Spanish Field Trips: DIA and Mexican Town

This year my goal was to incorporate more fun into the classroom!  It's been a tough few years and many things have been on hold or cancelled for these kids.  So, my coworkers and I hit the ground running with planning as many field trips as our administration would allow us.  We started with a Spanish 2 field trip to the DIA for the Ofrendas exhibit.  We took 45 kids and were there for about two hours before heading back to school.  It was a fun, quick visit!

Two weeks later we took 45 Spanish 2 and 3 students on our annual trip to Mexican Town in Detroit for Dia de los Muertos.  We did some shopping at various stores and bakeries, went to St. Anne's to see the ofrendas, and had lunch at Mexican Village.  It was a beautiful, but cold day outside and the kids had a great time.  

My Spanish 3 students made shoebox ofrendas and read a legend about La Llorona.  I did my shoebox this year for Scott's Aunt Sue who died this past summer from cancer.