Tuesday, March 17, 2020

¡Aprendimos una rima y juego nuevo hoy! @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/SSn3SAAOU3


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Friday, March 13, 2020

¿Qué es eso? Eso es queso. @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/couVbcsFuv


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Thursday, March 12, 2020

Aprendimos sobre los sonidos y la vibración. @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt @JerichoElem https://t.co/jPP6pa5y7v


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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

¡Cuenta de diez en diez! We are practicing counting by 10s off decade. @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt #spanishimmersion https://t.co/pVO3KXHGR8


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Friday, March 6, 2020

¡Explorando la luz! @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/YmkrT4YtZV


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Thursday, March 5, 2020

Más práctica con los artículos. #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/OV2EVtYQJ4


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¡Los artículos son importantes! Today we reviewed when to use el, la, los y las. #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/pVCEESR87q


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Friday, February 21, 2020

Los estudiantes escribieron sus propios cuentos de hadas y después presentaron espectáculos de títeres. @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt #spanishimmersion https://t.co/j2kL7M8xD0


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February 21, 2020 at 01:50PM
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¡Fuimos a visitar Centroamérica hoy! Students even got their passports stamped! @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt @JerichoElem https://t.co/NyR1HtOVlG


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Thursday, February 20, 2020

Hoy aprendimos un poco sobre Honduras y los estudiantes colorearon la bandera. #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/eY8tHujG65


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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Thank you @JerichoElem for this wonderful opportunity! Snow motion was so much fun and a great way for students to challenge themselves. @mmuusdvt https://t.co/nGAnttEl2T


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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

¡Déjame entrar! Actuando el cuento de los tres cerditos con títeres. @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/PICLEijzrW


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Friday, February 14, 2020

¡Feliz día de la amistad! Students wrote kind, anonymous letters to one another and then tried to guess who they were from! @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/tj6Eyk6YH5


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¡Esta semana hicimos una celebración con mantitas y peluches! #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/RS9M6tIvV9


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Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Estamos leyendo y escribiendo cuentos de hadas en español. Here is a resource to listen to fairy tales en español at home: https://t.co/OIOBuCmxXC


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Thursday, February 6, 2020

Writing Our Own Fairy Tales

 We are in the midst of one of my favorite writing units: mixed up fairy tales! It is great practice for budding writers to borrow structure from mentor texts and put their own unique twist on it. This helps writers get more practice with story elements such as setting, problem, and solution. Also, when working with students in a second language, I find the repetition found in fairy tales to be really helpful. Here are some of the fairy tales (cuentos de hadas) we have read so far.

  • Los tres cerditos (The Three Little Pigs): we’ve read four different versions of this story so far and I know there are many more out there. Ther students enjoyed a funny version called Los tres cerditos y el lobo no tan feroz and a version set in the southwest called Los tres pequeños jabalíes. 
  • La gallinita roja (The Little Red Hen): We enjoyed El fuertecito rojo about a girl building a fort all by herself and Las tortillas del burro which also teachers the reader the traditional way to make tortillas!
  • El pan de jengibre (The Gingerbread Man): my favorite version so far is La tortilla corredora written by a Chilean author. The refrain from El cochinito fugitivo has also become a class favorite. “Correle, correle y correle más, soy el cochinito que jamás comerás.” 

If students are ready to extend their writing then they can think of how changing one element of the story (the setting for example) can lead to other changes (such as the materials available for house construction).

How can you support this writing unit at home? Read lots of fairy tales! Make up your own mixed up fairy tale as a bedtime story. Talk with your child about your favorite version of a fairy tale and why.



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Cuando tus estudiantes juegan “maestra” durante su tiempo libre y hacen su propia lección de escritura. My students playing teacher at choice time leading their own writing mini-lesson! @mmuusdvt @JerichoElem #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/pMMy4Uv3QN


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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

¡Disfrutando del día! @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/fKVsbNi2ah


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Friday, January 31, 2020

Cuando tenga 100 años... #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/yJUoPsXgVC


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Cantando caballito blanco en el bus. #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/jHn8BTPDwr


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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

¡Que día tan bello! @JerichoElem @mmuusdvt https://t.co/UWKiXvhb7s


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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Hoy medimos peces y aprendimos sobre la talla mínima. The students loved pretending we were going fishing! @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/9sOSeraSsQ


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Monday, January 27, 2020

Yoga en español. @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/TLCf5udGeF


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Friday, January 24, 2020

¡Hoy aprendimos todo sobre el compost! #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/1kUDl9azEs


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Explorando con colores y nieve afuera. #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/TSANAh60XC


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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

¡El primer día de snowmotion fue un gran éxito! @mmuusdvt @JerichoElem https://t.co/mUb5lpFYe8


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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Hoy medimos cosas en el aula con una cuerda. ¿Qué es más corto? ¿Qué es más largo? @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/3Z6kcOfMpR


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Saturday, January 18, 2020

In first grade Spanish Immersion we focus all of our energy into teaching literacy in Spanish! If you are worried about your child learning to read in English, just remember that so much of learning to read in one language can be transferred to a second (or third!) language. Here are some of the skills students learn in kindergarten and first grade that will transfer down the road to English reading: 
  • One to one correspondence: for every one written word they read, they should only say one spoken word
  • Print knowledge: an understanding of how print is organized
  • Phonological awareness skills: identifying the beginning sound of a word, segmenting a word into parts, and blending sounds into a word
  • Word solving skills: using the initial sound, breaking a word into pieces, looking for smaller, familiar words inside a larger word
  • Comprehension strategies such as making a prediction, asking questions, noticing a character’s feelings, retelling, and figuring out the main idea of a nonfiction text. 

Spanish and English also share a lot of cognates and letter sound similarities. The vast majority of letter sounds are the same in Spanish and English. In fact, the only differences are:
  • The consonants: v, ll, h, j, r, rr, z, ñ, x
  • The combinations: que, qui, güe, güi
  • The 5 vowels in Spanish only make one sound while there are more than 14 different vowel sounds in English  
Source: www.colorincolorado.org

As much reading as we do in school, every child would benefit from some extra exposure to Spanish reading at home. I encourage you to help your child practice reading in Spanish by listening to them read, helping them practice high frequency words, labelling items around the house in Spanish, and listening to Spanish music and read alouds online. Reading aloud to them in English is critical as well. It will deepen their love of reading, expand their vocabulary, and help them make connections to books! 

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Thursday, January 16, 2020

Ahora tenemos pasaportes para nuestros viajes por Centroamérica. Today we learned about Guatemala and I shared about the time I hiked up it’s tallest volcano! #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/zt8kFIuYU7


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Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Compartiendo los cuentos narrativos. #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/SL5x61tWwo


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Cantando durante la reunión de la mañana. #showandtell #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/aC76qeja1v


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Monday, January 13, 2020

Una de nuestras canciones favoritas https://t.co/WqLlo5mqdu #spanishimmersionvt


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Friday, January 10, 2020

¡Continuamos con nuestro tour de centroamérica! Hoy aprendimos sobre Costa Rica. #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/etY3Fwh0ZG


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Thursday, January 9, 2020

¡Un día lleno de diversión! Hicimos yoga, aprendimos acerca de Nicaragua y jugamos con la clase de Srta. Tremblay. @mmuusdvt #spanishimmersionvt https://t.co/hGTJHD5Vu7


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January 09, 2020 at 02:30PM
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¡Pintamos árboles nevados hoy!#spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/iIfXQFMMdA


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Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Comenzamos el día tejiendo. #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/VjS9VjHYg3


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Friday, January 3, 2020

I love it when a student uses their song lyrics to spell a word in their narrative writing! #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/4CNZV38nka


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Thursday, January 2, 2020

¡Hoy aprendimos un nuevo juego de cartas! #spanishimmersionvt @mmuusdvt https://t.co/56TFlcNsbJ


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