4th Grade: March 8, 2017

Today in class, we continued to look at a painting by Carmen Lomas Garza.  She painted a picture of her family making cascarones...Mexican Easter eggs.  If you're interested in learning a little more, I have some extra links in the homework section.

Ask your student:

• What are cascarones?  How do you make them? (They are egg shells filled with confetti. You make them by carefully making a small hold/taking a bit of the top of the egg off, pouring out the white and yolk, cleaning the shell, filling it with confetti, and decorating it!) 

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

This week's vocabulary may seem a bit random, but in the coming weeks, we'll read Carmen Lomas Garza's description of her painting and it will make more sense!

• íbamos a nadar - we would go swimming
• rompíamos - we would break
• comíamos - we would eat
• sacábamos - we would take out
• sorprendíamos - we would surprise
• después de - after 
• los padres - the parents
• el huevo - the egg
• la iglesia - the church
• alrededor de - around 
• está decorando - is decorating
• está pintando - he/she is painting
• está durmiendo - he/she is sleeping
• está cortando - he/she is cutting
• está llevando - he/she is wearing

Homework:

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

• Quia assignment
• Vocabulary Practice
• Assignment (worth 2 stickers)
• Extra information about Cascarones:
• Articles about the history:  Article #1, Article #2
• How to make cascarones
• Second Semester Bible Memory Verse~Matthew 7:24
• Printed Version/Bubble Letter Version to fill in as you learn
• Audio Version - Coming Soon
• Quia Games - Coming Soon
• Previous Assignments:  Did you miss a previous assignment?  If you were absent, you may still complete it for 2 stickers each.  If you weren't absent, you may still complete the assignments for one sticker each.
• Week of February 22
• Assignment
• Week of March 1
• Vocabulary Practice
• Assignment (worth 2 stickers)