Today 5th and 6th graders continued our discussion of the beautiful, culturally rich city of Barcelona.  Students read information in Spanish about this port city, its architecture, music, dance, and cuisine.  Each student needs to prepare a short presentation about Barcelona and create a poster or model of something mentioned in the information sheet.*  This project is due Wednesday, September 16th, which is also  Mexican Independence Day. Sixth graders need to present in Spanish.  Fifth graders may present in English or Spanish.  Students who were absent from class will receive the informational sheet from other students in class, however, the most important paper was already given to students last week to read.

I am so pleased that students are able to read and complete multiple choice questions in Spanish at this stage of instruction.     They have really met my expectations for them In fact,  some students have gone above and beyond my expectations!  I am so very proud of them.


* Some possible projects might be a poster showing some of the Spanish dishes described in the paper.  Another chart could show Barcelona's main exports.  Some students mentioned a poster about the famous soccer team from Barcelona.  I would be very interested in learning more about the various forms of architecture, such as Gothic style cathedrals,  found in Barcelona.

  Thank you for your interest in our Spanish language program at St. John's Day School.  I enjoy teaching your children.

                                           Atentamente,
                                            Miss Linda