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What we do in class throughout the year

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This page is dedicated to displaying examples of student work. As our current students create each of the following activities, updated photos will be displayed. Check back to see pictures of your favorite estudiantes!


 El Tiempo Projecto

5th graders  study weather and learn how to express the daily weather in Spanish. Next, they create posters 

featuring various types of good and bad weather. They write about the weather describing each picture they have 

drawn. Finally, they present the posters to the class.




El Día de los Muertos ~ Day of the Dead!

5th grade students study El Día de los Muertos, one of Mexico’s most famous and popular holidays. Students dress skeletons for the season of their choice and then give an oral presentation based on their art. Please select a link below to learn more about this fascinating holiday and to get an inside peek at a special Mexican tradition.  

http://farstrider.net/Mexico/Muertos/index.htm

http://www.dayofthedead.com/ 




Pablo Picasso


5th grade students study the life and art of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso. They are introduced to four styles of painting that Picasso made famous and then are asked to create a portrait of their extended family in one of these styles.  They each give an oral presentation explaining their portrait. Everyone demonstrates their own personal Picasso style!

La época azul (the blue period)

La época rosa  (the pink or rose period)

La neóclasica (the neoclassic style)

Cubísmo (cubism)


Spanish Enrichment Class


 All 5th grade students participate in a Spanish enrichment program.  They have an opportunity to learn all about their favorite insects, their habitats and food sources.  Activities include the life cycle of the butterfly, researching their favorite insect, poems, presentations, games and crafts, and a film.  Toward the end of the unit, kids create a variety of bug puppets and put on puppet shows in Spanish!