jueves 5 de noviembre
We are now learning about the weather.
En Seattle llueve mucho. Hoy hace fresco y hace viento.
tarea
1)Complete flashcards for the describing the weather vocabulary.
2) Add ¿Qué tiempo hace? (weather exchange) to your dialogue. Read dialogue with a friend to make sure that it is organized and flows smoothly. This is the final part of your dialogue!!!!
3) If you are planning the re-take your geography vocabulary quiz…..STUDY!!! Remember your scores will be averaged.
miércoles 4 de noviembre
I missed you today while you were on you field trip!!
Tarea
Make sure monday's homework is done and STUDY YOUR GEOGRAPHY VOCAB!!! Quiz tomorrow.
lunes 2 de noviembre
A. Today we worked on sharing where you are from and asking someone else where they are from.
//¿De dónde eres? Where are you (inf) from? ¿Eres de _? Are you from _?
Soy de Paraguay. - I am from Paraguay.
Juan es de Seattle. - Juan is from Seattle.
Eres de Colombia. - You (informal) are from Colombia.//
These sentences can be turned into questions just by inserting the upside-down quesiton mark at the begining.
ex. ¿Juan es de Seattle? Is Juan from Seattle?
B. We also worked on "days of the week" dialogue.
//Ex. Hoy es lunes (Today is Monday) Mañana es martes (Tomorrow is Tuesday)
¿Qué día es hoy? (What day is today?)//
TAREA
1) Insert Days of the Week and Where are you from? exchanged into the dialogue that you have been working on.
2) Study Geography Vocab. Use your worksheet and your flashcards to study. There will be a Quiz on WED NOV 4
jueves 22 de octubre
Great job finishing up your maps and flags today!
Tarea
Your homework is to work on the cultural presentation for you Amigas project.
Lindsey will give you more information about the requirements for this part of the project in Humanities.
Do NOT leave it for the last minute!!!
lunes 19 de octubre
Do not forget to review your geography vocabulary. Use your body motions if it helps! :)
tarea
Country flag Due Wed. 21st of October
It may be sewn, collaged, colored but NOT just color printed.
Do some research and find the significance of the colors and symbols on your flag. Write a description including this information.
jueves 15 de octubre
We have officially started the "Amigas" project. A combined effort between Humanities and Spanish class. In Spanish class we will be working on your country maps and cultural component. This will go along with your new grammatical concept ¿De dónde eres? (Where are you from?)
tarea
Today in class you made an outline of your country map. You will be drawing a topographical map of your country. This means that you will include the following:
1) capital and 2 other major cities
2) bodies of water (major rivers and lakes)
3) mountain ranges
4) indicate plains, jungles and/other other major changes in altitude or vegetation ( do this by symbols and colors ie. brown triangles for mountains, dark green squiggles for jungle)
5) Map MUST BE COLORED. DO NOT USE MARKERS!!!!!!!
6) Do not write in labels we will type and glue them in in class.
lunes 12 de octubre
Welcome back niñas! I brought back great memories and a whopping cold!
tarea
Since we did not get to our quiz today, please be prepared to take a quiz on Wed. Oct. 14th on:
countries and capitals
numbers 1 -10
days of the week/ los días de la semana
lunes 5 de octubre
EASTERN WASHINGTON HERE WE COME!!!!
tarea
Study countries and capitals Quiz on Monday october 12th
jueves 1 de octubre
The songs sound great! Keep practicing!
Tarea
1) Make flashcards for the numbers, days of the week and the section called "Say what day it is" on page 25 in your textbook.
2) Practice your songs!!
Wednesday Sept. 30, 2009
Please have your homework in on time ladies! It will catch up with you.
You received your corrected dialogues today and met with me to get feedback. If you do careful work on your dialogue it will not be a lot of work to correct and add on to. Please take the time to add accents and punctuation. DO NOT USE AN ON LINE TRANSLATOR!!!
Tarea/Homework
1) Correct dialogue and add telephone informaiton (¿Cuál es tu teléfono? Mi teléfono es ___)
2) Study countries and capitals flashcards
3) Practice Mi Burro song.
Monday Sept. 28, 2009
The songs sound wonderful! I am sure we will be a great success on the radio.
¿De dónde eres? Where are you from? is the next topic you will be adding to your dialogue. Because of this we will be learning about the geography of the Spanish-speaking world.
Tarea/Homework
1) Continue practicing your songs and focus on the first 3 verses of Mi Burro.
2) Color and label (countries and capitals) the map of South America. Use colored pencil and your textbook.
3) Make flashcards for the countries and capitals (one on each side)
There is no Spanish tomorrow so this is due on Wed. .
Thursday Sept. 24, 2009
We are getting ready for our Eastern Washington Trip! We will be singing on a children's radio program on Radio KDNA.
tarea
1) Memorize the song "Caballito Blanco". We practiced it today and you all sounded great!
2) Type your dialogue and add "¿Cómo se escribe (tu nombre)?/Se escribe __."
Wednesday Sept. 23, 2009
Today we worked on the "alfabeto/abecedario".
We also went on the computer and learned how to insert accents and Spanish punctuation into typed work.
(go to insert, then symbols and search for letter or punctuation) Over time you will learn the short-cut keys to use and your work will go a lot faster.
Tarea/Homework
1) Practice the spanish alphabet. We will be going over it in class tomorrow.
2) Start typing your corrected Spanish dailogue. We will be adding information to it in the next few days. Make sure you add accents and the correct punctuation.
Monday Sept. 21, 2009
We are still working on our dialogues.
Tarea
Please work on DRILLING your flashcards. You should know know them pretty automatically now.
Thursday Sept. 17, 2009
You have survived the first quiz! Yay!
Please continue to work on classzone.com and drill you flashcards. Practice saying the vocabulary out loud.
Tarea/Homework
Write a dialogue in Spanish that is at least 10 sentences long. USE THE VOCAB IN THE BOOK.
It should start with a greeting and end with a goodbye.
Wednesday Sept. 16, 2009
Great job working on your flashcards today! We are continuing to work on "meeting, greeting and introducing" one another in Spanish.
Tarea/ Homework
1) Study for vocabulary quiz ( greetings, goodbyes and how you are)
2) Make flashcards for "make introductions" vocab on pg 25.
Monday Sept. 14 2009
We are continuing to get to know one another. Today we started working from the book and practicing our oral language skills in class. Please remember to come to class with your flashcards when there are flashcards assigned for homework.
Tarea/homework
1) Finish writing all of the flashcards in the Greetings and Goodbyes section of pg 25 ("Say How you are")
2) Avancemos pg 4 actv. 1 & 2 ( Write out on paper do not write in book)
Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009
Today we covered how to introduce ourselves and others and learned our new Spanish names. ¡Muy bien!
Homework/tarea
1) If you have not covered your book do so by Monday
2) Finish your name tag if you have not
3) Explore classzone.com and get to know the site
4) Make flashcards for greetings and goodbyes vocabulary on page 25 of your textbook.
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009
¡Hola!
We accomplished a lot today, we:
1) reviewed class rules and procedures
2) homework policy (no credit for late/missing assignments corrected in class, 1 grade mark down for other late assignments)
3) received your textbook (hardcover and on-line)
4) created account for classzone.com
5) chose your Spanish names
Wow!
Homework (due tomorrow)
Cover your book (material or paper cover is fine)
Color in your name tag with things that symbolize things you love, hobbies you have, things that are important to you.
Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009
Today was a great day. I hope you had fun and got many of your questions answered!
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow in class and getting the school year off to a great start!
¡Hasta mañana!
Señora Charito
Tuesday Sept. 1, 2009
¡Hola!
Bienvenidas a LWGMS.
I am looking forward to meeting you at orientation next week. We are going to have a very fun and exciting year!
See you soon,
Señora Charito
