Love is in the Air!

Valentine´s Day (El Dia de San Valentin) was on February 14th. At the school we did a few different activities to celebrate this day in English. First we talked about what Valentine´s Day is about. It is about love. Then we talked about the different people in our lives whom we love (Our friends, mums, dads, brothers and sisters, teachers...).
In the United States, Valentine´s day is popular and celebrated by a lot of people, not only the people who are in romantic relationships. It is a tradition to give a Valentine´s Day card to friends, family members or other people you love. So in the classroom, each student had to make 4 Valentine´s Day cards. In each card the student had to write a special message in English. We brainstormed different nice things you could say in English in the Valentine´s Day cards. Here is an example of some of the things we thought of to write in our cards.

Martin Luther King Day Activities!

Martin Luther King Day was celebrated in the United States on January 19th! Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality and civil rights in the United States. During the 1950's, Dr. King participated in the movement for civil rights and racial equality. He participated in many peaceful demonstrations that protested the unfair treatment of African-Americans. He thought non-violence and peace were very important. He wished that America and the world could be a colorblind society where race would not affect a person's civil rights. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968. 

The 5th and 6th level students we read information on Dr. King and saw some pictures of him and his work. Dr. King was very famous for his ideals of equality but also because he was a great orator. Today many people still reference his speeches and things that he said. His "I have a dream" speech one of the most famous speeches ever made in the USA. So with the 5th and 6th years we also viewed some of his most famous quotes and translated them. We talked about the significance of each and about if we agreed with them. Here are a few examples of the more famous things Dr. King said.

In his famous "I have a dream" speech Dr. King said he had a dream that all children (black children and white children) would be equal and could love each other like friends and brothers. With the 3rd, 4th and 5th years we talked and wrote in English about our dreams for the world. The children had really great ideas! Here is a picture of the blackboard after we wrote our dreams: