NAME:
Señora Claudia Olea
SCHOOL:
St. John Catholic School
CLASS:
Spanish (Español)
I was born in Santiago, Chile, so I grew up speaking, playing, singing and
even dreaming in Spanish. The first time I came to Lawrence I was two years
old, but I didn't move to Lawrence from Santiago until I was seventeen. I
have a husband named David and three daughters. All three of my girls are
attending St. John School this year!
One of my main goals is to make learning Spanish fun! I like to use art,
stories, music, games and connections to real places and people to learn and
practice our Spanish.
Preschool to third grade-
This semester in primary level Spanish class, we are heading for adventures,
heroes and villains with our theme of fairy tales! We will learn a song about
the Puss in Boots (El gato con botas), count mattresses with The Princess and
the Pea (La princesa y el guisante), see how big the vines grow in Jack and
Beanstalk (Juan y los frijoles mágicos), and blow the house down with The
Three Little Pigs (Los tres cerditos). Second and third graders will continue
on their noble quest to learn to read and write in Spanish. It will be a fall
full of games, songs and happy endings… in Spanish!
Fourth to sixth grade-
Each semester in 4th to 6th grade Spanish class, we will study a different
country to make the Spanish language come to life. These are some examples of
how we’ve done that in past classes:
• When we “visited” Spain, we studied the Spanish masters like Picasso
and Miró, and learned about shapes, colors, feelings, and parts of the body.
• On our trip to Mexico, we practiced verbs like “I want” by trading
food and goods in an Aztec market.
• In Perú, we practiced writing and saying large numbers by learning
the Inca system of recording numbers by tying knots on a quipú.
• Costa Rica was a bird and animal lovers' paradise, and we also
practiced checking into a virtual hotel.
This semester we are going to... Chile! Chile is a long, skinny country that
goes all the way from the driest desert in the world in the north to the tip
of South America near Antarctica in the south. In between there are more
than seven thousand miles of beaches, volcanoes, ski resorts, historic sites
and modern cities. Easter Island is also part of Chile with its huge,
mysterious moais. (Remember Dum Dum from “Night at the Museum”?) So pack your
bags and get your passports ready. ¡Vamos a Chile!