Exciting Opportunities in the Spanish-speaking community of Seattle!

Latino Film Festival 

Seattle Latino Film Festival

Oct. 5-14 at various venues throughout Seattle and the Eastside (www.slff.org).

Arts Gumbo 

Arts Gumbo 2012 presents three Latino cultural programs in September, October and November featuring music, dance and food of Cuba, Brazil and Argentina. This family series takes place at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S. Alaska St. in Columbia City. 

Yoga en Español

October 18^th-November 8^th

7:30-8:45

Phinney Neighborhood Center

You will be amazed at how much Spanish you will learn as you tone your body and clear your mind. All language levels and native speakers are welcome.

Spanish Cooking Courses

Saturday, October 27 from 6:00-8:00

Learn to cook a perfect Paella with instructor Amos Wiedmaier while improving your ability to converse about food in Spanish!

8th Graders are traveling to Cuernavaca, México!

Please check out my presentation on the 8th Grade Immersion Trip

Mexico Trip Information from tappleyard

Current Events and Happenings in the Spanish Speaking World

Look to the Spanish blog for the latest news from Spain, South America, Central America, México and the Latino experience in the United States!

México

An Interview with Mexican President Felipe Calderon
Organic Agriculture May be Outgrowing Its Ideals
Ruling Party in Mexico Picks Woman as Candidate

España

Pamplona-The Running of the Bulls
Skiing the Spanish Pyrenees

The Latino Experience in the U.S.
On Latino Abuse, Mayor Says 'I Might Have Tacos'
Arizona Candidate's English Under Challenge
Candidates Scramble for Hispanic Votes in Florida
Mexican New Yorkers are More Likely to Live in Poor Households

América Central

Diving for Lobster in Honduras
Yoani Sánchez, Cuba's Voice of a Blogging Generation
American Embargo on Cuba has 50th Anniversary 

América del Sur

A Year Out of the Dark in Chile, but Still Trapped

Luxury in Chile's Atacama Desert
Ecuador:Chevron will not Apologize for Pollution, Even to Save $8.5 Billion
Chavez wins New Term in Venezuela
Slow-Burning Rebellion against Chile on Easter Island
Maria Arana: The Kids Left Behind by Peru's Boom

Spain to Say Adios to Smoking in Bars, Cafes

Check out this article on banning smoking in Spain!

This looks like an interesting current event that you could write about for your culture credit report.

Spain to Say "Adios" to Smoking in Bars, Cafes

Quia-Games to practice classroom vocabulary

Los Saludos/Greetings- Play hangman with the greetings.

Los Días de la Semana-Unscramble the days!

Los Animales-Practice los animales with matching games.

Los Animales del Mar-practice the sea animals with hangman.

Los Colores-Matching games to practice the colors.

La Naturaleza-Practice Nature vocabulario with matching games.

La Naturaleza-Play battleship with Nature verbs.

Naturaleza-Play hangman to practice los verbos raros!

Los Verbos de la Comida-Play battleship with Los Verbos de la Comida.

La Comida Hangman-Save your life! Solve the puzzle!

La Comida-Practice your food vocabulary!Verbos de Zapatos-Familiarize yourself with the stem changing verbs!

Las Preposiciones de Lugar-Unscramble the prepositions of place!

Stem-changing Battleship

El Cuerpo-Unscramble the parts of the body!

La Familia Play battleship by choosing the family members that are being described.

La Familia -Matching game to practice la familia!

Adjectivas de Personalidad-Play hangman while spelling las adjectivas.

Los Meses, Los Días Ferriados, El Tiempo-Matching games to practice the months, holidays and the weather.

Verb Scramble-Unscramble the verb in the sentence to earn $dinero$.

Descripciones Físicas-Several matching games to practice using ser and tener with adjectives.

Questions about Descripciones Físicas-Guess the questions about physical description with a game of hangman.

La Ropa-Practice clothes vocabulary.

El tiempo-Play hangman while practicing the weather.

Conjugating ar verbs-Play battleship by choosing the correctly conjugated -ar verbs.

Conjugating er/ir verbs-Several matching games to practice conjugating -er/-ir verbs.

Los Días, Los Colores, Las Cosas de la Clase- Several matching games to practice days, colors and classroom objects.

Los Números 1-100-Several matching games to practice numbers 1-100.

Los Locos-practice conjugating stem changing and irregular verbs.

Jumbled Verbs

La Hora-Play battleship by choosing the right time in Spanish.

La Hora-Practice the time with a matching game.

Los Días Ferriados-Play hangman while practicing the holidays in Spanish.

Los Meses/Los Días Ferriados-Match the months with the holidays.

Dates-Play battleship to practice saying the dates in Spanish.

La Ciudad- Practice your vocabulary with a lively game of hangman!

La Ciudad-Match la gente con el lugar

Las Actividades-Play hangman and practice the verbs!

Vocabulario para el Viaje a México-Play the challenge board to review for México.

Los Números 100-1000- Match the numbers from 100-1000.

Mas Vocabulario para el Viaje a México- Play battleship to review for México.

Resources/Recursos

Animales-picture dictionary of animals

Spanish at the zoo-lists of animals in Spanish

Diccionario-Picture dictionary with many categories

Pronunciation-Practice Spanish pronunciation

Cultura

Celia Cruz-The queen of Salsa! 1925-2003
Día de los Muertos
Día de los Muertos History and Skulls
El Día de la Virgin de Guadalupe-December 12th, the beginning of the holiday season in Mexico
Latin American Countries
Spanish Names
Breaking Cascarones-
Estereotipos-

Ofrendas-Activities to enhance learning about el Dia de los Muertos

Ojala que Llueve Cafe en el Campo-Explore Dominican Republic through music!