¡Hola familias!
Welcome to our 8th Grade Spanish Blog. We do our best to keep this updated throughout the year to provide you with information about what is happening in our Spanish classes!
We are wrapping-up our first unit, “Celebrando Cumpleaños where the students have reviewed concepts from last year through learning and talking about different types of parties including day, date, time as well as decorations and gifts included at these parties. Students will be describing their perfect party in an assessment at the end of the week. Students will also be learning how to extend, accept and decline invitations before the unit ends.Please do not hesitate to ask them to share their new knowledge with you!
We also had special visitors from Guatemala in some classes on Friday the 29th. These visitors were university students from Guatemala who were staying with families in Wayland while on a music tour of New England. They will be performing in 8 schools across New England in the next three weeks. Students interacted with the visitors in class through playing games, having short conversations and working on a reading assignment. It was an incredible experience and students did an amazing job interacting with native Spanish speakers who spoke little to no English.
We also had special visitors from Guatemala in some classes on Friday the 29th. These visitors were university students from Guatemala who were staying with families in Wayland while on a music tour of New England. They will be performing in 8 schools across New England in the next three weeks. Students interacted with the visitors in class through playing games, having short conversations and working on a reading assignment. It was an incredible experience and students did an amazing job interacting with native Spanish speakers who spoke little to no English.
We will soon be beginning a unit where students will learn about the cultural celebration of the Day of the Dead. Students will learn the history and practices of this celebration, watch the movie The Book of Life and research and create an altar for an important deceased Hispanic person. The project will not be assigned for another few weeks and we encourage you and your student to email us if you have any questions about the project.
We have gotten the year off to a great start and are looking forward to continuing a great year with your students. We look forward to seeing many of you at Back to School Night on Thursday!
We have gotten the year off to a great start and are looking forward to continuing a great year with your students. We look forward to seeing many of you at Back to School Night on Thursday!
Un saludo cordial,
Kathy DeLima and Leigh Netcoh
8th Grade Spanish Teachers
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