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mexico
By KIM

our five 3rd grade teachers does a unit on Mexico to wrap up the year. We were featured in the newspaper last year. One of our favorite activites is the culminating activity. We go out on the front lawn and set up a trading
market. each child brings something from home to trade, or trades one of their art projects. It is so much fun. Each class makes sombrerros(forgive spelling) out of posterboard, chalk, and plastic bowls(I can explain in an e-mail if you are interested). We also have shawls(I know there is a Spanish word for it - ponchos, mayb3?)out of colored butcher paper. My class makes a doll that

was a really big hit last year and it looks so authentic. You take clothes pins that do not have a spring, really colorful yarn and wrap the yarn around the clothespins, I used multi-colored yarn, and mine were adorable. I got that idea out of a mailbox book. Again, i would be happy to share exact directions in an e-mail. Also, each child make an edible cactus, using butterscotch chips and crunchy chinese noodles. Those were a big hit also. We have a large Hispanic population at our school, so we called on those ESL students to share with us. Last year, one mom made some authentic food for us. It was delicious, but so spicy. My third grader was so proud and he told us that mom tried to make it without being hot. My kids were amazed. FUN UNIT!!