One Tribe (Black-Eyed Peas)

3rd-5th Grades students had a chance to discuss the lyrics to this song...how it reflects IB principles and how learning another language supports that. Many wanted to be able to get the lyrics or hear the song at home. Here are links for parents to check out.

For lyrics: (though they are not precise)

http://www.metrolyrics.com/one-tribe-lyrics-black-eyed-peas.html

Audio:

recording at iLike

Who We Are-Grade 2

My daughter Katie loves the song, "I Need a Waiter." One day she sang it and it got stuck in my head. I thought, "This is the kind of song I need in Spanish for my students. Too bad it isn't in Spanish." Before long, an opportunity arose where I wanted a song and couldn't find anything to fit the neighborhood theme. I set to work and this is what resulted:

Mi vecindad

Veo la calle.
Veo la calle de mi puerta.
Veo la calle de mi puerta
en la cuadra
de mi pueblo.
Esta es mi vecindad.

Veo una banca.
Veo una banca en el parque.
Veo una banca en el parque
de la ventana
de mi casa.
La ventana de la cocina.


Veo el mercado.
Veo el mercado mexicano.
Veo el mercado mexicano

aqui al lado
del McDonalds.
¿Quiero tacos o hamburguesas hoy?


Veo la parada.
Veo la parada de autobus
Veo la parada de autobus
de la escuela
en la esquina.
!Ay, me tengo que ir!



(Something I love about music is that it can disguise some complicated learning! There is A LOT of vocabulary here and no one has complained, "This is too hard!")

Grade 4-Sharing the Planet

Fourth Graders have rapped and recycled this week! Here is the vocabulary we are learning:


basura-garbage
basurero-garbage can
bote de basura-garbage can
bote de reciclaje-recycling bin
botella-bottle
cartón-cardboard
deber-to ought to, (should)
envase-jar, bottle
envoltura-wrapping, packaging
lata de aluminio-aluminum can
lata de hojalata-tin can
papel-paper
plástico duro-hard plastic
plástico ligero-light(weight) plastic
reciclaje-(the act of) recycling
reciclar-to recycle
tirar en-to throw away in
vidrio-glass


Why is there more than one way to say "garbage can" in Spanish? Students keep asking. How many names do we have in English for that thing into which we put garbage?

Canciones

Songs we're singing:

(To the tune of "When the Saints Go Marching In")

?Como estas? ?Como estas? ?Como estas?
Muy bien, muy bien.
?Como estas?
Muy bien, amigo.
?Como estas? Muy bien, muy bien.

(Asi, asi)
(Muy mal)


(To the tune of "La cucaracha")

Hasta la vista, hasta la vista.
Hasta luego y adios.
Hasta la vista, hasta la vista.
Hasta luego y adios.
Cha, cha, cha.

El pollo de mi cazuela
(Cancion Cantarima, Mama Gallina:Brinca la tablita...available on iTunes.)

El pollo de mi cazuela
Nos sirve para comer
Y todas las mujeres
Lo sabemos preparar
Se echa la cebolla
Hojitas de laurel
Se saca de la cazuela
Cuando ya se va a comer
Anoche yo te vi
Vestido de tulipan
Moviendo la cintura
Pa, ra, pa, pa, pa, pa