Hello everyone!

This week we worked we worked on description, and (re)learned a list of useful opposing adjectives:

-Pesado/liviano (heavy/light)

- Bonito/Feo (pretty/ugly)

- Entretenido/aburrido (fun/boring)

- Fuerte/ débil (strong/weak)

- Alto, bajo (tall/short)

- Rápido/ lento (fast/slow)

- Grande/pequeño (big/small)

- Limpio/ sucio (clean/dirty)

We played several games in which we took the role of scientists: we described and classified images according to the new vocabulary categories and discussed how some of them can be described with more than one word at the same time. We also played charades by acting out objects and vocabulary, such as una araña liviana (a light spider), or un camión aburrido (a bored truck).

We also introduced the 5 Senses: la vista (sight), el oído (hearing), el tacto (touch), el gusto (taste), el olfato (smell). We talked about sight and how we see, what organs we use to see, and how light affects our possibility to see. We went through the new vocabulary in the dark and played a game in which the kids had to flash certain images depending on what their classmates were describing.

We also talked and learned about el día y la noche (day/night), la luna, el sol y las estrellas (the moon, the sun, and the stars). We used flashlights to represent the sun and a ball as Earth and we talked about how the day turns into the night. We introduced some verbs and classified them as thing you do during the night or the day. We will continue to work with these words next week.

This week we also read two interesting stories, Click, clack, Muu, about a group of cows that go on strike at a farm and communicate with a farmer by typing notes, and Tina and the Bully, about a sheep who has a classmate who is not very nice. Luckily, she’s brave enough to tell her parents and teacher. Tommy learns later that being nice is way better than being mean, now he has friends.

Today Thursday, Alice took over the class. After a long year apart, my mother arrived to San Francisco to visit for the first time, and I took the day off to pick her up at the airport. I will be back at school on Monday.

Next we’ll keep looking into the senses, observing, describing, and experimenting.

Enjoy your weekend!