Yo puedo...hacer un coqui!

I can make a coqui! If you haven't heard about the coqui's in 2nd and 3rd grade yet, I'm sure you will soon.  We started making origami coquis at Garfield today!  Here are some pictures of how they turned out!  I'll keep adding pictures as we make them :) 

Progress Reports and Conferences

Hola!  
Progress Reports are finished and Parent Teacher conferences are upon us!  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at any time.   You may also visit with me during Parent teacher conferences. I will be at Garfield Elementary from 4-8 on Tuesday, November 12, and at Kenwood Elementary on Thursday, November 14 from 4-8.  

The last few weeks have been a huge learning experience for myself, and I am already looking forward and thinking about how to make myself a better teacher in the coming weeks. As for the students, we have continued on full speed ahead.  Here is what has been happening!

Kindergarten:
          We started practicing shapes and colors.  The last few days we worked with color baggies and put them in order of our color song!  The students are getting so good at them already.  We have also been practicing shapes and introduced the numbers up to 15.  We continue to practice the question "¿Como te llamas tu?"  Me llamo (name).  

1st Grade:
          "En mi mochila..." We have been learning how to say school supplies in Spanish!  We have an awesome backpack song and the students are really good at the last line!  "Hay lapiz, papel, crayones, pegamento y tijeras, libro y carpeta en mi mochila, en mi mochila."  In English we are singing There is a pencil, paper, crayons, glue and scissors, a book and folder in my backpack, in my backpack.  We will be creating our own paper backpacks this week!  It is going to be a great week! 

2nd and 3rd Grade
          We have been escaping the cold of the Iowa fall and been transported to tropical Puerto Rico.  We have discussed where the island is, what language they speak, what the flag looks like, and most important, the coquí frogs!  If your student didn't come home with a sticker yet, you will have to ask them about what they are learning!  We have learned a song about the coquí and learned the fairy tale of how they got their voice.  Now we will be making origami coquis!  I will try to post some pictures this week!