The next few weeks in Spanish Class:

November 17, 2008- December 5, 2008

Monday, Nov. 17: Quiz

Tuesday, Nov. 18: Classes will begin learning about the community. Students will learn how to tell where things are located around their communities as well as describe them.

Wednesday, Nov. 19: Student half day

Thursday, Nov. 20: Students will continue to learn in the community vocabulary.

Friday, Nov. 21: Students will begin learning the verb ir or "to go" in Spanish.

Monday, Nov. 24: Students will begin working on their barrio projects in school at the computer lab. Be sure to bring something to save your material.

Tuesday, Nov. 25: Another day at the lab, make sure you are prepared!

Wednesday, Nov 26: OFF

Thursday, Nov 27: OFF

Friday, Nov. 28: OFF

Monday, Dec. 1: Students will be working on their projects in class.

Tuesday, Dec. 2: Students will continue working on their projects in class.

Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 3-5: Presentations

Question of the week for the week of:

November 17, 2008

1.Who was Don Juan de Austria?

2.What was he famous for?

3. Where was he from

This week in Spanish class 11/10/08-11/14/08

Monday: The students will begin learning about the Spanish verbs ser and estar. Our classes will be learning how to conjugate both of these verbs, and when they are used in Spanish. Ask your children to sing the estar song for you!

Tuesday: We will continue learning about ser and estar in spanish. Today, we will focus more on the rules. Ask your child to tell you the acronyms for ser and estar and what each of them mean!

Wednesday: Today we will begin learning prepositions in Spanish, and how they are used with the verb estar!

Thursday: We will practice using the prepositions with estar some more.

Friday: Today we will review for Monday's quiz! Bring any questions you have with you to class so we can discuss them!

Question of the week 11/10/08

1. Who was Simon Bolivar?
2. Where was he from?
3. Name one famous thing he did?

This week in Spanish Class 11/3/08-11/7/08

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Monday: Test

Tuesday: Off of school for election day!

Wednesday: Fiesta for period 3. All other periods will have a silent Spanish workday.

Thursday: We will begin learning how to conjugate er/ir verbs in Spanish. The verbs will specifically be related to the classroom.

Friday: We will continue with er/ir verb conjugations in Spanish!

Question of the week 11/3/08

Who is Isabel Allende ?

What did she do?

Name one famous thing she did?