Monday, September 26, 2011

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 -


Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Block 4 played number bingo
*Students practiced telling time with a partner
*Reading Assignment about San Antonio and Miami - Students completed a handout to go along with this assignment.


Homework:
*Block 1 - Workbook pages 55, 57 and 58
*Block 4 - Workbook pages 57 and 58
*Anthony Quinn Biography Email is due by 7:30 am tomorrow morning

Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Quiz Review
*Unit 1 Lesson 2 Quiz
*Students copied the vocabulary for Unit 2 Lessons 1 and 2

Homework:
*No new assignment
*Alberto Gonzales Biography email is due by 7:30 am tomorrow morning
Monday, September 26, 2011 -


Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Review of what will be on the Unit 2 Lesson 1 Quiz this Wednesday. The topics will include 2-1 vocabulary, regular AR verbs in the present tense, the irregular verb tener and telling time
*Students took notes on telling time
*Students practiced the verb tener in Block 1.
*Students in Block 4 created a number bingo card
*The famous Hispanic American for this week is Anthony Quinn. The biography email about Anthony Quinn is due by this Wednesday at 7:30 am.


Homework:
*Block 1 - Workbook pages 53, 54 and 56
*Block 4 - Workbook pages 55 and 56
*Anthony Quinn Biography email due by 7:30 am this Wednesday

Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*
Students finished playing Ataque using regular AR verbs in the preterit and the irregular verbs ser, ir, dar, ver and hacer in the preterit.
*Class discussion of what will be on Unit 1 Lesson 2 Quiz tomorrow. Topics will include 2-1 vocabulary, regular AR verbs in the preterit and the irregular verbs ser, ir, dar, ver and hacer in the preterit.
*Students completed listening pages 35 and 36 in the workbook. We then corrected those pages.
*The famous Hispanic American for this week is Alberto Gonzales. His biography email is due by this Wednesday at 7:30 am.

Homework:
*Study for quiz tomorrow
*Alberto Gonzales biography email is due by 7:30 am this Wednesday
*Workbook pages 32 and 38

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Friday, September 23, 2011 -


Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students practiced vocabulary
*Students took notes on regular AR verbs in the present tense
*Students practiced conjugating AR verbs

Homework:
*None


Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students started playing Ataque using the preterit tense
*Students reviewed 1-2 vocabulary


Homework:
*None
Thursday, September 22, 2011 -


Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Yarn Painting Art Projects

Homework:
*No new assignments
*Celia Cruz biography email due by 7:30 am tomorrow morning


Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Yarn painting art project


Homework:
*No new assignment
*Sandra Cisneros biography email due by 7:30 tomorrow morning
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -


Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*New Seating Charts
*Warm Up
*Graded papers were returned
*Quizzes were returned and filed in student's folders
*Each student received a letter with grade and attendance information on it. This letter needs to be signed by the parents and returned.
*Students traded and solved word searches that were created on Tuesday


Homework:
*No new assignment
*Celia Cruz biography email is due 7:30 am this Friday morning
*Have parents sign grade notification letter

Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up

*Graded papers were returned
*Quizzes were returned and filed in student's folders
*Each student received a letter with grade and attendance information on it. This letter needs to be signed by the parents and returned.
*Students traded and solved word searches that were created on Tuesday


Homework:
*No new assignment
*Sandra Cisneros biography email is due by 7:30 am this Friday
*Have parents sign grade notification letter
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -
*Substitute

Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students added the numbers 11 - 100 to their vocabulary lists.
*Students created their own word searches using 20 words from the vocabulary list on page 105.


Homework:
*Workbook page 52
*Biography email for Celia Cruz is due by 7:30 am this Friday.


Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students quizzed a partner on the vocabulary for 10 minutes.
*Students copied the T Charts for the
irregular verbs ver and dar in the preterite.
*Students created their own word searches using 20 words from the vocabulary list on page 79.

Homework:
*Workbook pages 30 and 31
*Sandra Cisneros biography email due by 7:30 am this Friday.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Monday, September 19, 2011 -
*Substitute

Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students started new warm up papers
*The famous Hispanic American for this week is Celia Cruz. A biography email about Celia Cruz is due by this Friday morning at 7:30.
*Students copied the new vocabulary list from page 105 in the text.
*Students need to read about the 3 students on page 79 in the text and translate what they read.
*Students watched the Disney Sing Along and completed the handout that went along with it.


Homework:
*Workbook pages 50 and 51
*Celia Cruz email is due by 7:30 am this Friday morning.

Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students started new warm up papers
*The famous Hispanic American for this week is Sandra Cisneros. The biography email about her is due by 7:30 am this Friday.
*Students quizzed a partner on the vocabulary from this lesson.
*Students read the telehistoria escena 2 on page 68 in the text and summarized what they read in English on a separate piece of paper. They also completed activity 9 on page 40.

*The students read about Dia de la Independencia on pages C4 and C5 in the 1-2 text. On the same piece of paper as the summary from the telehistoria, they were supposed to summarize what they read and answer the questions on page C5.
*The students watched the Disney Sing Along and completed the handout that went along with it.


Homework:
*Study the vocabulary and verbs for Unit 1 Lesson 2
Friday, September 16, 2011 -
*It's Homecoming Week!
*Red Carpet Dress Up Day - Red Out for the Assembly
*Assembly Schedule

Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students turned in their warm ups for the last two weeks
*Students completed the Unit 1 Lesson 2 Quiz

Homework:
*None


Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up - Students turned in their warm ups for the last two weeks.
*Students practiced AR verbs in the preterite
*Students took notes on ser, ir and hacer in the preterite


Homework:
*None
Thursday, September 15, 2011 -
*It's Homecoming Week!
*Foreign Films Dress Up Day

Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Review of information that will be on the quiz for tomorrow
*Students quizzed a partner on the vocabulary for Unit 1 Lesson2
*Students completed a review handout about adjective agreement.


Homework:
*Definite and Indefinite article handout
*Workbook page 32
*Alberto Alfonso biography email is due by 7:30 am tomorrow

Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students finished bingo
*Students practiced the vocabulary form Unit 1 Lesson 2
*Students practiced conjugating AR verbs in the preterite


Homework:
*Workbook pages 30 and 31
*Luis Valdez biography email is due by 7:30 am tomorrow
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 -
*It's Homecoming Week!
*Comedy Movies Dress Up Day

Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students turned in their adjective projects.
*Students finished taking notes on the definite and indefinite articles.
*Students practiced the vocabulary for Unit 1 Lesson 2 by playing Hangman or Pictionary on individual whiteboards.
*Students started the biography writing assignment in Spanish.


Homework:
*Study for the Unit 1 Lesson 2 Quiz this Friday
*Workbook pages 27, 28 and 29
*Alberto Alfonso biography email is due by 7:30 Friday morning.

Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students took notes on regular AR verbs in the preterite
*Students played Tic Tac Toe using regular AR verbs in the preterite
*Students played vocabulary bingo


Homework:
*Workbook pages 27, 28 and 29
*Luis Valdez biography email is due by 7:30 Friday morning
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 -
*It's Homecoming Week!
*Western Movies Dress Up Day

Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Student played scrabble using the new vocabulary
*Students took notes on noun-adjective agreement and the definite and indefinite articles.
*Students turned in their paragraphs about the reasons to study a foreign language along with their maps.


Homework:
*Alberto Alfonso biography email is due by 7:30 am this Friday.
*Workbook pages 30 and 31
*Adjective project is due tomorrow.

Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students copied the new vocabulary list from page 79
*Students created their new bingo cards for the Unit 1 Lesson 2 vocabulary


Homework:
*Luis Valdez biography email is due by 7:30 Friday morning
*Workbook pages 24, 25 and 26

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Monday, September 12, 2011 -
*It's Homecoming Week!
*Black and White Movies Dress Up Day

Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students quizzed a partner on the new vocabulary list
*The famous Hispanic American for this week is Alberto Alfonso. The biography email about him is due this Friday, September 19, 2011 by 7:30 am in my pvlearners email account.
*Students created a Circle Map and a Flee Map to organize their ideas about why it would be beneficial to study a foreign language.


Homework:
*Block 1 - Workbook page 26
*Block 4 - Workbook page 24
*All students - Write a paragraph based on the information in your flee maps to explain why it would be a good idea to study a foreign language.
*Alberto Alfonso biography email is due by Friday morning at 7:30
*Adjective project is due on Wednesday, September 14, 2011.

Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Corrected workbook pages
*Famous Hispanic American for this week is Luis Valdez. His biography email is due to my pvlearners account by this Friday, September 19, 2011 before 7:30 am.
*Students took the Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz

*Students created a Circle Map and a Flee Map to organize their ideas about why it would be beneficial to study a foreign language.

Homework:
*Luis Valdez biography email due by 7:30 am this Friday, September 19, 2011
*
Write a paragraph based on the information in your flee maps to explain why it would be a good idea to study a foreign language.
Friday, September 9, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students listened to the introduction to new vocabulary on pages 56 and 57 in the text and completed a listening comprehension activity.
*Students repeated the list of new vocabulary (1.2) for pronunciation practice.
*The adjective project was explained to students. It is due next Wednesday and must include 7 pictures with the following information for each picture: name, where the person is from, age and 3 adjectives to describe the person.
*Class discussion of Isabel Allende.
*Quiz over the date, day of the week for today, day of the week for tomorrow, time, weather and season.

Homework:
*Work on the adjective project.


Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Direct Object Pronoun review activities
*Verb Battleship using stem-changing verbs to practice for Monday's quiz
*Class discussion of Dolores Huerta


Homework:
*Study for quiz on Monday
Thursday, September 8, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz
*Warm Up
*Students copied the Unit 1 Lesson 2 vocabulary
*Block 4 students made a bingo card using this new vocabulary


Homework:
*All students finish copying vocabulary
*Block 1 students - workbook pages 24 and 25
*Block 4 students - finish bingo card
*All students need to send the Isabel Allende biography email by 7:30 am tomorrow

Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students completed a Find Someone Who activity using direct object pronouns
*Students corrected their homework from last night
*Students practiced the vocabulary for this lesson by playing Pictionary with a partner


Homework:
*Direct object pronoun handout - answer the questions using a direct object pronoun
*Dolores Huerta biography email is due by 7:30 am tomorrow.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Homecoming Activities

September 12 - September 16, 2011 - Homecoming Week

Monday, September 12 - Black and White Dress Up Day
Tuesday, September 13 - Western Dress Up Day
Wednesday, September 14 - Comedies (Wacky Clothes) Dress Up Day
Thursday, September 15 - Foreign Films (Dress like you are from another country) Dress Up Day
Friday, September 16 - Red Carpet (Red Out) Dress Up Day, Assembly and Homecoming Football Game
Saturday, September 17 - Homecoming Dance
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students corrected and turned in Unit 1 Lesson 1 workbook pages (1 - 14)
*Review for 1-1 Quiz tomorrow


Homework:
*Study for the quiz
*Isabel Allende biography email is due by Friday morning at 7:30

Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Direct object pronoun review
*Students completed a direct object pronoun handout in class and we went over the answers


Homework:
*Direct Object Pronoun Handout #1 - Remember to rewrite the question and then write the answer
*Dolores Huerta biography email is due by Friday morning at 7:30
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 -

Spanish 1-2:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students turned in their warm ups for the last two weeks
*Homework that was due last Friday was stamped
*Class discussion of Cesar Chavez
*Famous Hispanic American for this week is Isabel Allende. A biography email about her is due to my pvlearners email account by 7:30 am on Friday, September 9.


Homework:
*Block 1 - workbook page 9
*Block 4 - workbook page 9 and 7 sentences about where people are from
*Isabel Allende biography email due by 7:30 am Friday morning (9/9/2011)


Spanish 3-4:


Class Summary:
*Warm Up
*Students turned in their warm ups for the last two weeks
*Class discussion of Jose Ferrer
*Famous Hispanic America for this week is Dolores Huerta.
A biography email about her is due to my pvlearners email account by 7:30 am on Friday, September 9.


Homework:
*No new assignment
*Dolores Huerta biograpahy email due by 7:30 am Friday morning (9/9/2011)