Profe Robinson

K-3 Spanish teacher

[Jeremy Margolis @jeremyrmargolis]

Spanish job postings have still not been added to Brookline’s job portal, as of Tuesday afternoon.

When we spoke, deputy supt Jodi Fortuna said they’d be up by early this week.

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@Sra_Barnett @WldLangToolbox @BrooklinePublic @EarlyLang ¡Gracias, Bárbara!

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Interested candidates for Spanish have no means of applying...there are no job postings, listed positions, or contact information. Families and staff have been told we can help by directing potential candidates to a link that has none of these things and no info. @BrooklinePublic

[Brookline.News @brookline_news]

Brookline schools are planning to start the year with no K-5 language classes, amid a scramble to find teachers.

https://t.co/EJqnLccmJV

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@jeremyrmargolis @BrooklinePublic Today is at least day 13 of no Spanish jobs listed. The communication said they'd be up by the week of August 10th (a Thursday). It's not clear if that means the week that starts tomorrow, or a Thursday to Wednesday week that starts the 10th. There seems to be a lack of urgency.

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Statement from the BEU regarding K-8 World Language program: https://t.co/8U38Wj0rRz

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This week in 3rd grade, we worked on our class version of Perezoso NO prepara un chocolate caliente, an alternate version of a story we had previously read. In our class version, Perezoso made several ingredient substitutions to his hot chocolate recipe. It didn't end well!

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K-2 read Los pollitos y la gran bola de nieve and later followed directions to color in a picture of a ⛄️. While I provided lots of scaffolding in K and some in 1st, most 2nd graders were able to listen to and follow the directions in Spanish without relying on visuals.

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In 3rd grade, we reviewed the story Perezoso prepara un chocolate caliente and made drawings of some of the key parts of the story. Next week, we will work together as a class to write a different version of the story: Perezoso NO prepara un chocolate caliente.

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In K-2, we followed directions with shapes to make snowflakes, sang and moved to this song: https://t.co/Av1BVtMQRu and read the book Copito. In both the book and song, we had lots of opportunities to hear and say the names of body parts again.

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@glendadehoyos ¡Gracias, Glenda! Este es el cuento: https://t.co/lz6JVQNaS4.

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In 3rd grade we read Perezoso prepara un chocolate caliente and Un buen chocolate (except 3B). And we continue to do activities related to hot chocolate! We've learned to use a molinillo, sang a traditional song (https://t.co/7jnyPzMldf), and learned some hand and foot games.

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In K-2, we are talking about muñecos de nieve⛄️⛄️. Last week, we followed directions to construct and deconstruct a muñeco de nieve made of felt, read Un día de nieve and ¡Llegó el invierno!, and played the game frío (cold) o caliente (hot).

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In K-2, we followed directions with body parts, number, and size to draw a monster, which we later saw was based on the book Monstruo Rosa. We read the book, and will be using images from the book to play a number of language games.

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This week in 3rd grade, we finished our class version of La oruga muy hambrienta!

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K-2: Perezoso wasn't here this week, but he sent us a very tricky package! It gave us an opportunity to review sizes, colors, and counting, and to have some fun and see some magic!

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In 3rd grade, we are writing our own class version of La oruga muy hambrienta. In our version, the caterpillar won't turn into a butterfly though! We are connecting to science in learning about life cycles!

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Last week in 3rd grade, we read La oruga muy hambrienta by Eric Carle. We've been playing games relating to foods, days of the week, and likes and dislikes. In coming weeks, we'll see more about the butterfly life cycle and write our own class version of La oruga muy hambrienta.

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In K-2 we read Gustavo Roldán's Cómo reconocer a un monstruo. We're playing games related to the book that include body parts, colors, shapes, and counting. We are also moving to some songs!

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In 3rd grade, we're talking about autumn. We've been using our individual maps and origami butterflies to track the monarch migration, have compared fall in Massachusetts to fall in Michoacán, and saw a color-changing magic trick that we will learn to do in our next class.

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We're talking about manzanas 🍎🍏🍎in K-2. We read the book Totó quiere la manzana and are doing activities related to the book that have us hearing language with colors, sizes, and counting.