John Paul II The Great.

The time has come for me to thank all of you, for giving me the honor of teaching your children.
It was a beautiful experience that I'll never forget.
Now I will like to quote our Great John Paul II on his message to young people at Saint Lucia on July 7, 1986.
I encourage you to share this message with your children.
May God bless all of you and guide you all the days of your life. Thank you, Mrs.Huizel.


"The future belongs to you;
for you are the leaders of tomorrow.
As you plan and prepare for the future,
it is right that you should aspire to greatness,
that you should wish to accomplish great things in your lives.
May you never give up these desires,
but remain always men and women of high principles and hopes."

It is important to teach the students to stop and take time to be thankful of our catholic church, to see the beautiful art that contributes to the holiness in it. How blessed we are to be able to visit our church when ever we want, to go to mass and receive our KING JESUS everyday; when others have to wait weeks or months to be in our little Heaven on earth and to be with our Lord Jesus Christ.
In art class we will visit our Church and draw our very best the beauty of our church and write a sentence to express how greatful we are of this wounderful gift our CATHOLIC CHURCH.

This week in Spanish class the students will work on the last 2 mini stories of Gordo and Patricia.
In the stories the students will read the story in Spanish, learn new Spanish verbs and answer questions.
We will also play verb games and act out the mini stories.

I would like to thank all of you who prayed for my husband and my family. There is no greater gift to receive than prayers. The way, in which we all come together and humble ourselves, asking our Almighty God to have mercy on us and answer our request of help.
The power of your prayers was so beautifully notice not only when my husband started to feel better but how God provided me and my family with a strength to handle our cross in a peaceful way, trusting more than ever on our Lord's will. Your prayers gave our marriage and family more strengthen and love in our faith. May our Lord Jesus Christ reward all of you abundantly all the days of your life. You are always in my heart.
THANK YOU!


In Art we will continue drawing STILL LIFE.
In Spanish we will keep practicing the verb TIENE(He or she has)

Still lifes are paintings of objects that can't move, such as flowers, fruits,a vase, a cup, or whatever catches the eye of the artist. Until the late 19th century, the goal of most still lifes was to look as realistic as possible. The artists became so good at it, they could create anything from grapes which look good enough to eat, to jugs and bowls which seem to jut right out of the painting.



The next couple of weeks the students will appreciate some still life paintings of the 19th century and learn how to do a still life drawing by understanding better on how light works and how objects relate to each other within a composition and color scheme.

Art could be a lot of work, but at the end it could be your biggest masterpiece.

Bienvenidos to Spanish class.
This week in Spanish class we will learn about:

Tiene hambre = He or she is hungry
Tiene sed = He or she is thirsty
Tiene frio = He or she is cold
Tiene calor = He or she is hot
Tiene dolor = He or she has pain
Tiene miedo = He or she is scared
Tiene sueno = He or she is sleepy

Questions that the students will learn to answer:

Quien tiene frio? (Who's cold?) Quien tiene miedo? (Who's scared?) and so on with each phrase from above. Then the students will learn to use the same verb with the First person singular,

Yo = I am
Yo tengo frio. = I'm cold.
Yo tengo calor.= I'm hot

And like always students will act out the phrases,write sentences with them and play silly games. Learning Spanish is fun!
Hasta Luego!

I know that I should be writting about the lessons for this week in Spanish and Art, but when it comes to Holy Week my thoughts are all the time poundering and meditating about what our Lord Jesus Christ went through this week 2008 years ago.

When I was young (in Puerto Rico) the entire Holy Week was a time of silence. No music. No toys just silence. The silence was a way of penitence, but also a time to learn more about our Lords Passion and Death on the Cross. I also remember that the Churches (in Puerto Rico) will do the Stations of the Cross (Via Crucis in Spanish)during the entire Holy Week as a Procession by carring a big cross and a float of our Sorroful Mother Mary (Madre Dolorosa); around the block where the Church is located. It was an amazing to see how many people will join in the Stations of the Cross as it went by.

I have so many beatiful memories of Holy Week in Puerto Rico that I wish I had pictures of it, instead I have pictures of Holy Week in Seville and Malaga, in Spain. Since I was born I have travel to Spain and have learn so much of my Catholic faith there and just to let you know Puerto Rico's Spanish, food, culture and religion is mostly from Spain. With this pictures it will be easy for you to understand my beautiful memories of Holy Week.

O Jesus with all my heart I unite myself to Thee.
Have a Blessed Holy Week.

Whao! logros

The first graders are doing an excellent job
on learning about food and verbs.

We have so much fun when we get to act out the verbs,
play Simon says and make funny sentences with
the Spanish vocabulary.

The verbs of the Week:

*Tiene Hambre =He or she is hungry
*Tiene Sed=He or she is thirsty
*Come=He or she eats
*Toma=He or she drinks


Vocabulary of the week:

*huevos fritos=fry eggs
*tocineta=bacon
*pan=bread
*tostada=toast
*donas=donuts
*manteqilla=butter

*El nino=the boy
*La nina=the girl
*El perro=the dog
*El gato=the cat [] Keep up the good work first graders and have fun doing all the Spanish games at home.

Hasta luego!