Thursday, April 30, 2015

It's Spirit Week!

Today was Twin Day.

Tomorrow is Favorite Team Day.

Block 1  Spanish 3-4 Honors:

-Students  completed the warm up.
-Students turned in their April homework calendars.
-Students received their May calendars.
-Students were told about the dates and formats for the various parts of the final exam.
-Students wrote a rough draft of their own original legends. 
-Students worked on their comprehension activities for chapter 5 of Pobre Ana.
-Students played Ataque to practice the imperfect tense.

Homework:

-Joan Baez biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, May 1, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Ms. Baez's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.
-Workbook pages 176 and 179.
-8th timed verb post test this Friday over regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.

Block 2  Spanish 1-2:

-Students completed the warm up.
-Students turned in their April homework calendars.
-Students received their May homework calendars.
-Students were told about the dates and formats for the various parts of the final exam.
-Students played Tic Tac Toe to practice stem changing verbs. 
-Students completed a dictation activity to practice writing sentences in Spanish. 
 
 
Homework:

-Desi Arnaz biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, May 1, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Mr. Arnaz's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog. 
-Workbook pages 174 and 175.






Block 5  Spanish 3-4:

-Students completed the warm up. 
-Students turned in their April homework calendars.
-Students received their May homework calendars.
-Students were told about the dates and formats for the various parts of the final exam.
-Students read about past participles and completed a practice handout using them.
-Students played the dice game to practice the imperfect tense.

Homework:

-Joan Baez biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, May 1, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Ms. Baez's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.
-Workbook pages 151 and 152.
-8th timed verb post test this Friday over regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

It's Spirit Week!

Today was Workout Wednesday.

Tomorrow is Twin Day.

Block 1  Spanish 3-4 Honors:

-Students  completed the warm up.
-Students corrected the workbook pages from last night.
-Students practiced past participles.
-Students started reading chapter 5 of Pobre Ana aloud with a partner. 
-Students received the handouts for chapter 5 of Pobre Ana and completed the listening comprehension activity for this chapter.
-Students took notes on the following irregular verbs in the preterite: venir, querer, decir and traer.
-Students played the dice game to practice irregular verbs in the preterite.

Homework:

-Joan Baez biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, May 1, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Ms. Baez's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.
-Workbook pages 177 and 178.
-8th timed verb post test this Friday over regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.

Block 2  Spanish 1-2:

-Students completed the warm up.
-Students finished playing vocabulary bingo.
-Students took notes on e -> i and o -> ue stem changing verbs.
-Students played a verb dice game to practice these two types of stem changing verbs.
-Students completed the first side of a handout to practice e -> i stem changing verbs.

 
Homework:

-Desi Arnaz biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, May 1, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Mr. Arnaz's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog. 
-Workbook pages 177 and 178.






Block 5  Spanish 3-4:

-Students  completed the warm up.
-Students finished playing vocabulary bingo.
-Students completed a practice sheet using the imperfect tense.
-Students played Ataque using the imperfect tense. 

Homework:

-Joan Baez biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, May 1, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Ms. Baez's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.
-No new written assignment.
-8th timed verb post test this Friday over regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

It's Spirit Week!

Today was Tie Dye Day.

Tomorrow is Workout Wednesday.

Today was a 1/2 day for students.

Block 1  Spanish 3-4 Honors:

-Students  completed the warm up.
-Students participated in a class discussion about Jorge Mas Canosa and took notes on his accomplishments.
-Students shared their slides about the cities in Mexico that they selected to study.

Homework:

-Joan Baez biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, May 1, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Ms. Baez's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.
-Workbook pages 173 and 174.
-8th timed verb post test this Friday over regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.

Block 2  Spanish 1-2:

-Students completed the warm up.
-Students participated in a class discussion about Tito Puente and Judith Baca and took notes on their accomplishments. 
-Students listened to the introduction to the new vocabulary for 4.2.
-Students repeated the new vocabulary for 4.2.
-Students took turns reading the introduction to the new vocabulary aloud.
-Students worked with their table groups to translate a section of the introduction to the new vocabulary.

 
Homework:

-Desi Arnaz biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, May 1, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Mr. Arnaz's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog. 
-No new written assignment.






Block 5  Spanish 3-4:

-Students  completed the warm up.
-Students took notes on the imperfect tense: regular and irregular verbs.
-Students practiced the vocabulary from 4.1 by drawing pictures of words that were listed for them. 

Homework:

-Joan Baez biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, May 1, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Ms. Baez's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.
-No new written assignment.
-8th timed verb post test this Friday over regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.

Monday, April, 27, 2015

It's Spirit Week!

Today was PJ Day.

Tomorrow is Tie Dye Day.

Tomorrow is also a 1/2 day for students.

Block 1  Spanish 3-4 Honors:

-Students  watched a live Flamenco dance presentation.

Homework:

-Joan Baez biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, May 1, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Ms. Baez's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.
-No new written assignment
-8th timed verb post test this Friday over regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.

Block 2  Spanish 1-2:

-Students watched a live Flamenco dance presentation.

 
Homework:

-Desi Arnaz biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, May 1, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Mr. Arnaz's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog. 
-No new written assignment.






Block 5  Spanish 3-4:

-Students  watched a live Flamenco dance presentation.

Homework:

-Joan Baez biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, May 1, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Ms. Baez's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.
-No new written assignment.
-8th timed verb post test this Friday over regular and irregular verbs in the imperfect tense.

Friday, April 24, 2015

Block 1  Spanish 3-4 Honors:

-Students  completed the warm up.
-Students corrected the workbook pages from last night.
-Students played vocabulary bingo using the cards they made yesterday.
-Students took turns reading aloud from Chapter 4 of Pobre Ana. 

Homework:

-No new written assignment.

Block 2  Spanish 1-2:

-Students completed the warm up.
-Students copied the new vocabulary for 4.2.
-Students used the 4.2 vocabulary to create a bingo card.
-Students used the bingo cards they created to play bingo.  
-Students completed workbook pages 171 and 172.

 
Homework:

-Finish workbook pages 171 and 172 if they were not completed in class.






Block 5  Spanish 3-4:

-Students  completed the warm up.
-Students corrected the workbook pages from last night.
-Students used the bingo cards they created yesterday to play bingo.  
-Students repeated the new vocabulary words for this lesson.
-Students listened to the introduction to the new vocabulary for 4.1.

Homework:

-No new written assignment.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Block 1  Spanish 3-4 Honors:

-Students  completed the warm up.
-Students listened to the introduction to the new vocabulary for 4.2.
-Students took turns reading the introduction to the new vocabulary aloud.
-Students worked with their table groups to translate a portion of the introduction to the new vocabulary. 
-Students copied the new vocabulary for 4.2.
-Students made a bingo card using the new vocabulary from 4.2.

Homework:

-Jorge Mas Canosa biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, April 24, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Mr. Mas Canosa's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.
-Workbook pages 171 and 172.
-7th timed verb post test this Friday over verbs with irregular yo forms in the present tense.

Block 2  Spanish 1-2:

-Students completed the warm up.
-Students corrected the workbook pages from last night.
-Students turned in the workbook pages for 4.1.
-Students took the 4.1 lesson quiz.

 
Homework:

-Judith Baca biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, April 24, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Ms. Baca's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog. 
-No new written assignment.






Block 5  Spanish 3-4:

-Students  completed the warm up.
-Students copied the new vocabulary for 4.1.
-Students created a bingo card using the new vocabulary for 4.1.  
-Students finished reading the lectura for 3.2 and answered the comprehension questions.

Homework:

-Jorge Mas Canosa biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, April 24, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Mr. Mas Canosa's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.
-Workbook pages 148 and 149.
-7th timed verb post test this Friday over irregular verbs in the preterite.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Block 1  Spanish 3-4 Honors:

-Students  completed the warm up.
-Students corrected the workbook pages from last night.
-Students completed the 4.1 listening pages in the workbook.
-Students turned in the workbook pages for 4.1.
-Students turned in their handouts for Chapter 3 of Pobre Ana.
-Students took the 4.1 lesson quiz.

Homework:

-Jorge Mas Canosa biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, April 24, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Mr. Mas Canosa's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.
-No new written assignment
-7th timed verb post test this Friday over verbs with irregular yo forms in the present tense.

Block 2  Spanish 1-2:

-Students completed the warm up.
-Students corrected the workbook pages from last night.
-Students took notes on direct object pronouns and completed a practice activity using the pronouns.
-Students finished solving their word searches.
-Students quizzed a partner on vocabulary.


 
Homework:

-Judith Baca biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, April 24, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Ms. Baca's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog. 
-Workbook pages 154 and 155.
-Go to www.classzone.com and take the 4.1 self check quiz.  Remember to email me your score in pvlearners.
-Unit 4 Lesson 1 Quiz on Thursday.  Quiz topics: lesson vocabulary and stem changing verbs.





Block 5  Spanish 3-4:

-Students  completed the warm up.
-Students corrected the workbook pages from last night.
-Students turned in the workbook pages for 3.2.  
-Students played Ataque with irregular and stem changing verbs in the preterite.
-Students took the 3.2 lesson quiz.

Homework:

-Jorge Mas Canosa biography due by 7:30 am, Friday, April 24, 2015.  This must be submitted via Google Classroom.  Remember to explain why Mr. Mas Canosa's work is important to you and/or how it changed the world.  You can always look at the sample paragraph on the blog.
-No new written assignment.
-7th timed verb post test this Friday over irregular verbs in the preterite.