Week 30: March 1-5

 In ASL I, ASL II, Spanish I, Spanish II
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Hello Parents and Students,

We did it! We made it to Spring Break! Students have worked had this quarter and have survived presentations, raised expectations and had some fun along the way cooking, creating traditional crafts and occasionally playing Kahoot!

ASL 1: ASL 1 students have completed 22 lessons in ASL University! Wow! I am so proud of these students. They have worked hard to master fingerspelling, signs and signing sentences and concepts related to ASL. Today we also played a Kahoot on Deaf Culture. Kahoot is an interactive game where students can play as teams or individuals and answer questions on subject matter. Teachers can create their own Kahoots, or use Kahoots that have already been created by other educators. At the end of each game there is a Podium that ranks the top three students (those who answered the most questions correctly). It’s a fun way to test subject knowledge.

ASL 2: Today we played a Kahoot on Deaf Culture! It was a fun way to test student knowledge! Next quarter, the bar will be raised and I will be expecting students to sign a minimum of two lessons per week. This means that students will need to pay extra close attention to the Google classroom, so they know which lessons are due.

German 2 and Japanese 2: Students are continuing their studies in Rosetta Stone. Last week 4/8 students studying German exceeded their required times and 4/8 students studying Japanese exceeded theirs as well! Way to go students!

Spanish 1 & 2: This week in Spanish classes we made Ojos de Dios! Your student may have brought theirs home and some are also pictured below that were made in class. Students learned about the history of the Ojo de Dios (Eye of God) that can be found in many countries such as Peru, Mexico and even India. An eye of God is created at the birth of a child in order to protect the child. Yarn is added each year on a child’s Ojo in celebration of their birthday and is added through five years of age.

The Ojo de Di0s that the Huichol of Mexico make represent energetic essences from our universe such as sun, water, corn, birth, death. The ojo is used to call upon the gods and these essences. There are over 120 Huichol gods. Fun fact: The Huichol place cotton balls into colorful bowls to invite the rain.  The Nayarits construct a set of five ojos that represent the cardinal points of the indigenous person: North, South, East, West, up & down. Each color has a meaning on the Ojos made by the Nayaritas. Black is life of Tatei Aramara (the Pacific Ocean), blue is the color of water and rain, and white is associated with clouds and death. Red is for the God of the east and purple represents the life of man. In class we also learned that Ojos de Dios can be made of bright colors in order to attract the attention of the God’s that live on a different plane of existence.

 

Have a great Spring Break everyone! Enjoy the family time, have fun and be safe!