Welcome to Elementary German! This year, I made each of the students a sort of lapbook we'll be working on filling up this semester. We're going to try to do a little grammar, a little vocabulary and a little culture or geography each week. This week, we focused on telling someone what your name is, conjugating a German verb, simple commands, the German coat of arms and first day of school customs.
The only homework we had this week was to try to watch these videos if possible. Next week, we'll start working on colors and I will send home a short homework assignment.
This is a nice, three minute lesson on introductions.
We did not work on the alphabet in class. However, students should have a sheet in their booklet that has the alphabet and an approximate pronunciation guide. This is my favorite alphabet song on YouTube because it goes through the alphabet at a nice pace and the letters actually fit in the tune.
"Wunderbar" means "wonderful."
"Das ist nett." means "That is nice."
This video goes through each letter at a speaking pace after singing the alphabet. It also has a German word to go with each so your students can learn some vocabulary as well as hear the pronunciation of each letter more clearly.
This was our culture lesson for this week. On the first day of school (especially on the first day of kindergarten), German families give their children a "Schultuete" or "school cone." The first video is just to give an idea of the size and how they are presented to the children. The second video shows the kinds of things typically found in a Schultuete.
And for a little fun, Tro Tro! He was very popular with my class last year. This one is probably the easiest to follow without knowing any German, but I'll start off with a short video I made last year that goes over some of the vocabulary used and gives your children some phrases to listen for.
And the cartoon! Enjoy!
As always, if you have any questions, let me know!
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