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2010 Spanish Summer Camp with Ms. Einmo
Reserve a spot by sending an email to camp@mseinmo.com with "Spanish Camp" in the Subject line. Information Hello Spanish day campers! Congratulations to both of us! You will be part of my first Spanish Summer Camp and I’m so excited about the great group that is coming to camp. Our campers range from 1st- 3rd graders with 2 5th graders lending a hand. Here’s some info about the camp. Who: There will be about 8 campers. What: We’ll be learning the Spanish language through games, skits, story time, singing, speaking and writing. We’ll also add a cultural flare through dance, music and art. Wear comfortable clothes that are weather appropriate so that we can do some outdoor activities as well. On Friday, parents are invited to come at 1:20 for a sampling of what we did during the week. What to bring: Lunch, sunscreen, and a water bottle. (Because of the allergies some kids have to sunscreen, I ask that each child bring their own.) When: July 12-16th. Camp runs one week from 9:30 am to 2pm. You can come as early as 9:15, and make sure you’re picked up no later than 2:15pm. Where: Ms. Einmo’s house on Capitol Hill (Seattle). We’ll spend most of the time learning and playing in and around the house and also take some excursions through the nearby parks. Ms. Einmo is the Spanish teacher at Stevens Elementary School in Seattle.
STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS Sometimes it's difficult to find time in our 30-minute block to do some rote work since we're so busy having fun, but memorizing is an essential component of trying to pick up a new language with limited exposure. So, the students have an opportunity to come in at last recess Tues-Friday and pass any of my challenges. It takes no more than a minute to do a challenge and I encourage them to go out and play if there is a line of more than 5. The class in the lead by end of May will get a fun fiesta! If they want to practice at home, here is a list of the first six challenges: Pruebas. The seventh challenge is the alphabet! Opposites We're working on our opposites. Some of us are making books, some of us are doing skits and some of us are making videos. Here's the list we're working from: Opuestos. Your Kids Published Their First Book Our very own Stevens Elementary first graders have published their first book! Our first graders decided it would be fun to have a Spanish book of our favorite colors, animals and pastimes. There is a lovely photo of each first grader featuring the color, animal or activity of each student's choice. We all had fun doing it and they loved reading it aloud to one another. This book is a splendid memoir of their first grade buddies and teachers, and a wonderful tool to keep them thinking about Spanish. The beautiful, durable, coffee-table, 56-page full-color book is available in hardcover and softcover. If you would like to order a book, they will be about $26 for softcover and $36 for hardcover when you include shipping and tax. Order forms for first grade Stevens Spanish Book. Click here. (Order deadline: April 30th).
Special thanks to photographer Tim Wood. Spanish HippitiHop Rap Song "¡Aqui, aqui, ojos en mi!" Want to rap in Spanish? At Stevens, we're putting some of our verbs to work in a rap song that some of the students will sing at the assembly. So students, if you want to practice for the part, click on the lyrics below and check out the MP3. ¡Suerte! (Good luck) Grading Policy for Spanish Winter grades are coming home soon and I turned them in on Monday, March 9th. I believe elementary schools need to better prepare students for understanding the significance of grades before they enter middle school. Prior to joining Stevens, I had the opportunity to work with 6th graders as they entered their first year of middle school. I was appalled by their lack of concern over failing grades and their indifference to homework. More than half did not see a relationship between a bad grade and negative consequences. Many were shocked when I informed them that if they failed my math class, they would have to retake it next year. I want my students to see the relationship between classroom behavior/performance and their grade. Stevens obviously is a great school and takes its grading seriously - I'm just assuring you as families of these wonderful students that I put a lot of thought and time into each grade. I would be happy to discuss your child's performance and grade in my class once the grades have been mailed out. Ok, that's my soap box. If you want to see the criteria I used in grading, please open the file below. You will find that attitude and behavior weigh very heavily. In my classroom situation, good attitude, behavior and participation, inevitably lead to the most productive learning environment and results. Click Here to Read the Grading Criteria !Gracias! Spanish Test Here is the test I am giving to 2nd - 5th graders just in time for grades: Grading for the quarter: 75% Attitude, behavior, and effort (participation) 25% Class work and tests Videos from January Assembly Skits Here are the videos from the January assembly with the kids performing Spanish plays. Click on the teacher's name below to see the skit from that class. Ms. Ames (5th Grade) The Sleepy Student Ms. Wilkie (4th Grade) Little Purple Riding Hood Ms. Haskell (4th Grade) The Poor Hungry Man Ms. Ingham (3rd Grade) Tres Amigas Tienen Frio Ms. Hanson (3rd Grade) Tres Amigos Tienen Calor
SKITS November: For the next few weeks we'll be working on some skits with 3-5th grades and songs with 1st-2nd. I typed the skits late last night and should probably have done a quick edit, but my web helper is leaving town and I'm trying to squeeze them in while I have him. We are working on the word TENGO, which means I HAVE. So far, we have the following skits: October 27-31 It's Halloween, so I imagine we'll have some extra enthusiasm! We'll put that energy to use as we continue to build on our counting and begin to learn the parts of the body. Here are a couple online games for K-2 kids to help with this: Parts of the Face (in Spanish) Parts of the Body (in Spanish) For 3-5, I recommend playing Simon Says or simply asking them: ¿Donde esta(n) tu(s) __________? (Where is (are) your __________?) Here are some of the ones we'll be going over this year: Body Parts Vocabulary in English and Spanish arm - brazo back - espalda elbow - codo fingers - dedos foot - pie hand - mano leg - pierna neck - cuello stomach - estómago tummy - tripa toes - dedos del pie wrist - muñeca lips - labios hair - pelo tooth - diente teeth - dientes tongue - lengua head - cabeza shoulder(s) - hombro(s) knee(s) - rodilla(s) toes - dedos del pie eye(s) - ojo(s) ear(s) - oreja(s) mouth - boca nose – nariz We're working on some standard responsed to three common questions: Q: ¿Cómo estás? A: Estoy bien, gracias. ¿Y tú? Q: ¿Cómo te llamas? A: Me llamo _________. ¿Y tú? Q: ¿Cuántos años tienes? A: Tengo (seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez) años. ¿Y tú?
Week 1: We talked about why learning to speak and understand more Spanish is important and here are the some of the responses we shared:
* When we travel around the world (many said Mexico). There are many other reasons that were given! Please come read the bulletin board outside room 206! Counting: We are starting our counting goals. In addition to a counting dance, we are doing lots of different activities to learn to count. When a class is able to play a counting game up to our class goal, then we will get to have a choice day. 1st & 2nd graders need to get to 30. 3rd-5th have to get to 50. To help your child with counting, here is a great resource: http://www.donquijote.org/spanishlanguage/numbers/numbers1.asp Colors: We’ll be working on colors a variety of different ways throughout the year. Each students sits at a table that is defined by a color. We have: Mesa amarilla, mesa verde, mesa morada, mesa roja, mesa azul and mesa naranja. Ask your child which one he or she sits at. We will be adding other colors to the mix, for example: blanco, negro, marron (o café), and rosa. Coming up we’ll be incorporating weekdays: lunes, martes, miercoles, jueves, viernes, sábado, y domingo. We’ll also be learning the months of the year: enero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septiembre, octubre, noviembre, y diciembre. The Word of the Week this week was “Tengo”. Tengo means ‘I have’. One could say: Tengo hambre (I have hunger). Or perhaps, tengo diez dedos (I have ten fingers). We’re having fun. Please join us sometime if you would like to volunteer. I think it’s great for kids to see their parents trying to learn new things too (unless you already speak Spanish, claro).
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Ms. Einmo will be running a one-week summer camp July 12th-16th for 6-8 year olds. Play while you learn Spanish with Ms. Einmo! We will play all sorts of games, learn songs, dance, paint, and do Spanish skits. 
Knowing some Spanish will help us:
