Week 10: Halloween & Día de los Muertos

Here are the topics for the week:

Language Arts:  The letter of the week is /n/.  They will learn how to add details to their writing such as colors, size, and other attributes. We will work on describing animals. The sight word of the week is "ella."

Math:  We will  do some Halloween related math activities.

Color:  The color of the week is rosado o rosa/pink.

SLD: Students will learn about Día de los Muertos and will practice writing words with sentence frames previously learned.

NGSS: We will discuss the flooding model that we observed to figure out why one school is flooding and not the other, even though both got the same amount of rain. We will talk about how we could change the design of the playground.

Home-School Connection Projects

Instructions for the Giving Thanks project will go out on Wednesday. They can also be found in the homework section of this blog if you want to get a head start already.

Home-School Connection projects are a great way for you to work with your child on a creative project.  During the process, you also learn about what they have learned in Spanish.  Students should use what they have already practiced in class to complete the three sentences.  Please make the sentences as simple as possible by using the sentence frames that I provided.  If you are not sure if something makes sense when translated, I am happy to look over it before the presentation date. Remember that these projects are open-ended for a reason and it is always a joy to see the diversity. 

These presentations offer opportunities to develop 21st century skills such as communication, collaboration, creativity, innovation, digital citizenship, etc. (These skills are on the current Common Core aligned report card)

Google Slides

I no longer have Powerpoint software, so please use Google Slides if you want to make a slide presentation. It's free! You just need to share it to my email. Here are some examples: Connor's Slides, Reese's Thankful Project

Prezi

Here is a how-to video from youtube that explains how to make a prezi.  There is also a tutorial on the website: www.prezi.com.  The easiest way to make one is to use a pre-made template and just add text and pictures to it.

Here is a link to some Prezi's from past years: Brynlie's Thanksgiving Project; Parker's Thanksgiving Project; Gabriel's Thanksgiving Project

**I changed the instructions slightly from previous years, so please follow the most current guidelines.

You can use a combination of text, pictures, and video to make a presentation.

*There are lots of other ways to present, and if you have any other ideas, please share :)  If you choose to use one of these resources.

Sharing the project with me:   Click the share icon (it's a square with an arrow coming out of it) and share it via email to pbarcellos@lsusd.net.  You can also share bigger files through dropbox and Drive.

How to involve your child in a tech project?

1) Let them type the words themselves.  They may need a lesson on how to put spaces, periods, and capital letters.

2) Let your child pick the template, font colors, pictures, videos etc.

3) When it's done, have your child practice presenting it by click on the arrows and navigating through the presentation.

Arts and Crafts: