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.
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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.