Grade 3: Las Escuelas de México

Today we finished a discussion about what a typical school in Mexico is like for students there. We discussed many similarities and differences, including subjects studied, scheduling, class sizes, and where meals are eaten during the school day. For enrichment on this topic, there is a great website here that describes a day in the life of a young student in Mexico in her own words. I have linked the Spanish slideshow, but there is a button at the top to click for translation to English. Students won't recognize all the words, but a great challenge activity is to read the caption in Spanish first, picking out the recognizable words and making a guess about the overall meaning of the photo. After giving it some thought, a click on the English should clear up any lingering confusion. There are about a dozen photos and captions in the slideshow overall. Check it out!