Los Osos de Chicago

This weekend will be an exciting one for Bears fans! Lots of students and teachers today showed their support of the Bears by wearing Bears gear. What does this have to do with Spanish? Visit univision to read predictions in Spanish about Sunday's game. http://nfl.univision.com

Have a great weekend!

Go Bears!!

New vocabulary

All Spanish classes got new vocabulary this week after our chapter tests.
The 8th graders learned words like: el anillo, los aretes, el cinturón, la jarra and el plato because they are learning about items that you can buy in open air markets, specifically in Oaxaca, Mexico.
The 7th graders learned words like: el semestre, la cita, el almuerzo and el descanso because we are doing a chapter on the school day.
We'll dive into and start using this vocabulary next week!

Have a safe and restful holiday weekend!

¡Hicimos mucho!

We had a busy first week back. The 7th graders ROCKED their -ar verb quizzes. It was the best quiz of the year! The 8th graders directed me through a 'town' with great directions on a speaking quiz.

Next week will be busy too. The 8th graders have a chapter test on Wednesday. They need to study: Vocabulary, Prepositional Phrases, Affirmative tú commands, Salir para and Decir que.

The 7th graders have a test on Friday. They need to know: Vocabulary, -ar verbs, Expressions of Frequency and Expressions of Obligation.

Have a great weekend!

Canciones de Navidad

The 8th grade Spanish students worked on singing some traditional holiday carols in Spanish this week. We even went caroling to some of the classes at Lakeview. We had a great time. Here's one of our performances. Enjoy!

Have a fun, safe break!

Canciones de Navidad

Some of the Spanish classes have been learning some holiday carols to share with their peers next week. Hopefully the students will be inspired by the wintery weather we're supposed to have to practice this weekend.

Mi Hombre de Nieve

Mi hombre de nieve,

es feliz y está muy gordo.

Con la boca, la nariz, dos ojos,

en la cabeza un sombrero.

(Repite)

Da da da da da,

Da da da da da

Mi hombre de nieve.

Da da da da da,

Da da da da da,

¡Mi hombre de nieve!

Cascabeles (Jingle Bells)

O qué felicidad caminar en un trineo

por los caminos qué blancos ya están.

Nos paseamos con gritos de alegría

Con cantos y risas de dicha caminamos.

Cascabeles, cascabeles, tra la la la la

Qué alegría todo el día, tra la la la la

(Repite el coro)

O qué felicidad caminar en un trineo

Por los bosques qué lindos ya se ven

Nos paseamos con gritos de alegría

Y cascabeles agitados,

Caminamos.

(coro)

¡Esquéletos festivos!

The 8th graders finished their día de los muertos skeletons and they look fantastic! We voted on the best skeletons from each class and the most festive and creative skeletons. Which are your favorites?

3rd period

5th period

6th period Great job, 8th graders!!

el día de los muertos

This week, many people in Mexico, Honduras & Guatemala celebrated el día de los muertos, the Day of the Dead. This holiday is hundreds of years old and began with the indigenous people of Mexico (the people who lived there before Columbus arrived). The people celebrated a day to honor the memory of their loved ones who had died and people who celebrate spend weeks preparing for this holiday.

The 7th graders learned more about this holiday and saw a día de los muertos celebration in Oaxaca, Mexico. They learned about ofrendas (altars), cempazuchitl (marigold flowers-"The flower of the dead"), velas (candles), calaveras de azúcar (sugar skulls) and chapulines (fried grasshoppers!).

The 8th graders were already familiar with this holiday and they are making skeletons to decorate our classroom. The skeletons are colorful and festive, not like the scary skeletons that Americans use for Halloween. Visit our blog next week for pictures of their finished products!