El Día de Acción de Gracias (Thanksgiving)

¡Hola familias!

¡Qué increíble que ya sean las vacaciones del Día de Acción de Gracias! We can't believe that it is already Thanksgiving Break! The intercambio is off to a great start. Our students have just finished their first letters to their pen pals and should be hearing back from their pen pals (in Spanish) in the next few days. We have also just finished up a hefty unit where our students have learned how to talk about sports they play, tell someone that a specific body part hurts, tell someone what they are going to do and invite someone to do something. They have also learned about what Spaniards like to do in their free time and all of the exciting things there are to do in Spain. The will surely be learning more about this from their pen pals!

In perfect timing with the spirit of the holidays, we have just begun our family unit. Students have begun to learn the Spanish names for the members in their family. They will also be learning how winter holidays are celebrated in Spain and Colombia and will be making comparisons between these celebrations and their own.

In order to bring a little bit of español to your Thanksgiving tables this year, we are offering students extra credit on their next quiz if they make place cards in Spanish for the people who are at the Thanksgiving table. For example, a card with the word "abuela" written on it to be placed where his/her grandmother will be sitting. A family friend can be referred to as "un amigo/una amiga de la familia". The students must take a picture of the labels on the table and show the picture to us, via email or printed out, on Monday December 1st.  Students may also receive extra credit for labeling at least five dishes in Spanish and showing us a picture of this as well. 

We look forward to the coming unit and to seeing a little bit of Spanish in the outside world of our students! We hope you all have a restful and wonderful break.

Un saludo cordial,
Kathy Delima and Leigh Netcoh
8th Grade Spanish Teachers