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In September, the Spanish I students made flour tortillas, salsa and chorizo to celebrate el Día de Independencia de México. Mr. Lowry, the superintendent, even joined us!
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In October, the students made papel picado and painted rock calaveras for el Día de los Muertos.
The students travelled to Hays High School in November and learned the Latin dances, Salsa and Merengue.
Everybody participated and had a great time . . . . .
. . . . . especially when it came time to eat Mexican food at Cancún Restaurant.
In December, the students taught Spanish Christmas carols or villancicos to the elementary students. The 1st graders on the left learned Mi Hombre de Nieve (Frosty the Snowman) and the 5th graders learned El Burrito de Belén (The Bethlehem Donkey).
To celebrate el Año Nuevo (the New Year), the students participated in a typical Spanish event.
. . . and at the stroke of midnight . . .
Each student got 12 uvas, or grapes . . .
. . . began eating the grapes one at a time for each chime on the clock. Everyone finished on time. According to tradition, they will all have good luck in the New Year!
The 6th of January is "el Día de los Reyes Magos," or Three Kings' Day. On the eve of January 5th, many Hispanic children leave their shoes out. If they are good boys and girls, los Reyes Magos will fill their shoes with gifts. In the above pictures, my students left their shoes at the door. When class was over, they found candy!
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