Señora Early’s Spanish Class
Noticias
Students
at both schools have stayed warm during these cold winter days learning many
exciting language and culture concepts in the Spanish classroom. I thank you for encouraging the study and
interest in the Spanish language and Spanish-speaking cultures at home! Also, as I have mentioned before, my
maternity leave is scheduled to begin the week of March 5, 2007 and I ask you
to welcome the teachers who will be taking my place while I am gone. Mrs. Romero will be teaching in my place at
St. Gabriel and Ms. Huber at St. Stephen Martyr. Please feel free to contact them at the following addresses in
addition to my e-mail accounts, which they will also have access to:
Mrs. Romero: bromero@st.gabriel.net
Ms. Huber: maggiehuber@gmail.com
¡Bienvenidos!
Welcome! My name
is Mrs. Early and I am the Spanish teacher for students in kindergarten,
second, fourth, fifth and sixth grades at Saint Gabriel the Archangel
School and all students at Saint
Stephen Martyr School. Together we
learn all about Spanish and the cultures of places where Spanish is spoken as
well as the importance of learning languages other than English. Students in kindergarten through third grade
learn how to introduce ourselves and greet one another in Spanish. We learn how to say how we are doing and
review the day and month at the beginning of each class. We use songs, stories, games, arts and
crafts to learn words and basic expressions such as greetings, numbers, colors,
animals, family members and people, food, body parts, clothing and much more in
Spanish. We also learn about the
exciting holidays of the Spanish-speaking community like el Día de los Muertos
(Day of the Dead), las Posadas at
Christmastime and el Cinco de Mayo.
Students in grades four through eight develop our
knowledge of Spanish to communicate basic classroom expressions such as “¿Puedo
ir al baño?” (“May I go to the restroom?”) and answer questions about how we
are doing, the day, date and weather in Spanish. We apply our knowledge of words and basic expressions in Spanish
to create projects, perform skits, give speeches, write letters to
Spanish-speaking penpals and much more.
Students at this level study various aspects of the cultures of
Spanish-speaking places such as celebrations, like el Día de los Muertos and el
Cinco de Mayo, as well as through the food, art and artists, music, dress and
famous people.
Last
revised: 12 February 2007