Our first full week

8th grade AND 7th grade Spanish students have been using this first week to refresh and review everything have learned in Spanish in 6th and 7th grade. 8th graders have also engaged in a class activity called "Meet My Friend" where they introduced a friend from their new class in Spanish. They found basic information about this friend, their birthday (el cumpleaños), their favorite sport (el deporte favorito), favorite food (la comida favorita), their favorite class (la clase favorita), where they live (¿dónde vives?), etc. Students shared their findings about their new classmates with the group. This has been a good way to jog their memories from last year, and learn about their new housemates.

6th Grade Spanish students learned the routines and procedures of Spanish class this week. They learned how to conduct themselves during our "Daily Warm Up" which is all oral conversation in Spanish. The received their Spanish folders, and learned what can be expected of me and what I expect from 6th graders. We were able to begin talking about the importance of learning a language and world cultures and we began talking about Cognates (words in Spanish that look/sound like words in English and mean the same thing), and False Cognates (words in Spanish that look/sound like words in English but DO NOT mean the same thing). We also reviewed some "días de la semana" (Days of the Week), and "los meses del año" (Months of the Year), "las estaciones" (Seasons) and "el tiempo" (Weather). I am excited to see everything they have learned/remember from elementary Spanish!