We finished the shopping unit this week when students shared their clothing store dialogues with their classmates (a few need to complete theirs next week Monday or Tuesday). Students have been spending part of a class period every week doing independent reading and related activities. The kids are able to make a lot of progress with reading comprehension on topics of interest and expand their vocabulary. They complete a writing activity with each reading session that gets turned in for feedback. We began working with new vocabulary for an award winning short film we will be watching in May called Cuerdas. We will pick up with that again after break. Next week due to the 1/2 day on Thursday, that class will only meet once. The Monday/Wednesday class will be doing some whole group activities on Monday and then engaging in the free reading activities. All classes will have group activities on Tuesday/Wednesday and then have time to work on reading, vocabulary, speaking and listening activities of their choice.