Day 167 - Tapas Party - Ms. Mirabella - MSMS Spanish

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Our 7th grade students did a wonderful job learning all of the vocabulary from the food chapter! To celebrate their success, we held an in class tapas tasting. 

Students brought in authentic Spanish tapa items, as well as some Mexican favorites. I provided homemade tortilla española and some non-alcoholic sangria. Students tasted many different items, and noted their likes and dislikes on a chart. Everyone had a blast!

Thank you so much to everyone who helped make this tasting a success, including Mrs. Foley, the MSMS custodians, and all the parents who helped their 7th graders buy/prepare their tapas! 

  
                                             

Day 98 - 7th Graders Go Shopping (Ir de Compras) - Ms. Mirabella - MSMS Spanish Teacher

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7th-grade students have been busy learning Chapter 3 vocabulary that includes school supplies, clothing, colors, shopping phrases, and the numbers 100-1000. After they took a quiz on these words, students completed a hands-on, “real world” activity where they were given an allowance for back to school shopping. Students had 2000 pesos between themselves and a partner and needed to shop for school supplies and back to school clothes. They first jotted down what items they were interested in, and then created a final draft of their shopping lists in complete sentences in Spanish! I was very proud of their hard work and wonderfully constructed sentences. Here are some pictures of our shopping trips and shopping list composition!