October, November, and December with Nancy

We have celebrated Halloween and Thanksgiving and I have yet to introduce myself! I am very late to the blogging game. My name is Nancy and I am the English Language Assistant (ELA) this school year at ​​CEIP Antonio Rodríguez Almodóvar. I am from California, USA and this is my fifth year working as an ELA.

The first few weeks were spent introducing myself and getting to know how things worked around the school. At the end of October I was able to share with the students information on how Halloween is celebrated in the States. I didn’t expect such enthusiasm for this holiday and was pleasantly surprised at the awesome decorations all over the school!

In November, we focused on family, places and people in school, and Thanksgiving. I shared a presentation and videos with the class to show them some of the traditions that take place on the 4th Thursday every year. They learned about the food that is typically eaten on Thanksgiving, watched parts of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and got to share what they were grateful for by decorating a turkey. 

Next on the agenda is winter holidays! We will talk about Christmas and the traditions that are celebrated during this special time of year. Time has flown by and I am enjoying every minute of it. I will try to do a better job with this blog to keep you up to date on everything going on with the 1st graders and all the material they are learning in their science classes. I hope you all have a great winter break with your loved ones!

P.S. To view any of the presentations linked to this blog post, just click on the underlined word and once the tab opens click on Presentación (top right) to begin the slideshow!