¡Adelante! ~ Forward!

This week in class we have been working on how to tell people about ourselves and our friends! ¿Cómo estás? (How are you?); ¿Cómo te llamas? (What is your name?); and ¿Cuántos años tienes? (How old are you?) are just a few of the phrases we've learned how to ask and answer. It's been a long, busy week! The kids are also almost all the way through their second set of "Oral Proficiency Terms", which are a series of speaking quizzes that they complete every couple weeks to assess their proficiency of speaking terms. So far so good!


We've also been working and discussing very thoroughly some of the cultural practices of Hispanic people, including the infamous 'kiss on the cheek' (always an interesting conversation!), Spanish slang terms, and how Hispanics write their names. Speaking of this... if you child comes home writing their full name and THEN some... consider it perfectly normal. I have asked my kiddos to practice the way that Hispanics write their names (First Name, Middle Name, Father's Last Name, Mother's Maiden Name) with their own names. We also discussed how and WHY many Hispanic people have Jewish or Muslim names or are named after religious figures. Ask your kid about this! 


Lastly, we enter into the vast realm of Spanish grammar, focusing in this chapter on the subject pronouns 'yo' (meaning "I" in Spanish) and 'tú' (meaning "you" in Spanish). We will work more with how Spanish subject pronouns are different from and similar to English subject pronouns, but that's another blog!! 


I hope your kids are teaching you as much as they can about what they learn in class! I love hearing stories the kids bring from home about 'trying' to teach their impossible parents what they have learned in my class. The laughs my students and I get out of this definitely makes my job worthwhile! Have a wonderful week. ¡Adiós! ¡Hasta pronto!