¡Feliz año Nuevo!

Welcome back to School!
In case you missed the most recent issue of the Tuckahoe Times, here's an update.

¡Feliz año Nuevo! Happy New Year from Señora Garcia, Señora Rivera, and Señorita Cox. We hope that you all had a restful break! All families should have received our newsletter, which each teacher sent home with students before the break. In Spanish, we are continuing our study of the days of the week, months of the year, seasons, and weather, as well as clothing choices based on these. Among other things, students at lower levels will be learning how to say the month of their birthday, while older students will be asked to give their own birthdays and report about others’. Advanced students with previous experience in Spanish will be presented with challenges such as describing their schedules on different days of the week, and answering questions about the calendar and different holidays. We are looking forward to helping your students build on their knowledge of Spanish in 2016! 

Below are some great videos from Rockalingua that we have watched in class. Make sure you sign in to be able to access the full videos and all of the features! On the right hand side of each video, you'll see links to online games (click on the the pink videogame controller  icon) that your students are welcome to play at home! If you need the sign-in information, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Las cuatro estaciones
El otoño
¿Que tiempo hace hoy? 
U La La (Ropa, Lugares, Tiempo)


Also, a reminder of a few videos that I shared previously:
Los días de la semana
Los meses del ano

¡Hasta pronto!

Señorita Cox

Newsletter

It's hard to believe that winter break is almost here! I will be sending home updates and resources in the form of our Spanish class newsletter this week. For regular updates about what we are up to in Spanish, please also check out the Tuckahoe Times!

What we are working on

Here was our latest Tuckahoe Times update, just in case you missed it!:

In Spanish, we are focusing on Mexico’s culture and the holiday El día de los muertos. In the weeks that follow, we will be studying the days of the week, months of the year, seasons, and weather. Among other things, students at lower levels will be learning how to say the month of their birthday, while older students will be asked to give their own birthdays and report about others’. Advanced students with more background in Spanish may be challenged to even describe their schedules on different days of the week, answer questions about the calendar and different holidays in Spanish, or recommend clothing choices based on the weather.

We will try to post pictures and quick updates on twitter from time to time as well!
Please follow @senoritacox for updates specific to my classes, and @TuckahoeFLES for tweets from our department as a whole.

Happy Halloween!

¡Feliz día de brujas! Happy Halloween!

I'm dressed as Frida Kahlo, a famous artist from Mexico. 

To learn more about her, I recommend one of the following children's books!

Frida by Jonah Winter

Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales

Me, Frida by Amy Novesky

Have a wonderful and safe Halloween!

Resources!

One of our favorite resources is Rockalingua, which students can access at home to review videos, check out picture dictionaries, and play games related to what we are working on in class.

Please contact me if you need the login information!

Welcome to the 2015-2016 school year!

¡Bienvenidos! Welcome! 

I hope you all are as excited as I am about the new school year.

This year, I will be working with the following classes:

Mr. Gadzinski's 5th grade class

Ms. Weisz's 5th grade class

Ms. Lindeman's 4th grade class

Ms. Coffman's 3rd grade class

Ms. DiNardo's 3rd grade class

Ms. Antognoli's 2nd grade class

Mr. Brent's 1st grade class

Ms. Sackett's 1st grade class

Ms. Campbell's kindergarten class

Ms. Morgan's kindergarten class

For updates on what the upper grades are working on, please go to my other blog:

tuckahoespanishk2.blogspot.com. 

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns!

<3, 

Señorita Cox

Animales

Find any good animal videos in Spanish? Post them in the comments!