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Celebrate hispanic heritage month!

9/14/2014

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Here are some resources and ideas for celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th-October 15th) in your school!

1.  Do a jigsaw using Smithsonian Education  where each student gets a different cultural reading.  Form new groups and students share what they learned.  

2.  Make a cultural craft from Spanish speaking areas around the world.  Some ideas include papel picado, Albrijes, Ojos de Dios, Muñeca quitapena, an instrument,etc. 

3.  Put on a breakfast for your staff!  Have parents and students cook a dish from a Spanish speaking country.  Ask students to write up short descriptions of the dishes and get students to serve to the teachers!

4.  Read an interesting fact each day over the school announcements.

5.  Create a school scavenger hunt.  Decorate a bulletin board with QR codes and questions for students to fill out.  This could be a school wide project.  Use any of the links provided on this page to get some ideas.


6.  Read books highlighting different children's books and authors. Here's a list to start!

Other Resources:

Latino Films Free Stream
National Hispanic Heritage
Teacher's Vision

Education World
Scholastic
Pinterest

Hispanic Heritage Month Campaign: Ellen Ochoa from alfalfa studio on Vimeo.

Hispanic Heritage Month Campaign: Narcis Monturiol from alfalfa studio on Vimeo.

Hispanic Heritage Month Campaign : Tito Puente from alfalfa studio on Vimeo.

Celebrating Supreme Justice Sonia Sotomayor from alfalfa studio on Vimeo.

Celebrating Novelist Oscar Hijuelos from alfalfa studio on Vimeo.

Share with us your ideas too!

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    Thanks for exploring CWL!

    I have experience being a District Supervisor, teaching all levels of Spanish from I-VAP, serving as a Master Teacher, being a teacher trainer for Startalk and am a co author for the Entre Culturas Spanish III series by Wayside Publishing.

    In order to achieve student success, I believe in providing teachers with hands on resources that will impact their teaching immediately.  This is my passion and I hope you enjoy the site!
    

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