Actividades para el Verano

Activities to do during the summer to practice your Spanish skills!

-Go to the tab "Los videos favoritos" and watch your favorite Spanish videos.
-Click on the link on the left menu. You can practice using the tiny tap activities I have created over the past few years. If you scroll down, you can click on the links to go to different websites and play different games to practice Spanish vocabulary.

You can click here to go to Rockalingua.com and watch the free videos and play their interactive games.

https://rockalingua.com/games/repaso-vocabulario

You can also watch the Salsa- students love it! Episodes are 15 to 30 minutes long.

Incoming 4th, 5th, and 6th graders can keep using their Rosetta Stone accounts during the summer! Click here for login instructions on a computer or device (iPad, phone, tablets, etc.)

Other activities you can try at home is to listen to the radio in Spanish, watch your favorite movie in Spanish (go to settings and change the audio to Spanish!), read books, and/or listen to books in Spanish using your library card and go to tumblebooks (click here for link).

Above all, have fun while you are doing all or some of the suggested activities. If you take pictures of your child practicing Spanish, send them to me at szaragoza@op97.org, I would love to post them on twitter! 

Enjoy your summer and see you back in August!

Srta. Zaragoza

Spanish Summer Reading Program

¡Hola!

Here is a fantastic opportunity to join an online FREE Spanish Summer Reading Program by spanishplayground.com

"The Spanish Summer Reading Program is based on the model used by public libraries. Summer is a time to explore new books, re-read old favorites and most important, enjoy reading! We will suggest books and online resources, and we will help motivate children to read. Kids, with help from their families or teachers, choose books that interest them. Children benefit from all reading in Spanish!"

If you have any questions, let me know.

http://www.spanishplayground.net/summer-reading-program-registration/

Srta. Zaragoza

Ethnic Festival and World Languages Day

May 7th is the 36th annual Ethnic Festival and World Languages Day at Julian Middle School. Mark your calendars so you and your family can enjoy cultural performances, great food and beautiful artifacts. It will start with a parade at 10:00. The activities will run until 3:30.

Hope to see you there!
Srta. Zaragoza

Irving Art Fest 2016

The Art Fest 2016 will be on Thursday May 12th from 6:00-8:30. We will be celebrating all aspects of the arts throughout the building.
Visit the Kindergarten Hallway to participate in various Spanish activities, including PISTA (clue) games at 6:05, 6:15, 6:25 & 6:35.
Hope to see you there!

El día del niño

El Día del Niño or Children’s Day is a day that is dedicated to children around the world.  Not only is this day celebrated with many festivities and games for the children to play, but also to create an awareness of the importance of children’s rights.  The idea to celebrate this day came about in 1959 when the United Nations General Assembly decided to reaffirm the rights of children throughout the world. Children's day is a celebration in many Latin American countries. In Mexico it is celebrated on April 30th.

This year, the Chicago's National Museum of Mexican Art will have a free family festival on Saturday April 9th. Click here for more information!

Srta. Zaragoza

Parent-Teacher Conference Week

During conference week, February 8th-12th, you are welcome to stop by the Spanish room (101-E) before or after school to talk about what your child is learning, to practice your Spanish, to talk about Rosetta Stone, to borrow a book, or just to say "Hola."  I look forward to talking with you.
Srta. Zaragoza

Mi mascota favorita

Test your Spanish knowledge by playing the Pets Tiny Tap. ¡Diviértete!