Friday, February 16, 2018

Enjoy February Break!

Intermediate I Spanish students have continued their last novela of the school year called "Piratas." Students will follow the characters as they encounter new fiascos/adventures in every chapter. Students learn different structures in Spanish with each chapter. Students are asked guiding questions both written and orally.  The following chapter was featured:
* Capítulo dos: "Una pistola especial" (Chapter 2: A Special Pistol)
* Pre-Reading #2: Henry Morgan y los Bucaneros

Novice II students continued their first novela of the year called "El Nuevo Houdini" (The New Houdini). Students will follow the character, Brandon Brown, as he encounters new fiascos/adventures in every chapter. Students learn different structures in Spanish with each video. Students are asked guiding questions both written and orally. The following activities were completed this week:

* Capítulo dos: "¡Adiós!" (Chapter 2: Good-bye!)
* Capítulo tres: "El carro no funciona" (Chapter 3: The Car Doesn't Work)


Novice I Spanish students have cotinued working with their first novela called "Las aventuras de Isabela." Students will read this 10 chapter book entirely in Spanish with a focus on different verbal and written structures with each chapter. This week we read:

* Capítulo tres: "Las estatuas" (Chapter 3: The Statues)
* Capítulo cuatro: "El caballito (y otras aventuras)" (Chapter 4: The Horsey [and other adventures])

Wishing all students and families a safe and relaxing winter break. See you in one week! :-)

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

New Books early February

Intermediate I Spanish students began their last novela of the school year called "Piratas."Students will follow the characters as they encounter new fiascos/adventures in every chapter. Students learn different structures in Spanish with each chapter. Students are asked guiding questions both written and orally.  The following chapter was featured:
* Pre-reading "El Caribe"
* Capítulo uno: Rumores (Chapter 1: Rumors)

Novice II students began their first novela of the year called "El Nuevo Houdini" (The New Houdini). Students will follow the character, Brandon Brown, as he encounters new fiascos/adventures in every chapter. Students learn different structures in Spanish with each video. Students are asked guiding questions both written and orally. The following activities were completed this week:

* Harry Houdini pre-reading 
* Capítulo uno: Una situación horrible (Chapter 1: A Horrible Situation)


Novice I Spanish students kicked off 2017 off with their first novela called "Las aventuras de Isabela." Students will read this 10 chapter book entirely in Spanish with a focus on different verbal and written structures with each chapter. This week we read:
* Yo soy Isabela (I am Isabela)
* Yo saco fotografías (I take photographs)

Students also reviewed their first two chapters in a Kahoot activity to gauge their understanding of our character and the events that occur. So far they have been great participants and actors for our stories!