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As most of you know, we have been studying Italy! Below is an article about our studies that our class wrote together for the upcoming edition of the Blue and Gold newspaper. Also check out the two related photos in our class photo gallery.

“Ciao I Nostri Amici!”
By Mrs. Bianchi’s Class

“Ciao I Nostri Amici!” That means “Hello our friends!” in Italian. We have been learning about Italy and how to speak Italian during our Italy Unit. Some other words we have learned to say are, “Buongiorno” (Good morning) and “Arrivederci” (Goodbye). We’ve learned about many things, including, homes, travel, food, and how people look and dress in Italy.
We started our unit by reading a real postcard sent to us from Florence, Italy from a friend of our student teacher, Ms. Troisi. We began studying what places in Italy look like by drawing what we thought it might look like there based on the description in our postcard. Then we saw a spectacular PowerPoint with lots of information about different places in Italy. Recently, we looked on the computer for real photographs of places in Italy that we could write about. Florence, Venice, and Rome are some of the cities we have studied. Florence has a big church in the city-center. This famous church is called the Duomo. We also learned about Venice. Venice is a unique city that floats on the water. Rome is a large city and it is the capital of Italy. The famous Colosseum is located there. There are some cool places in Italy!
In our unit we also talked about the types of food they eat in Italy. Pasta is a very popular dish and it is usually eaten first and the salad is eaten last! For dessert they like to eat gelato. Gelato is an Italian word for ice cream.
Before our Italy Unit is over we will have also made Venetian Masks, eaten an Italian feast, and created a class question and answer book about Italy. Learning about Italy has been Bellissimo (splendid)!