Sun
02 Mar
2014
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100th day of school!

We did it!
Last week we finally reached our 100th day!
This is not a usual celebration in Spain so it was the first time that it was celebrated in my new school. The kids had lots of fun.
The three first grade classrooms celebrated it and I can tell you that the three first grade teachers had lots of fun preparing it. We are a great team.
We started the day with some counting and lots of excitement when handing out our 100 sparkling masks.
Then we played Celebrating 100 MOVE IT! from Primary Techie. It is FREE!
We also created long 1-100 ‘rulers’ to take home.
Snack time was a big hit. Each kid was allowed to eat 100 things. 
We used mini cookies, peanuts, popcorn… Not all the kids finished it but they loved it. And it helped us counting by tens.

 We also created a craftivity. This gumball machine is still hanging in our rooms. They were given 10 different colors to paint 10 gumballs with each color. 
 The kids brought their 100 collections in plastic bottles. We kept them in the classroom and we used them in our math center as we are currently studying weight.
They like finding out the heaviest collection and comparing them. 

It was a little stressful as it was only a week before Carnival (a big celebration in Spain)
I’ll post some photos next week.

Sat
11 Jan
2014
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Christmas and getting ready for winter

We had lots of fun before Christmas break. I wish I had taken more photos.
We had a Grinch day with cute crafts and some writing. Then we watched the film. Can you believe none of my students had heard about The Grinch? They were super excited with the movie.

I bought 

Christmas Print and Play Number Worksheets from Melanie (From the Pond). My students loved the spinner games! It is one of my favorite purchases from TPT.

Our last craft was a big Santa paper craft! Sorry I don’t have the pattern. But it is pretty simple as you can see.

We have also created these cute snowmen to celebrate winter. I have seen this activity all over pinterest. 

Each student has drawn their own pieces for the collage- I love that they all look different.
As soon as we came from Christmas break we celebrated Los Reyes Magos. I have some resources from last year.
Kids brought their new toys. Then we talked about the cabalgata(parade) and their Roscón the Reyes (traditional cake).
They toys have been in the classroom about a week and I can say that they have been sharing them and taking care of them.
Our next goal is writing. We will be doing some writing activities. 
You’ll find this snowman writing in my TPT store: How to make a snowman craftivity
Tue
05 Nov
2013
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Studying ca co cu que qui

WOW! I can’t believe how long I have waited to write a new post.
Lots of new things are going on and I have totally neglected my blog. New house, new school and new city!

I had been teaching in the same school for 6 years. This year I moved to my hometown and started in a new school. I won’t be able to post school photos for now so I guess I’l have to provide freebies instead.


This year I am teaching first grade again. 🙂 I have been creating some resources to teach Spanish spelling: This week I’ll share some resources for

 

ca   co   cu   que   qui

We started we an anchor chart and some word brainstorm.
Then we move on with the worksheets.

I created a first worksheet with lots of pictures to classify sounds. Painting each sound with a different color.

The second worksheet was created to cut and and glue each picture on their notebooks. then they folded it like a little door and wrote the words under the flap.

Click on the worksheets to download the pdf.

If you are studying CA CO CU QUE QUI chec out my Spanish Centers to teach Ortografia:

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Nothing is complete without a game. This is a simple tetris game but it helps with review. It is simple but it works.