8th grade Spanish students have been learning "La Hora" or telling time. Students have learned how to read a schedule, how to communicate early, late, and on-time, and how to ask for the time and respond accordingly in Spanish. Next week they have a quiz (Monday for blue day and Tuesday for red). Please be studying and practicing. Tell your parents what time it is!
7th grade Spanish students had an abbreviated Spanish week due to field trips but were able to continue their TPR unit. This week we read:
* Charlie el canguro
Students learn different structures in Spanish with each chapter. Students are asked guiding questions both written and orally and are asked to act in different scenarios each chapter.
6th grade Spanish students have been reviewing their knowledge of "tengo" "me gusta" and "quiero" as well as reporting the date and age of themselves and others. This week they completed an activity called "Se busca" in which they described themselves in appearance, personality, birthday, likes/dislikes, age, name and gender.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Friday, September 18, 2015
Off to a great start!
8th grade Spanish students have been learning "La Hora" in class. They have been learning how to tell time in Spanish and ask for the time from others. They are also learning how military time is used in Spanish speaking places and learning vocab associated with time (late, early, in the morning, at night, midnight, noon, etc).
7th grade Spanish students have started their first TPR unit and we have read 2 stories:
* Kevin va a la jungla (Kevin goes to the jungle)
* Relajáte (Relax)
Students learn different structures in Spanish with each chapter. Students are asked guiding questions both written and orally and are asked to act in different scenarios each chapter.
6th grade Spanish students have been reviewing their knowledge of cognates, false cognates, and sentence structures from elementary school. They started this review with the story, "Una vacación en México."
Students learn different structures in Spanish with each chapter. Students are asked guiding questions both written and orally and are asked to act in different scenarios each chapter.
7th grade Spanish students have started their first TPR unit and we have read 2 stories:
* Kevin va a la jungla (Kevin goes to the jungle)
* Relajáte (Relax)
Students learn different structures in Spanish with each chapter. Students are asked guiding questions both written and orally and are asked to act in different scenarios each chapter.
6th grade Spanish students have been reviewing their knowledge of cognates, false cognates, and sentence structures from elementary school. They started this review with the story, "Una vacación en México."
Students learn different structures in Spanish with each chapter. Students are asked guiding questions both written and orally and are asked to act in different scenarios each chapter.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
¡Bienvenidos! Welcome Back!
¡Buenos días! I hope all students and parents had a restful and relaxing summer. I am excited to be starting this fresh new year with some fantastic veteran 7th and 8th graders, and I am thrilled to be meeting my incoming 6th graders.
The first week of school we will be reviewing the routines and procedures in our classroom. We are also reviewing content from last year and we will use that prior knowledge as a springboard for a productive 2015-2016 Spanish year. In my previous post, I have provided links to some Spanish websites that students utilized last year and are also ones that my new 6th graders will find very accessible. I am going to strongly encourage students to take 10-15 minutes for the next week or so, to review. I am hoping that the games will jog some memories so all students will start this year in the right mindset and in a good place.
I am also providing the standards for foreign language so parents/students can access what curriculum looks like at the national level. If you have any questions I would be happy to answer them. Here's to a great year!
The ACTFL (American Council of Teaching Foreign Languages can be found at the following link:
http://www.actfl.org/publications/all/national-standards-foreign-language-education
Refresh yourselves!
Just a reminder that the following links should be bookmarked by all 6th graders:
www.spanishspanish.com
(This website has the toenail game, number scramble, funny body parts. etc)
www.quia.com/shared/spanish
(Quia has Jeopardy [aka Challenge Board], Battleship, Hangman, Who Wants to be a Millionnairre [aka Rags to Riches], etc).
www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish
(This is "Mi Vida Loca" the Spanish murder mystery that has 24 interactive episodes.)
www.duolingo.com
(This is like a Rosetta Stone for kids. If students have not created an account, please do so. You need an email address to create an account. You may use your student ID # @portlandschools.org if you do not have your own email. Example:12345@portlandschools.org)
www.learnspanishtoday.com/learning_module
(This is "Build a Burrito," it has not been working lately, but it is a speed game that helps with vocabulary).
Our preferred online Spanish/English dictionary.
Just a reminder that the following apps should be downloaded on iPads by all 7th and 8th graders:
Duolingo Spanish
(This is like a Rosetta Stone for kids. If students have not created an account, please do so. You need an email address to create an account. You may use your student ID # @portlandschools.org if you do not have your own email. Example: 12345@portlandschools.org)
Spanish Mindsnacks
(This a game site that works with Spanish expressions/vocabulary)
CatAcademy
Learn Spanish from cats!
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