The Week Before Break

8th grade Spanish students now have their most recent grades updated on Infinite Campus. Please make note of any of the TPR stories that are missing and be sure to hand them in. For parents unfamiliar with TPRS please see the explanation below:

TPR Storytelling (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling TPRS) is method of teaching foreign languages where a mixture of reading and storytelling help students learn Spanish in the classroom setting. The method works in three steps: 1.) Vocabulary structures are learned and are taught using a combination translation, gestures, and personalized questions. 2.) Those structures are used in a spoken class story; and finally, 3.) These same structures are used in a class reading. Throughout these 3 steps, the teacher will use a sumber of techniques to help make sure the target language is comprehensible to students; including careful limiting of vocabulary, the constant asking of comprehension questions, frequent comprehension checks and very short grammar explanations known as "pop-up grammar."

7th grade Spanish students worked with two stories surrounding "La Escuela" (School). The stories included:
* Pobre Ana y su horario (Poor Ana and her school schedule!)
* Un Estudiante Loco ( A crazy student)
These two stories must be handed in before the winter break. 

6th grade Spanish students are using body parts, emotions, and descriptive words to describe how others look and feel. Students are also expressing their feelings using "me duele..." (My  _______ hurts). Students will be able to express what is bothering them physically to a doctor.