Today in class, we continued to look at a painting by Carmen Lomas Garza. She painted a picture of her family making cascarones...Mexican easter eggs. We also watched a few short videos about cascarones. If you're interested in learning a little more, I have some extra links in the homework section...
Ask your student:
- What are cascarones? How do you make them? (They are egg shells filled with confetti. You make them but carefully making a small hole/taking a little bit of the top of the egg off, pouring out the white and yolk, cleaning the shell, filling it with confetti, and decorating it!)
This week's vocabulary (it seems a little random, but it will make sense when we read Carmen Lomas Garza's description of the painting after break!)
- íbamos a nadar~we would go swimming
- rompíamos~we would break
- comíamos~we would eat
- sorprendíamos~we would surprise
- sacábamos~we would take out
- después de~after
Homework:.
- Practice our vocabulary words HERE. Also, you can practice verb forms HERE.
- Quia Assignment
- Extra~Read about the history of cascarones: Article #1, Article #2
- Extra: How to make cascarones.
- Book idea: The Dance of the Eggshells/El Baile de los Cascarones by Carla Aragón. (Unfortunately, this book is not available through the Herrick Library. I have put in a request for it...so maybe soon!)
- Practice our Bible memory verse: The Lord's Prayer
- You can find the prayer typed out HERE.
- Quia Games to practice the vocabulary: Flashcard Game, Put everything in order Game
- Practice with THIS video.
- You should have the entire prayer memorized by May. Right now, focus on the first 8 lines. (Through "hemos perdonado a nuestros deudores")
