What are you going to do next?

 

Next Year...(Song about resolutions)

Do you want to study grammar?  Click here!!

What are you going to do during spring break?  What do you want to learn next class?

(Do wop)Yes, I do

 

Do you like music?

Did you learn a lot?

Will you come back?

Happy Nowruz! (Norooz?)

On March 19, people all over the world are celebrating Norooz. Norooz is an important Persian holiday. Many people clean their homes very well -- some shake it up so much that they get new furniture -- to prepare for the party. The party is always exactly at the time of the equinox that marks the beginning of spring. Although many North Americans don't know about Norooz, our presidents always wish people well during it. In 2023, Biden gave a speech about brave women in Iran. The US traditions of spring cleaning and Easter eggs may come from Norooz.

 

Click to listen and read:  A Conversation about Nowruz in the USA!

Do you celebrate Nowruz?  Do you know anyone who celebrates the vernal equinox?  

Do you do spring cleaning?  

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

St. Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland.

He started more than forty churches.

Legend says he got rid of all the snakes in Ireland.

St. Patrick's Day is a celebration of Irish heritage in the USA,

NOT a celebration of St. Patrick.

People wear green and have parties with a lot of beer and whisky.  Stores have sales.

St. Patrick might not be happy that leprechauns -- mythical mischievous little fairies--symbolize his day.

In elementary school, any child (of any heritage) who doesn't wear green on St. Patrick's day gets pinched.  (I think some anti-bullying efforts may be stopping that now.  Tell your child to wear green anyway) 

There are usually many parades and many parties on St. Patrick's day.

Video: History of St. Patrick's Day

Usually there are parades in all the major US cities.  Some cities die fountains green.  Chicago usually dies a major river green.  People wear green.  

Some people want to change St. Patrick's Day to Immigrant's Day.

"Danny Boy" is a famous Irish song

Bide means stay and wait. It's an old word.  Don't use it.

A classic navy drinking song for St. Patrick's day.  Listen to the song and look at the words.  Can you point to the words you hear?  It's fast!

("till his sober"= "until he's sober" in good English.  Sober is the opposite of drunk.  You are sober if you don't drink any alcohol.)

drunken-adjective (description word) for someone who drank too much alcohol.  Often "drunk."

sailor-occupation-work on a boat

Video of a famous Christian Irish Blessing.

Practice Directions

Some of the reading tests have maps.

Cupid Shuffle Line Dance (Dancers are wearing short skirts.) Practice right and left!

Cupid Shuffle we did in class

Do

Quick Practice: Red Level 1, Unit 5 "Around Town" (Starting with the second lesson A, not the top)

Study and Practice Prepositions and Directions

Please write some directions from Plum Center to one of your favorite places nearby!

Ramadan is Here

Many English students are Muslim.  Every day, they fast during the day -- they don't eat or drink anything, not even water -- for one month.   They get together with family and friends to feast at night.

Do you celebrate Ramadan?  What do you do?

Move your clock one hour forward!

Chatty teacher challenge....

EL Civics- 

Happy International Women's Day!

Spotlight 

Designed for kids:  Nothing Wrong at all with kicking like a girl!

What biases would you like to see changed?  (Challenge listening:  answers from some women in tech.)

No School on Super Tuesday!

 

Ballotpedia  is a website to start political research

If you don't want to give them your address, you can probably use the address

of the elementary school nearest your home.

What qualities do you like to see in a political candidate?

What political policies do you like?