Today in class, we began our Christmas unit! Today, we reviewed some basic Christmas vocabulary and we used that vocabulary to talk about a Christmas tradition in Mexico: Las Posadas! For more information about our Christmas unit, click HERE.
Ask your student:
- Do you remember the actions you did for María, José, and el Niño Jesús? (María-pretend to hold a baby and pat him on the back, José-pretend to carve something out of wood, el Niño Jesús-rock a baby in your arms).
- What is "Las Posadas"? (Posadas means "inns". In Mexico, people organize parties for the 9 days leading up to Christmas. They walk from house to house asking if they can go in...just like Mary and Joseph had to look for a place to stay. Finally, they get to the "right" house that will let them come in and have a party. In Mexico, they always plan out who will host the parties in advance! We did this in class! Some students "hosted" parties, others were Mary, Joseph, or the Angel. Ask your student what his/her role was!)
Today's vocabulary:
- María - Mary
- José - Joseph
- el Niño Jesús - the Baby Jesus
- el establo - the stable
- la estrella - the star
- Belén - Bethlehem
- los ángeles - the angels
- los pastores - the shepherds
- los reyes magos - the magi/wise men
- el pesebre - the manger
- la posada - the inn
- hay - there is/there are
Homework:
- Sing along with our Christmas song: Hoy es Navidad (to the tune of Jingle Bells)
- Practice our vocabulary words with this QUIA ACTIVITY.
- Practice our family vocabulary words with THIS game.
- Sing along with our new numbers songs: El Canto de las Decenas (The Song of the Tens...counting to 100 by tens in Spanish), Counting to 100 by Tens
- Practice our previous Bible Verse: Ephesians 4:32
- Sean amables unos con otros. Efesios 4 versículo 32
- Audio Version CLICK HERE.
- Practice our new Bible Verse:
- Den gracias al Señor, porque Él es bueno. Salmos 118 versículo 1.
- Audio Version CLICK HERE
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