Buenas tardes clases,

This week we will be learning about the Day of the Dead which is celebrated in Mexico at the same time as Halloween. We talked about the differences between Halloween and the Day of the Dead and how people in Mexico celebrate this family holiday. Each of you is supposed to bring in a photo of a deceased family member or pet plus an item that represents that person or pet. It can be a favorite food, hobby item, picture of you doing something with that person, or anything else that is relevant. It needs to come in no later than tomorrow because we are starting presentations in class tomorrow. This English presentation is worth a quiz grade. No items, no presentation, no grade. Most of you cannot afford a "0" for a quiz grade. If there is a problem with getting a family or pet picture, please let me know and I will give you an alternate person to do.

We are all caught up now with our homework packets and questions as of tonight's assignment. I will be collecting the old packet tomorrow for credit. Please fill in any missing items before you give it to me tomorrow. We are continuing our work with adjectives and descriptions of people, how old people are and numbers up to 1000. We will also be writing a dialog this week with a partner in class, learning about Puerto Rico, doing a comparison of Halloween and the Day of the Dead using a Venn Diagram, filling out a bingo sheet using Day of the Dead vocabulary and numbers up to 50, and doing a November calendar. You guessed it - the pictures of the calendar will be 8 items in color about the Day of the Dead and labeled  in Spanish using "el, la, los, and las." Don't forget uno/primero and look up the birthdays of your fellow classmates and put them on your calendario!

We also selected new country partners last week and will incorporate the capitals in with the countries too. I will be out again for leg surgery this coming Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. I expect all work to be completed in a timely manner and all of you to have the utmost respect for the substitute that comes to cover for me. We will continue presentations next Monday when I come back. We will hopefully get many done tomorrow.

Tarea por esta semana,

lunes noche: Pagina 8 en el paquete viejo (old packet) and pagina 13a en el paquete nueveo. Also bring in your day of the dead items if you have not done so already.
martes noche: pagina 15 in the paquete nuevo and the top half of the vaocabulary sheet that I will give you today.
miércoles noche: paginas 6 y 12 en el paquete nuevo.
jueves noche: calendario de noviembre - números en español y 8  cosas (items) del día de los muertos. See above note, 2nd paragraph.
viernes noche: study for adjective quiz next week on Tuesday.

P.S. By the end of the week you need to have turned in your partner dialog, the Venn Diagram comparing Halloween and Day of the Dead, your calendario on Friday, the magic square sheet, and your bingo sheet. The exercises in the book will be done with a partner and need to be finished also. Don't forget you can work on your Picasso project after everything else is done.

 I will be staying after school tomorrow for test corrections and finishing  up the tests from last week.

As you can see, we will have a busy week even though I will be out a few days.  Be kind, be helpful, and be respectful to the substitute. We can always have an after school session the following week if need be. Thanks in advance for your cooperation! Señora Schneider