martes, el veintinueve de noviembre

Spanish I:

• We went over the exercises assigned yesterday, and began a practice worksheet, This is not homework and will be finished in class tomorrow.

IMPORTANT:

• Unit 1.3 test is on Monday, December 5th. 

4th grade Spanish:

• Students had a practice quiz on numbers 1-31

Some still do not know all these numbers and need to practice them more. The real test will be next Tuesday, December 6th.

Click on the link below to see the number vocabulary

http://www.berkleyschools.org/index.aspx?folder=11871

lunes, el veintiocho de noviembre

Spanish I:

• We began to review for the Unit 1.3 test on Monday.
• First we went over the exercises assigned last week. Then we did the review exercises #1,2,3,4 & 5 on pgs 90-91. These are due tomorrow.
• I passed out a study guide for the 1.3 test.

IMPORTANT:

• Unit 1.3 test is on Monday, December 5th

3rd grade Spanish:

• Students had a practice quiz on numbers 1-31

Some still do not know all these numbers and need to practice them more. The real test will be next Monday, December 5th.

Click on the link below to see the number vocabulary

http://www.berkleyschools.org/index.aspx?folder=11871

martes. el veintidos de noviembre

Spanish I:

• We went over yesterday's exercises and corrected them in class.
• We began a new lesson on jusing "hay", and on how to give the date, and how to give your age and birthday. We did exercises #16, 17, and 18 pgs 84-85.

Grammar Notes:

1) Hay
In Spanish, "hay" means "there is" or "there are":

Hay diez chicos en la clase. = There are ten boys in the class.
No hay chicos en la clase. = There are no boys in the class.
Hay un perro en la clase. = There is a dog in the class.

2) Giving the date
Remember that to give the date in Spanish, you need to change the order of the words around. We do not say October 22nd in Spanish. Instead we say the 22 of October. Don't forget that days of the week and months are NOT capitalized in Spanish, and that we do not add any letters to the numbers (no using 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc).

Example:

¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy? = What is today's date?

Note:

If it is the first of the month, you need to write:

Hoy es el primero de noviembre (It is November first).

3) Giving your birthday

To say that it is your birthday:

¿Cuál es la fecha de tu cumpeaños? = When is your birthday?

Mi cumpleaños es el trece de marzo. = My birthday is March 13th.

To say that it is someone else's birthday:

El cumpleaños de Francisco es el dos de mayo. = Francisco's birthday is May 2nd.

IMPORTANT:

• The 1,3 chapter test will be on Monday, Dec 5th. the study guide is on my Berkley website, and was posted on the blog yesterday. It will be handed out in class next week. Click below to see the study guide.

http://www.berkleyschools.org/index.aspx?folder=12215

4th grade Spanish:

• Students finished the number worksheet, and practiced their numbers from 1-31. They will have a practice quiz on this next Tuesday.

Hoy es martes, el veintidos de noviembre. = Today is Tuesday, October 22nd.

1.3 study guide

Unidad 1, Etapa 3 Study Guide

You must know all past vocabulary from pgs 21, 47, 69, and 93.

Grammar: You must know:

1)      How to describe family relationships, using a family tree.

Pablo es el padre de Manuel. = Pablo is the father of Manuel.

You must know all the family words from the vocabulary sheet.

Father = el padre

Mother = la madre

Sister/brother = el hermano/la hermana

Son/daughter = el hijo/la hija

grandfather/grandmother = el abuelo/la abuela

Aunt/uncle = el tío/la tía

Cousin = el primo/la prima

2)      How to use possessive adjectives:

You must know all the possessive adjectives (my, your, his, her, their, our) from the vocabulary sheet.

My = mi/mis

Your = tu/tus

His/her/your/their = su/sus

Our = nuestro/nuestra/nuestros/nuestras

Your = vuestro/vuestra/vuestros/vuestras

Examples:

Es nuestra madre. = It is our mother.

Shawn es mi hijo. = Shawn is my son.

Nuría es nuestra abuela. = Nuría is our grandmother.The shirt is Juan’s. It is his shirt. = La camisa es de Juan. Es su camisa.

3)      How to conjugate the verb tener = to have

Yo  tengo                                                     Nosotros tenemos

Tú tienes                                                      Vosotros tenéis

Él/ella/usted tiene                                        Ellos/ellas/ustedes tienen

Examples:

Ella tiene una hermana. = She has a sister.

Nosotros tenemos un perro. = We have a dog.

4)      How to say someone’s age and when it is someone’s birthday.

Examples:

Ana tiene 10 años. = Ana is 10 years old.

Ellos tienen 12 años. = They are 12 years old.

El cumpleaños de Ana es el dos de mayo. = Ana’s birthday is May 2^nd.

5)      How to give today’s date.

Hoy es miércoles, el nueve de febrero. = today is Wednesday, February 9^th.

lunes, el veintiuno de noviembre

Spanish I:

• We went over last week's book exercises.
• We went over using possessive adjectives in Spanish. Students did exercises 13, 14, and 15 on pgs 82-83. Due tomorrow.

Grammar Notes:

You use possessive adjectives in Spanish to talk about things that are yours. The possessive adjective must agree in gender (masculine/femenine) and number (singular/plural) with the thing that is owned.

Possessive adjectives:

mi/mis = my                           nuestro/nuestra/nuestros/nuestras = our
tu/tus = your (tú)                         vuestro/vuestra/vuestros/vuestras = your
su/sus = his/her                      su/sus = their/ your
               your (usted)


You need to make the possessive adjective agree with the thing/person it describes. It also has to reflect on who it belongs to:

Example:
Es nuestra madre. = She is our mother.
Son nuestros perros. = They are our dogs.

3rd grade Spanish:

• Students finished their numbers worksheet. They will have a practice quiz on 1-31 next Monday.

viernes, el dieciocho de noviembre

Spanish I:

• We went over expressing possession using "de" and how to say what belongs to people.
• We did exercises 10,11 and 12, pgs 80-81. This is due Monday, November 21st

 Grammar Notes:

• In English, you use an apostrophe to show possession: Ann's dog.
• In Spanish, you need to switch the order of words around because there is no apostrophe in Spanish. So you must say "the dog of Ann": el perro de Ann.
• You do this for things you own and for relationships

Ex. 

Es la camisa de Juan. = It is Juan's shirt.    

La camisa es de Juan. = The shirt is Juan's.

Either of these sentences are correct, and mean the same thing.

Ella es la madre de Juan. = She is Juan's mother.

Ana y Pedro son los padres de Juan. = Ana and Pedro are Juan's parents.

jueves, el diecisiete de noviembre

Spanish I:

• Students made their own family tree and wrote a paragraph in Spanish about each family member, giving their name, age, and a description of their looks and personality. Due Monday, November 21st.

4th grade Spanish:

• Students continued with the number worksheet. They will have a practice quiz on the numbers 1-31 next Thursday.