Chulísimo and Riquísimo

28 Oct 2011

I received the compliment of the day from one of my second graders. Today, students were finishing up coloring their coloring page of the witch's house and adding vocabulary words. Once they completed this, they could color and cut out some Halloween flashcards. These flashcards included 6 Halloween pictures (like pumpkin, witch, spider, etc) and the 6 corresponding words. Students were supposed to practice the vocabulary by matching the picture to the correct word.

The teacher asked me to show the kids who were done what word matched with what picture so that they could play with them. However, once I finished showing them the word/picture pairs, they wondered what to do  next. Just matching the pictures and words isn't that much fun--so I showed them how to play a modified version of Old Maid.

We didn't have a card to serve as the Old Maid, but the students had to try to match the picture and word to make a pair. We took turns drawing (they called it robbing) a card from another people to try to make pairs. They were absolutely delighted by the prospect of "robbing" cards from other students, and I don't think they realized how much they were learning! Obviously, they had to have the word/picture relationship down pretty well in order to make pairs.

Another student came up to our group and asked us what we were doing. Before I could reply, one of the students said that we were playing a chulísimo (super cool) game and that he should get his cards so he could play. He proceeded to explain the rules to the new student.

After school, I met up with a few friends for some riquísima (super rich or delicious) food. We finally tried the Greek restaurant that is near my apartment. We haven't had the chance to try it because it's hours are limited. However, it was well worth the wait! We ordered three different plates to share--Sutsukia (Greek meatballs), Kotopoulo Souvlaki (a kebob), and Mousaka (Greek lasagna). All these main dishes were absolutely delicious--but by far the best was the Sutsukia! It had such a rich flavor! Then, we shared three desserts--baklava, cheesecake, and a chocolate cake. The baklava was divine! I'm a little worried knowing that the restaurant is so close! I feel like I'll need a little baklava every day!