Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! This celebration begins on September 15, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico declared its independence on September 15, and Chile on September 18.
The term Hispanic, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, refers to Spanish-speaking people in the United States of any race. On the 2000 Census form, people of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin could identify themselves as Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, or "other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino." More than 35 million people identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino on the 2000 Census.
Check out these web sites:
Colorin Colorado - http://colorincolorado.org/ Colorin Colorado (este se ha acabado) is a web-based service that provides information, activities, and advice for Spanish-speaking parents and educators of English language learners (ELLs)
Comfm.com - http://comfm.com Links to live audio and video broadcasts from around the world. Choose your country and the type of station.
El Mundo - http//www.elmundo.es/ from Madrid, Spain. An online version of Madrid's daily newspaper.
Proyecto Sherezade - http://home.ccumanitoba.ca/~fernand4/ short stories each month from the Spanish-speaking world. You can even listen to some in MP3 format.
Hispanos Famosos(Famous Hispanics) - http://www.coloquio.com/famosos
Biographies in English.
Las Mujeres - http://www.lasmujeres.com/ Las Mujures provides resources on notable Latin women. (politicians, entrepreneurs, writers, singers, painters, actresses, educators, and others)
Quia! Spanish - http://www.quia.com/shared/spanish Online activities and games for learning Spanish.
This week I will be in Britt an Tuesday and Thursday. On Tuesday, the 1st graders will review ABC order and the 4th graders will review fiction and nonfiction. On Thursday, K-Jass will listen to ABC by Alison Jay and 2-Tangeman will work with the arrangement of fiction spine labels.
LEE TODAS LOS DIAS!
Senora T. Reiter
K-12 Teacher Librarian
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