Spanish Class: January & February

Primary and LE: “Las formas”, “Los días de la semana”; UE: “La ropa”, “Los artículos”; MS: “Artículos definidos e indefinidos”, “Acuerdo entre el sustantivo y el adjetivo.” In addition FWM middle school students were able to work on listening, pronunciation and comprehension in different tasks given during class.

FWM students kept working on their usual conversation about feelings, Spanish greetings, calendars, and descriptions of the weather. They are continuously improving their Spanish listening and vocabulary. Students from Primary, Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, and Middle School listened carefully to Spanish books and songs and participated in interactive games that were displayed during class.

Primary students focused on learning shapes such as Cuadrado (square), círculo (circle), triángulo (triangle), rectángulo (rectangle), and óvalo (oval). They studied “las formas,” “días de la semana,” and y los “meses del año” through Spanish Montessori lessons that were left on the language shelves of each class for the students to practice for the entire week.

Lower Elementary students also learned “las formas” such as: Cuadrado (square), círculo (circle), triángulo (triangle), rectángulo (rectangle), óvalo (oval), corazón (heart), hexágono (hexagon), estrella (star). They studied “las formas”, “días de la semana” y lo s” meses del año” through Spanish Montessori lessons that were presented in class and complemented with songs, games, and some worksheets to practice.

Upper Elementary Students put in hard work learning about clothing and some accessories in Spanish. They also learned how to properly use the articles (el, los, la, las) in Spanish, and they reviewed “Los números del one al 100.”

Middle Schoolers kept learning about personal pronouns, definite and indefinite articles, noun-adjective agreement, conjugation of the verb “ser y estar,” and when and how to use it.

All the students at FWM are enjoying and learning Spanish, and I am very pleased with their progress in accomplishing goals in my class.

Young Artists Make a Splash!

Both Upper and Lower Elementary students have been learning about the modernist art movement and abstract expressionism. Classes discussed American post-war artists Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, Mark Rothko, and Lee Krasner and how they used non-representational abstract art as a form of expression. Students experienced creating spontaneous mark-making and using gestural movements to paint. While thinking of the paintbrushes as an extension of themselves, they created open-ended compositions. These activities provide opportunities for non-verbal expression and foster an understanding of how to create an active field of vision with no particular focal point.

Lower Elementary students are creating collaborative large-scale physical paintings on the floor with brush extenders. There was a clear sense of discovery felt when they could redefine painting. The students enjoyed building upon each other’s work.

Upper Elementary has been working on a series of abstract paintings exploring color, space, movement, and nontraditional processes like painting with magnets! Through unpredictable processes in artmaking, the students have been discussing the nature of creativity and authorship.

Both upper and lower elementary students have been learning about the modernist art movement and abstract expressionism. Classes discussed American post-war artists Jackson Pollock, Helen Frankenthaler, Mark Rothko, and Lee Krasner and how they used non-representational abstract art as a form of expression. Students experienced creating spontaneous mark-making and using gestural movements to paint. While thinking of the paintbrushes as an extension of themselves, they created open-ended compositions. These activities provide opportunities for non-verbal expression and foster an understanding of how to create an active field of vision with no particular focal point.

Lower Elementary students are creating collaborative large-scale physical paintings on the floor with brush extenders. There was a clear sense of discovery felt when they could redefine painting. The students enjoyed building upon each other’s work.

Upper Elementary has been working on a series of abstract paintings exploring color, space, movement, And nontraditional processes like painting with magnets! Through unpredictable processes in artmaking, the students have been discussing the nature of creativity and authorship.

Primary and LE: “Las formas”, “Los días de la semana”; UE: “La ropa”, “Los artículos”; MS: “Artículos definidos e indefinidos”, “Acuerdo entre el sustantivo y el adjetivo.” In addition FWM middle school students were able to work on listening, pronunciation and comprehension in different tasks given during class.

FWM students kept working on their usual conversation about feelings, Spanish greetings, calendars, and descriptions of the weather. They are continuously improving their Spanish listening and vocabulary. Students from Primary, Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, and Middle School listened carefully to Spanish books and songs and participated in interactive games that were displayed during class.

Primary students focused on learning shapes such as Cuadrado (square), círculo (circle), triángulo (triangle), rectángulo (rectangle), and óvalo (oval). They studied “las formas,” “días de la semana,” and y los “meses del año” through Spanish Montessori lessons that were left on the language shelves of each class for the students to practice for the entire week.

Lower Elementary students also learned “las formas” such as: Cuadrado (square), círculo (circle), triángulo (triangle), rectángulo (rectangle), óvalo (oval), corazón (heart), hexágono (hexagon), estrella (star). They studied “las formas”, “días de la semana” y lo s” meses del año” through Spanish Montessori lessons that were presented in class and complemented with songs, games, and some worksheets to practice.

Upper Elementary Students put in hard work learning about clothing and some accessories in Spanish. They also learned how to properly use the articles (el, los, la, las) in Spanish, and they reviewed “Los números del one al 100.”

Middle Schoolers kept learning about personal pronouns, definite and indefinite articles, noun-adjective agreement, conjugation of the verb “ser y estar,” and when and how to use it.

All the students at FWM are enjoying and learning Spanish, and I am very pleased with their progress in accomplishing goals in my class.