Thursday, November 5, 2015

Unit 2a Mi escuela

download vocabulary

This is a big unit. We will finish this unit after Thanksgiving. Students will be given a study guide to complete over the Thanksgiving break.

In this unit students will be able to:


  • Discuss class subjects, class periods, materials needed for the class and adjectives to describe the classes.
  • Identify and use subject pronouns appropriately in Spanish.
  • Write and speak in complete sentences using -ar verbs in the present tense.



Project #1

Project #2
Call in speaking assessment
Due by 11/20/15  11/30/15



Tuesday, October 27, 2015

¿Y tú ?¿Cómo eres? Personality unit!

In this unit students will meet the following objectives:

  • Students will be able to give simple descriptions.
  • Students will be able to ask and tell what someone's personality is like.
  • Students will be able to describe their personality.
  • Students will be able to understand while listening and reading about personality.

Vocabulary:  http://www.mrsshirley.net/powerpoint/realidades/vocabulary/real1vocab/SP1Vocab1-B.ppt
TicTacToe project due Monday
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65YMWmKmFC4V2k3MG5ZUzBqOTA/view?usp=sharing

Vocabulary list download:  http://www.phschool.com/atschool/realidades/pdfs/repaso/L1_Capitulo_1B.pdf

Quia link: http://www.quia.com/quiz/5063432.html


Monday, October 5, 2015

¿Qué te gusta hacer? Unit

In this unit we will be learning the following:

Unit Standards:
Communicative and cultural objectives:
Communication: Interpersonal-Students will be able to ask and tell what they and others like to do and dislike doing.
Students will be able to express agreement as others share what they like and dislike doing.
Interpretive-Students will be able to comprehend while listening to information about likes and dislikes.
Presentational-Students will be able to express orally and in writing what activities they and others like and dislike.
Culture-Students will be able to identify different types of dances in Spanish speaking countries.

Connections- Students will be able to identify cognates while reading to improve comprehension.

Comparisons: Students will be able to compare infinitive verbs in Spanish and English to gain a deeper understanding of both language structures.

Communities: Students will create advertisements for the Hispanic Heritage Fiesta to advertise activities one likes and can participate in.


We are on a modified schedule so this unit will extend into next week.

Vocabulary:  http://www.phschool.com/atschool/realidades/pdfs/repaso/L1_Capitulo_1A.pdf

General concepts

Vocabulary pronunciation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXfokQ4NLRc
How-to express likes and dislikes: Powtoon on Youtube "Concepts"

Vocabulary Quiz: Thursday 10/15/15
Quia;
Unit test: Monday 10/19/15
http://tinyurl.com/megusta2015




Friday, September 11, 2015

weather unit


Objectives for this unit: Students will be able to ask and tell about the weather. 
Students will understand while listening and reading about the weather.
Students will ask tell what one wears during different seasons and weather.


Notes handout :   I lost my notes so I can download them at this link.
Vocabulary PowerPoint download
Quia Activity
Quizlet practice: https://quizlet.com/90742982/level-i-spanish-weather-flash-cards/

Students will create a weather report that is due by Thursday November 17, 2015.
Quiz on weather will be on Thursday, November 17, 2015.

El Pronostico del Tiempo: The weather project is due on Friday, November 18, 2015. Students were given the following project guidelines.

Students must videotape their presentation and submit it to me by Friday, November 18, 2015.
THIS IS A PROJECT GRADE WORTH 40%.


Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Month. days, date, alphabet

Quiz Thursday 9/3/15

In this unit students will be able to:
- name the letters in the Spanish alphabet and spell with them.
-understand while reading and listening to someone provide information using the alphabet.
-ask and tell the date.
-identify and discuss days and months in Spanish.
-Understand while reading and listening to information about the date days and months.




Notes handout: download




Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Numbers and time

The quiz over numbers and time will be Thursday, 8/27/15. Students will complete 2 Quia assignments.

Quia 1: http://www.quia.com/quiz/5419967.html

Quia 2 http://www.quia.com/quiz/4896595.html


Homework:  Numbers practice and time sheet.

Students practice asking and telling  telephone numbers. 
¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?=What is your telephone number.
We are working on a listening practice and a speaking practice using telephone numbers.

Students are still filming performance tasks from the previous unit.

Helpful resources:
Online practice activities   http://www.quia.com/jg/761189.html   numbers
                                           https://quizlet.com/46423645/los-numeros-0-100-flash-cards/ numbers
                                           http://www.quia.com/shared/search? time

Friday, August 21, 2015

Mini unit Numbers and Time

We are learning the Spanish numbers 0-100 and time
Notes handout for Friday https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65YMWmKmFC4LTUtUVp1cmhYbGc/view?usp=sharing

 Fun ways to practice your numbers can be found here
http://www.quia.com/jg/822105.html
http://quizlet.com/7525192/los-numeros-0-100-su-espanol-flash-cards/
We will have a test over numbers and time Wednesday, August 26.

Classwork: Numbers and time Quia http://www.quia.com/quiz/4896595.html