The Dual Language Immersion students were treated to salsa dancing lessons.
I was very impressed with the effort and creativity that the students put into their
Hispanic Heritage Biographies. They presented them in front of the class, and then we put them in the hall for the other classes to admire.
Some of the most interesting things that took place in the classroom were during Science and Social Studies.
Science
Nereilys: The shell is from the seed.
Chris: My leaf is spiky.
Alexis: All of these plants are yellow and one is green.
Chris: Mi planta esta cerciendo flores.
Norah: Mine too.
The kids were balancing the leaves of the plants by dropping water on them.
Norah: Water is actually very heavy. In France, there was water that rushed through a mountain and now its a cave.
Abigail: Some of my leaves are shaped like a heart
The students took cut flowers and dissected them to find the parts of the flower (style, stigma, anther, filament) and draw their own diagrams.
Adeline: The style is really big on these plants.
The students were amazed to observe that some of the plants had pollinated since our last observation, and had sprouted some beans!
Social Studies
Norah: It has lots of mountains and rivers and lakes. And its extreemly close to Canada.
River: Our NYS map looks like a boot to me.
Alexis: When you turn it on its side, it looks like an ax!
Chris: It looks like PA is bigger than the Atlantic Ocean.
Teacher: Is it?
Chris: No, nothing is as big as the Atlanitc Ocean.
Daniel: Que nos estados tienen muchos ciudades y tienen y cosas importantes como Niagara Falls y New York City.
Teacher: What's your favorite thing about New York State?
Sydney: I like how the borders can be rivers like Lake Champlain.
Alexis: I like the big buildings of it, like New York City.
Norah: I like the mountains, but I like Buffalo best of all.
ELA/NLA
The students in this class are very good at group work and helping one another. Congratulations!
