¿DE CUALES COLORES SON LOS LIBROS?

¿De cuáles colores son los libros?

What color are the books?

Now we're getting our Claxton students talking (in Spanish)! Ask them:

¿De cuáles colores son los libros?

And they should be able to tell you:

Los libros son rojos naranjas amarillos verdes azúles o morados.

Here's a fun practice song (and as a bonus, it includes counting). Get ready to get a little crazy!:

Now you're ready to test your knowledge:

¿CUANTOS LIBROS HAY EN LA CLASE?

¿Cuantos libros hay en la clase?

How many books are there in the class?

Hay muchos libros.

There are many books.

Our Claxton students who are working on their Spanish are really hitting their stride! This week, we learn a new classroom item: 

libro    book

We've been working on:

¿Cuantos hay?    How many are there?

Putting together these phrases, and using their knowledge of classroom items and colors, allows students to start having conversations. What an empowering feeling!

Use this video to see how much progress we've made ... and to learn the Spanish words for even more classroom objects:

And just for fun, see how much of this trailer for the Spanish language version of Libro de Vida (Book of Life) you can follow!

CUANTOS SILLAS HAY EN LA CLASE?

¿Cuantos sillas hay en la clase?

How many seats are there in the classroom?

Hay muchas sillas en la clase.

There are many seats in the classroom.

Now that we know hay sillas en la clase, we're ready to ask ¿Cuantos? How many?

We've been practicing counting Spanish every morning, so chances are your student can tell you exactly how many seats there are in her or his classroom. But it's also useful to be able to say hay muchas/there are many.

Notice that many is a word that describes a noun: many seats. 
That means, in Spanish, it can be masculine or feminine, depending on the noun it describes: 

muchas sillas
muchos lápices

And speaking of muchos, this video is worth watching again as we learn the Spanish words for objects in the classroom:

EN LA CLASE HAY SILLAS

En la clase hay sillas.

In the classroom are chairs.

Learning to name objects in the classroom in Spanish continues! Silla, or chair, is a fun one because of the ll, which is pronounced like the letter y in English.

Plus, everyone has a silla en la clase. And some other objects that are fun to say in Spanish with this classroom rap: