Hola Familias de Live Oak!

Thank you so much for being part of the Cinco de Mayo  celebration!

It was so great to see the entire Live Oak community on Friday May 5th. !

 

Cinco de Mayo week.

(Before the big day)

Cinco de Mayo history

 

Cinco de Mayo projects

 

Mexico map project
Working on the invitations
Mexico map project
Mexican flag leyend

Cooking project

Everybody made their own tortilla!

Making tortillas
Waiting for her turn
Beans tacos!
Enjoying tacos
Taco reunion
Delicious!

Working on the piñata and making piñatitas

Working on the classroom decoration

Papel picado
Papel picado
Mini papel picado

Preparing tamales

Soaking the corn husks
Mixing the ingredients
Wrapping the masa.
Great tamales team!

Lemonade

Each student had the oportunity to squeeze lemons and dissolve the sugar into the water.

Making lemonade
Squeezing lemons

A few minutes before……

Getting ready for the performance.
Waiting for families

Piñata time!

Everybody hit the piñata three times !

Piñata time
Hitting the piñata
Hitting the piñata
Piñata favors!

Reminders:

May 21st: TBS Day in the park 10:00am to 2:00pm

May 29th:  Memorial Day – no school closed or childcare

June 2nd: Fire Station Two walking field trip  (If we don’t get cancelled).

June 8th: End of the year celebration potluck (9:20am).

June 9th: Last Day of school

 

Agradeciminetos:

Thank you to Henry’s and Aliyah’s families for taking care of the lunch napkins these weeks.

Especial thanks to Henry for writing all the words in the Cinco de Mayo invitations.

Also, many thanks to Daniel, Adeline’s dad, Isabel, Leo’s mom, Portia, Phoenix’s mom, Irina, Agata’s mom, and Kim, Quinn’s mom for making almost one hundred tamales  for everybody!

We hope you enjoyed our traditional Live Oak fiesta as we did.

Muchas Gracias!!!

Griselda, Niki, and Catherine.