Monday, August 18, 2014

Block 1  Spanish 3-4 Honors:

-Students  completed the warm up activity.  
-Students took the 1st timed verb pretest over 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs in the present tense.
-Students practiced their dialogs with their partners. 
-Students completed the 4 stations to review concepts from Spanish 1-2: gustar, estar, ir and vocabulary.  The work from all four stations was turned in today. 

-Important web sites/addresses:  

  1.  my email: wwilson@pvlearners.net

  2.  class blog:  bienvenidospvhs.blogspot.com

  3.  Twitter: @bienvenidospvhs
  4.  Infinite Campus: https://ic.pvschools.net

  5.  text site:  www.classzone.co

Homework:

-Rita Moreno email due by 7:30 am, Friday, Augst 22, 2014.  This must be submitted using pvlearners.  Remember to explain why Ms. Moreno's work is important to you.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.  
-Create a bingo card using the handout that I gave you.  The front should have 25 Spanish words (one per box) from the preliminary lesson vocabulary list.  The corresponding boxes on the back should have 13 English translations and 12 pictures (one per box).
-Study for the preliminary lesson quiz this Thursday.  Topics: regular AR, ER and IR verbs in the present tense, lesson vocabulary, ser, tener, ir, estar and stem changing verbs in the present tense.
-Study for the timed verb post test over verbs in the present tense Friday, August 22, 2014.  This will cover 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs.
-Binder Checks this week.

Blocks 2 & 4  Spanish 3-4:

-Students completed the warm up activity.
-Students took the 1st timed verb pretest over 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs in the present tense.  
-Students completed all of the remaining stations to review concepts from Spanish 1-2 from last Thursay: gustar, ir, estar and vocabulary.  The work from all stations was turned in today. 

-Important web sites/addresses:

  1.  my email: wwilson@pvlearners.net
  2.  class blog: bienvenidospvhs.blogspot.com
  3.  Twitter: @bienvenidospvhs
  4.  Infinite Campus: https://ic.pvschools.net
  5.  text site:  www.classzone.com


Homework:
-Rita Moreno email due by 7:30 am, Friday, Augst 22, 2014.  This must be submitted using pvlearners.  Remember to explain why Ms. Moreno's work is important to you.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.  
-Make a bingo card using the handout that I gave you in class.  Each box on the front should contain 1 Spanish word from the list on page 29.  In the corresponding boxes on the back of the card, you should have 13 English translations and 12 pictures (one per box).
-Study for the preliminary lesson quiz on Thursday, August 21.  Topics:  regular AR, ER and IR verbs in the present tense, lesson vocabulary, ser, ir, tener, estar and stem changing verbs in the present tense. 
-Study for the timed verb post test over verbs in the present tense Friday, August 22, 2014.  This will cover 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs.
-Binder Checks this week.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Blocks 1 & 2  Spanish 3-4:

-Students  completed the warm up activity.  
-Students reviewed regular played Tic Tac Toe using regular and irregular verbs in the present tense.
-Students worked on their dialogs with their partners. 
-Students worked on their preliminary lesson vocabulary lists.  These could be created on paper or digitally. 
-Today was yearbook picture day and photo ID day.  Because students were pulled out throughout the period, the timed verb test will be on Monday.

-Important web sites/addresses:  

  1.  my email: wwilson@pvlearners.net

  2.  class blog:  bienvenidospvhs.blogspot.com

  3.  Twitter: @bienvenidospvhs
  4.  Infinite Campus: https://ic.pvschools.net

  5.  text site:  www.classzone.co

Homework:

-No new written assignment.
-Study for the timed verb pretest over verbs in the present tense Monday, August 18, 2014.  This will cover 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs.
-Bring a binder and five dividers to class next Monday.

Block 4  Spanish 3-4 Honors:

-Students completed the warm up activity.
-Students played Tic Tac Toe using regular and irregular verbs in the present tense.  
-Students worked on their preliminary lesson vocabulary lists.  These could be created on paper or digitally.
-Because students were pulled out for pictures for IDs and the yearbook, the timed verb test has been moved to Monday.   

-Important web sites/addresses:

  1.  my email: wwilson@pvlearners.net
  2.  class blog: bienvenidospvhs.blogspot.com
  3.  Twitter: @bienvenidospvhs
  4.  Infinite Campus: https://ic.pvschools.net
  5.  text site:  www.classzone.com


Homework:
-No new written assignment.
-Study for the timed verb pretest over verbs in the present tense Monday, August 18, 2014.  This will cover 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs.
-Bring a binder and five dividers to class next Monday.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

**School Pictures will be this Friday, August 15, 2014** 

 

Blocks 1 & 2  Spanish 3-4:

-Students  completed the warm up activity.  
-Students brainstormed a list of questions that they learned how to ask and answer in Spanish 1-2.
-Students practiced conjugating regular AR, ER and IR verbs in the present tense. 
-Students participated in 3 of 4 stations to review concepts from Spanish 1-2: gustar, estar, ir and vocabulary.  The fourth station will be completed tomorrow. 

-Important web sites/addresses:  

  1.  my email: wwilson@pvlearners.net

  2.  class blog:  bienvenidospvhs.blogspot.com

  3.  Twitter: @bienvenidospvhs
  4.  Infinite Campus: https://ic.pvschools.net

  5.  text site:  www.classzone.co

Homework:

-Luis Walter Alvarez email due by 7:30 am, Friday, Augst 15, 2014.  This must be submitted using pvlearners.  Remember to explain why Dr. Alvarez's work is important to you.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.  
-Write a 7 sentence paragraph in Spanish.  Use each of the following verbs at least once in the present tense: 1 regular AR, 1 regular ER, 1 regular IR, ser, ir, tener and estar.
-Study for the timed verb pretest over verbs in the present tense Friday, August 15, 2014.  This will cover 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs.
-Bring a binder and five dividers to class next Monday.

Block 4  Spanish 3-4 Honors:

-Students completed the warm up activity.
-Students in block 2 practiced conjugating regular AR, ER and IR verbs in the present tense.  
-Students completed 3 of 4 stations to review concepts from Spanish 1-2: gustar, ir, estar and vocabulary.  The fourth station will be completed tomorrow. 

-Important web sites/addresses:

  1.  my email: wwilson@pvlearners.net
  2.  class blog: bienvenidospvhs.blogspot.com
  3.  Twitter: @bienvenidospvhs
  4.  Infinite Campus: https://ic.pvschools.net
  5.  text site:  www.classzone.com


Homework:
-Luis Walter Alvarez email due by 7:30 am, Friday, Augst 15, 2014.  This must be submitted using pvlearners.  Remember to explain why Dr. Alvarez's work is important to you.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.  
-Write 7 sentences in the present tense using the following verbs: 1 regular AR verb, 1 regular ER verb, 1 regular IR verb, ser, ir, tener and estar.
-Study for the timed verb pretest over verbs in the present tense Friday, August 15, 2014.  This will cover 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs.
-Bring a binder and five dividers to class next Monday.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

**School Pictures will be this Friday, August 15, 2014**

Blocks 1 & 2  Spanish 3-4:

-Students turned in their homework.
-Students  completed their first warm up activity.  
-Students viewed the sample famous person paragraph.
-Students took the course pretest.

-Important web sites/addresses:  

  1.  my email: wwilson@pvlearners.net

  2.  class blog:  bienvenidospvhs.blogspot.com

  3.  Twitter: @bienvenidospvhs
  4.  Infinite Campus: https://ic.pvschools.net

  5.  text site:  www.classzone.co

Homework:

-Luis Walter Alvarez email due by 7:30 am, Friday, Augst 15, 2014.  This must be submitted using pvlearners.  Remember to explain why Dr. Alvarez's work is important to you.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.  
-No new written assignment.
-Study for the timed verb pretest over verbs in the present tense Friday, August 15, 2014.  This will cover 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs.
-Bring a binder and five dividers to class next Monday.

Block 4  Spanish 3-4 Honors:

-Students turned in their homework.  
-Students completed their first warm up activity.
-Students viewed the sample famous person paragraph.  
-Students took the course pretest.  

-Important web sites/addresses:
  1.  my email: wwilson@pvlearners.net
  2.  class blog: bienvenidospvhs.blogspot.com
  3.  Twitter: @bienvenidospvhs
  4.  Infinite Campus: https://ic.pvschools.net
  5.  text site:  www.classzone.com


Homework:
-Luis Walter Alvarez email due by 7:30 am, Friday, Augst 15, 2014.  This must be submitted using pvlearners.  Remember to explain why Dr. Alvarez's work is important to you.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.  
-No new written assignment.
-Study for the timed verb pretest over verbs in the present tense Friday, August 15, 2014.  This will cover 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs.
-Bring a binder and five dividers to class next Monday.

Sample Famous Person Paragraph

Sample Paragraph

Follow the model below as you work on your paragraphs for your famous individuals.

Oscar Hijuelos is a novelist who was born in New York City in 1951.  His parents were from Cuba and wanted their son to have a strong understanding of his heritage. For this reason, they taught him only Spanish.  When Mr. Hijuelos was about four years old, he was diagnosed with a kidney disorder and he was placed in a home for terminally ill children.  The isolation that he felt during the two years that he was living in the home eventually led to his desire to express himself in writing.  After college, Oscar went to work for an advertising company and began writing short stories.  He went on to write The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love.  The novel became a bestseller before being made into a movie.   Mr. Hijuelos was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for this work in 1990 and he is still considered one of the primary voices of the experiences of Cubans emigrating to the United States.   His work is important to me because it provides an opportunity for me to understand what it was like for people who moved from Cuba to the United States.  In addition, the movie, Mambo Kings, led to a mambo revival, which re-introduced that style of music in the United States. 

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Welcome Back to the 2014 - 2014 School Year

**School Pictures will be this Friday, August 15, 2014**

Blocks 1 & 2  Spanish 3-4:

-Students completed a student information sheet.
-Students in block 2 received their school picture information and their Pride Guides.  
-Students listened as the teacher introduced herself in Spanish.  Students made a list of the information that they understood.
-Students completed a Find Someone Who activity.
-Students wrote a paragraph about themselves in Spanish as their first writing sample.
-Students completed a round table activity to brainstorm vocabulary from a variety of categories that they studied in Spanish 1-2.

-Important web sites/addresses:  

  1.  my email: wwilson@pvlearners.net

  2.  class blog:  bienvenidospvhs.blogspot.com

  3.  Twitter: @bienvenidospvhs
  4.  Infinite Campus: https://ic.pvschools.net

  5.  text site:  www.classzone.co

Homework:

-Luis Walter Alvarez email due by 7:30 am, Friday, Augst 15, 2014.  This must be submitted using pvlearners.  Remember to explain why Dr. Alvarez's work is important to you.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.  
-Write an 8 sentence paragraph in Spanish describing your family.  This is due tomorrow.
-Study for the timed verb pretest over verbs in the present tense Friday, August 15, 2014.  This will cover 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs.
-Bring a binder and five dividers to class next Monday.

Block 4  Spanish 3-4 Honors:

-Students completed a student information sheet.  
-Students listened as the teacher introduced herself in Spanish.  Students made a list of the information that they understood.
-Students completed a Find Someone Who activity.  
-Students wrote a paragraph about themselves in Spanish as their first writing sample.
-Students completed a round table activity to brainstorm vocabulary from a variety of categories that they studied in Spanish 1-2.

-Important web sites/addresses:
  1.  my email: wwilson@pvlearners.net
  2.  class blog: bienvenidospvhs.blogspot.com
  3.  Twitter: @bienvenidospvhs
  4.  Infinite Campus: https://ic.pvschools.net
  5.  text site:  www.classzone.com


Homework:
-Luis Walter Alvarez email due by 7:30 am, Friday, Augst 15, 2014.  This must be submitted using pvlearners.  Remember to explain why Dr. Alvarez's work is important to you.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.  
-Write an 8 sentence paragraph in Spanish describing your family.  This is due tomorrow.
-Study for the timed verb pretest over verbs in the present tense Friday, August 15, 2014.  This will cover 2 regular verbs and 2 irregular verbs.
-Bring a binder and five dividers to class next Monday.



 

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back to the 2014 - 2015 School Year!

I am looking forward to a terrific year.