¡Bienvenidos familia, amigas, y amigos!
During la clase de Español, it was Callum’s
turn to choose our destination to a Spanish speaking country. After singing our
morning greeting song, ¡Buenos día
amigos!, Callum suggested we head to Argentina. Upon our arrival to this Spanish speaking
country, we gathered in a círculo and
began our Spanish language experience.
To
reinforce our learning of the Spanish vocabulary for some forms of
transportation, we read Nuestro Autobús
(The Bus for Us) by Suzanne Bloom. Through simple text and animated
illustrations, the story introduced us to a variety of vehicles as Tess, a
character in the story, waited at the bus stop for the school bus, el autobús.
Vocabulary
introduced:
¿Es
éste nuestro autobus, Gus? – Is this the bus for us, Gus
grúa
–
tow truck
camión
de bomberos – fire truck
camión
de helados – ice cream truck
camión
de basura – garbage truck
excavadora
– backhoe
autobús
-
bus
To further
reinforce our learning and boost our visual memory skill we played a game using
transportation counter pieces. Three forms of transportation were used; un tren,
un carro, y un avión. Then, while covered with a cloth one of the pieces
would be removed and the Catbirds had to guess which piece was missing. Once
they figured it out, they had to identify which piece it was by using its
Spanish word. What a wonderful time we had playing this game! The Catbirds were
amazing! Try it at home. Ask them the Spanish word for some modes of transportation,
you too will be impressed!
We finished our
class with our traditional song, Adios,
hasta luego, and Callum squeezing la vaca. ¡Gracias, Callum!
¡Hasta nuestro proximo viaje! (Until our
next voyage!)
Paz,
Alicia
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