Wednesday, November 27, 2013

2/3: November 27, 2013

Today in class, we continued our unit:  Feliz Cumpleaños/Happy Birthday.  Today we learned about some interesting differences between birthday celebrations in Michigan and Mexico.  For more information about our new unit, click:  Feliz Cumpleaños.

Ask your student:
  • If you went to a birthday party in Mexico, what would you eat?  (In Mexico, they eat cake too!  They also have traditional tacos at a lot of parties.)
  • If you went to a birthday party in Mexico, what would the piñata be like?  (It would be in the shape of a star.  It would contain hard candy, chocolate, mandarin oranges, and coins!)
  • If there is a piñata at a party in Mexico, how do they know how long your turn is to hit the piñata?  (They sing a song!  Listen to it HERE.)

Today's vocabulary:
  • el pastel - the cake
  • los tacos - the tacos
  • el pizza - the pizza
  • la piñata - the piñata
  • los caramelos - the hard candies
  • el chocolate - the chocolate
  • las mandarinas - mandarin oranges
  • las monedas - the coins
  • la estrella - the star

Homework:
  • Sing along with our new song, a traditional birthday song from Spain:  Feliz, feliz en tu día.
  • Today in class, we talked about piñatas!  If you want to make a simple piñata using a paper bag, follow these directions:  Click here!  
  • Practice our Bible verse:  Genesis 1:1.  Be ready to say the verse by November 20.  CLICK HERE.

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