El Dia de Los Muertos is coming next week.
Students are being given the opportunity to earn some extra credit by adventuring into the community and participating in a  D.D.L.M. activity.  Students should do some research on celebrations in San Diego, attend the event, take pictures and write a report/reflection with the photos of what they experienced, learned or want to know.  Spanish 1-2 students can write in English while Spanish 5-6 students should write their reflections in Spanish.  There are numerous events taking place throughout the county.  Visit http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/29/dia-de-los-muertos-celebrations/ for a list of events or http://www.shermanheights.com for details on a great spot to see altars and other activities this weekend.

Spanish 5-6 is working on a recreation of the Latino legend La Llorona.
Students are working in pairs to create a book or other multimedia presentation of the story from either a first person point of view or a modern day version.  Students will turn in/present their projects on the 26th and 27th of October.

Spanish 1-2 will be working on the Bolsa Cafe project.
This project asks students to introduce themselves as well as someone or something else to the class.  They will be  using objects drawn from a brown bag as prompts for their presentation in which they describe people and discuss likes and dislikes.
These presentations will begin on the 27th of October and continue into the next week.

Spanish 1-2 and Spanish 5-6

Test on Tuesday, October 11.
It is worth a whopping 40 points.
Countries and capitals of Mexico, Centroamerica, el Caribe and Sudamerica.
Make those flash cards and know where those countries are from Mexico to Panama.
From Colombia to Argentina to Puerto Rico.

Hello All,

I have just been edumacated about this blogging thing by our fantastic digital teacher technical leader at Point Loma Mrs. Roberts.  I will periodically be posting updates about our Spanish 1-2 and Spanish 5-6 classes.  These updates will contain information about the themes, vocabulary, grammar and projects which are happening or will be on the horizon.

Spanish 1-2 is working on introductions and goodbyes as well as numbers and the alphabet.  A project we will begin next week is the Bolsa Cafe in which students introduce themselves to the class using objects in a bag as prompts.

Spanish 5-6 has begun studying "La Llorona" and we will be creating our own versions of the classic folktale.