Friday, November 9, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up - Students turned in their warm ups for the last two weeks.
-Students completed a family vocabulary Find Someone Who activity.
-Students completed a partner activity using family vocabulary and stating ages. 

Homework:
-No new written assignment.

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up - Students turned in their warm ups for the last two weeks.
-Students played vocabulary using the words from Unit 3 Lesson 2.
-Students played 5 games of Tic Tac Toe using the 5 new irregular verbs that they learned in the preterite: saber, tener, poner, estar and poder.
-Students had 15 minutes to finish their collages using verbs like gustar.  They cut pictures from magazines to represent things that they do and do not like.  The students have to have two sentences with pictures for each of the following verbs: gustar, encantar, interesar, importar, quedar, fascinar, faltar and aburrir.  Remember to use both positive and negative statements as well as singular and plural forms of the verbs.  These are due next Tuesday, November 13, 2012.

Homework:

-Finish the collages using verbs like gustar.  Review the directions listed above.  These are due on Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up
-Students took notes on possessive adjectives and completed a practice exercise from the text.
-Students completed a handout using possessive adjectives.  
-Students played bingo using the Unit 3 Lesson 2 vocabulary.

Homework:
-Workbook pages 125 and 126.
-Antonia Hernandez biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, November 9, 2012.

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up 
-Students took notes on irregular verbs in the preterite: estar, poder, poner, saber and tener.  Students then made T Charts for two of the verbs.
-Students completed a handout using the irregular verbs in the preterite. 
-Students had time to work on the collages they started yesterday using the verbs like gustar.  They cut pictures from magazines to represent things that they do and do not like.  The students have to have two sentences with pictures for each of the following verbs: gustar, encantar, interesar, importar, quedar, fascinar, faltar and aburrir.  Students will have more time to finish this project in class tomorrow.   
 

Homework:

-Workbook pages 125 and 126.
-Jerry Garcia biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, November 9, 2012.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up
-Students created a bingo card using the Unit 3 Lesson 2 vocabulary.  The bingo card had Spanish words on the front.  The back of the card had 7 pictures and 18 English translations.
-Students created a family tree for their imaginary families.  They had to cut out pictures of 7 different people and glue them on the photo "album" page.  Students also had to write out the following sentences for each picture: name, age, relationship (mother, father, etc.) and 2 adjectives to describe each person in Spanish.  All of this information had to be in complete sentences in Spanish. 


Homework:
-Finish any work not completed in class.
-Antonia Hernandez biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, November 9, 2012.

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up 
-Students created a bingo card using the Unit 3 Lesson 2 vocabulary.  The bingo card had Spanish words on the front.  The back of the card had 9 pictures and 16 English translations. 
-Students started their posters using verbs like gustar.  They cut pictures from magazines to represent things that they do and do not like.  The students have to have two sentences with pictures for each of the following verbs: gustar, encantar, interesar, importar, quedar, fascinar, faltar and aburrir.  Students will have more time to finish this project in class tomorrow. 
 

Homework:

-No new written assignment.
-Jerry Garcia biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, November 9, 2012.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Today was a 1/2 Day

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up
-Students copied the Unit 3 Lesson 2 vocabulary including months and numbers.
-Students completed the vocabulary handout for this lesson. 


Homework:
-Workbook pages 122 - 124.
-Antonia Hernandez biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, November 9, 2012.

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up 
-Students copied the Unit 3 Lesson 2 vocabulary.
-Students completed the vocabulary handout for this lesson.

 

Homework:

-Workbook pages 122 - 124.
-Jerry Garcia biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, November 9, 2012.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up
-Students were given information about the format for the final exam.  There will be 3 parts: written, oral and multiple choice.
-Students corrected workbook pages.
-Students turned in their Dia de los Muertos materials: word search, KWL chart, mask and ofrenda. 
-Students had a few minutes to review for the Unit 3 Lesson 1 quiz.
-Students took the Unit 3 Lesson 1 quiz.

Homework:
-No new written assignment.
-Antonia Hernandez biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, November 9, 2012.

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up 
-Students were given information about the format for the final exam.  There will be 3 parts: written, oral and multiple choice.
-Students corrected workbook pages.
-Students turned in their Dia de los Muertos materials: word search and KWL chart. 
-Students had a few minutes to review for the Unit 3 Lesson 1 quiz.
-Students took the Unit 3 Lesson 1 quiz. 
 

Homework:

-No new written assignment.
-Jerry Garcia biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, November 9, 2012.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up
-Students read about the use of masks as part of the Dia de los Muertos celebration and then created their own masks.
-Students read about the importance of ofrendas during the celebration of Dia de los Muertos and drew a picture of an ofrenda. 


Homework:
-Go to www.classzone.com and take the Unit 3 Lesson 1 self check quiz.  Remember to email me your score by 7:30 AM on Monday, November 5. 
-Study for the Unit 3 Lesson 1 quiz on Monday, November 5.  Topics: 3.1 vocabulary, regular er and ir verbs in the present tense and the verb gustar with nouns. 

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up 
-Students created their own cursive name skulls - an art project shared with us by one our PV art teachers, Mrs. Cruse.
-Students participated in a class discussion of how the skeletons should look.
 

Homework:

-Go to www.classzone.com and take the Unit 3 Lesson 1 self check quiz.  Be sure to email me your score by 7:30 AM on Monday, November 5.
-Study for the Unit 3 Lesson 1 quiz on Monday, November 5.  Topics:  3.1 vocabulary, verbs with irregular yo forms in the present tense and verbs like gustar (encantar, interesar, etc.).

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Block 1  Spanish 1-2:
-Warm Up
-Students created a KWL chart about El Dia de los Muertos.
-Students watched 2 short videos about El Dia de los Muertos and took notes. 

Homework:
-No new written assignment.
-Oscar de la Hoya biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, November 2, 2012.

Blocks 2 and 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Warm Up 
-Students received their graded body parts quizzes.
-Students created a KWL chart about El Dia de los Muertos.
-Students watched 2 short videos about El Dia de los Muertos and took notes. 
 

Homework:

-No new written assignment.
-Maria Hinojosa biography email is due by 7:30 am Friday, November 2, 2012.