5th & 7th Grade Collaboration

On Monday, November 11, 2013, students in Sra. Sachar's 7-1 class took the role of teachers during Spanish class.  They lead an activity where they practiced "preguntas y respuestas" with Sra. Menefee and Sra. Bofill-Polsky's 5th grade classes.  The activity resembled a "jeopardy" game.  Seventh grade students were scattered in stations, clock wise, around the Assembly Hall.  They each had a question.  Fifth graders, in groups of 2 or 3, had a sheet with answer sentence structures.  Their task was to match their answer to the question and have a short conversation.  If successful, they would receive a sticker.  After visiting each station, the activity was wrapped-up with a an entire group question and answer session.  Enjoy some pictures of the activity!

5th Grade & 6-B Collaboration

Sra. Duncan's Sixth Age classes in the Lower School have been working on colors and their own Joan Miró-inspired art work. Sra. Sachar's 5th grade class was reviewing colors, so the students practiced their color vocabulary by participating in a collaborative lesson with Sra. Duncan's 6-B Spanish class. On Thursday, November 7th, the students enjoyed playing Memory with color cards. They also completed a color by number version of Miró's People and Dog in the Sun.

¡Feliz día de los muertos!

Middle schoolers are learning about and celebrating Día de los Muertos in many ways. 5th graders decorated their own sugar skulls, 6th graders created dancing skeletons, and 7th and 8th graders read and discussed a Spanish children's story about a young girl celebrating the memory of her grandmother. 

Check out this award winning video about Día de los Muertos and enjoy some photos from our own celebrations.

Dia de los muertos - slideshow