November 16 – 30

 

Tercer Grado (Third Grade)

Third graders finished Unidad 1—El salón de clase. They will begin working on Unidad 2—Animales de varios colores. In this unit they will:

·         Review the names of colors and shapes

·         Identify different animals

·         Describe their pets and other favorite animals

·         Find out about some South American animals

Because Thanksgiving is almost here and Christmas is right around the corner, third graders will start learning the bridge and the chorus of a Christmas song in Spanish. You may find the lyrics below so your child may practice it at home.

 

Ven a Cantar Artist: La Hermandad

 

Bridge
Navidad, feliz Navidad,

vuelve a casa, vuelve al hogar.
Navidad, dulce Navidad,

en calor de hogar.

Chorus
Ven a cantar, ven a cantar,
que ya llegó la Navidad.
Ven a cantar, ven a cantar,
que ya está aquí la Navidad.

 

Cuarto Grado (Fourth Grade)

Fourth graders will continue working on Unidad 2—¿Qué ropa llevas? In this unit, students will learn to:

·         Describe clothing that people wear

·         Talk about how your clothes look and fit

·         Tell to whom things belong

·         Learn about traditional clothing in Spanish-speaking countries

Students started learning new vocabulary by making mannequins with magazine cutouts and presenting them to their teacher and classmates. At the end of this unit students will prepare a short sketch ¡A conversar! This sketch will allow students to start using the vocabulary and the grammar they learn in a short conversation.

In addition to working on this unit, fourth graders are learning a Christmas song in Spanish (Ven a Cantar by La Hermandad). We will work on figuring out the meaning; and on learning by heart two verses, the bridge, and the chorus.

Fifth graders are finishing Capítulo 1A ¿Qué te gusta hacer? As part of this chapter, students will make their first oral presentation in Spanish on Tuesday, November 24^th. In case someone loses his/her rubric, use the one below.

Presentación oral: A mí me gusta mucho…

 

The following rubric explains how your presentation will be graded.

GRADE CRITERIA	C = 84	B = 92	A = 100
How much information you communicate	You mention only one detailed example in each category.	You mention only four activities and mention all three categories.	You mention five activities and mention all three categories.
How easily you are understood	You are difficult to understand with many patterns of grammatical errors.	You are fairly easy to understand with occasional patterns of grammatical errors.	You are easy to understand with very few patterns of grammatical errors.
How clearly and neatly your visuals match what you are saying	You include only three visuals that clearly connect to activities.	You include only four visuals that clearly connect to activities.	You include five visuals that clearly connect to activities.

 

Additional considerations:

As we have talked about in class, you may earn extra credit (a maximum of three points = one per each category, regardless of the number of “extra” activities) if you mention and show a visual of an activity that is not mentioned in chapter 1A.

As we also discussed in class, if you mention less activities/categories than what the rubric says, or if you are impossible to understand, or if you use less than three visuals, or if your visuals do not match what you are saying; you will earn a failing grade.

Now, go and have fun preparing for your first presentación oral for this school year! 

Should you need to contact me, please do so:

pduran@stnorbertschool.org