AIMS TESTING

AIMS Testing Schedule

Tuesday, March 1, 2011
AIMS Writing Test
11:15 a.m. Block 1 Starts

Wednesday, March 2, 2011
AIMS Reading Test
11:00 a.m. Block 1 Starts

*Lunch will be served both days.
*Double bus run for freshmen, juniors, and seniors.

Monday, February 28, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students started a new warm up paper.
*Corrected papers were returned to students.
*Students received their March homework calendars.
*Class discussion of Celia Cruz. Students shared what they had learned from their research. As a class, we looked at some pictures of her and listened to part of several of her songs.
*Students played the dice game to practice regular AR verbs in the present tense.
*Students started their AR verb lists.

Homework:
*Workbook pages 56 and 57
*Anthony Quinn is the famous Hispanic American that we will be researching this week. An email about him is due in my inbox (wwilson@pvlearners.net) by 7:30 am Friday, March 4, 2011

Friday, February 25, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students turned in their warm ups for the last two weeks.
*Students turned in their February homework calendars.
*Students corrected workbook pages.
*Students took notes on regular AR verbs in the present tense.

Homework:
*None

Thursday, February 24, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students quizzed a partner using the vocabulary from page 105.
*Students corrected their workbook pages.
*Students completed the body paragraph sections on their pink flee maps.

Homework:
*Finish the flee map (body paragraph sections)
*Workbook pages 55 and 56
*Email about Celia Cruz is due Friday morning by 7:30

Wednesday, February 23, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Homework was stamped.
*Students played number bingo using the numbers 0 - 100.
*Students took notes on the irregular verb tener.


Homework:
*Workbook pages 52 and 53
*Don't forget your email about Celia Cruz. That email is due by this Friday morning (2/25) at 7:30 in the morning.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Block 2 finish playing bingo
*Students will practice pronunciation of the vocabulary words on page 105
*Return quizzes from last week
*Return graded papers
*Reading Assignment: Saludos desde San Antonio y Miami pages 72 and 73 in the text

Homework:
*Workbook pages 50 and 51
*Biography Email due this Friday morning by 7:30: Celia Cruz

Friday, February 18, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Finish correcting workbook pages for Unit 1 Lesson 2
*Turn in workbook pages 24 - 46
*Play bingo using the bingo grid students made yesterday

Homework:
*None

Thursday, February 17, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Correct workbook pages
*Complete workbook pages
*Copy vocabulary words from page 105
*Make a bingo card using the words from page 105. Use one Spanish word per box on the front of the card. On the back of the card, draw pictures for 8 of the words and write English translations for the other 17.

Homework:
*Finish vocabulary list and bingo card
*Submit email about Alberto Alfonso

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Discussed work completed with the substitute.
*Corrected workbook pages 29 - 31.
*Students took the Unit 1 Lesson 2 Quiz.
*Students showed me their Valentine's card with the recipient's signature for extra credit.
*Students took their parent letters from Open House home to get their parents' signatures.

Homework:
*Email about Alberto Alfonso is due this Friday by 7:30 am.
*Block 1 - Workbook pages 38 and 39.
*Block 2 - Workbook pages 38, 39 and 44.
*Block 5 - Workbook pages 32, 38 and 44.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011 -

*Substitute - Quiz will be given tomorrow instead of today because I was out sick.

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students quizzed a partner on the vocabulary from page 75.
*Students played hangman using the vocabulary from page 75.
*Students completed activity 2 on page 76 in the text and activities 3 and 4 on page 77 in the text.
*Students read about the 3 young people on page 79 in the text and translated one of the 3 paragraphs into English.

Homework:
*Block 1 - Workbook pages 31 and 32
*Blocks 2 and 5 - Workbook page 32
*Study for the Unit 1 Lesson 2 Quiz
*Don't forget your email about Alberto Alfonso that is due on Friday.

Monday, February 14, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students started a new warm up paper.
*We checked workbook pages up through 28.
*Students completed their Valentine cards if necessary.
*Students took notes on noun/adjective agreement.
*We discussed the Unit 1 Lesson 2 Quiz which will be given on Tuesday, February 15, 2011. Study the vocabulary from page 75 and the definite and indefinite articles.

Homework:
*Block 1 - workbook pages 29 and 30
*Blocks 2 and 5 - workbook pages 29, 30 and 31
*All students need to research Alberto Alfonso and send me an email about him by 7:30 Friday morning (2/18/11). My email address is wwilson@pvlearners.net Be sure to include facts about why he is famous.

Friday, February 11, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students turned in their warm ups for the last two weeks.
*Students created a Valentine Card in Spanish.
*Students completed step two on their circle maps. In the box surrounding the circle, students listed the names of the three people who are important in their lives. Under each person's name, the students listed information about the person such as where the person is from, how old the person is, the person's likes and dislikes, etc.

Homework:
*Finish completing the circle map.
*Finish the Valentine.

Thursday, February 10, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Introduction to definite and indefinite articles. Students took notes and completed a practice activity using the definite articles.
*Students practiced the adjective vocabulary.
*Students started their second writing assignment by completing the circle map. The students filled in information about themselves such as where they are from, how old they are, their likes and dislikes, etc.

Homework:
*Workbook pages 27 and 28

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students completed and checked listening and reading pages in the workbook (12-16).
*Students turned in workbook pages 1-16.
*Students wrote a letter to their parents for Open House to demonstrate what they have learned to say in Spanish.

Homework:
* Workbook page 26

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students completed the listening pages for Unit 1 Lesson 1 in the workbook.
*Blocks 1 and 2 - Students completed the reading pages for Unit 1 Lesson 1 in the workbook.

Homework:
*None

Monday, February 7, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students turned in any remaining work from Friday.
*The class played vocabulary Bingo.
*We discussed workbook pages that will be due tomorrow for Unit 1 Lesson 1.

Homework:
*Workbook pages 24 and 25

Friday, February 4, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
* Finish writing assignment and turn in: interviews, bar graph, rough draft and final copy
*Copy the new vocabulary for Unit 1 Lesson 2 on page 75.
*Make a bingo card using the vocabulary from page 75. Place one Spanish word per box on the front of the card. On the back, write the English translations for 16 of the words and draw pictures for the other 9.

Homework:
*Complete any of the classwork that was not completed during class.

Thursday, February 3, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Correct workbook pages
*Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz


Homework:
*No new homework.
*Don't forget about the biography email for Isabel Allende. It is due by 7:30 tomorrow morning.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Correct workbook pages
*Notes on "gustar"
*Work on writing assignment about what students in the class like to do.

Homework:
*Block 1 - Workbook pages 7 and 8
*Block 2 - Workbook pages 6, 8 and 9
*Block 5 - Workbook pages 7 and 9

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up


Homework:
*Block 1 - Bar Graph based on the interviews conducted in class.
*Block 2 - Workbook page 7
*Block 5 - Rough draft of the writing assignment based on the interviews conducted in class.

Monday, January 31, 2010 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students started a new paper.
*The famous Hispanic person that students will be researching this week is Isabel Allende.
*Students turned in their January homework calendars and received their February calendars.
*Block 1 watched the Disney Sing Along video - Aladdin and completed the handout that goes along with it.
*Class discussion of what will be on the Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz this Thursday, February 3, 2011.
*Graded papers were returned.


Homework:
*Block 1: Workbook pages 5 and 6
*Block 2: Workbook pages 4 and 5 and rough draft of paragraph from interviews about what students like to do.
*Block 5: Workbook page 6
*Email about Isabel Allende is due by this Friday morning (2/4/11) by 7:30 am.

Friday, January 28, 2011 -

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students turned in warm ups for the last two weeks.
*Students played flashcard game with pronouns.
*Blocks 2 and 5 viewed the Disney Sing Along - Aladdin and completed the handout to go with it.
*Class Discuss of Cesar Chavez.

Homework:
None