5th and 6th Grade: March 11, 2015

Over the next few weeks, we'll be talking about a popular Spanish festival, Las Fallas.  The festival takes place every March in Valencia, Spain.  We'll be reading a short story (in Spanish!) to learn about the festival and review a lot of the vocabulary we have learned this year.

Ask your student:

• What is what thing you learned about "Las Fallas" so far?  (It's a festival in Valencia, Spain.  It takes place in March.  They make huge statues out of wood and paper mache and burn them.)

This week's vocabulary:

• hermanos - siblings
• viven - they live
• su/sus - his, her, their
• alegres - happy 
• quieren - they want
• con - with
• abre - he/she opens
• vestidos - dresses
• encuentra - he/she finds
• empieza - it begins
• montan - they set up
• termina - it ends
• queman - they burn
• llevan - they wear
• falleras - girls who wear the traditional clothing at the festival
• falleros - boys who wear the traditional clothing at the festival
• fallas - huge statues made of paper mache.  They are like 3-D political cartoons.

Homework

• New Bible Memory Passage:  The Lord's Prayer
• Passage typed out HERE.
• Audio Version
• Our new song: Countries and Capitals of Central America/The Caribbean and Countries and Capitals in Reverse.  We'll be listening to this song in class each week.  The goal is for students to learn all of the countries and capitals by the end of April.
• Review the basic Spanish vocabulary with THIS game.  
• Quia Assignment (worth 2 pegatinas).  For the assignment, you will need the reading we started in class.  If you misplaced or left your paper at school, you can print/view a copy HERE.