5th and 6th Grade: December 7, 2016

In class today, we began a short Christmas unit.  We'll be learning about the Mexican Christmas legend of the poinsettia.

Ask your student:

• What is a poinsettia called in Spanish?  What does it mean?  (In Spanish, the poinsettia is called la flor de Nochebuena.  That means:  the flower of Christmas Eve.)

Vocabulary

Words in bold are new this week, others are review.

• le da - he/she gives to him/her
• le dice - he/she says to him/her
• ¿por qué? - why?
• ¡Qué lástima! - Too bad!
• mira - he/she looks at
• tengo - I have
• el regalo - the gift/present
• pobre - poor
• el dinero - the money 
• está triste - he/she is sad
• llora - he/she cries
• la flor de nochebuena - the poinsettia
• la iglesia - the church
• el corazón - the heart 
• el ángel - the angel

Homework:

Please email me if you need your Quia username and/or password.

• Quia 
• Vocabulary practice (Practice Activity #1, Practice Activity #2)  **If you have problems getting Activity #1 to work, try #2.  It's a different format, but it shouldn't have any "Java" problems.  
• Assignment, worth 2 pegatinas. 
• This semester, we'll be memorizing Colossians 3:16-17 as an (HC)2 group.  In Spanish class, we will also focus on memorizing just verse 17 in Spanish.  
• Printed Version / Printed "bubble letters" version (color it in as you memorize it)
• Audio Version 
• Quia Practice
• Quia Practice-Battleship Style!  
• Did you miss last week's final assignment?
• Our final assignment for the Las Meninas unit was handed out in class.  If you misplaced the assignment, you can print a new copy HERE.  Also, for the assignment, you will need to look at THESE three Diego Velázquez paintings.