September 2010 Archives

This week is a short one due to conferences.  However we would only have class el martes y el jueves de cualquier forma.

This week we have class el lunes, el miércoles, y el viernes.

El lunes, 20 de septiembre:
The workbook pages 1-6 are due this day.  We will review them in class.

In class on the 20th, we will review the concepts of -ar, -er, and -ir verbs.  Also, we will review verbs that end in -GO in the yo form as well as irregular verbs like SER, ESTAR, and IR.   We will move on to adjectives and how they work.  As well, we will cover GUSTAR and the concepts of ir + a + infinitive.

Here are some websites to help review the concepts.
present tense verbs
verbs that end in GO in the yo form
SER, ESTAR, and IR
GUSTAR
IR + A + Infinitive
adjectives in Spanish

The homework will be pages 7-9 in the workbook.

El miércoles, 22 de septiembre:

We will review pages 7-9 in the workbook, review nationalities and where the countries in Latin America are located, review present tense verbs, adjectives, gustar, and ir + a + infintive.  Also, we will do a reading on pen pals.

Homework will be page 28 in the old textbook, or 32 in the new textbook.  Either book you have, it is the page before the review page.

El viernes, 24 de septiembre

We will go over the homework, the review page.

Then we will play jeopardía covering the concepts of chapter one.
Students will receive a study packet including an old exam that they can use as a practice exam. 

Here is an interactive map site to help learn the Caribbean and Central America.  Here's another for South America.

For martes, el 14 de septiembre, students need to have the alphabet fully memorized and will be having a quiz on numbers 1-1000.  During class on Tuesday, we will start chapter one in Ven Conmigo learning about Spain, specifically Andalucía, watching a video about Spain and learning the vocabulary associated with the chapter.  

Nosotros tenemos clase el 8 y el 10 de septiembre.
Para el 8 tenemos una prueba de los números de 1-100.  Aquí pueden practicar sus números en español.

No tenemos clase el 10 porque hay un picnic para los estudiantes de séptimo y octavo grado. 

Pero para el 14 de septiembre, tenemos una prueba de los números de 100-1000 y tenemos una prueba del alfabeto MEMORIZADO!!

Aquí pueden practicar los números de 100-1000.
Aquí pueden practicar el alfabeto.