martes, el cinco de febrero

Spanish I:

• Students learned how to tell time today. We went over the differences between telling time in English and telling time in Spanish.
• They then had a worksheet, writing time sentences. This is due tomorrow.

Grammar Notes:

Telling time in Spanish

     1) Any 1:00 time is considered singular, and you must start your sentence with

       “Es la una.”

        Any 2:00-12:00 time is considered plural, and you must start your sentence with

       “Son las dos.”

      2) Use ‘y’ + minutes for the number of minutes after the hour.

1:05    Es la una y cinco. (Do not say ‘cero” for zero)

2:10:   Son las dos y diez.

     3) Use ‘menos’ + minutes for the number of minutes before the hour.

12:50   Es la una menos diez.

1:50     Son las dos menos diez.

   4) Use ‘cuarto’ for quarter past and ‘media’ for half past.

1:15    Es la una y cuarto.

2:30    Son las dos y media.

    5) When you are talking about when something will happen, use “a la una/a las dos”

¿A qué hora es la clase de español? La clase de español es a las dos. = At what time is Spanish class? Spanish class is at 2 pm.

Quiz:

• The 2.2 quiz (part 2) will be on Monday, Feb 11th.

3rd Grade Spanish:

• Students had a practice test on the months in Spanish, and most of them already can match them all.
• They learned how to write the complete date in Spanish. They will begin having Spanish homework from today onwards. This week's homework is writing the complete date every day (including weekends). It will be due next Monday. I am keeping the homework sheet until Wednesday, so I can go over it with them this week. 

Spanish Calendar vocabulary


Giving the date in Spanish:
1)  Remember that days of the week and months are NOT capitalized.
2)  The order of the words is different in Spanish:
                  The number comes first, and the month comes last.


Example:
Hoy es martes, el veintiséis de octubre = Today is Tuesday, October 26th.
(Write out the number word e.g. “veintiséis”, not 26)


Days of the week:             Months____________________________
Monday = lunes                       January = enero         July = julio
Tuesday = martes                    February = febrero   August = agosto
Wednesday = miércoles           March = marzo           September = septiembre
Thursday = jueves                  April = abril               October = octubre
Friday = viernes                     May = mayo                 November = noviembre
Saturday = sábado                  June = junio                December = diciembre
Sunday = domingo


Numbers


1 uno                    11 once                                  21 veintiuno               31 treinta y uno
2 dos                    12 doce                                  22 veintidos
3 tres                   13 trece                                 23 veintitres
4 cuatro               14 catorce                              24 veinticuatro
5 cinco                 15 quince                               25 veinticinco
6 seis                   16 dieciseis                            26 veintiseis           
7 siete                  17 diecisiete                          27 veintisiete          
8 ocho                  18 dieciocho                           28 veintiocho  
9 nueve                19 diecinueve                        29 veintinueve
10 diez                 20 veinte                                30 treinta