Día Celebration at Zavala Elementary

School Librarian, Lisa Lopez, sent news about her library's  Día celebration.

Snow White in New YorkAs a campus, we have been celebrating Día's culminating event by implementing a two-week thematic unit on folk and fairy tales, which commenced with my performance of "Little Red Riding Hood" in both English and Spanish at our school library. Students in grades 3 through 5 have been composing and acting out their own folk and fairy tales of their choice, but with a twist. We have enjoyed plays titled: "Snow White in New York", "Goldilocks and the Three Donkeys", "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp", "Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett", "La Llorona", etc. Students have been so excited about storytelling that they have created their own puppets, stages, and props using recyclables! They have presented their tales to the lower grades and to their peers in order to rehearse. During the actual 15th Anniversary of Día in El Paso, TX students will be performing their tales at the storytelling booth! Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett

Second graders enjoying Aladdin