Students in the Write

Como una actividad culminante de nuestra unidad de Poesía, los estudiantes en el salón de Lenguaje Dual de la Sra. Kluge, crearon un poema acróstico especial representando el significado del nombre de sus madres para el Día de las Madres.

As a culminating activity from our Poetry unit, the students in Mrs. Kluge’s Dual Language class created a special acrostic poem in Spanish representing the significance of their mother’s name for Mother’s Day.

Click here to listen to all of our poems!

On Friday, May 4th, the second grade at W.L. Morse Elementary school celebrated Cinco De Mayo, the 5th of May. Many times Cinco De Mayo is confused as the Mexican Independence day but actually the holiday of Cinco De Mayo remembers the victory of the Mexican army over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. Ms. Franco, the Spanish teacher, with the collaboration of the second grade teachers, created and planned fun activities that immersed the students in the Mexican culture. The students made maracas, mini Mariachi sombreros, which are wide brim hats that are elaborately decorated. They also made Ojos de Dios, God’s Eyes, a simple weaving made across two sticks that is thought to have originated with the Huichol Indians of Jalisco, Mexico. The second grade played Cinco Bingo and Cinco De Mayo Pictionary. They listened and danced to Mariachi music and were able to see and wear big sombreros and a Mariachi sombrero. In addition, they learned the geography of Mexico and a Cinco De Mayo Poem.

Click here to see photos from this celebration!