So, one of the fun things I do in my classroom each year is a cultural celebration of Dia de Los Muertos - or Day of the Dead. At first, all the kids think it sounds really morbid, but I explain to them that that's because of how our culture views death. In Latin America, they honor their loved ones who have passed away each year on November 1 and 2. The 1st is to remember the children who have died, and the 2nd is for everyone else.
This year, I thought I'd share some of the pics of things my students have done in class for the cultural celebration. Each class has a different project: skeletons for Spanish 2, altars for Spanish Cultures, and papel picado (latin american paper cutting art) for Spanish 1. How do you like these? Fun, huh?
4 comments:
Looks like you all had fun with those skeletons. Sara reports that her ESL students (mainly from central America) didn't know what dia de los muertos was.
BTW, nice hair! I like it a lot.
-Shawn
I love the hair too! So much fun! Very sassy (I wish I had straight hair like yours...the exact opposite of my own).
The class pictures look great! And I LOVE the comments they left for your dad! So great! I wonder what my second graders would say. Hmmm...
Yeah, we will have a "better late than never" video about the day of the dead tomorrow and I am hoping to find a little picture book to go with that video. The movie is on united streaming and is actually geared for 1st and 2nd graders. Perfect! The girls, all from C America except one from Bolivia, did their best telenovela acting when I mentioned dia de los muetros...so scary! No telenovela acting, please! Then I said no diablos and they all practically crossed themselves. It was really funny! -S
LOL - that's funny about how your kids reacted to Dia de Los Muertos, Sara. I can just picture them, too. Cute. Yeah, guess it really is more of just a Mexican thing, huh? Good to learn about, though.
Oh, and thanks, I love my hair, too! It is quite fun and sassy. I need to get it cut again, though. I liked it just a bit shorter.
I like seeing you in your element!
And I am glad to see that you are blogging again. I hardly feel that anyone reads mine. Maybe because I haven't gotten the whole picture thing figured out.
Mom
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