Hoy fue un día muy divertido. Comimos galletas, dulce de leche, manioc y torta, y tomamos refrescos de diferentes países de Latinoamérica. Unos estudiantes quieren la receta (recipe) para las galletas. La receta es de mi madre, y es muy facíl de preparar. Aquí está:
Chocolate Oatmeal Drop Cookies
3/4 cup peanut butter
2 cups sugar
1 stick butter
1/2 cup milk
1/8 tsp salt
2 Tbsp cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups oatmeal
Mix peanut butter, sugar, butter, milk, salt, and cocoa together in a pot on the stove and bring to a boil, then cook for two minutes. Add the vanilla and the 3 cups oatmeal. Remove the mixture from heat, and then drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper and let sit for two hours.
Los estudiantes del 8o grado también se graduaron hoy. ¡Felicitaciones a todos!
04 June 2012
29 May 2012
Other link for "Me Gustas Tu," y Café con Leche
¡Hola a todos!
I've posted here a link for un video que los estudiantes del 7o y 8o grados escuchan: Me Gustas Tu on Youtube. ¡Disfrútalo!
I also wanted to give some more details about my post about nuestro viaje al restaurante El Comal. I realized while driving past El Comal's old location that it, too, is a red brick building with green trim. The old El Comal, which is closed, is across the street from El Zocalo and Xochimilco's. The new location is further down West Vernor, on the corner of West Vernor and Hubbard, and is on the bottom story of a two- to three-story building. The address is 3970 West Vernor. There is a yellow sign in the window now that says "Buffet," and I noticed the door open today... I'll check with Elda to see if she's now open on weekdays!
In the post, I also mentioned that there is un café down the street, across from Clark Park, that's very precioso (cute). Se llama "Café con Leche." I went there today por un café muy delicioso, and took unas fotos so that ustedes can see what it's like. Hope you'll have a chance to go sometime con amigos o familia!
Es difícil creer que casi terminamos este año (it's hard to believe that we're almost done with this year). El lunes es nuestro último día del español... ¡y el día de la fiesta! Feel free to bring comida y bebidas para compartir! (food and drinks to share!)
¡Que tengan un buen fin de semana, y hasta lunes!
I've posted here a link for un video que los estudiantes del 7o y 8o grados escuchan: Me Gustas Tu on Youtube. ¡Disfrútalo!
I also wanted to give some more details about my post about nuestro viaje al restaurante El Comal. I realized while driving past El Comal's old location that it, too, is a red brick building with green trim. The old El Comal, which is closed, is across the street from El Zocalo and Xochimilco's. The new location is further down West Vernor, on the corner of West Vernor and Hubbard, and is on the bottom story of a two- to three-story building. The address is 3970 West Vernor. There is a yellow sign in the window now that says "Buffet," and I noticed the door open today... I'll check with Elda to see if she's now open on weekdays!
In the post, I also mentioned that there is un café down the street, across from Clark Park, that's very precioso (cute). Se llama "Café con Leche." I went there today por un café muy delicioso, and took unas fotos so that ustedes can see what it's like. Hope you'll have a chance to go sometime con amigos o familia!
Es difícil creer que casi terminamos este año (it's hard to believe that we're almost done with this year). El lunes es nuestro último día del español... ¡y el día de la fiesta! Feel free to bring comida y bebidas para compartir! (food and drinks to share!)
¡Que tengan un buen fin de semana, y hasta lunes!
Evaluación
After terminas la encuesta (you finish the survey), chequea este video: Me Gustas Tú, por Manu Chao. ¡Parte de la canción está en otro idioma! Which part is it, y ¿qué lengua hablan?
Excluding the part that is not en español, try to translate one of the stanzas below by yourself or with a partner. Usan las fotos en el video to help you, y usan el diccionario if you have trouble with specific words. Post your translation (con tu nombre) as a comment for extra crédito!
1. Me gustan los aviones, me gustas tú.
Me gusta viajar, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la mañana, me gustas tú.
Me gusta el viento, me gustas tú.
Me gusta soñar, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la mar, me gustas tú.
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais pas
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais plus
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je suis perdu
¿Qué horas son, mi corazón?
2. Me gusta la moto, me gustas tú.
Me gusta correr, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la lluvia, me gustas tú.
Me gusta volver, me gustas tú.
Me gusta colombiana, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la montaña, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la noche, me gustas tú.
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais pas
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais plus
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je suis perdu
¿Qué horas son, mi corazón?
3. Me gusta la cena, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la vecina, me gustas tú.
Me gusta su cocina, me gustas tú.
Me gusta camelar, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la guitarra, me gustas tú.
Me gusta el reggae, me gustas tú.
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais pas
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais plus
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je suis perdu
¿Qué horas son, mi corazón?
3. Me gusta la canela, me gustas tú.
Me gusta el fuego, me gustas tú.
Me gusta menear, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la Coruña, me gustas tú.
Me gusta Malasaña, me gustas tú.
Me gusta la castaña, me gustas tú.
Me gusta Guatemala, me gustas tú.
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais pas
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je ne sais plus
¿Qué voy a hacer? Je suis perdu
¿Qué horas son, mi corazón?
23 May 2012
Los Animales
¡Hola 5o y 6o grados! Hope Ustedes are enjoying being los reyes y las reinas de la escuela while 7o y 8o grados are on their field trip esta semana!
As Ustedes know, hoy nosotros decidimos a estudiar los animales. Vamos a mirar unos videos para escuchar el nuevo vocabulario en clase:
Vocabulario: Los animales
Canción sobre los animales y sus sonidos (sounds)
Si desean practicar más con el vocabulario sobre los animales (if you want to practice more with animals vocabulary), check out the actividades en Mi Mundo en Palabras. Once you click on the link, Carlos will say hola, and then you'll see a screen with muchas planetas (planets). Haz clic on the zoo planet or the farm planet, and then choose "El Mundo de Carlos" to try some fun activitidades to practice and learn more vocabulario.
¡Hasta luego!
As Ustedes know, hoy nosotros decidimos a estudiar los animales. Vamos a mirar unos videos para escuchar el nuevo vocabulario en clase:
Vocabulario: Los animales
Canción sobre los animales y sus sonidos (sounds)
Si desean practicar más con el vocabulario sobre los animales (if you want to practice more with animals vocabulary), check out the actividades en Mi Mundo en Palabras. Once you click on the link, Carlos will say hola, and then you'll see a screen with muchas planetas (planets). Haz clic on the zoo planet or the farm planet, and then choose "El Mundo de Carlos" to try some fun activitidades to practice and learn more vocabulario.
¡Hasta luego!
18 May 2012
¡En el restaurante El Comal!
¡Hola a todos!
¡Ayer fue el viaje de los alumnos de 7o y 8o grado al restaurante El Comal en Detroit! Nos divertimos mucho, y nos gusta la comida. (We had a lot of fun, and liked the food!) It was a great follow-up to finishing el proyecto de países - it was very interesting to hear what everyone learned about the countries that they studied in their presentations, and fun to be able celebrate afterwards by sampling foods from different places in Latin America. El Comal put on a great buffet for us, providing a good spread from México, Centroamérica y Sudamérica.
To give you an idea of a few of the foods that we enjoyed:
A number of us sampled empanadas de carne, huevo y papa (meat, egg, and potato empanadas) de Colombia similar to those pictured in the recipe. Algunos de los estudiantes raved about the guisado de res (beef stew) de Guatemala y México, y a otros les gustaron mucho el pollo, el arroz, los frijoles y las enchiladas. El director (principal) and a few others tried the chicharrón y yuca, or pork rinds with yuca (picture of this dish at the bottom of this blog post. If you're not familiar with yuca (or cassava), you can read more about it here.) Los alumnos also did a great job of greeting Elda and staff, ordering bebidas (drinks), and thanking Elda and telling her what they liked en español!
In case tú y tu familia would like to try out El Comal for yourselves, a map and directions are here. It's on the corner of Hubbard and West Vernor in a red brick building with green trim, with parking in back. Elda usually places a standing blackboard out front with specials, but since she just opened recently, there's no sign out front yet. El Comal was once at a different location closer to Xochimilco's and such, so don't be fooled by the old location's sign! For now, it's only open on weekends, 10 am-9 pm.
If you do end up going, I'd recommend asking if they have any pupusas, de El Salvador. (Pictures and a quick definition can be found here.) Normally, they're eaten with curtido, a picked cabbage relish. Mmm, ¡delicioso!
After you're done, I'd recommend heading down West Vernor towards Clark Park to Café con Leche for some Café Cubano (Cuban coffee - very strong and sweet), or Mexican hot chocolate!
¡Disfrútalo, y hasta lunes! (Enjoy, and until Monday!)
¡Ayer fue el viaje de los alumnos de 7o y 8o grado al restaurante El Comal en Detroit! Nos divertimos mucho, y nos gusta la comida. (We had a lot of fun, and liked the food!) It was a great follow-up to finishing el proyecto de países - it was very interesting to hear what everyone learned about the countries that they studied in their presentations, and fun to be able celebrate afterwards by sampling foods from different places in Latin America. El Comal put on a great buffet for us, providing a good spread from México, Centroamérica y Sudamérica.
To give you an idea of a few of the foods that we enjoyed:
A number of us sampled empanadas de carne, huevo y papa (meat, egg, and potato empanadas) de Colombia similar to those pictured in the recipe. Algunos de los estudiantes raved about the guisado de res (beef stew) de Guatemala y México, y a otros les gustaron mucho el pollo, el arroz, los frijoles y las enchiladas. El director (principal) and a few others tried the chicharrón y yuca, or pork rinds with yuca (picture of this dish at the bottom of this blog post. If you're not familiar with yuca (or cassava), you can read more about it here.) Los alumnos also did a great job of greeting Elda and staff, ordering bebidas (drinks), and thanking Elda and telling her what they liked en español!
In case tú y tu familia would like to try out El Comal for yourselves, a map and directions are here. It's on the corner of Hubbard and West Vernor in a red brick building with green trim, with parking in back. Elda usually places a standing blackboard out front with specials, but since she just opened recently, there's no sign out front yet. El Comal was once at a different location closer to Xochimilco's and such, so don't be fooled by the old location's sign! For now, it's only open on weekends, 10 am-9 pm.
If you do end up going, I'd recommend asking if they have any pupusas, de El Salvador. (Pictures and a quick definition can be found here.) Normally, they're eaten with curtido, a picked cabbage relish. Mmm, ¡delicioso!
After you're done, I'd recommend heading down West Vernor towards Clark Park to Café con Leche for some Café Cubano (Cuban coffee - very strong and sweet), or Mexican hot chocolate!
¡Disfrútalo, y hasta lunes! (Enjoy, and until Monday!)
20 April 2012
Another resource
Another resource page for 7o y 8o grados para el proyecto del paises, for those of you who are missing some of the information you need from the websites I've already posted. This one is the CIA World Factbook, and should have accurate and updated information on each of your countries.
Make sure to keep working on getting your I-Search Chart filled in - on jueves, you'll need to have all 9 areas completed, so that you can start working on writing your report!
Make sure to keep working on getting your I-Search Chart filled in - on jueves, you'll need to have all 9 areas completed, so that you can start working on writing your report!
Pruebas (Quizzes)
¡Hola chicos!
Lately, nosotros estudiamos la familia y los verbos de -ar. Los estudiantes de 7o y 8o grados tienen una prueba el miércoles en: (7th and 8th grade have a quiz Wednesday on):
- the -ar verbs comprar, limpiar, trabajar, cocinar, jugar, escuchar, cantar, bailar, nadar, hablar, llamar y enseñar. Know the meaning of each of these verbs!
- How to conjugate -ar verbs. To review this, you may want to look back at your ¿Hablas español? worksheet. You can also check out the videos of Tonito Frito teaching -ar verbs, "O, As, A, Amos, An," or ConjugationsBack to help you review.
- Family vocabulary, such as madre, padre, hermano, hermana, abuelo, abuela, tío, tia, primo, prima, perro y gato (see La Familia worksheet to review this).
- Responding to the theme question of our unit, ¿Qué hace tu familia?
5o y 6o grados, you can start studying this information for your prueba, which will be coming up soon, and will also include los dias de la semana y los meses del año.
Also, don't forget to votar (vote) in the poll on the right side of the screen for tu canción favorita (your favorite song)!
¡Buena suerte!
Lately, nosotros estudiamos la familia y los verbos de -ar. Los estudiantes de 7o y 8o grados tienen una prueba el miércoles en: (7th and 8th grade have a quiz Wednesday on):
- the -ar verbs comprar, limpiar, trabajar, cocinar, jugar, escuchar, cantar, bailar, nadar, hablar, llamar y enseñar. Know the meaning of each of these verbs!
- How to conjugate -ar verbs. To review this, you may want to look back at your ¿Hablas español? worksheet. You can also check out the videos of Tonito Frito teaching -ar verbs, "O, As, A, Amos, An," or ConjugationsBack to help you review.
- Family vocabulary, such as madre, padre, hermano, hermana, abuelo, abuela, tío, tia, primo, prima, perro y gato (see La Familia worksheet to review this).
- Responding to the theme question of our unit, ¿Qué hace tu familia?
5o y 6o grados, you can start studying this information for your prueba, which will be coming up soon, and will also include los dias de la semana y los meses del año.
Also, don't forget to votar (vote) in the poll on the right side of the screen for tu canción favorita (your favorite song)!
¡Buena suerte!
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