Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Last week we teamed up with Mrs. Woodard's class and Mrs. Flores' class (the 1st -3rd self-contained class at Desert Cove Elementary) for our annual Cinco de Mayo fiesta! After learning some Mexican History earlier in the week and completing a Cinco de Mayo webquest, we celebrated with lots of fun hands on activities and games. The two girls above are holding tissue paper flowers, which was one of our crafts for the day. We also had a Spanish speaking station with Spanish flash-cards, a Spanish word writing challenge and a Spanish memory game. Fortunately, we have a student fluent in Spanish who was able to help us with pronunciation.
Students also created paper bag pinatas, which were stuffed with candy and sent home to be smashed.
Another fun activity was making maracas out of paper plates and dry beans. The classroom got pretty noisy when every student was shaking their handmade maracas at the same time!
Creating an Ojo de Dios is always the most popular activity of the day, although
the students usually need help tying the yarn together.
Towards the end of the fiesta we played Cinco de Mayo Bingo. Students had a choice of candy or a word game book if they won. Throughout the day we enjoyed a salsa tasting, listened to Mexican music, tried Mexican candy and wore sombreros. Watch the slideshow below for a pictorial recap.
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