The Pumpkin Patch *** El Calabazar

                          A visit to the Pumpkin Patch  *********** Una visita al calabazar

Monday we went down to the pumpkin parch to choose the perfect pumpkins for Halloween.  After the students chose their pumpkins, they examined them for science, and drew still life portraits of their pumpkins.  It was a lot of fun.

Lunes fuimos a visitar el calabazar para eligir los calabazas perfectos para el día de las brujas. Despues de eligir sus calabazas, los alumos les examinaron para la clase de ciencia, y les dibujaron retratos de los calabazas. Lo pase muy bien.

Our First Field Trip **** Nuestro primer día de campo

                                                ¡Nuestro primer día de campo!

Fuimos a una Stop & Shop, para ver quien trabaja en nuestro communidad, que tipo de comido podemos comprar, y todos los lugares diferentes de una supermercado.  Hemos conocido los trabajadores del supermercado, y nuestra guía Lana nos han dado muchos regalos del supermercado como galletas y libros sobre el salud y la comida. ¡Fue un día fantasitco!

                                                        Our first field trip day!

We went to a Stop & Shop to see who works in our community, what kinds of food we can buy, and all the different parts of a supermarket.  We met the workers in the supermarket, and our guide Lana gave us lots of gifts, like bookies, and books about health and food. It was a great day!

                              For some of the students it was their first time on a school bus!
                                  ¡Para algunos estudiantes, era su primer vez en una autobus!

                                               Bilingual Buddies!!   ¡¡Amigos Bilingües!!

                Lana was our tour guide for the trip. The kids met many workers in the supermarket.
        Lana fue nuestra guía para el viaje. Los estudiantes coniciden los trabajadores del supermercado.

            Chris is hungry for a salad!  Chris tiene unas ganas de incarle el diente en la ensalada!

                                      The kids saw a lobster! Darlyn was brave and touched it! 

                                                                      Emilio y Jeilene

                 We went to see the stockroom.  Fuimos a ver el cuarto de almacenaje

                   Bob showed us how they recycle in a supermarket.
                   Bob nos muestre como reciclan en una supermercado.

                            We went in the big refridgerator! ¡Entrabamos en la nevera grande! 

                                                  What a great day! ¡Que un día magnifico!

Para los padres de mi clase... lee este y mira el video!! Es fantastico.

For the parents of my classroom....read this and watch the video! It's fantastic.

http://growingupbilingual.com/?p=3296

Welcome to the 2012/2013 school year! 

 I am very excited to start the year, we have a great group of students, and everybody is ready to begin learning. I have made a list of school supplies that parents need to get for their child, and will update or change the list throughout the year as we run out of supplies, or need things for special projects.


School Supply List for Ms. Haggar’s Class

Please bring these items to class on Monday, September 10. If you bought other things, please keep them at home and bring them later. Thank you.

 _ 1 standard backpack (no wheels please, our closets are small!)
_ 1 Lunchbox/lunchpack
 _ 2 Boxes of sharpened pencils _ 1 Box of baby wipes _ 1 Box of gallon ziplock bags _ 1 Box of quart size ziplock bags
_ 3 Boxes of crayons
_ 1 Box of colored pencils
_ 10 Folders (2 each of red, yellow, blue, and 2 of any color for kind for homework) 1 of each will be used for Spanish and 1 for English subjects
_ 1 Pack of dry erase markers
 _ 1 White Elmers glue
 _ 8 Glue sticks
_ 1 Box of Tissues
_ 3 Packs of small index cards (2 white and 1 colored)
 _ 1 Pack of Small Binder Rings
_ 4 Marbled notebooks (2 of each color)

_ 1 pack of colored construction paper
_ 1 roll of paper towels

***Writing Journals (these can be found at staples, it has a blank spot to draw on top and lines for writing on the bottom.) These journals are extremely important for the writing process. If you cannot find these notebooks, please let me know. Also, please write the name of your child on the folders and the notebooks before you bring them.

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¡Bienvenidos al año escolar de 2012/2013! 

Estoy muy emocianado para empezar este año, porque tenemos una buena clase de alumnos, y todos estan listos para empezar los lecciónes! He hecho una lista de utiles escolares que los padres deberían comprar por sus hijos, y voy a augmentar la lista durante el año cuando necesitamos otras cosas, o cuando tenemos proyectos especiales. 


  Utiles Escolares para la clase de Sra. Haggar

Favor de traer las siguientes materiales el lunes, 10 de septiembre. Si usted compró otros cosas, guardelos en casa hasta más adelante. Gracias.
1 Mochilla estándar (¡sin ruedas por favor-tenemos armarios pequeños!)
1 Lonchera/ bolsa para merienda
2 Cajas de lápices #2 con puntos sacados
1 Caja de toallitas húmedas
1 Caja de bolsas plasticos Ziplock (gallon)
1 Caja de bolsas plasticas Ziplock (cuarto de gallon)
3 Cajas de crayon (crayola)
1 Caja de lápices de color 10 Carpetas de (2 en rojo, 2 en amarillo, 2 en azul, y 2 en cualquier ortro color diferente para tarea de casa) 1 de cada color es para materias espanol, y el otro es para materias de inglés)
 1 caja de maracdores para la pizzara
1 botella de Elmers (goma de pegar)
6 pegamentos en barra
1 Caja de pañuelos
1 Paquete de añillos metales pequeños para carpetas
 4 Cuadernos marmolados (2 de cada color)***
1 Paquete de papel de colores diferentes
1 Rollo de toallas de papel (para la cocina)

 ***Cuadernos. Estes se pueden encontrar en Staples. Tiene un espacio blanco arriba para escribir arriva, y lineas abajo para escribir. Estes son MUY importante. Si no pueden encontrarlos, por favor advisame. Por favor escriba el nombre de tu hija o hijo en los carpetas y los cuadernos antes de traerlos.



Gracias!!

A ESL Teacher's Poem....

Funny Poem for ESL Teachers!

I found this poem while working as an ESL teacher in Asia, and it pretty much encompasses all the frustrations of my students in their endevours to understand English. In any case, I found it pretty amusing...



English Is a Stupid Language
Anonymous

There is no egg in eggplant,
No ham in the hamburger,
And neither pine, nor apple,
In our dear pineapple

English Muffins were not invented in England,
And French Fries do not hail from France.
And while quicksand takes you down slowly,
Why do boxers, in boxing rings, dance?

If writers write, how come fingers don’t fing?
If the plural of tooth is teeth,
Why aren’t phone booths called phone beeth?
If a teacher taught, why didn’t the preacher praught?

If a Vegetarian eats vegetables,
What does a humanitarian eat?
And why do we recite at a play,
When a play has a recital?

And why do we park on our driveways,
and drive on our Parkways?
And, in being of the human race,
we find that it isn’t even a race at all.

You have to marvel, that a house burns up,
while it actually burns down.
And when the stars are out they are visible
While when the lights are out they are invisible,

Yes, English is a stupid language,
Which makes not much sense at all,
And that is why, when I wind up my watch, it starts.
But when I wind up this poem, it ends.

The End

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Utilizing Skype to Learn Languages

Hello Readers!

So, it seems that Skype has a wealth of different resources to access on-line tutors and language exchanges to help with one-to-one coaching while learning languages. It offers different profiles, lets you search a data base for speakers of specific languages/regions for a verbal "pen pal", and gives you access to other such websites that offer similar programs, such as:

~Worldia
~1-2-3 PAEN Language Learning
~BitWine
~Osnavi
~CTSS Translating Services
~VerbalPlanet
~Unize.

Most, if not all, of these sites offer real world conversation practice, translation, and interperative services. Some of them require small fees, but some of them are also FREE!! Check it out with the link below!


Skype Language Forum

Hope you find some other fun usages for it as well, and if you do, post a comment about what you found helpful working with all these sites!

Interesting Ideas for using Skype in a Language Classroom

This article provides some interesting uses for Skype in language classrooms, and give some different uses for how to go about intergrating it into lesson plans.


Some of the ones I liked were:

~Bringing in a guest lecturer from a distance to teach the class in a group
~Users can share files and discuss them interactively using advanced features
~While chatting, users can utilize screen sharing with features such as"conference call" when they have multiples users-so you can link several classrooms together at the same time!!
~Utilize instant messaging during a Skype call session to share textual information, or augment a point.


But there are lots of other ways, which just goes to show that with a little creativity, teachers can take this simple tool and make it fun and interactive for their students in the classroom!!! Click on the link to see for yourself:


SKYPE FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Happy Language hunting!!