) but since numbers after that are quite easy and mechanical to learn, go ahead and see if you can reach 40 (cuarenta) or even 50 (cincuenta):

treinta y uno, treinta y dos.....
cuarenta y uno, cuarenta y dos.... cincuenta

Do not worry if you cannot learn all the numbers, we will go over them in class little by little.

VIDEO: Rockalingua: Numbers in Spanish

Intermediate Spanish:

Today we learned about the Aztecs, the main political power in Mesoamerica at the time the first Europeans arrived to the continent.

We also practiced our subject pronouns with regular verbs in the present tense. Next day in class we are going to continue working on our present tense AR ending verbs.

Please go over pages 35-37 in your book and watch the two videos below in preparation for class:


VIDEO: Christy Land - Conjugating AR verbs -Present tense.



VIDEO: Sr. Keldsen - O, As, A, Amos, An

Buenos días, ¿Cómo estás?

Today in BEGINNER's Spanish we continued practicing our numbers and colors.

We quickly covered how to tell time: es la una (it is one o'clock), son las dos (it is two o'clock), son las tres (it is three o'clock), and so on. We learned new adjectives such as grande (big), pequeño (small) and bonito (beautiful), as well as some new names for animals: el burro (donkey), el camello (camel), el caballo (horse), el lobo (wolf) and el dragón (dragon).

Next week we will continue with introductions and greetings: Buenos días (Good morning/Good day/Hello), buenas tardes (Good afternoon/Good evening), buenas noches (Good evening/Good night), ¿Cómo estás? (How are you?), etc.

Please go over pages 1 and 3 in our book (Rose Thomas) and watch the two videos below in preparation for class. You will notice that in the video by Sr. Howard he uses new words and expressions such as enfermo (sick) or Me duele (It hurst) followed by body parts (eg. Me duele el brazo: my arm hurts, etc.). They also use ¿Por qué? (Why).

It is important you come prepared so we can put a puppet show together during class. We will have a dragon (el dragón), a butterfly (la mariposa), a witch (la bruja), a boy (el niño) and maybe a few more characters. ¡Hasta el martes! See you on Tuesday!

VIDEO: Muzzi: Buenos días.




VIDEO:  Sr. Howard: ¿Cómo estás?




Today in INTERMEDIATE Spanish we talked about Lacrosse, numbers and AR ending verbs. Please go over page 36 in you book (Cynthia Downs), finish your sentences for your presentations and watch the video below to learn more about conjugations in the present tense (Yes, D and J, I know it is about six minutes long, but please watch it a couple of times, if you could, to reinforced all that we have covered in class today).

VIDEO: Practiquemos: Verb Conjugations



¡Hasta el martes!

Los números/Numbers

Today we explored numbers in both of our classes.

BEGINNERS:

Beginners continued practicing colors and we learned some basic cardinal numbers (1-12).

Please have your students practice numbers 1-15 (or if they are very ambitious, go ahead and have them learn up to 20). You can do this by watching the videos below, using this interactive link, or simply going over page 9 in your activity book (Rose Thomas).

Notice that after 15, numbers 16-19 are a combination of previously learned numbers with minor spelling variations: 16 = 10 y (and) 6 (dieciséis), 17 = 10 y (and) 7 (diecisiete) and so on.


VIDEO: 1-10 Rosita (Sesame Street)




VIDEO: 1-10 Doki (Discovery Kids)




VIDEO: 1-20 (Howcast):  typo: 19 should be diecinueve instead of diecenueve!




INTERMEDIATE SPANISH

Today some forgot their composition while others forgot their display items (or both).
I know however, that you are all going to be "super-ready" for class next time, right?

Please, go over numbers 1-100 at this site. You already know those numbers. Please practice to improve your pronunciation.

Also, go over page 12 in your activity book (Cynthia Downs) and watch the video below. Please pay attention to irregular: quinientos, setecientos and novecientos.

VIDEO: Numbers 100-1000



¡Hasta el martes!

Martes 7 de enero: Cumpleaños Feliz

Today I had fun in class. I hope you enjoyed our little taste of Spanish cuisine. We will have to do this again, sometime. I was thinking some paella and gazpacho next. Maybe even some churros con chocolate (like the ones we did last year)... we will see.

For the next few weeks we are going to be reviewing and build on what we have learned so far. Please watch the video below (American Cancer Association) and see if you can understand what Ricky Martin is saying.  I will give you a clue, after the song he says: "mi deseo es por un mundo con menos cáncer y con más cumpleaños".



Afterwards, and in preparation for class, please think of four (4) dates that are important to you (it could be birthdays, festivities, memorable events, etc.) and be ready to say them in Spanish and explain (in either Spanish or English) to other students in class why they are important to you.

Examples:

My birthday is July 2nd, so... Mi cumpleaños es el dos de julio

The 4th of July is an important celebration....El Cuatro de Julio es una celebración importante.

¡Gracias y  hasta el martes!

Martes, 17 de septiembre: ¡Bienvenidos!

Welcome to a new year of Spanish!

This week we'll cover some basics: greetings, introductions and some numbers.

Please watch the videos below to prepare, practice and reinforce some of these concepts.

Also, if you could, please visit any of the "los números/numbers" interactive links in our resources section.

Don't worry if at first you don't understand everything you hear. We will go over most of these new concepts in class.

¡Hasta el martes! (See you on Tuesday!

Números:






Introductions:

Monday, March 4th: Greetings, Numbers and Colors

Today we learned about colors, numbers and some basic greetings and introductions. Below are some links that you may want to use to reinforce what we covered in class.

For numbers (1-30) you can go to this interactive site,  or play this fun game (you can adjust the settings to match your skills). You can also watch the following videos if you wish.

For colors visit any of these interactive sites: Quizlet or 123TeachMe site. You can also watch this basic video below.

¡Hasta el lunes! (See you on Monday!)