Thursday, July 29th, 2010
Camp seems to be flying by! In the past two days we have done so many activities. We continued to learn about Ecuador, Guatemala, and Spain. Plus, we broke into teams that we’ve been competing against all week. So far, the Panthers are in the lead, but it’s really really close! We also started writing our books about what we like to do in our freetime. Finally, we started writing our presentation for our parents. Unfortunately, tomorrow is our last day; but, we get to play some soccer!
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Yesterday in Spanish camp, we learned so much! We visited Guatemala to make worry dolls, Spain to learn about the World Cup, and Ecuador to learn about their style of dress. We got to make our own worry dolls, jerseys, and ponchos. I really learned a lot! Besides the culture, we started to learn new vocabulary about leisure activities. Now, I can say what sports or activities that I like or don’t like to do. Today, we learned about basketball in Spain, the differences, and some basketball vocabulary. In teams, we challenged each other to basketball relay races. I can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings!
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Sadly, it was our last day of Spanish camp today. We had a lot of fun activities today like scavenger hunts, cultural activities, and we even got to pick the games for the day! By the end of the week, we learned how to ask where we are and where we are going. We had our presentation today for our parents and relatives. We did great!
Check out part of the presentation here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50Fqho0pbxY
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Today in Spanish camp we learned so many new things! First, we learned about the Spanish culture from our teacher assistant Pablo, who lives in Madrid. We also practiced our rhyme and vocabulary that we learned yesterday. We even played musical chairs! We are so good, that everyone ended up winning a prize (if the teachers didn’t call the game, it would have went on all three hours!). We learned how to ask someone where something is located, as well as tell someone where something is located.
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Camp seems to be flying by! We have been learning vocabulary about the community, different cultural topics, and we even started reading in Spanish!
Don’t worry, I’m not crying! You’ll just have to wait until the presentation to see these acting skills.
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Just as promised, here are the rest of the recipes and presentations from Friday.
Rice with Beans
Ingredients:
1 lb. of raw rice 1/2 lb. bacon (optional)
1/2 cup sofrito 1 can pinto beans
1 envelope of sazon seasoning Salt to taste
water
1 can chicken or beef broth
Directions:
In a rice caldero (pot) cook the bacon until is crispy. Take out the cooked bacon and chop into small pieces. In the same bacon fat, stir the sofrito for 2 minutes. Add the cooked bacon, the tomato sauce, the pinto beans, the raw rice and the beef or chicken broth and stir well. Add enough water to cover the rice, about 1 1/2 ince above rice line. Let it boil on medium high until water evaporates. Cover your pan with aluminum foil and cook over low heat for about 35-45 minutes.
Sangria
Ingredients:
1 Bottle of Hawaiin Punch
1 Lemon cut into wedges
1 Orange cut into wedges
2 Tbsp sugar
2 Cups ginger ale
Addition ideas: sliced strawberries, peaches, handful of fresh blueberries, raspberries, kiwi, a shot or two of gin, brandy or rum, a cup of ginger ale, citrus soda pop or lime juice.
*If you’d like it as an adult beverage, just replace the Hawaiin Punch with one bottle of red wine and also add a shot of brandy.
Directions:
Pour wine in the pitcher and squeeze the juice wedges from the lemon and orange into the Hawaiin Punch. Toss in the fruit wedges (leaving out seeds if possible) and add sugar and brandy. Chill overnight. Add ginger ale or club soda just before serving.
If you’d like to serve right away, use chilled red wine and serve over lots of ice.
The morning presentation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRrWDeQ8DwM
The afternoon presentations:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCgWl8VqFTs
Summer, Olivia, Amani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDvOMIvf7NU
Olivia, Abby, Dulce
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFIFSsbr7gg
Colin, Alex, Amani
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbCjlRPdqE
*These presentations are on youtube, however, they are only available to people that have the link.
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
The children have been working really hard and using their creative juices for their presentations! Plus, they have even taken turns reading Spanish to one another.
Over the past two days, the children have learned how to prepare and got the chance to taste the delicious Pizza Turnovers (Empanadillas). Here’s how to make them:
Ingredients:
- 1 can of pizza sauce
- package frozen turnover dough (discos) Yellow/white (Goya brand in the frozen food)
- 1 package of mozarella or cheddar cheese (your choice)
- oil
Take the discos out of the package. Spoon about 1 tsp. of pizza sauce on the disco. Then spread the cheese all over the disco. Fold over, moisten edges and seal with a fork. Heat in 2 1/2 incehes of oil in a deep saucepan on medium. Cook empanadillas in batches, turning to brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels.
*Makes at least 10 empanadillas.
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Look at what we’ve done so far at Spanish camp . . .
We got to read to one another…
and we even practiced dialogues with each other.
Better yet, we learned how to make ritz crackers and guava paste with cheese.
It was so delicious!
RITZ CRACKERS/GUAVA PASTE AND CHEESE
1 pkg. of ritz crackers
1 pkg. of velveeta cheese
1 small can of guava paste
Cut the guava paste and cheese in small pieces. Combine a piece of paste and cheese on top of each cracker. Enjoy!
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Here it is! The children, while playing hot and cold, searched around the room looking for the vocabulary card, but they couldn’t win that easy! Once they found the card, they only earned the point if they could say the word in Spanish.
Have you seen their monster yet? The children worked hard on creating their very own monster. Some of them had one eye while some had six; the creativity juices were flowing! Tomorrow we will describe our monsters.
Today, the class learned about a very special frog in Puerto Rico, El Coqui. El Coqui only comes out to sing when it’s cloudy and rainy, and they are only found specifically in Puerto Rico. What do they sound like? That would be a great question for your child(ren). They can tell you!
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Today, the children had show and tell. They got to sit in front and describe the colors on their object that they brought in for the class. The children really enjoyed one another’s colorful items!
I’ve got it! The students are split into two teams and race against one another to get the correct vocabulary word. Fortunately, everyone is a winner at Spanish camp and they all get a prize!
The children practice reading their La cabeza books with Señora. Then, they got with partners and read the stories to each other. Make sure you ask your child(ren) to read it to you tonight! We will be adding on tomorrow!