The Sparrows began their morning in Spanish class. But first, before Alicia arrived, the Sparrows "hid" and surprised her!
Alicia and friends greeted one another, and then settled for "un momento de silencio." Once friends' bodies were quiet and calm, Alicia shared that since we have been learning the Spanish words for snack foods, it is important to know the word for snack! Snack is "merienda."
After learning "merienda," the Sparrows reviewed some of the snack items we have been working on.
Orange-naranja
Red apple- manzana roja
Green apple- manzana verde
Cheese- queso
Cream cheese- queso crema
Banana- banana o platano
Ask your Sparrow how to say any of these words!
We played Matamoscas, and with the supersize ones at that! Before using the swatters, Alicia went over how to safely and properly use them to play the game.
To play, Alicia called out a snack item in Spanish and friends gently tapped the item called. Two friends at a time played, while the rest of the group cheered them on. Alicia asked friends "listo?" and if they were ready, friends replied with "listo" or "si."
Once each Sparrow was done their turn, they were asked to pasalo la matamosca to the next friend.
To end our time together, we sang Adios and Dylan squeezed la vaca.
A common game that the Sparrows like to play in the classroom is "Cheetah." Friends organize the play where there is a family of cheetahs and they go on some type of adventure. To further explore this topic and friends' interests, we thought why not learn about cheetahs and other African wildlife. We made a slideshow for friends to watch and to see if while watching that this topic still sparked their interests. Indeed it did! We deem this study "Sparrows on Safari."
The Sparrows were giddy with excitement, sharing all types of ideas and what we could do. Along with animals of Africa, we will learn about climate, trees and plants, location, music, language, what a safari is, and more! We are very much so looking forward to this topic of study, and all of the wonderful ideas that already have and will emerge.
When asked where to find more information, and to share their thoughts, the Sparrows gave these responses:
-At the zoo
-Africa because the animals live there
-Explore the classroom
-Library
-Look things up on the computer and iPhone
-Maybe the teachers could be the explorers and the kids the animals
-Make cardboard animals and paint them like real animals and do a show on stage
Following all of the excitement of deciding on our study, we had snack then soon went to explore our campus. Along the way, we stopped in the upper school where we saw Thea's dad, Brian, who invited us into his classroom. Friends even got to sit in the "big kid" desks and experience a brief Spanish class as an upper schooler. Thank you, Brian!
We went to the soccer fields and tennis courts, and saw our friends the Cardinals! Friends ran around and played games, and got to play with soccer balls, and tennis balls over on the tennis courts.
Thank you Mr. C for lending us the soccer balls!
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