Guest Bloggers: Esmith Centeno & Ismari Herrera
Students from fifth grade LOLA classes at Gilbert Elementary School established an online hangout with students from fourth grade in Fundación Colegio Santa Maria - Bogotá, Colombia.
The Students shared information about themselves (family size and names) in Spanish and one student described a typical day at GES in English because the students in Colombia are studying this topic in their English class and wanted to hear it from an English speaker. He mentioned the subjects, schedule and school routine.
It was exciting for our students to meet native Spanish speakers from another country, this type of activity helps motivate them to use Spanish in real life
Carrie Blackwell also shares her fourth graders at Forts Pond Elementary who celebrated finishing performance assessments by learning a hand-clapping game. They just completed a unit about the cacao tree and how chocolate is made. Songs, chants and kinesthetic activities help reach the whole child, and give them a chance to participate in physical activity, while also creating neural pathways. Great job LOLA teachers!
World Language Teacher Support Specialist (and Language Enthusiast)