la semana del 30 de enero al 3 de febrero

By Marisue Gleason on January 30, 2012 8:43 AM | No Comments
lunes, el 30 de enero
We will start off with a quiz over -AR verbs. Please refer back to last week for practice sites.  We will then review telling time, TENER, other -AR verbs, and the vocabulary that students have already had a quiz on.  We will then play with our new cut out representations of ourselves reviewing all concepts from Unidad 2, lección 1.

tarea: wb pages 65-67

miércoles, el 1 de febrero
We will start off with new vocabulary from page 145 in the textbook.  This starts Unidad 2 lección 2.  We will spend the class playing games to be introduced to the new vocabulary from page 145 in the textbook.

tarea: students need to make flashcards of the new vocabulary either by hand, or with an online program.

viernes, el 3 de enero
We will start off by watching the video that accompanies Unidad 2 lección 2, which focuses on Mexico.  We will then move on to reviewing our vocabulary and an introduction to the verb ESTAR.

tarea: 74-77 in the workbook

la semana del 23 al 27 de enero

By Marisue Gleason on January 23, 2012 8:54 AM | No Comments
martes, el 24 de enero
First off, we will start by reviewing pages 57-59 in the workbook.
Then we will review our vocabulary from page 117 in the textbook.
We will continue by reviewing TENER, telling time, and present tense -AR verbs.  Here is a website to help practice -AR verbs: 

TAREA Homework is that there will be a quiz on the vocabulary from page 117 in the textbook next class.

jueves, el 26 de enero
We will start class off with a quiz over the vocabulary from page 117 in the textbook.
We will continue with our review of telling time, TENER, and -AR verbs.  We will play many games involving -AR verbs.

TAREA  For Tuesday, students will have a quiz on -AR verbs.  They need to be able to put an -AR verb into all its forms and be able to fill in the blanks given a sentence with the verb missing.  Here are some practice pages: 1, 2, 3

la semana del 17 al 20 de enero

By Marisue Gleason on January 17, 2012 9:12 AM | No Comments
miércoles, el 18 de enero
1) repaso de 51-53, finally!
2) We will review voabulary
3) We will then play some games having to do with telling time and saying AT what time you do certain things.

TAREA You will have a quiz on telling time.

Here are some sites that may be helpful for review: 1, 2, 3

viernes, el 20 de enero
1) Telling time quiz
2) pgs 105-106 texto about telling time
3) introduction to -AR verbs

TAREA 57-59 WB

la semana del 9 al 13 de enero

By Marisue Gleason on January 9, 2012 8:38 AM | No Comments
lunes, el 9 de enero
La tarea (homework) for today was to practice vocab page 117 in the textbook.  We have now started Unit 2 lesson 1.  This unit covers telling time, the verb tener (to have), present tense -ar verbs like hablar, estudiar, caminar, etc., and vocabulary having to do with school.

Today we will play Simón dice (Simon says) with the new vocabulary from page 117, as well as Pictionary to help us get acquainted with this new vocabulary.  As well, we will review pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, you guys (in Spanish of course) so we can start working with the verb TENER (to have).

TAREA
54-56 WB

miércoles, el 11 de enero
We will start off by reviewing the workbook activities.  Then we will review the vocabulary from page 117 in the textbook.  Next we will review TENER, talking about what classes everyone has.  And lastly we will learn to tell time. Here is a good website for practice with telling time in Spanish.

TAREA:  51-53 workbook

viernes, el 13 de enero
Today we will start off by playing the vocabulary game where students need to identify the vocabulary word being defined, in Spanish, from their vocabulary.  Next, we will go over the verb TENER talking about what classes we have and at what time we have them (reviewing telling time).

TAREA: quiz on telling time

la semana del 3 al 6 de enero

By Marisue Gleason on January 3, 2012 8:10 AM | No Comments
martes, el 3 de enero de 2012
¡Prospero año nuevo!

First off, we will review the vocabulary from pages 83 and 55 of our textbook to reacquaint ourselves with the Spanish we may not have been speaking over break.  Then we will review the concepts of "the" and "a/an" as well as the verb SER and GUSTAR. We will move on to review adjectives (describing words) and how in Spanish they match the noun (person, place or thing) they are describing in number and gender.  This can be found on page 72 of the textbook.

tarea: flashcards of the vocabulary on page 117 of the textbook

jueves, el 5 de enero
As we are entering a new unit, Unit 2, we will watch the video that accompanies the unit that is set in Mexico, as well as a travel video that covers Mexico City.  We will also go over the new vocabulary on page 117 of the textbook.

tarea: study the vocabulary from page 117 of the textbook

la semana del 12 al 16 de diciembre

By Marisue Gleason on December 12, 2011 8:02 AM | No Comments
Both Tuesday and Thursday this week we will be working on piñatas for the holiday season.  We will learn the history of the piñata before we have our foray into making them.

The only homework is to bring newspapers on Tuesday to help make the piñata.

la semana del 5 de diciembre al 9 de diciembre

By Marisue Gleason on December 5, 2011 7:45 AM | No Comments
lunes, el 5 de diciembre:
First we will review the workbook pages 30-32 that covers adjective and noun agreement.
We will then work on pages 33, 34 and 35 in the workbook that reviews some listening, speaking and reading with adjective noun agreement.
After that, we will move on to reviewing SER, subject pronouns, articles, and adjectives.
 
Tarea: Quiz on articles (el, la, los, las, un, una, unos, and unas)

miércoles, el 7 de diciembre:
Students will start with their quiz on articles.
We will then review the vocabulary for Unidad 1, lección 2 with charades and piccionario.
Lastly we will review SER with adjectives.

Tarea: Vocab quiz Unidad 1 lección 2

viernes, el 9 de diciembre:
Students will start with a quiz on the vocabulary.
We will then play jeopardy with the other concepts from Unidad 1 lecciones 1, and 2.

Tarea: Bring in newspapers for making piñatas.

NEXT WEEK:
We will be making piñatas on Tuesday and Thursday

la semana del 28 de noviembre al 2 de diciembre

By Marisue Gleason on November 28, 2011 8:19 AM | No Comments
lunes, el 28 de noviembre
We will start off with a review of the new vocabulary from page 83 of the textbook.
Then we will review articles (el, la, los and las, as well as indefinite ones: un, una, unos, and unas) and the verb SER, which means TO BE.

tarea: 26-29 WB

miércoles, el 30 de noviembre
We will start by reviewing our homework, pages 26-29 in the workbook.
We will then review articles (el, la, los, las AND un, una, unos, and unas).
We will move on to adjectives, which match words in number and gender.
As well, we will practice our vocabulary with piccionario and charadas.

tarea: 30-32 WB DUE ON MONDAY!


la semana del día de acción de dar las gracias

By Marisue Gleason on November 21, 2011 8:22 AM | No Comments
lunes, el 21 de noviembre:
We will review page 83 flashcards and play piccionario and charadas with the new words.  We will also start working with articles (el, la, los, and las) and ajectives (bajo/a/s, alto/a/s).  

tarea: just study the new vocab from page 83 in the textbook.

la semana del 14 al 18 de noviembre

By Marisue Gleason on November 14, 2011 7:52 AM | No Comments
martes, el 15 de noviembre
Last class we reviewed the homework, GUSTAR, SER and subject pronouns. We will continue to review these concepts in class today.  On Thursday, we will have a quiz on the countries of Latin America, where they are located.  As well, we will have a quiz on vocabulary.

Tarea: Study for the quiz on the countries (refer to a past blog entry for the interactive map) and the quiz on vocabulary  p. 55 of the textbook. (check here for an interactive website to study)

jueves, el 17 de noviembre
Quiz on the countries and another on vocabulary from page 55 of the textbook.
The second half of the class we will watch a video on San Antonio, Texas and talk about why Texas is included in our Spanish book!

Tarea: Make flashcards, or use an online program to do so, for the vocabulary from page 83 of the textbook.
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