Friday, September 2, 2011 -
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Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students made flashcards for the verb ser
*Students watched a video about two students from Central America and took notes
*After the video, the students created a double bubble Thinking Map to compare and contrast the lives of the two students

Homework:
*None

Spanish 3-4:
*Warm Up
*The students read about Salsa music and answered questions about the reading
*The students watched a video about two students from Central America and took notes on the video.
*After the video, the students created a double bubble Thinking Map to compare and contrast the lives of the two students

Class Summary:

Homework:
*None

Thursday, September 1, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Block 1 Students turned in their August Homework Calendars
*Students received the September Homework Calendars
*Class discussion of topics for the Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz next week
*Students played Tic Tac Toe using the verb ser
*Students completed listening pages 12 and 13 in the workbook
*Students corrected selected pages in their workbooks
*Students took notes on the verb gustar

Homework:
*Block 1 - workbook pages 7 and 8
*Block 4 - workbook pages 6 - 8
*All students - Cesar Chavez email due by 7:30 am Friday morning

Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students received their September Homework Calendars
*Students corrected selected workbook pages
*Students completed listening pages in their workbooks
*Vocabulary review

Homework:
*7 original sentences

Wednesday, August 31, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Block 4 students turned in their August homework calendars
*Rally Table pronoun handout
*Ser handout on your own
*Vocabulary Review

Homework:
*No new assignment
*Cesar Chavez biography email is due by this Friday morning at 7:30 am

Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students turned in their August homework calendars
*Students took notes on direct object pronouns and practiced using them in exercised from the book
*Students finished playing bingo

Homework:
*Workbook pages 4 and 5
*Jose Ferrer biography email is due by this Friday morning at 7:30 am.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Block 4 finished taking notes on the pronouns and the verb ser
*Students wrote letters to their parents for Open House
*Vocabulary Practice
*Students in block 1 began to present their dialogs.

Homework:
*Block 1: workbook pages 3, 5 and 6
*Block 4 workbook pages 3, 4 and 5
*Cesar Chavez email due by 7:30 am Friday


Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students wrote a letter to their parents for Open House
*1-1 vocabulary bingo
*Dialog practice

Homework:
*Workbook page 3
*Jose Ferrer email is due by 7:30 am Friday

Monday, August 29, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Choral Response - new vocabulary
*Famous Hispanic American for this week is Cesar Chavez
*Students listened to the dialog for Unit 1 Lesson 1
*Students took notes on the pronouns in Spanish
*Block 1 students took notes on the verb ser

Homework:
*Block 1 - Workbook pages 1, 2 and 4
*Block 2 - Workbook pages 1 and 2
*All students - Cesar Chavez biography email is due in my pvlearners account by 7:30 am Friday, September 2, 2011

Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*New seating chart
*Warm Up
*Students listened to the introduction to the new vocabulary in the text.
*Chorale Response - new vocabulary
*Famous Hispanic American for this week is Jose Ferrer
*Students copied the new vocabulary list for Unit 1 Lesson 1
*Students made a bingo card for the new vocabulary list. The back needs to have 13 pictures and 12 English translations.

Homework:
*Workbook pages 1 and 2
*Jose Ferrer biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, September 2, 2011

Friday, August 26, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students listened to the introduction to the Unit 1 Lesson 1 vocabulary
*Students repeated the vocabulary for the new lesson
*Students copied the 1.1 vocabulary list from page 51
*Students created a bingo card using the 1.1 vocabulary list. The front of the card should have one Spanish word in each box. The back should have pictures in 13 of the boxes and English translations in the other 12 boxes.

Homework:
*Finish copying the vocabulary and making the bingo card.


Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Class Discussion of Rita Moreno
*Verb Review Scrabble
*Preliminary Lesson Quiz

Homework:
*None

Thursday, August 25, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Vocabulary Review Activities
*Preliminary Lesson Quiz

Homework:
*No new assignment
*Ellen Ochoa email due by 7:30 am tomorrow morning

Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Stem Changing Verb Notes and Review
*Dice Game to practice all verbs reviewed so far

Homework:
*No new assignment
*Study for the Preliminary Lesson Quiz
*Rita Moreno email due by 7:30 am tomorrow morning

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Partner quiz spelling names
*Dialog practice
*Listening Exercises to practice the alphabet and spelling
*Reminders for quiz, emails, etc.

Homework:
*Study for the quiz tomorrow.
*Ellen Ochoa email due in my pvlearners inbox by 7:30 am this Friday.

Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Listening Exercises with comprehension exercises
*Vocabulary practice
*Reminders about quiz on Friday, email, etc.

Homework:
*5 sentences in Spanish - each one using 2 vocabulary words from the Preliminary Lesson Vocabulary List.
*Rita Moreno email due in my pvlearners email inbox by 7:30 am this Friday morning.
*Study for the preliminary lesson quiz this Friday.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Alphabet and Vocabulary Practice
*Students continued to copy the classroom phrases from pages 22 and 23 in the text.
*Block 4 - Students finished playing bingo and turned in their cards.

Homework:
*Handout
*Ellen Ochoa email due this Friday by 7:30 am
*Preliminary Lesson Quiz tomorrow

Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students finished playing bingo and turned in their cards.
*Class discussion of what will be on the preliminary lesson quiz on Friday.

Homework:
*Handout
*Rita Moreno email due this Friday by 7:30 am
*Preliminary Lesson Quiz on Friday

Monday, August 22, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students started a new paper
*Graded papers were passed back
*Partner Quiz Vocabulary & Partner Spelling Test
*Class discussion of Carlos Santana
*Assignment of Ellen Ochoa as the Famous Hispanic American for this week. Email due by Friday, August 26, 2011 at 7:30 am in my pvlearners account.
*Students copied the classroom expressions vocabulary from the text.

Homework:
*Handout
*Ellen Ochoa email due by this Friday, August 26, 2011 by 7:30 am
*Study for the preliminary lesson quiz on Wednesday, August 24. Study the alphabet, numbers, vocabulary and conversation questions.

Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students started a new paper.
*Graded papers were passed back
*Partner Quiz vocabulary and Partner spelling test
*Class Discussion of Luis Walter Alvarez
*Assignment of Rita Moreno as the Famous Hispanic American for this week. Biography email is due this Friday, August 26, 2011 by 7:30 am.
*Vocabulary Bingo


Homework:
*Handout
*Rita Moreno email is due by this Friday, August 26, 2011 by 7:30 am
*Study for the preliminary lesson quiz on Friday, August 26.

Friday, August 19, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students turned in their warm up papers
*Continued Binder Checks
*Partner Practice - Vocabulary
*Alphabet Practice
*Listening Exercises

Homework:
*None

Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students turned in their warm up papers
*Continued Binder Checks
*Partner Practice - Vocabulary and Conversation Questions
*Alphabet Practice
*Listening Exercises

Homework:
*None

Thursday, August 18, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Dialogue Practice
*Alphabet Practice
*Vocabulary Pronunciation Practice
*Students played bingo
*Listening Exercises in the text

Homework:
*No new assignment
*Final binder check tomorrow
*Introductory email due in pvlearners by 7:30 am tomorrow morning
*Carlos Santana email due in pvlearners by 7:30 am tomorrow morning
*Study the alphabet
*Study the vocabulary from the preliminary lesson

Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Dialogue Practice
*Alphabet Practice
*Vocabulary Pronunciation Practice
*Students played bingo
*Listening Exercises in the text

Homework:
*No new assignment
*Final binder check tomorrow
*Introductory email due in pvlearners by 7:30 am tomorrow morning
*Luis Walter Alvarez email due in pvlearners by 7:30 am tomorrow morning
*Study the alphabet
*Study the vocabulary from the preliminary lesson

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Alphabet Practice
*Students took notes on the Spanish words for the numbers 1 -20.
*Students practiced their first dialogs using four questions.
*Binder Checks
*Students started their bingo cards using vocabulary from page 25. The front of the card should have 1 Spanish word in each box. The back should have English translations for 17 of the boxes and drawings for the other 8 boxes.

Homework:
*Finish Bingo Card
*Binder if not already set up
*Introductory email due this Friday, August 19th by 7:30 am
*Carlos Santana email due this Friday, August 19th by 7:30 am



Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Time to practice first dialog
*Binder Checks
*"I'm Tracking You Down" Find Someone Who Activity
*Time to begin bingo cards using vocabulary from page 29. The front of the card should have 1 Spanish word in each box. The back should have English translations for 14 of the boxes and drawings for the other 11 boxes.


Homework:
*Finish Bingo Card
*Binder if not already set up
*Introductory email due this Friday, August 19th by 7:30 am
*Luis Walter Alvarez email due this Friday, August 19th by 7:30 am

Tuesday, August 16, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Assigned textbook numbers.
*Alphabet practice
*Time to practice 4 question dialog.
*Finished stations and turned in papers.
*Find Someone Who - Everyone Is Unique

Homework:
*Make a list of at least 7 Spanish words that you see in your neighborhood, on TV, etc.
*Bring a binder and five dividers if you haven't done that already.
*Introductory email due in pvlearners by Friday, August 19th at 7:30 am
*Email about Carlos Santana due by Friday, August 19th at 7:30 am



Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Assigned textbook numbers
*Practice for first dialog - 7 question minimum.
*Finished stations and turned in papers
*Started binder checks

Homework:
*Write an 8 sentence paragraph about your family in Spanish.
*Bring a binder and five dividers if you haven't done that already.
*Introductory email due in pvlearners by Friday, August 19th at 7:30 am
*Email about Luis Walter Alvarez due by Friday, August 19th at 7:30 am

Monday, August 15, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Students completed a warm up by writing out the following: date, day, day for tomorrow, time, weather and season.
*Block 4 students assembled their binders.
*Block 1 students practiced the alphabet.
*Students continued to work on stations from last Friday.

Homework:
*Introductory email due by this Friday, August 19th at 7:30 am
*Bring binder and dividers if not already done
*Famous Hispanic Person: Carlos Santana - Students need to send me an email by 7:30 am this Friday, August 19th at 7:30 am about Carlos Santana. The email should be written in English and in paragraph form. The email should contain at least five important facts about Mr. Santana.

Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Students completed a warm up by writing out the following: date, day, day for tomorrow, time, weather and season.
*Students assembled their binders.
*Students brainstormed questions that they learned how to answer in Spanish 1-2.
*Students continued to work on stations from last Friday.

Homework:
*Introductory email due by this Friday, August 19th at 7:30 am
*Bring binder and dividers if not already done
*Famous Hispanic Person: Luis Walter Alvarez - Students need to send me an email by 7:30 am this Friday, August 19th at 7:30 am about Luis Walter Alvarez. The email should be written in English and in paragraph form. The email should contain at least five important facts about Mr. Alvarez.

Friday, August 12, 2011:

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students wrote out the date, the day of the week, the day of the week for tomorrow, the time, the weather and the season in Spanish. These papers need to be saved for next week.
*Students participated in small group instruction and worked through 4 stations:
1. "About Me" T Shirt Handout and Student Interest Inventory
2. Meeting with Miss Wilson to go over class policies, web sites and receive workbooks.
3. Copy vocabulary from page 25 in both Spanish and English.
4. Tour of Text Handout

Homework:
*Students need their binders with 5 dividers for Monday.
*Students need to send me an email to introduce themselves to me. This is due by Friday August 19th at 7:30 am. This should be sent to my pvlearners account wwilson@pvlearners.net from the student's pvlearners account.


Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students wrote out the date, the day of the week, the day of the week for tomorrow, the time, the weather and the season in Spanish. These papers need to be saved for next week.
*Students participated in small group instruction and worked through 4 stations:
1. "About Me" T Shirt Handout and Student Interest Inventory
2. Meeting with Miss Wilson to go over class policies, web sites and receive workbooks.
3. Copy vocabulary from page 25 in both Spanish and English.
4. Tour of Text Handout

Homework:
*Students need their binders with 5 dividers for Monday.
*Students need to send me an email to introduce themselves to me. This is due by Friday August 19th at 7:30 am. This should be sent to my pvlearners account wwilson@pvlearners.net from the student's pvlearners account.

Welcome Back to the 2011 - 2012 School Year!

Thursday, August 11, 2011:

Spanish 1-2:

Class Summary:
*Students filled out the student information sheet and turned it in.
*Students completed a Find Someone Who activity and turned it in.
*Students took notes on 3 basic questions for a conversation.
*Students practiced their first conversations.
*Students received their August homework calendars.

Homework:
*Nothing for tomorrow
*Students need a binder with 5 dividers for next Monday, August 15, 2011.
*Students need to send me an email from their pvlearners accounts. This email should tell me a little bit about them. The email should be sent to wwilson@pvlearners.net and it is due by next Friday, August 19, 2011 by 7:30 am.


Spanish 3-4:

Class Summary:
*Students filled out the Student Information Sheet and turned it in.
*Students completed a Find Someone Who activity and turned it in.
*Students received their August homework calendars.
*Students completed a listening comprehension activity and a written exercise in Spanish.
*Students brainstormed vocabulary words in a variety of categories that they learned last year.

Homework:
*Nothing for tomorrow
*Students need a binder with 5 dividers for next Monday, August 15, 2011.
*Students need to send me an email from their pvlearners accounts. This email should tell me a little bit about them. The email should be sent to wwilson@pvlearners.net and it is due by next Friday, August 19, 2011 by 7:30 am.