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National Hispanic Heritage Month is annually celebrated from September 15 to October 15 in the United States for recognizing the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States.
2023-2024 Artifacts
Iselin Middle School's Plan for Hispanic Heritage Month
Iselin Middle School's Plan for Hispanic Heritage Month
Teachers will create and facilitate classroom lessons for the month of September 15th -October 15th that focus on Hispanic Heritage Month
The School Counseling/Guidance department will create and display a Hispanic Heritage Month bulletin board that highlights prominent Hispanic figures.
Ms. Popino's seventh grade dance class will perform for and teach 3rd graders at Indiana Avenue School #18 the Latin dance of Salsa.
For Hispanic Heritage Month, students will participate in spirit days celebrating Hispanic Culture for the month.
Ms. Popino - Dance Performance Class at School #18
Ms. Popino - Dance Performance Class at School #18
7th grade dance classes took a short trip to neighboring school, Indiana Avenue #18. They performed a salsa dance for students and also taught younger grades how to do it!
IMG_1903.MOVIMG_1904.MOVMr. Vitale - Papel Picado
Mr. Vitale - Papel Picado
Students used Applied Digital Skills with Google in order for them to create their own Papel Picado which is an traditional Mexican folk art. They chose a color of their papel and symbols that explained their theme.
After completing their own artistic expression, they explained the meaning of the symbols that they used as well as the relationship of the person, place, or thing that they wanted to recognize.
Mrs. Ashnault - Readworks: Julia Alvarez
Mrs. Ashnault - Readworks: Julia Alvarez
Readworks article was read and quiz was completed on Julia Alvarez the author of "Names/Nombres." Then we read "Names/Nombres" as a class and completed questions on the text. Speaking on the significance of names, culture, individuality, identity, and how we feel others view us and how we view ourselves. Afterwards, students composed their own "what my name means" poem.
nombresnames - JESSICA ASHNAULT.pdf
Mrs. Bicica - Lin Manuel Miranda
Mrs. Bicica - Lin Manuel Miranda
Students watched a movie about Lin-Manuel Miranda on BrainPop. After a discussion about Miranda, they answered questions about his life. Student-run quiz game followed. Challenge activities were also completed.
Mrs. Ilaria - Hispanic Artwork Reflection
Mrs. Ilaria - Hispanic Artwork Reflection
Students analyze the Hispanic Heritage artwork in Creative Writing. They then choose a writing prompt or two to write their responses. Students research and explore the culture through their responses to the writing prompts.
Hispanic Heritage Month Writing - Melinda Ilaria.pdfMrs. Tinney - Sonia Sotomayor
Mrs. Tinney - Sonia Sotomayor
An interactive Nearpod was shared with the students to assess prior knowledge and introduce Sonia Sotomayor. Several questions were presented to the students prior to watching an interview with Sonia Sotomayor. Students then discussed responses collaboratively and created a new question on their own to ask Sotomayor. Students responded to questions independently before choosing to create a book cover or design a quilt based on information about Sotomayor and the lessons she teaches everyone.
After reading two Newsela articles, students responded to the following prompt:
Reflecting on all you learned about Sonia Sotomayor, how would you explain the impact she has had on our society? (In other words, what are the good things she has done?)
Use evidence from the Newsela articles to support your response.
J - JACLYN TINNEY. Tinney_student samplePage updated
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