Attention ALL Graduates - Color Portraits Inc. will be at St. Joseph Catholic School on Wednesday January 10th, 2024 for Graduation Pictures. More Information can be found on my webpage under graduation pictures.

3rd - 5th Grade:

Happy New Year!  I am excited to welcome the students back into the classroom. This week as we settle back in from the holiday’s we will be learning about the Three Kings Day /Dia de Reyes Mago known as the Epiphany. The Epiphany marks the day that Jesus is revealed to the world. Students will learn about the story in Spanish of the three kings who followed the star to Bethlehem to visit baby Jesus. 

Students will begin to read short stories independently in class and will be given Mi libro de palabras / My word wall book where students will fill out 2 words that they do not know  from reading their short story and write them down in their book.  We will review the definition and translate the words so students can begin to build their Spanish vocabulary.

Performance Targets for this week:

• Identify January 6th as the day that commemorates the visit of the three kings. 
• Learn about the holiday that is celebrated in Spanish speaking countries that is connected with Christmas.
• Identify the wise men’s gifts of gold, incense, and myrrh.
• Review the books of “the story of the three wise men” by Tomie de Paola and Three Kings/ Day Dia de Reyes Mago by Marisa Boan.
• Students will be given Mi libro de palabras/ My Word Wall book.  They will begin to Identify words that they do not understand. The objective is to allow the students to build their Spanish vocabulary.

6th- 8th Grade:

Students completed Capitulo 1B: Y tu, como eres? This week, students will begin to read and review Capitulo 1B: Como es el chico o la chica? Vocabulary words/adjetivos:  deportista, estudioso/a, atrevido/a, ordenado/a, trabjador/ora, deordenado/a, perezoso/a, graciosa/o, artistico/a.

Objectives: 

• Write about what people are like. 
• Describe your personality and what other people are like using the adjetivos/adjectives above.
• Describe their personalities in Spanish and will get to work with a small group.
• Students will listen to their partners personality descriptions which are read aloud.
• Write a paragraph describing themselves and their partners in Spanish.
• Students will all get a chance to present.