viernes, el nueve de noviembre

Spanish I:

• Students went to the lab. they went on the conjuguemos website, and we looked at old commercial skits from 5th grade.

Homework/Quiz:

• Finish the exercises from yesterday. Due Monday. 
• Study for the 1.3 quiz on Friday, Nov 16th.

5th Grade Spanish:

• Students finished their Day of the Dead project that they began last week.

jueves, el ocho de noviembre

Spanish I:

Chicago trip: By today all of my students received an informational packet on our trip to Chicago. There will be a meeting this Monday, November 12th at 6:30 in the media center for parents interested in their child going. There will be a representative form the travel agency to answer your questions. The Chicago trip is for March 15-16th, 2013.

• Students did a bell work sheet on wearing clothing, and we went over it in class.
• We finished unidad 2 by doing exercises in the book. These exercises are due Monday, November 12th. Students need to do exercises 8, 9, 10 & 11 pgs 58-60.

Examples

Ex 8: Students need to write a complete sentence on what the person is wearing:

           1. Guillermos lleva una camisa y unos pantalones. (write a complete sentence)

Ex 9: Students need to say what they would wear to certain places.

         1. Llevo una camisa y unos jeans.(write a complete sentence)

Ex 10. Students need to pick the correct adjective to complete the sentence.

            1. simpática. (only write the one correct adjective)

Ex 11.  Students need to write a sentence about the person, and use the correct adjectives. 

            1. Graciela es interesante y divertida. (write a complete sentence)

3rd Grade Spanish:

• Students finished their Day of the Dead project that they began last week.
• Students who finished them began working on our new words: describing the weather. They drew pictures of the first four weather expressions we will learn.

Weather words:

Hace sol. = It is sunny.

Está nublado. = It is cloudy.

Está lloviendo. = It is raining.

Está nevando. = It is snowing.

miércoles, el siete de noviembre

Spanish I:

• Students had a quiz on 1.2 (part 2). They then worked with their next set of vocabulary words on 1.3 (part 1). This quiz is on Spanish numbers and months, and will be given next Friday, November 16th.
• Students then worked on their commercials. 
• They had to turn in their poems/rap songs, and their Day of the Dead worksheets. Any students who did not do these assignments lost points if they finished them late, or got O's if not finished in class.

Quiz:

• Quiz on 1.3 (part 1) is on Friday, November 16th.

3rd Grade Spanish:

• Students finished their Day of the Dead project that they began last week.
• Students who finished them began working on our new words: describing the weather. They drew pictures of the first four weather expressions we will learn.

Weather words:

Hace sol. = It is sunny.

Está nublado. = It is cloudy.

Está lloviendo. = It is raining.

Está nevando. = It is snowing.

martes, el seis de noviembre

Spanish I:

• No school today. 

IMPORTANT:

• Don't forget to study for the vocab quiz tomorrow. 

lunes, el cinco de noviembre

Spanish I:

• No school today. 
• Study for the 1.2 vocab quiz (part 2) on Wednesday, Nov 7th. 

viernes, el dos de noviembre

Spanish I

• Students went to the lab at Avery today. They typed out their song or poem. This is due by next Wednesday. 
• When they finished the poem/song, they practiced for their quiz on Wednesday. 

Quiz:

• On 1.2 (part 2) this Wednesday. 

5th Grade Spanish:

• Students finished their Day of the Dead project that they began on Wednesday. 

jueves, el uno de noviembre

¡Feliz día de los muertos!

Spanish I:

• Students finished their bell work sheet of the week, which was finding the correct form of the verb "llevar" and we went over it in class. Students need to look at the subject of the verb, ask themselves if it is "i, you, he, she, we, you all, or they" and then pick the right ending of the verb.

                  Ex. Ana = she. Ana lleva una camisa.

                       Ana y yo = we. Ana y yo llevamos unas camisas.

                    

                       Ana y tú = you all (vosotros in Spain or ustedes in the other Spanish-speaking countries)

                                                 Ana y tú lleváis (or llevan) unas camisas.

                       Ana y Jaime = they. Ana y Jaime llevan unas camisas.

• Students continued working on their poem/song. It is due next Wednesday. Students can either write out a neat copy on white paper and decorate it with drawings, or they can type it out in the lab tomorrow and decorate it with clip art.

Homework:

• finish writing the poem
• Study for the vocab quiz on 1.2 (part 2) on Wed, Nov 7th. 

Quiz words:

• These were handed out last week, but here they are in case you have lost them:

alto(a)                          tall                                                       otro                              other, another

bajo(a)                         short(height)                                        pues                             well…

bonito(a)                      pretty                                                  

castaño(a)                    brown(hair)                                        

corto(a)                        short(length)                                       

delgado(a)                   thin                                                     

feo(a)                           ugly                                                    

fuerte                           strong                                                 

gordo(a)                      fat                                                       

grande                         big, large, great                                  

guapo(a)                      good-looking

largo(a)                        long                                                    

moreno(a)                    dark hair and skin                              

pelirrojo(a)                   redhead

pequeño(a)                  small                                                   

rubio(a)                        blond                                                  

nuevo (a)                     new                                                    

                                                                                               

aburrido(a)                  boring                                                 

bueno(a)                      good                           

cómico(a)                    funny, comical                                               

divertido(a)                 enjoyable, fun                                    

inteligente                   intelligent                                           

interesante                   interesting      

malo(a)                        bad                                                     

paciente                       patient                                                

perezoso(a)                  lazy                                                     

serio(a)                        serious                                                

simpático                     nice                                                         

trabajador(a)                hard-working                                     

                                                                                               

Tiene…                       He/she has…

los ojos                        (green, blue) eyes   

   (verdes,azules)

el pelo                          (blond.brown) hair

(rubio,castaño) ¿

Cómo es?                    What is he/she like?

3rd Grade Spanish:

• Students continued working on the art activity for the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday.