Beg. and Int. ASL at Patwin

Hello!  

I just updated to add three photos in Nov. 29th blog, please take a look at it.  

Last two weeks, students learned two Deaf famous people.  They were Douglas Tilden and Helen Keller.  One student got so fascinated about her - never knew she was Deaf AND Blind!  :)  

Last week on their last day of ASL class on Dec. 13th, I decided not to do anything, so I asked two students to be my teacher!  They were surprised and excited!  

Teacher Anik: ASL Bingo

Teacher Tamara: Pictionary

I asked students who Helen Keller was and Tamara volunteered to write the short story about her!  

I hope you are enjoying your long Break!  I am looking forward to see your students in 2019!

Teacher Tara

Int ASL - St James

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, Happy New Year!

T.A.L.K. classes ended for the semester. On our last week of classes, we played a lot of fun Christmas games along with learning Christmas vocabulary such as Santa, jingle bells, reindeer, elves, presents, stocking, snow, cookies, etc.

Int Spa - Korematsu - Mid Dec Post

Hello TALK Parents!

These past two weeks the kids have been reviewing general topics we had gone over such as food and the verb to like (gustar) and worked on their Me gusta/ no me gusta book. They also reviewed how to say the time playing ¿Qué hora es Señor Fox? (What time is it Mr. Fox?), and the weather by finishing up our vocabulary sheets from the previous week! We also reviewed the commands with Simón Dice (Simon Says).

This last week we focused on vocabulary related to Winter! The kids went over general vocabulary such as snowman, snowflake, as well as sports such as hockey and iceskating. We also reviewed clothing related to winter such as scarfs and mittens! During this last week before our break, we focused on a lot of hands-on activities such as building items with play-dough and making snowflakes! On Thursday we listened to some Holiday tunes and worked on Holiday cards, that unfortunately we didn't get to finish.

We also celebrated two birthdays! And the kids were super excited to sing the birthday song in Spanish to their classmates! 🎂🎉

Here are some stuff the kids got to do these past two weeks:

The kids worked on a Vocabulary Sheet for Months, Seasons and Weather

Some of the kids working on their Me gusta/ no me gusta Book

Some of the kids plating ¿Qué hora es Mr. Fox? t

The kids got to review the commands with Simón Dice

One of our students made this beautiful snowflake

Another student made two cool snowflakes!

The kids worked on Winter sculptures

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns do not hesitate to contact me at teguerrero@ucdavis.edu.

¡FELICES FIESTAS!

Happy Holidays!

-Maestra Teresa ⛄

Int Spanish - Birch Lane - Late Nov

Hola padres,

I hope you all are doing well and are enjoying this weather. I also hope that you all had a wonderful break and spent it with friends and family.

The students have been doing well in class and enjoying themselves. It was not hard for the students to get back into their class routine. The kids were energized and ready to go. This past we had a small review of previous vocabulary and we learned about emotions this week.

As you can see below the students learned emotions vocabulary such as "happy, sad, angry, surprised, excited" as well as "ready and tired". They also learned some descriptive words like "beautiful, ugly, bitter, clean, dirty". The kids enjoyed this activity since they were able to make their own mask emojis. We also went over how to conjugate and use the verb "estar" which is "to be". The students practiced writing a sentence and drew a picture.

                      

   
                                                             

Int Spa - Korematsu - Late Nov Post

Hello TALK Parents!

This week the kids have done some review on a topic they know well: the calendar. We have reviewed the days of the week (as well as yesterday, today, and tomorrow), the months of the year as well as the seasons. The kids have also been working on making associations with the months and the seasons (e.g. Winter starts mid December and ends mid March).

Another thing the kids have also reviewed this past week is how to say when their birthday is in Spanish as well as their birthday season. Speaking of birthdays, we have two birthdays coming up these next two weeks so the kids will be reviewing the birthday song in Spanish to sing to their classmates 🎉🎂

Here is a link to review the days of the week at home. If you would like to challenge your kids in a fun way, ask them to sing along and keep up the pace (the song speeds up!):

The kids collaborated to order the days of the week

The kids also had to try to order the months without prior review

This week the kids worked on a calendar. Next week we will finish it by adding new vocabulary to it: the weather

If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to reach out to me via email at teguerrero@ucdavis.edu.

-- Maestra Teresa

Int. ASL- St James

Hope y’all had a great Thanksgiving break! I’m so thankful that the rain washed away the terrible smoke and clear the air.

After a long break, the students eased back into routine and played Apple to Apple game. Apparently they have never played Apple to Apple game before so they really liked it! It was to help strengthen their use of facial expressions with the green adjective cards and to teach them new signs from the red cards. We also used the red cards to practice constructing a proper ASL sentence, for example: Lobster, Apple pie, Skateboarding, etc.

“Lobster I eat”

“Apple pie my mom made”

“He skateboard fast!”

We also learned about Gallaudet University.

How many Deaf universities are there? 1. Gallaudet is the only one Deaf university.

Where is it? Washington D.C.

Can anyone go there? Yes… however, the environment is mainly signing so you would want to be fluent in ASL when you go there.

Do you want to go there someday? No (they want to go to UC Davis)

Enjoy the rain!

Sarah

Intermediate ASL teacher

St James

Beg. and Int. ASL at Patwin

Hello!

I hope your Break was good.  It was good to see my students again.

This week, we worked on $1, $5, $10, .5cents, etc., and how to sign numbers in hundreds such as 100, 200, 300, and so on.

Two students were pretending to be a cashier and selling the pizza.  They did well!
(Sorry, my device wouldn't allow me to transfer pictures to here - this blog.)

They also learned how to sign in ASL from written English.  They seemed they understood.

English: She drives a car.
ASL: Car she drives.

English: I eat.
ASL: (I) me eat.

English: I have three cats.
ASL: three cats I have.

Have a nice weekend!

St James Beg ASL Week 9

Hello TALK Parents!

Hope everyone is safe from the smoky air! The conditions outside meant we didn’t have our TALK ASL class this past Friday. However, prior to our break, the kids and I had a very fun week! We learned some basic food signs this week and did some fun activities!

Below you’ll see pictures of the day the kids made farm animals out of Play Doh (see if you can guess which animals they are!). You’ll also see pictures of the day we colored milkshakes, since our theme for the day was dairy signs!

This class is so artistic, it was so fun to see their creativity!

Stay safe, and have a happy thanksgiving!

-Teacher Naira :)

Int Spanish - Birch Lane - Mid Nov

Hola padres,

I hope you all are doing well. These past weeks the students have been work hard especially since I have added more sentence writing verb conjugations. For week 8 we went over the days of the week. months and seasons. They did well with the this topic and should be able to tell you the months especially the days. Below is the activity from this past Thursday (week 9), and the goal was for the students to use the verb "comer" which is "to eat". They wrote what they like to eat during the upcoming celebrations. We learned about Thanksgiving terms and the students shared what they ate during that time that was not as traditional. As you can see the students did a great job, and they did a marvelous job with their drawings. We had a great time during Thursday's class.

I think I can say we were all getting hungry during class. Hope that you enjoy this upcoming holiday and vacation. Please stay safe!

Best,
Irene

                                                                   
                                                                                                                                 

Beg. and Int. ASL at Patwin

Hello!

I hope you are having a good week.  Students and I talked briefly about the smoky for a few days!  We are thinking about others who lost their homes.

Two weeks have been so quickly because there were no classes on Nov. 5th and 12th!  So far, basically, we learned how to sign in ASL from written English.

For Example:

English:  Are you feeling sick?
ASL: You feel sick?

English: I love my dogs!
ASL: dogs I/me love!

For more information:

https://www.dummies.com/languages/american-sign-language/how-to-structure-sentences-in-american-sign-language/

We will continue to work on that after Thanksgiving Break.

We also worked on numbers.  They already know how to sign from 0 to 10, but signing from 11 to 20 weren't easy to sign.   You can get an idea.   Take a look:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFCXyB6q2nU

Please ask your children to practice numbers with you.  You can play 4 corners with her/him.  It's just a fun and simple game.  

Have a great break!

Teacher Tara

St James - Int ASL

This week we've been learning Veterans Day vocabulary and Thanksgiving vocabulary. The students learned how to sign honor, respect, memorial, military, army, marines, navy, freedom, America, turkey, pie, celebrate, family, Happy Thanksgiving, etc.

We also learned that one word has multiple ways to sign because the concept is different. For example:

"Mean"

You're being mean to me! 

What does that means?

(One word, multiple meanings=different signs)

"Leave/Left"

Can you leave that on the table?

I'm leaving right now. 

The leaves turned yellow.

He is a left-handed. 

I drove the car to the left. 

(1 word, multiple meanings=different signs)

Other examples that we have covered is "Run" and "Make". 

The students have asked me to do more of those one word =multiple meanings=different signs so if you thought of an English word that has a multiple meanings, please let me know! I need more ideas from you all! 

Teacher Sarah

St James school

 Intermediate ASL

Int Spa - Korematsu - Mid November Post

Hola TALK Parents!

These past two weeks we have reviewed sports as well as the verbs hacer (to do) and jugar (to play). The kids remembered so many sports from previous years, it was so wonderful! They also learned that in Spanish certain sports go with either hacer or jugar but are not interchangeable. For example we say "Yo juego fútbol" (I play soccer) and we say "Yo hago gimnasia" (I do gymnastics) but can't switch the verbs around. They also made their own bingo cards using sports vocabulary and got the opportunity to share in class what do they do or play in regards to sports. 

We also reviewed food and drinks related to Thanksgiving. The kids got the opportunity to practice their writing by reviewing the verb comer (to eat) and the verb beber (to drink). The kids shared in class what do they eat and drink during the Thanksgiving break as well as their favorite desserts!! We worked on a week long project called Un mural de culturas. For this mural, all the kids contributed something to our Thanksgiving table and wrote down a few things they are thankful for. For example:

• Addison drew some warm beverages like hot chocolate and is thankful for her family
• Ana drew some delicious ham and bread and is thankful for food, her home and her family
• Ava drew a very creative turkey and is thankful for gymnastics
• Isaac drew some fresh sushi and is thankful for his life
• John drew some colorful donuts and is thankful for sports
• And I drew some tamales and I'm thankful for being able to teach your kids Spanish! 

Here are some photos from this week:

We reviewed the verbs hacer and jugar along with sports

The kids made their own bingo cards with sports vocab

The kids made their own bingo cards with sports vocab

Some kids finished early, so they finished coloring other worksheets they hadn't finished

The kids collaborating on our mural

The kids collaborating on our mural

                                 

¡Felices fiestas! (Happy holidays!)

Lastly, one of the kids turns 9 tomorrow! So we sang "Happy Birthday to You" in Spanish and we had some delicious donuts to celebrate his birthday!

I hope you are staying safely indoors. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to reach out to me via email at teguerrero@ucdavis.edu

Maestra Teresa

Intermediate Spanish - Patwin: What We Have Learned So Far!

Hola padres,

My name is Jessica Ozuna and I am teaching intermediate Spanish at Patwin(:

We have learned so much since the beginning of school year such as:

• the alphabet
• colors
• verduras
• frutas
• seasons
• and figuras

Here is an image of students working on their classwork where they wrote down as many words as they knew that began with the assigned letter of the alphabet. They enjoyed some competition! 

Here are some images of the list of topics we have learned/reviewed:

It is so exciting to see how much they have learned! Please let me  know if you have any questions or comments(:

Warmly, 

Maestra Jessica

Int. French - DAC - October 2018

Bonjour parents!

In the beginning of October, we covered Halloween vocab! However, these past few weeks at TALK we’ve been learning about numbers! We’ve been reviewing how to say numbers higher than 30. This week we played a game where I scattered pieces of colored paper with numbers on them around the room and when I called out numbers and colors of the papers the students had to stand on their numbers. For example, if I called out “Touchez le numéro cinquante-quatre (54) en rouge” (Touch the number fifty four in red) The students would stand on either the red paper with a 4 or a 5. 

 If you’d like to review numbers with your child I’ve posted some resources below!

Some challenging numbers to review:

·        13 treize

·        14 quatorze

·        15 quinze

·        16 seize

Review the differences between:

·        6 (six) and 16 (seize)

·        61 (soixante et  un ) and 71 (soixante onze)

·        81 (quatre-vingt-un) and 91 (quatre-vingt-onze)

Challenging numbers to pronounce:

10 – dix (the x is silent and becomes an “s” sound )

9 – neuf (nœf)

6 – six

16 – seize

7 – sept (the “p” is silent, it sounds more like “cette”)

This website shows you how to pronounce numbers from 70-99

http://www.frenchtutorial.com/en/learn-french/counting/70-99

This is a good video to review pronunciations of numbers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEx2fPn-_UE

Here's a fun video on the Halloween vocab we learned! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYfmQ5eAQlg

À tout à l'heure! - Maitresse Ali

Int. Spa - Pioneer - Día de Muertos

Hola padres de Pioneer!

Last week we learned fruits and vegetables and focused on the verb gustar, "me gustan las fresas" or "no me gusta la piña". The kids became familiar with this verb and its structure. This week we focus on Halloween and Día de Muertos vocabulary. We all had a great time. Here are some pictures :)

     Coloring skulls del Día de Muertos

Altares/ofrendas del Día de Muertos

We also sang this song in class.

I am also pasting the link of movie trailer. If you'd like you can watch it with your kids this weekend. I think most of you have seen it but if you haven't I HIGHLY encourage you to watch Coco.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlnPHQ3TLX8

Please feel free to ask your children to share with you what they learned about El Día de los Muertos. ¡Gracias!

Atentamente,

Maestra Elisa