Family+Activities

The following are some family-focused assignments that will be coming home with your kids during this unit! Throughout our unit, we will encourage students to share their projects with their families. This will hopefully start interesting conversations of memories and experiences and will help students understand the unit theme. During this unit, the students will have a few specific homework assignments that will require your involvement.

In the second week of this unit, students will make a classroom picture book of Mexican culture. Each student will need to draw a picture of his/ her Mexican culture experience in the US, and we will collect all students’ pictures to make a classroom picture book. Please use the following questions to start a conversation with your child in order to help them brainstorm ideas for their drawing. You can help your child write some ideas down or draw a sketch. Guide Questions:
 * __Guide sheet:__ **


 * 1) Have you ever been to a Mexican restaurant in the US?
 * 2) Have you ever eaten Mexican food in the US?
 * 3) Have you ever played any Mexican instruments in the US?
 * 4) Have you attended Mexican cultural events in the US?
 * 5) Have you ever created any Mexican art in the US?
 * 6) Have you ever made a piñata or hit a piñata in the US?
 * 7) Have you ever sang a Mexican song in the US?
 * 8) Have you ever danced to Mexican music in the US?

During the third week, we will send home an interview form- What do you know about Mexican Culture? Please help your child complete the following questions in order to help them to create a newsletter in class based on your answers.
 * __ Interview form: __**

Mexican Food If Yes, what kind of food? If No, what kind of food would you like to try?
 * 1) Have you ever eaten Mexican food? Yes_ No_

Mexican art: If yes, what do you know about pi?
 * 1) Do you know what a piñata is? Yes_ No_
 * 2) Have you ever made a piñata? Yes_ No_
 * 3) Do you know the purpose or meaning of a piñata? Yes_ No_
 * 1) Do you know what a papel picado is ? Yes_ No_
 * 2) Have you ever made a papel picado? Yes_ No_

Mexican music:
 * 1) Do you know any Mexican music? Yes_ No_
 * 2) Have you ever played any Mexican instrument? Yes_ No_
 * 3) Have you ever danced with Mexican music? Yes_ No_

__**Newsleter:**__ Students will create newsletter to share their learning experiences during this unit//.// We would like for the family members/guardians to have a conversation from the content and ask more questions to address students learning.