Teacher’s Note: Here’s basic vocabulary you can use at home to help your kids — or yourselves — to practice Spanish. These are in reverse order; scroll to the very bottom for Week 1. You can also find additional resources on our facebook page.
Week 16
This week we’re learning about spring!
La primavera – spring
La mariposa – butterfly
El conejo – rabbit
El pollito – chick
El árbol – tree
La cometa – kite
La flor – flower
Week 7
This week we’re continuing to create our family trees and working on the related vocabulary.
Week 15
This week we’re going to continue on with learning family members by creating a family tree.
árbol geneológico – family tree (click here for pronunciation help)
mamá – mom
papá – dad
hermano – brother
hermana – sister
tío – uncle
tía – aunt
primo – cousin (boy)
prima – cousin (girl)
abuelo – grandfather
abuela – grandmother
Week 14
This week we’re learning vocabulary related to Valentine’s Day. We’re also reviewing some of the words and phrases we’ve been learning over the last few weeks.
Día de San Valentín – Valentine’s Day
te amo – I love you
corazón – heart
amistad – friendship
amigo/a – friend
hermano/a – brother/sister
abuelo/abuela – grandpa/grandma
mamá – mom
papá – dad
Week 13
In class this week we’re working on putting together simple sentences with the vocabulary we already have.
Quiero – I want
Necesito – I need
Me gusta – I like
No quiero – I don’t want
No necesito – I don’t need
No me gusta – I don’t like
Week 12
This week we’re reviewing colors and numbers 11-31.
red – rojo
amarillo – yellow
azul – blue
verde – green
blanco – white
morado – purple
Week 11
This week we’re going to expand the ways we can answer the question “Cómo estás?”
feliz – happy
asustado/a – scared*
triste – sad
cansado/a – tired
chistoso/a – goofy/silly*
For adjectives that end in o or a, the last letter changes depending on the gender of the subject. Boys use the “o” ending; girls use the “a” ending. For example, a girl would be asustada and a boy would be asustado.
We’re also going to review numbers. We always count from 1-31 using the calendar. Today we will review the tens up to 100:
diez – 10
veinte – 20
treinta – 30
cuarenta – 40
cincuenta – 50
sesenta – 60
setenta – 70
ochenta – 80
noventa – 90
cien – 100
Week 10
hola – hello
adiós – goodbye
¿Cómo estás? – how are you (informal)
muy bien – very good
bien – good
más o menos – so/so
mal – bad
muy mal – very bad
hace calor – it’s hot
hace fresco – it’s cool
hace frío – it’s cold
está nevando – it’s snowing
hay neblina – it’s foggy
está lloviendo – it’s raining
está soleado – it’s sunny
está nublado – it’s cloudy
hay viento – it’s windy
Week 9
This week we’re going to learn some body parts in tandem with reviewing vocabulary we’ve already learned so we can better guess clues related to winter and holiday vocabulary. i.e., what’s white with an orange nose and is really cold?
cabeza – head
ojos – eyes
nariz – nose
boca – mouth
brazos – arms
pelo – hair
barba – beard
Week 8
This week we’re going to continue learning foods and other verbs to help us make sentences related to the things we do on a regular basis.
papa – potato
pollo – chicken
ensalada – salad
pan – bread
leche – milk
jugo – juice
trabajar – to work
estudiar – to study
Week 7
This week we’re learning Thanksgiving vocabulary. We’re going to expand on what we’ve been learning so far by talking about whether we like this food or not.
pavo – turkey
puré de papas – mashed potatoes
judías verdes – green beans
maíz – corn
salsa – gravy (sauce)
salsa de arándano – cranberry sauce
manzanas – apples
pastel/pay de calabaza – pumpkin pie
Week 6
This week we’re going to start talking about whether we like doing the verbs we talked about last week and whether we want to do them or need to do them.
me gusta _____ — I like _____
no me gusta — I don’t like _____
Quiero – I want ______
Necesito — I need ______
Week 5
This week we’re going to start to talk about things we do (verbs).
comer — to eat
hablar — to talk
beber — to drink
limpiar – to clean
dormir – to sleep
mirar – to look at
tocar – to touch
dar – to give
Week 4
This week we did review. We finished up with colors and talked more about ways to answer the question “How are you?” We continued to work with numbers.
¿Cómo estás? – How are you?
triste – sad
asustado* – scared
sorprendido* – surprised
furioso* – angry/furious
feliz – happy
*With adjectives that end in o or a, the letter changes according to the subject’s gender.
Week 3
This week we learned colors.
amarillo – yellow (two l‘s together in Spanish are pronounced like the English y.
anaranjado – orange
café – brown
morado – purple
rosado – pink
negro – black
blanco – white
rojo – red (the j in Spanish is pronounced like an h.)
azul – blue
verde – green
Week 2
Today we practiced more with basic greetings and telling each other how we’re doing. We practiced asking each other how we are and learned additional ways to say how we’re feeling when someone asks us. We’re continuing to learn more numbers as part of the calendar we talk about during each class.
¿Cómo estás? – How are you?
cansado/a – tired (males say they’re cansado; females say they’re cansada. With adjectives that end in o or a, the letter changes according to the subject’s gender.
feliz – happy
furioso/a – angry
confundido/a – confused
despierto/a – awake
emocionado/a – excited
once – 11
doce – 12
trece – 13
catorce – 14
quince – 15
dieciseis – 16
diecisiete – 17
dieciocho – 18
diecinueve – 19
veinte – 20
veintiuno – 21
veintidos – 22
veintitres – 23
veinticuatro – 24
veinticinco – 25
veintiseis – 26
veintisiete – 27
veintiocho – 28
veintinueve – 29
treinta – 30
treinta y uno – 31
Colors Song:
(to the tune of “Pop Goes the Weasel”)
Red is rojo. Green is verde.
Blue is called azul.
Yellow is amarillo.
These are our colors.
Week 1
Today we learned basic greetings, please and thank you, and talked about numbers up to 10. We also talked about basic ways to ask someone how they are.
Hola – hello
Adiós – goodbye
Por favor – please
Gracias – thank you
De nada – you’re welcome
¿Cómo estás? – How are you?
muy bien – very good
bien – good
más o menos/así así – ok/so/so
mal – bad
muy mal – very bad
1 – uno
2 – dos
3 – tres
4 – cuatro
5 – cinco
6 – seis
7 – siete
8 – ocho
9 – nueve
10 – diez
Song lyrics
Hola Amigos
Hola amigos como están
Muy bien
Hola amigas como están
Muy bien
Bienvenidos amigos bienvenidas amigas
Bienvenidos bienvenidas la la la
Hola amigos como están
Muy bien
Hola amigas como están
Muy bien
Bienvenidos amigos bienvenidas amigas
Bienvenidos bienvenidas la la la
Como te llamas tú
A E I O U
Como te llamas tú
A E I O U
Yo me llamo Julián {etc.}