martes, el treinta y uno de enero

Spanish I:

• We went over yesterday's exercises and corrected them in class.
• We learned about the verb "ir" which means "to go". We learned how to use it to talk about places where you are going, especially in school.

Ir = to go

voy               vamos
vas               vais
va                 van

when using it to talk about where you are going, it is follwed by "a" and :la: or "el", depending on where you are going.

Ex.
Yo voy a la escuela. = I am going to school.

Yo voy al auditorio. = I am going to the auditorium.  IMPORTANT 'a' + 'el' turns into 'al'

IMPORTANT:

• The quiz on the questions will be this Friday or next Monday.
• the vocabulary quiz on 2.2 will be next Friday, Feb 10th, or the next Monday.

4th grade Spanish

• We reviewd the months of the year and learned a song about them.
• Students continued working on their month flip books, or began a crossword/word search exercise on the months.

lunes, el treinta de enero

Spanish:

• We began Unidad 2, Etapa 2, and began by reviewing pronouns and "ar" verb endings.
• We did book exercises #3 on pg 128, #4 and 5. Exercise #3 will be graded for accuracy, and all three exercises are due tomorrow.

IMPORTANT:

• The quiz on the 16 questions will be this Friday and/or Monday. Students will be asked 3-5 questions randomly, and must know how to answer them.
• The vocabulary quiz on 2.2 will probably be on Friday, Feb 10th, or the following Monday.

3rd Grade Spanish:

• We reviewed the months and continued working on the month flip book.

viernes, el veintisiete de enero

Spanish I:

• Students quizzed each other, using a check list sheet, on the 16 questions and answers they must know for the quiz. The quiz will be next Friday, February 3rd or Monday, February 6th. They will be asked 3-5 questions from the list of 16 questions, and they will be picked at random.
• Students worked on the reading comprehension packet, If not finished today in class, it is now homework due on Monday, January 30th.
• Students who were finished with the reading comprehension packet worked on a vocabulary practice for the next vocabulary quiz on 2.2. This quiz will be in a few weeks.

IMPORTANT:

• The oral quiz on the 16 questions will be next Friday, February 3rd or Monday, February 6th.
• The vocabulary quiz on 2.2 will be Monday, February 12th.

jueves, el veintiseis de enero

Spanish:

• Students quizzed each other in class on the 16 questions and answers that they must know for the oral quiz next week.
• They continued working on the reading comprehension packet. This is not homework.

4th grade Spanish:

• Students continued making their flip book on the months in Spanish.

miércoles, el veinticinco de enero

Spanish I:

• Students continued working on the reading comprehension packet. This is not homework, and we will be working on it all week. It is due on Monday, January 30th.

IMPORTANT:

• Students should be studying their 16 questions and answers for the oral quiz next week.

3rd grade Spanish:

• Students reviewed the months in Spanish and worked on making a flip book of the months.

martes, el veinticuatro de enero

Spanish I:

• We went over the questions they will have to know for the oral quiz within a few weeks. Students have their own copies of their personal answers, and should try not to lose them.

    1  ¿Cómo te llamas?  Me llamo _________ .  (Insert your name).

Me llamo Señora Roth.

2. ¿Cómo estás hoy? Estoy ___________. (Insert how you are feeling today: Bien, mal, regular, or terrible)

Estoy muy bien.

 

3. ¿De dónde eres? Soy de ___________. (Insert what state or country you are from)

Soy de España.

4. ¿Dónde vives?  Vivo en ___________. (Insert where you live: a house: una casa; an apartment: un apartamento; or a city. The city's  name would not change)

Vivo en un apartamento. Vivo en Oak Park.

5. ¿Cómo eres?  Soy ___________ y _____________. (Insert two adjectives that describe you).

Soy divertida y baja.

6. ¿Cómo es tu mejor amigo/a? Es _____________ y _____________ (Insert two adjectives that describe your best friend).

Es rubia y guapa.

7. ¿Qué te gusta? Me gusta(n) _____ ____________. (Insert a thing you like. You MUST include the article el/la/los/las).

Me gusta la pizza. Me gustan los perros.

8. ¿Qué te gusta hacer?  Me gusta ____________. (Insert a verb: something you like to do)

Me gusta bailar.

9. ¿Qué llevas hoy?  Llevo ___________ y _____________. (Insert what you are wearing today: You MUST include the indefinite article un/una/unos/unas. The adjective must agree with the noun)

Llevo una camisa negra y unos pantalones negros.

10. ¿Qué día es hoy?  Hoy es __________. (Insert the correct day of the week).

Hoy es martes.

11. ¿Cuál es la fecha hoy? Hoy es el ________ de ___________. (Insert the correct date and the month).

Hoy es el veinticuatro de enero,

12. ¿Cuántos años tienes? Tengo ______ años. (Insert your age. Make sure you know how to say the number.

Tengo cuarenta y cinco años.

13. ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? Es el ___________ de ____________. (Insert the date and month you were born).

Es el trece de marzo.

14. ¿Cuál es tu teléfono?  Mi teléfono es ____________________. (Insert your phone number. Make sure you practice saying the numbers).

Mi teléfono es dos cuatro ocho ocho tres siete ocho tres cinco dos.

15. ¿Cuál es tu clase favorite?  Mi clase favorita es la clase de ________. (Insert your favorite class).

Mi clase favorita es la clase de español.

16. ¿Cuántos hermanos tienes? answer this one by saying how many brothers and sisters you have:

If you do not have any siblings, answer:  No tengo hermanos.

If you have one brother: Tengo un hermano (NOT uno hermano).

If you have one sister: Tengo una hermana.

If you have a mix of them. Tengo un hermano y dos hermanas.

4th Grade Spanish:

• Students reviewed the months in Spanish.They began to make a flip book of the months of the year.

enero = January
febrero = Fenruary
marzo = March
abril = April
mayo = May
junio = June
julio = July
agosto = August
septiembre = September
octubre = October
noviembre = November
diciembre = December

lunes, el veintitrés de enero

Spanish I:

• Students wrote down the answers to 16 questions that they will have to know for an oral quiz within the next few weeks.

.

1. ¿Cómo te llamas?

2. ¿Cómo estás hoy

3. ¿De dónde eres?

4. ¿Dónde vives?

5. ¿Cómo eres?

6. ¿Cómo es tu mejor amiga?

7. ¿Qué te gusta?

8. ¿Qué te gusta hacer?

9. ¿Qué llevas hoy?

10. ¿Qué día es hoy?

11. ¿Cuál es la fecha hoy?

12. ¿Cuántos años tienes?

13. ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?

14. ¿Cuál es tu teléfono?

15. ¿Cuál es tu clase favorite?

16. ¿Cuántos hermanos tienes?

3rd Grade Spanish:

• Students learned the months in Spanish and made flash cards.

enero = January
febrero = Fenruary
marzo = March
abril = April
mayo = May
junio = June
julio = July
agosto = August
septiembre = September
octubre = October
noviembre = November
diciembre = December
   

viernes, el veinte de enero

Spanish I:

• Students reviewed questions that will show up on an oral quiz within the next few weeks.

jueves, el diecinueve de enero

Spanish I:

• Students had the second part of their midterm.
• They began their flashcards for the next vocabulary quiz on 2.2 These are due on Monday.

4th grade Spanish:

• Students learned the months in Spanish and made flash cards.

enero = January
febrero = Fenruary
marzo = March
abril = April
mayo = May
junio = June
julio = July
agosto = August
septiembre = September
octubre = October
noviembre = November
diciembre = December
    

miécoles, el dieciocho de enero

Spanish I:

• Students had the first part of their midterm.

3rd grade Spanish:

• Students had their test on the days of the week.

martes, el diecisiete de enero

Spanish I:

• Students worked on a practice review worksheet for the midterm. They received an answer sheet to be able to check their answers once they were done.

IMPORTANT:

• The Spanish midterm will be in two parts. The first part is tomorrow, and the second part on Thursday.

4th grade Spanish:

• Students had a quiz on the days of the week. They were given a choice of two tests. The more challenging one was knowing how to write the days of the week in Spanish with no word bank. In the second, less challenging one, they had to match the Spanish day of the week with its English equivalent. 

viernes, el trece de enero

Midterm Study Guide:

http://www.berkleyschools.org/norup-international-school/pages/66042/midterm-study-guide

viernes, el trece de enero

¡Hola!

For the superstitious among you, there is an easy solution. Today you are Spanish!! In Spain, it is Tuesday the 13th that is a bad luck day. There is a saying in Spanish that says: martes trece, ni te cases, ni te embarques: Tuesday the 13th, don't get married and don't go on a boat(or travel)

Spanish I:Today students went to the lab at Avery to study for the midterm using the text book's online workbook.

• Here are the websites we will be using in class today, and that you should be using at home to study for the midterm.
  
  
  IMPORTANT:
  Remember that the units we have been doing are:
  
  
  Unidad 1, Etapas 1,2 & 3
  http://www.classzone.com/books/en_espanol_1/unidad1.cfm
  
  
  
  
  Unidad 2, Etapa 1
  http://www.classzone.com/books/en_espanol_1/unidad2.cfm
  
  
  
  
  The above links will take you to the text online workbook, where you can practice vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension and listening comprehension.

jueves, el doce de enero

Spanish I:

• We went over the 1.3 review packet.
• We reviewed the grammar from 2.1 and began a review packet on this.

IMPORTANT:

• The review packets being done this week are not homework. They are practice for the midterm, and we will go over each one the day after they are given. You should use these to study for the midterm which will be on Wednesday and Thursday next week.
• We will go over the 2.1 review worksheet next Tuesday.

4th grade Spanish:

• We had a practice quiz on the days of the week in Spanish. The quiz for this will be next Tuesday. Students will have to match the Spanish and English words.

Vocabulary:
Monday - lunes
Tuesday - martes
Wednesday - miércoles
Thursday - jueves
Friday - viernes
Saturday = sábado
Sunday - domingo

miércoles, el once de enero

Spanish I:

• We went over the 1.2 review packet.
• We reviewed the grammar from 1.3 and began a review packet on this.

IMPORTANT:

• The review packets being done this week are not homework. They are practice for the midterm, and we will go over each one the day after they are given. You should use these to study for the midterm which will be on Wednesday and Thursday next week.

3rd grade Spanish:

• We had a practice quiz on the days of the week in Spanish. The quiz for this will be next Wednesday. Students will have to match the Spanish and English words.

Vocabulary:
Monday - lunes
Tuesday - martes
Wednesday - miércoles
Thursday - jueves
Friday - viernes
Saturday = sábado
Sunday - domingo

martes, el diez de enero

Spanish I:

•  went over yesterday's worksheet on 1.1
• reviewed grammar points from Unidad 1, etapa 2: how to make adjectives and nouns agree, how to make singular nouns plural, and the diferences between definite and indefinite articles. All these grammar points are in the midterm study guides.
• students worked on the next review packet on 1.2

IMPORTANT:

• The midterm will be on Wednesday, Jan 18th and Thursday, Jan 19th.

4th grade:

• had a practice quiz on how to write the days of the week in Spanish, and also how to match them. They will have a quiz on these next Thursday.
• 
  

lunes, el nueve de enero

Spanish I:
Students reviewed Unidad 1, etapa 1, using the midterm study guide (passed ourt a few weeks ago). You can find this on my Berkley website.

Students began a review packet on 1.1. They had the option of finishing it at home.

IMPORTANT:
The midterm is next week. Part one will be on January 17th and part on Jan 18th

3rd grade:

• Students reviewed the days of the week and continued working on their worksheets.
• They will have a quiz on this next Wednesday.

viernes, el seis de enero

Spanish I:

• Students finished watching the cultural video from yesterday, and began another verb chart of "ar" verbs. This will be due by Monday.

jueves, el cinco de enero

Spanish I:

• Students saw a cultural video on the life of a young girl from El Salvador living in California.

4th grade Spanish:

• Students practiced their days of the week in Spanish.

miércoles, el cuatro de enero

Spanish I:

• We went over the verb chart on "ar" verbs

New lesson:

We went over adverbs of frequency:

• You must know if the adverbs go before or after the verb, or if they go at the beginning or end of the sentence.
  Before the verb:
  nunca:  Yo nunca hablo español.
  siempre: Yo siempre hablo español.
  rara vez: Yo rara vez hablo español.
                             
  After the verb:
  mucho: Yo hablo mucho.
  poco: Yo hablo poco.
  
  
  At the beginning or end of the sentence:
  A veces: A veces yo hablo español. Yo hablo español a veces.
  De vez en cuando: De vez en cuando yo hablo español. Yo hablo español de vez en cuando.
  Todos los días: Todos los días yo hablo español. Yo hablo español todos los días.

3rd grade Spanish:

• we reviewed the days of the week song, and practicede saying and writing the days of the week in Spanish.

martes, el tres de enero

Spanish I:

• We went over the exercises assigned before the break.
• We reviewed pronouns and the "ar" verbs.
• Students worked on an "ar" verb chart to finish as homework for tomorrow.

New lesson:
"Hay que" versus "tener que":

These are used to talk about obligations and duties that people must do.

1) Using "Hay que":

Hay que stays the same and is an impersonal expression meaning "One must".

The second verb stays in the infinitive and is not conjugated.

Ex.

Hay que estudiar. = One must study.

2) Using "Tener que":

You must conjugate "tener' depending on who the subject of the sentence is.

The second verb stays in the infinitive and is not conjugated.

Tengo que estudiar. = I must study.

Tenemos que estudiar. = We must study.

4th grade Spanish:

• We reviewed the days of the week, and practiced saying and spelling them.