Happy Three Kings Day! Me divertí mucho ayer celebrando con ambas clases. (I had a lot of fun yesterday celebrating with both classes.) En las clases, nosotros comimos (ate) Rosca de Reyes, a traditional Mexican sweetbread served on el Día de los Reyes, complete with a little plastic baby Jesus, to represent the need to find a safe place for Jesus, with the knife cutting the bread representing the danger that Jesus was in because of Herod's jealousy. In case anyone is interested in picking up a Rosca de Reyes to try, panaderías (bakeries) may still have it today - I got mine from La Gloria Panadería in Mexicantown on Bagley. 5th and 6th grades participated in "un asalto"/una parranda (you can read more about those here) by surprising the 7th and 8th graders and singing a song about los tres reyes to them (the three kings). In case you'd like to listen to the song they sang(or if you still have it in your head!), it's on the class playlist on Grooveshark, towards the bottom of the list. I've also included some other Christmas carols on there, such as "Campana sobre Campana," "Los Peces en el Río," and "Mi Burrito Sabanero."
Now, on to some information about grades:
For 7th and 8th, nosotros will have una prueba (quiz) el martes. La prueba will cover the use of the verb ser ('to be'), description vocabulary, ¿de dónde eres?, reasons why it's important to learn Spanish (see the handout about Spanish: A Global Language especially), Día de los Reyes, and labeling a map of the países (countries) en Sudamérica. I'll be giving another extra credit opportunity on lunes in case anyone wants to help bump up their grade before the 2nd quarter ends on the 20th.
For 5th and 6th, I'll also be giving an extra credit opportunity. I'm posting it here in case anyone would like to get a head start. The assignment is to read the handout that I gave la clase about el Día de los Reyes, and then to write a short paragraph (at least 4 sentences) summarizing what tú learned about el Día de los Reyes, and present it to la clase. Doing this will earn tú up to 25 extra credit points.
As always, please comment or contact me by e-mail if you have any questions. ¡Feliz Día de los Reyes!
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