LOWER ELEMENTARY: FELIZ ANO NUEVO! BIENVENIDOS! Happy New Year and welcome!
We are off to another fun journey learning and practicing Spanish. We read a short story about a peacock taking a stroll in a garden. Some animals were admiring him and commenting on the vivid colors of his plumage and its elegant walking. Many adjectives were used by the animals to describe the beautiful bird they had never seen--and that was precisely the object of the reading. We also reviewed different animals and their respective habitats. We even had time to make booklets labeled in Spanish and to sing and dance "The Kookaburra Bird".
 

UPPER ELEMENTARY: Various listening exercises took most of our time this week. Students listened to a list of words and were asked to write only the letters that stood for the beginning, middle, and ending sound of each word. This was very challenging and kept their interest and focus on the lessons. The vocabulary was also the source of our Conversational Spanish topic.
 
MIDDLE SCHOOL: We started our week with a very "rich" theme, " Precious and semi-precious stones." We learned/reviewed the name of 10 precious stones in Spanish. Then we composed a combined paragraph about garnets; since they are the birthstone for January. Students also wrote individual compositions about their preferred stone or their own birthstone.
 
TRIVIA FACT:Colombia produces 55% of the planet's emeralds, and their quality places them among the most coveted gems. The mines of MUZO yield the deep green emeralds, which are the most beautiful, scarce, valuable, and exclusive; only found in the deepest depth of Colombia.