Celebrating
Cinco de Mayo

Cinco De Mayo is an independence day for Mexico. We wore sombreros, we did a Mexican hat dance, and we ate lots of food. We did it in our classroom. I brought shredded cheese. It was a lot of fun. Cinco De Mayo is every May 5th. Mexican people speak Spanish. ...Katie.

When we were learning about Mexico, Mrs Catanese told us about Cinco De Mayo. The Mexicans celebrate Cinco De Mayo so they can celebrate winning the war against the French. They wore bright colors and dance to a lot of dances. We have Cinco De Mayo on May 5th. We got to make sombreros. On May fifth we got to have a fiesta. I brought the meat for the tacos. We danced the Mexican Hat dance. I had a lot of fun. ...Megan

Last week we cecebrated Cinco De Mayo. I brought salsa for us. Cinco de Mayo means the 5th day of May. Cinco de Mayo is when the Mexicans got free from the French. We made some sombraros and wore them in the dance. The dance was called Mexican hat dance. ...Jarett

On May 5th we celebrated Cinco De Mayo, which was the celebration of how Mexico got their independence. On Cinco de Mayo we had tacos! Then we danced to the Mexican hat dance with our colorful sombreros. After that we sat at our seats and listened to Mexican music. I brought lettuce and wore colorful clothing. For Cinco de Mayo we learned some spanish words. We had this celebration at the end of the day in Mrs. Catanese's Room. ...Kayla F.

Last week my class had Cinco De Mayo. We did the Mexican hat dance. My sombrero kept falling a part. I put red, green, yellow and blue fuzzy things. I had a bunch of colors. We had a big fiesta on Cinco de Mayo. ...Jon

On May 5th we celebrated Cinco De Mayo. It is a celebration of Independence. On Cince de Mayo we had a fiesta. We ate tacos and chips and salsa. I brought cheese. We got to make sombreros. First we had to paint them. After that we got to decorate them. We decorated them with pompoms, feathers, and flowers. We did a Mexican Hat Dance. Everyone had a great time. ...Janique

Cinco De Mayo is when the Mexicans got free from the French. Mrs. Catanese's class celebrated Cinco de Mayo. We had tortillas or tacos and nachos. I brought chopped tomatoes. The tacos are good. We did a Mexican hat dance. ...Devin.

We had a Mexican Hat Dance. We kicked our feet and swinged our partner round and round. I decorated a sombrero. A sombrero is a hat. Mexican people speak Spanish. It's hard to speak Spanish. Mexican people wear bright colors like yellow, orange, red, blue and green. Mexican people are tan colored and their hair is usually black. That's what I know about Cinco de Mayo. Oh, I almost forgot, we ate tacos, chips and salsa and other objects. ...Hanah

We had a lot of food for Cinco De Mayo. It is always on the 5th of May. We had to wait to have our party. We had our party at the end of the day. Our class had a lot of food. We danced the Mexican Hat Dance. We had to wear bright colors. I wore a lot of red. Everybody had fun. ...Caitlin

Two days of party time. Can you believe it! Cinco De Mayo is a Mexican celebration of independence. We had it in our classroom. Ono, dos, tres, quatro, cinco... Louise

We did the Mexican hat dance with our sombreros. I had fun with Louise. I danced with her because she is my friend. I wanted to dance with Majida too. ...Meredith

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