Thursday, August 30, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up 
-Students quizzed a partner on the verb ser using the flashcards that we made earlier this week. .
-Students corrected the workbook pages that they had completed for homework.
-Students wrote a letter to their parents for Open House tonight. 
-Students reviewed the concepts for the quiz: vocabulary, ser and gustar.

Homework:
-Workbook page 9. 
-Go to www.classzone.com and take the Unit 1 Lesson 1 Self-Check Quiz.  Copy and paste your score into an email and send that to me through pvlearners. 
-Study for the Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz tomorrow.
-Cesar Chavez biography email is due by 7:30 am tomorrow. 

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up
-Students corrected their homework from last night.
-Students wrote a letter to their parents for Open House tonight.
-Students reviewed the concepts for the quiz tomorrow: vocabulary, direct object pronouns and stem changing verbs.   

Homework:

-Workbook pages 4 and 5. 
-Go to www.classzone.com and take the Unit 1 Lesson 1 Self-Check Quiz.  Copy and paste your score into an email and send that to me through pvlearners. 
-Study for the Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz tomorrow.
-Jose Ferrer biography email is due by 7:30 am tomorrow. 

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up 
-Seating was rearranged to adapt to the new tables. 
-Students quizzed a partner using the flashcards we created for the verb ser yesterday.
-Students played Tick Tick Boom to practice the verb ser and the pronouns.
-Students took notes on the verb gustar.

Homework:
-Workbook pages 7 and 8
-Cesar Chavez biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, August 31, 2012.
-Study for the Unit 1 Lesson 1 Test for this Friday, August 31, 2012.

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up
-Seating was rearranged to adapt to the new tables. 
-Students quizzed a partner on the vocabulary for this lesson.
-Block 4 - Students finished direct object pronoun handout #1 by answering each of the questions.
-Students completed the direct object pronoun find someone who activity. 
-Students took notes on direct object pronouns with infinitives.
-Students started direct object pronoun handout #2, which requires them to answer each question twice: once with the direct object pronoun in front of the conjugated verb and once with the direct object pronoun attached to the end of the infinitive. 

Homework:

-Block 2 - Finish direct object pronoun handout #1
-Block 4 - workbook pages 2 and 3
-Jose Ferrer biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, August 31, 2012
-Study for the Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz this Friday, August 31, 2012

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up 
-Students turned in their homework and it was stamped and returned.
-Students corrected their pronoun handouts and turned them in.
-Students made flashcards for the forms of the verb ser.
-Students participated in the activity "Mix-Freeze-Pair" to quiz 3 partners using the flashcards for ser.


Homework:
-Workbook pages 5-6.
-Cesar Chavez biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, August 31, 2012.
-Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz will be on Friday, August 31, 2012.

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up - Vocabulary Handout
-Block 2 students corrected their direct object pronoun handouts - rewritten questions.
-Block 2 students answered the questions on direct object pronoun handout #1.
-Block 4 students finished their notes on direct object pronouns.
-Block 4 students rewrote the questions on their direct object pronoun handouts.  

Homework:

-Jose Ferrer biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, August 31, 2012.
-Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz will be on Friday, August 31, 2012.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up 
-Students used the computers from the cart to visit www.classzone.com and to continue the web quest for Unit 1 Lesson 1.
-Students took notes on the verb ser.


Homework:
-Finish the pronoun handout from Friday.
-Workbook pages 3 and 4
-Finish research for web quest if not already done.
-Cesar Chavez biography email due by 7:30 am Friday, August 31, 2012.
-Unit 1 Lesson 1 Quiz this Friday, August 31, 2012

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up
-Students completed their Circle Maps and started their Flee Maps for their first writing assignment.
-Students quizzed a partner on the vocabulary for this lesson.
-Students took notes on the direct object pronouns. 
-Block 2 - Students started the 1st direct object pronoun handout.

Homework:

-Finish the Circle Map.
-Finish the Flee Map (4 boxes for the body paragraphs)
-Block 2 - Finish the 1st direct object pronoun handout.  Remember that you are rewriting the questions only. 
-Jose Ferrer biography email due by 7:30 am Friday, August 31, 2012.
-Unit 1 Lesson 1 Test this Friday, August 31, 2012.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up 
-Students quizzed a partner on vocabulary for this lesson.
-Students corrected the workbook pages that they had completed for homework.
-Students started a handout using the pronouns in Spanish.
-Students used the computers from the cart to visit www.classzone.com and to begin the web quest for Unit 1 Lesson 1.

Homework:
-None

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up
-Students quizzed a partner on the vocabulary for this lesson.
-Students corrected the workbook pages they had completed for homework. 
-Students used the computers from the cart to visit www.classzone.com and try the flashcards, games, etc. 
-Students continued to work on their writing assignments. 

Homework:

-None

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up 
-Students listened to the presentation of the new vocabulary for Unit 1 Lesson 1.
-Students copied the new vocabulary for 1.1
-Students had their binders checked by the teacher.
-Graded papers were returned to students.
-Students received their workbooks.
-Students took notes on the pronouns in Spanish.
-Students finished solving their word searches from yesterday.

Homework:
-Ellen Ochoa biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, August 24, 2012. 
-Workbook pages 1 and 2

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up
-Students listened to the presentation of the new vocabulary for Unit 1 Lesson 1. 
-Students discussed their experiences when traveling - particularly when traveling internationally, going through customs, etc. 
-Students copied the new vocabulary for 1.1
-Students completed their word searches from yesterday.
-Students had their binders checked by the teacher.
-Students in block 4 received their workbooks - students in block 2 already had theirs.
-Students started the circle map that will lead to their first essay in Spanish. 

Homework:

-Rita Moreno biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, August 24, 2012.
-BLOCK 2 - finish circle map by filling in additional information about 3 important people in your life and complete workbook page 1.
-BLOCK 4 -  workbook pages 1 and 2

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up - Review pages in the text.
-Students had time to finish solving the word searches that were created by other students in the class.
-Students reviewed classroom commands.
-Students had 10 minutes to quiz a partner on the vocabulary for this lesson.
-Students took the Preliminary Lesson Quiz.

Homework:
-Ellen Ochoa biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, August 24, 2012. 

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up - Review pages in the text. 
-Students had time to begin the word searches that were created by other students in the class. 
-Students had 10 minutes to quiz a partner on the vocabulary for this lesson.
-Students completed a stem changing verb review activity.
-Students took the Preliminary Lesson Quiz.

Homework:

-Rita Moreno biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, August 24, 2012.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Today was a 1/2 day for students.


Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up -  
-Students turned in the work they completed yesterday with the substitute. 
-Students received a stamp for the word searches that they created. 
-Students traded word searches so that they could solve the puzzle created by another student. 
-Students practiced writing words that were spelled out for them and phone numbers that were recited for them. 

Homework:
-Ellen Ochoa biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, August 24, 2012.  This needs to be sent from the student's pvlearners email account to my pvlearners account.  
-Study for the Preliminary Lesson Quiz - Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up
-Students turned in the work that they completed with the substitute yesterday. 
-Students received a stamp for the word searches that they created.  They will trade these tomorrow.
-Students took notes on stem-changing verbs.

Homework:

-Rita Moreno biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, August 24, 2012.  This needs to be sent from the student's pvlearners email account to my pvlearners account.  

-Study for the Preliminary Lesson Quiz - Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Monday, August 20, 2012

There was a substitute today because I was out sick.  I did not update grades over the weekend due to being ill.  I will get those updated over the next couple of days.  I apologize for the delay.  

***Because I was absent today, I have moved the preliminary lesson quiz for all classes from tomorrow to Wednesday, August 22, 2012.

Urgent:  Don't forget attendance contracts, student handbook contracts and emergency cards were due last Friday.  If you haven't turned yours in yet, please bring them tomorrow.

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up - Students started a new paper today. 
-Students completed a variety of exercises in the textbook.  We will go over these in class tomorrow.
-Students had 10 minutes to quiz a partner on the vocabulary for this lesson.
-Students created their own word searches using the blank centimeter grid provided by the substitute and the vocabulary from this lesson.  Students had to hide 20 words in the puzzle in Spanish and write each of their English translations at the bottom of the paper.

Homework:
-Finish word search
-Study for the Preliminary Lesson Quiz - Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up - Students started a new paper today
-Students completed a variety of exercises in the textbook.  We will go over these in class tomorrow.
-Students had 10 minutes to quiz a partner on the vocabulary for this lesson.

-Students created their own word searches using the blank centimeter grid provided by the substitute and the vocabulary from this lesson.  Students had to hide 20 words in the puzzle in Spanish and write each of their English translations at the bottom of the paper.

Homework:

-Finish word search

-Study for the Preliminary Lesson Quiz - Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Friday, August 17, 2012

Urgent:  Don't forget attendance contracts, student handbook contracts and emergency cards were due today.  If you haven't turned yours in yet, please bring them on Monday.

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up
-Students turned in the signature page for the syllabus if they had not already done so.
-Students listened to Mucho Gusto in the textbook and completed a listening comprehension activity.
-Students finished playing bingo and turned in their bingo cards.
-Some students recited the alphabet or their dialogs for the teacher while the rest of the class copied the classroom commands vocabulary from the text. 

Homework:
-Syllabus signature page
-Study for the Preliminary Lesson Quiz - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up

-Students turned in the signature page for the syllabus if they had not already done so.

-Block 2 students turned in their attendance and handbook contracts if they had not already done so.

-Block 2 students received their emergency cards if they had not already done so.

-Students listened to Como Son in the textbook and completed a listening comprehension activity.
-Students finished playing bingo and turned in their bingo cards.
-Students reviewed the proper use of the verb gustar. 

-Some students recited the alphabet or their dialogs for the teacher while the rest of the class completed written exercises in the text.
-Block 2 students received their workbooks. 

Homework:

-Syllabus signature page

-Study for the Preliminary Lesson Quiz - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Urgent:  Don't forget attendance contracts, student handbook contracts and emergency cards are due tomorrow.

***Fridays are spirit days.  Show your PV Pride and wear red, black and white.***


Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up
-Students turned in the signature page for the syllabus.
-Students turned in their vocabulary lists and their bingo cards.  These were stamped and returned. 

-Students practiced the alphabet.
-Students played bingo using the preliminary lesson vocabulary.
-Students practiced their dialogs and some students presented theirs to the teacher.
-Students finished repeating the new vocabulary.
-Students took a reverse spelling test to practice for next week's quiz.


Homework:
-Syllabus signature page
-Carlos Santana biography email due by 7:30 am Friday, August, 17, 2012
-Preliminary Lesson Quiz - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up

-Students turned in the signature page for the syllabus.

-Block 2 students turned in their attendance and handbook contracts.

-Block 2 students turned in their emergency cards.  These are due by Friday at the latest.
-Students turned in their vocabulary lists and their bingo cards.  These were stamped and returned.  
-Students reviewed the definite and indefinite articles and adjective agreement.  Students also completed an informal assessment on these topics.  

-Students finished repeating the preliminary lesson vocabulary.
-Students played bingo using the preliminary lesson bingo.  

-Students practiced their dialogs and some students presented theirs to the teacher.  

-Students took notes on ir and estar.  Block 2 also took notes on hacer 

Homework:

-Syllabus signature page

-Block 2 - Write 10 sentences using the following verbs ser, ir, estar, tener and hacer.  Use each verb for 2 sentences.  Use different subjects for each sentence.  Each sentence must be at least 5 words long.
-Block 4 - Write 8 sentences using the following verbs ser, ir, estar and tener.  Use each verb for 2 sentences.  Use different subjects for each sentence.  Each sentence must be at least 5 words long.

-Luis Walter Alvarez biography email due by 7:30 am Friday, August, 17, 2012

-Preliminary Lesson Quiz - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Urgent:  Don't forget attendance contracts, student handbook contracts and emergency cards are due tomorrow.

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up
-Students turned in the signature page for the syllabus.
-Students practiced the alphabet.
-Students finished copying the preliminary lesson vocabulary.
-Some students recited the alphabet for the teacher while the rest of the class copied the vocabulary.
-Students designed their own T Shirts and finished decorating their portfolio folders.
-Students repeated the new vocabulary.

Homework:
-Syllabus signature page
-Bingo card - Spanish words on the front and English words on the back.
-Carlos Santana biography email due by 7:30 am Friday, August, 17, 2012
-Preliminary Lesson Quiz - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up

-Students turned in the signature page for the syllabus.

-Block 2 students turned in their attendance and handbook contracts.

-Block 2 students received their emergency cards.  These are due by Friday at the latest.

-Students practiced the alphabet.

-Students finished copying the preliminary lesson vocabulary.

-Some students recited the alphabet for the teacher while the rest of the class copied the vocabulary.

-Students finished creating their shields and finished decorating their portfolio folders.

-Students filed their MI Inventories and True Colors Inventories in their portfolios.

-Students took notes on ser and tener. 

Homework:

-Syllabus signature page

-Bingo card - Spanish words on the front and English words on the back.

-Luis Walter Alvarez biography email due by 7:30 am Friday, August, 17, 2012

-Preliminary Lesson Quiz - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Urgent:  Please remember to bring signed handbook contracts (1/2 sheet of green paper) and signed attendance contracts (full sheet of purple paper) tomorrow.  They are due by Wednesday, August 15, 2012.

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up
-Students turned in signed syllabus pages.
-Alphabet practice.
-Students started to copy the vocabulary for the preliminary lesson.
-Some students recited the alphabet for the teacher while others were copying the vocabulary.
-Students set up their animal partner sheets.  
-Dialog practice
-Textbook listening exercise.

Homework:
-Signed Syllabus Page
-Handout
-Biography email about Carlos Santana due this Friday, August 17, 2012 by 7:30 am in Ms. Wilson's pvlearners inbox.  Be sure to include at least 5 facts.  

Blocks 2 & 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up

-Students turned in signed syllabus pages.

-Block 2 students turned in their contracts. 

-Alphabet practice.

-Students started to copy the vocabulary for the preliminary lesson.

-Some students recited the alphabet for the teacher while others were copying the vocabulary.

-Students set up their animal partner sheets.  

-Dialog practice

-Textbook listening exercise.

-Time to work on portfolio folders

Homework:

-Signed Syllabus Page

-Handout - Leccion Preliminar - pages 5 & 6

-Biography email about Luis Walter Alvarez due this Friday, August 17, 2012 by 7:30 am in Ms. Wilson's pvlearners inbox.  Be sure to include at least 5 facts.  

Monday, August 13, 2012

URGENT:  Students received a Handbook Contract (1/2 sheet of green paper) and an Attendance Contract (full sheet of purple paper) during their second block class today.  These papers must be signed and returned to the second period teacher by this Wednesday, August 15, 2012.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up
-Students turned in the signature page for the syllabus.
-Alphabet Practice
-Students were assigned a textbook number.
-Students completed the Tour of the Text handout.
-Some students recited the alphabet for the teacher.  Remaining students will complete this over the next couple of days.
-Students decorated their portfolio folders.  
-Students set up their binders

Homework:
-Send introductory email if that has not already been done.  It was due at 7:30 am this morning. 
-Complete signature page of the syllabus if that was not already done.
-Practice the alphabet.

Blocks 2 & 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up

-Students turned in the signature page for the syllabus.

-Alphabet Practice

-Block 2 students received the bathroom passes for the back of their ID cards.

-Students completed the Tour of the Text handout.

-Some students recited the alphabet for the teacher.  Remaining students will complete this over the next couple of days.

-Students had time to practice their dialogs that will be due on Wednesday.  Some students already presented this to the teacher. 

-Students finished their shields.

-Students set up their binders.   

Homework:

-Send introductory email if that has not already been done.  It was due at 7:30 am this morning.  

-Complete signature page of the syllabus if that was not already done.

-Practice the alphabet.

-Block 2 Students Only - Complete handbook and attendance contracts. 

Friday, August 10, 2012

Thank you to everyone for a great first week!  I have enjoyed getting to know all of you this past week and I am looking forward to a great semester.  Have a terrific weekend.


Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up
-We went over the syllabus as a class.  Each student received a copy and a page where the student and the parent should sign and date acknowledging that they have seen the syllabus.
-Students practiced the Spanish alphabet.
-Students practiced their conversations with classmates after adding the question for how old are you.
-Students completed a personality inventory.

Homework:
-Introductory email due by 7:30 am Monday, August 13.
-Students need to have their binders and 5 dividers for class on Monday.
-Students need to be prepared to recite the alphabet on Monday.  Remember to go to www.classzone.com if you need practice.  Follow the steps to find our book, Avancemos Level 1, and you will be taken to a page where you can click on flashcards. 
-Have your parents sign your syllabus and bring back the signature page.

Blocks 2 & 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up

-We went over the syllabus as a class.  Each student received a copy and a page where the student and the parent should sign and date acknowledging that they have seen the syllabus.

-Students practiced the Spanish alphabet.

-Students practiced their dialogues with their partners.

-Students completed a personality inventory.

-Students started designing their own crests.  

Homework:

-Introductory email due by 7:30 am Monday, August 13.

-Students need to have their binders and 5 dividers for class on Monday.

-Students need to be prepared to recite the alphabet on Monday.  Remember to go to www.classzone.com if you need practice.  Follow the steps to find the Spanish 1-2 book, Avancemos Level 1, and you will be taken to a page where you can click on flashcards. 

-Have your parents sign your syllabus and bring back the signature page.

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up - Students were shown how to set up the warm up paper and how to write the date, day of the week, time, weather, etc.
-Students practiced reciting the alphabet.
-Students completed a Multiple Intelligences Inventory to discover information about how they learn best. 
-Students completed another Find Someone Who activity to get to know other students in the class.
-Students practiced some basic classroom commands in Spanish such as stand up, sit down, etc. 

Homework:
-Send me an email from your pvlearners account by Monday, August 13 at 7:30 AM.  My email address is wwilson@pvlearners.net  This email should tell me a little bit about you.
-Remember that you need a binder and five dividers or a section in a binder with five dividers for my class by next Monday, August 13.
-Fridays are spirit days at PV.  Be sure to wear your red, white and black. 

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up - Students were shown how to set up the warm up paper and how to write the date, day of the week, time, weather, etc.

-Students practiced reciting the alphabet.

-Students completed a Multiple Intelligences Inventory to discover information about how they learn best.  

-Students completed another Find Someone Who activity to get to know other students in the class.

-Students brainstormed to create a list of questions that they learned in Spanish 1-2.  Then, students were paired with another student in the class to create a dialogue using these questions.  These dialogs will be due next Wednesday, August 15. 

Homework:

-Send me an email from your pvlearners account by Monday, August 13 at 7:30 AM.  My email address is wwilson@pvlearners.net  This email should tell me a little bit about you.

-Remember that you need a binder and five dividers or a section in a binder with five dividers for my class by next Monday, August 13.

-Fridays are spirit days at PV.  Be sure to wear your red, white and black. 

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Welcome Back!  What a great first day.  Listed below you will find a summary of what we did in class today.  Spanish 1-2 is listed in white and Spanish 3-4 is listed in black.


Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Students completed a student information sheet after being shown the seating chart.
-Students completed a Find Someone Who activity to get to know one another.
-I introduced myself and explained a couple of basic classroom procedures.  We will go over the complete syllabus on Friday of this week.
-Students were introduced to the Spanish alphabet and had a chance to recite it.
-Students participated in their first conversation in Spanish.  They learned how to greet one another, exchange names, state how they are feeling and state where they are from.
-Students participated in an Inside-Outside Circle activity so that they could practice their conversations with multiple partners.
-Students completed an Interest Inventory.

Homework:
*None
*Students will be greeted at the door on Tuesday with one of the questions from today's lesson.

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Students completed a student information sheet after being shown the seating chart.
-Students completed a Find Someone Who activity to get to know one another.
-A few basic classroom procedures were discussed.  We will go over the complete syllabus on Friday of this week. 
-I introduced myself to the students in Spanish and they had to take notes about what they understood.
-Students introduced themselves to me in writing in Spanish.
-Students participated in a round table review activity to see how much vocabulary they could recall.
-Students completed an Interest Inventory.
-Students received their August Homework Calendars - These are very important.

 Homework:
*Students are supposed to write  a minimum 5 sentence paragraph in Spanish describing at least one member of their families. 

 

Important Resources/Contact Information

Ms. Wilson's email address:  wwilson@pvlearners.net

Online textbook and tutorials: www.classzone.com

Online Grades

Grades are available online using Infinite Campus.  I typically update grades once a week and that is normally completed over the weekend.  The link to Infinite Campus is https://ic.pvschools.net  If you don't know your username or password, I will help you with that once school starts.  Please check your grades regularly and let me know if you have any questions right away. 

Welcome Back!

Welcome to Spanish with Ms. Wilson.  This semester, I will be teaching Spanish 1-2 during block 1 and Spanish 3-4 during blocks 2 and 4.  I am very excited about the upcoming school year and I can't wait to meet you on Wednesday, August 8th.  Here are a few important things to keep in mind:

1.  First Day of School - Wednesday, August 8, 2012
2.  Remember that the school day now ends at 2:10 instead of 2:00
3.  We will use our pvlearners accounts regularly throughout the semester.  If you don't know your login information, don't worry.  I will help you get that information when you get to school. 
4.  Each day, I will post a summary for Spanish 1-2 and a summary for Spanish 3-4.  Both summaries will be in the same blog post.  Spanish 1-2 will appear in white and Spanish 3-4 will appear in black.  

Enjoy your last days of summer!  See you Wednesday.