Hola padres! What a fun week this week as our second and third grade classes have looked at the progress of the Panama Canal expansion project. For those classes this year we have read the book, "What is the Panama Canal?". At the end of the book, we learned that it was decided that the Panama Canal needed to be expanded to accommodate bigger ships that wanted to pass through. The expansion was to have been completed in 2015. Due to unforeseen problems, the expansion has been delayed and is set to open in June of this year. There is a great website dedicated to the entire project with live webcams, a detailed 5 minute video that chronicles the expansion project and also the latest press releases. http://micanaldepanama.com/expansion/ We watched the video in class, took a peek at the webcams and talked about the different challenges that today's expansion might face in comparison to the original construction over 100 years ago. I encourage you to check the website out this summer as the inauguration nears in June. It is so exciting that what we have studied in class this year is so relevant today!
For kinder and first this week, I have passed out a handout on the pronunciation of the Spanish alphabet so that you would have a better idea of what we have been doing this year. It would be great if scholars could review it in the weeks to come as well as over the summer. We continued the study of fruits this week and also learned how to play "I Spy" in Spanish. The scholars really had fun with this!
If you are looking for a way for your scholar to review or continue their learning Spanish through the summer, my recommendation is the free app duolingo. This is a great app that adapts to the level of the student, is fun and practices review as well as introduces new material. Please check it out for your scholar!
Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great weekend!
Sra. Hamilton
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