Calendarios in 2/3!

The 2/3 class is applying their Spanish vocabulary to create calendars for 2014. Along the way they learn to set up a calendar (in English and in Spanish), how dates are expressed differently and cultural differences in holidays and celebrations. Why do we start a calendar on Sunday? How do you know which day comes first on the next month? Why are there more days in some months than others? Why don't Spanish calendars have the 4th of July as a holiday? Why aren't days of the week capitalized in Spanish when we do that in English? So many answers to discover...