Student Work Coming Home This Week

Students in third, fourth, and fifth grades made packets of their first semester Spanish work.  These packets are coming home this week in students' homework binders.  Please do take a look at your child's work.

A letter will go home next week describing our first semester activities:  what we studied, practiced, and learned in Spanish.  Be on the lookout for it in Friday folders.

Remember, we do a lot of oral language activities in the classroom, so the written work is only a small portion of what your child experiences during Spanish class.  Take this opportunity to ask your child about what he or she does in Spanish lessons!  Your child will enjoy telling you about it.  If you are not a Spanish speaker, let your child take on the role of "teacher" ("maestra" or "maestro") and show you a few new things.

Mexican Pen Pal Letters are Sent!

Fifth graders received the names of their Mexican pen pals at Escuela Urbana 889 in Guadalajara.  Each HES student wrote a letter to a pen pal using Spanish and English.  These letters were mailed off in December.  We are hopeful that we will soon receive letters in return.  I am very impressed with the thoughtfulness and effort our students put into writing their letters.

In class we were able to look at our pen pals' school via Google Earth and our classroom SmartBoard.  It was very interesting to compare the building, neighborhood, and cityscape with our own Hartland Elementary School area.  We have lots of questions about Guadalajara that we hope our pen pals can answer for us.

Stay tuned for more!