4/5/6: March 12, 2014

In class today, we started a new unit.  Over the next few weeks, we'll be learning about the history of the 5 de mayo holiday.  We'll also talk about how 5 de mayo is celebrated both in Mexico and the US.

Ask your student:

• Have you heard about 5 de mayo before?  What do you think it is about?  (We talked about this for a little while in class today.  Almost everyone had heard about 5 de mayo, and some students had some good ideas,  but no one knew the whole story of the holiday.  We'll be discovering that over the next few weeks!) 

Today's vocabulary (many words are review words)

• luego - later
• ganó - he/she won
• perdió - he/she lost
• reinaba - he/she reigned
• el dinero - the money 
• pagar - to pay
• la batalla - the battle
• tengo - I have
• tenía - he/she/I had
• necesitaba - he/she/I needed
• participaron - they participated
• celebran - they celebrate

Homework: 

• Quia Practice and Assignment
• Vocabulary practice 
• Weekly Assignment (worth 2 pegatinas)
• Sing along the South America Countries and Capitals Rap!  (Click HERE, if that link doesn't work, here's the LINK to the song on YouTube)  Make it your goal to know all of the countries and capitals by April 16!  NEW!!  HERE's a link to "reverse" version of the song!  
• Second semester Bible verse.  Verses 1-3 are due on Feb 19.  Keep working on verses 1-3 if you haven't learned them yet, but also start working on verse 4, too!  Verse 4 is due by March 12, and verses 1-6 are due by April 23.
• Psalm 23 in Spanish (Text only)
• Audio Version