Happy Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th - October 15th)! To celebrate Hispanic Heritage month I am reading My Name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/ Me llamo Celia: La Vida de Celia Cruz by Monica Brown. It's a wonderful biography that teaches about the life of the "Queen of Salsa", Celia Cruz. I am using the biography as a read aloud with a mini geography and world history lesson, and then students get the chance to see one of her live performances with fellow music legend Tito Puente in a YouTube clip. None of us can sit still during the performance so I invite everyone to dance along to the tropical rhythms of her wonderful Salsa music! I was very fortunate to see her perform live here in Austin at the Bass Concert Hall many years ago and I share this story with my students. I explain that her famous trademark was shouting "Azucar!" which means "sugar" in English. The Queen of Salsa would always shout "Azucar!" because she thought that life was sweet and full of love. I'm very happy to introduce our Casey Crocodiles to this inspirational and charismatic Latina music legend. Until next time....Happy reading and I wish you lots and lots of "Azucar!"
AuthorI'm Mr. John Garcia, the proud librarian at Casey Elementary School. Archives
August 2018
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