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This week in Spanish class 12/14/09-12/18/09

Monday: Review game for AR verb quiz.





Tuesday: Review for AR verb quiz tomorrow. Study worksheets.





Wednesday: AR verb quiz. Five questions. Make sure you understand the meaning of the verbs listed in your purple book under classroom activities on page 157.





Thursday: Holiday video. Last Day to turn in any missing test, quizzes, or projects!





Friday: Holiday Video! Have a wonderful break!

Practice the AR verb dance!

Welcome back to Spanish! We will be moving quickly the next few weeks, so it is important you are in class and alert!

Monday
Oral and Written test.


Tuesday:
Power Point presentation of an explanation of –ar verbs in Spanish. Review how –ar verbs are conjugated. Listening section in purple book.


Wednesday: More review of verb conjugations. Jump travel game.

Thursday: More verbs and vocabulary. Verb ending dance with rumba. Review sheet for ar verbs.


Friday: Review all of the vocabulary with the class. Each student will be given a different vocabulary word. The students will have to make a Christmas ornament of the vocabulary word they have to hang on our Spanish winter tree. The ornament can be 3-D or 2-D. The students must present their ornament to the class and use it in a sentence with a verb.

Here are the directions for the Create your own classroom project


You will create your own classrooms using classroom vocabulary and (ar) verbs. Make a picture of your ideal classroom, and label the classroom objects on the paper. The paper may be no smaller than a sheet of printer paper, but no larger than a half of a poster board. You may also use a small shoe box if you like. You can use pictures from magazines, draw it, or use pictures from online. However, you may not use a pre-created classroom picture from a website. Additionally, you need to write at least ten sentences using (ar) verbs, classroom objects, and vocabulary. Be creative! Have fun with this! Project is due MONDAY, December 14, 2009.

Sorry the blog update is late; I was out sick yesterday.

This week in Spanish Class December 1-4th

Monday: Begin viewing Quincinera videos.

Tuesday: Review quiz in class. Make corrections and take notes of the incorrect answers.

Wednesday: Take quizzes home to study with. Complete review packet in class.

Thursday: Review for test in stations. Practice all of the material we have covered this week at home.

Friday: Test! Unidad 1 Etapa 3. Please come in for study sessions if you are having trouble. Wednesday and Thursday at 8: 15. Print out the sheet below for a pass.

Please allow _______________________ to come in at 8:15 for a study session with Ms. McIntire.

Thank you,

Ms. McIntire

Yes its true I got engaged over the weekend!

This week in Spanish class: 11/16/09-11/20/09

Monday: Introduction of possessive adjectives and possession using de in Spanish.

Tuesday: More practice with possessives and de.

Wednesday: More practice and review. Page 80 in textbook activities 10 and 11.

Thursday: Basketball Review game.

Friday: Review packet. Everything we have covered in the chapter so far.

Teaching a new way! Hopefully everyone gained something from today's activities. We will work out the kinks as the week goes on!



Monday: Family member vocabulary. Learn the members of the family in Spanish. Review page 155 in purple book if you are having trouble. (Etapa 3)



Tuesday: Review family members. Read pages 72 and 73 in the textbook. Answer comprehension questions on board. Complete activities 3-5 pages 74 and 75 in textbook. Review page 155 in purple book if you are having trouble. (Etapa 3)



Wednesday: Re-learn the verb tener (to have). Page 78 activites 6-7 and 9 in textbook. Review page 156 in purple book if you are having trouble. (Etapa 3)



Thursday: Review the verb tener and Family members. Learn numbers 1-100 in Spanish. Look over pages 155 and 156 in purple book if you are trouble.



Friday: Review of everything covered this week. Introduce months and birthdays. Please look over page 156. You will need to study on your own.

Thank you to everyone that wished me a Happy Birthday! I could not have better students!

I hope you all had a Happy Halloween and ate lots of Candy!

This week in Spanish Class: 11/2/09 to 11/6/09

Monday: Last day to work on group projects! Please get your rough drafts to me so I can edit them!

Tuesday-Thursday: Fashion Show Presentations! I look forward to seeing how creative each of you are!

Friday: Free day! Watch fashion show projects from other classes. Review the details of projects.

This week in Spanish Class: 10/26 to 10/30

Its my BIRTHDAY WEEK!

Monday: All classes- Multiple Intelligence Test. Give students their rubrics and explain in detail Fashion Show Project. Students will receive a brainstorming sheet to help them think of ideas and delegate tasks for their group project. Begin working in groups on Fashion Show project.


Tuesday- Friday: Work on Fashion show projects in groups.

Wild for Wildcat day!

This week in Spanish class 10/19- 10/23

Monday:
1,6,8- review articles with students. Review homework pages 19-24. Page 59-61 activities 10-14.
7- Vocabulary quiz.

Tuesday:
1,6,8- Articles quiz
7- go over pages 23 and 24. pages 59-61 activities 10-14.


Wednesday-
1,6,8- Power Point and reading, día de los muertos. Skeletons, word search, coloring pages.

7- Articles quiz

Thursday: Wildcat day

Friday:
1,6,8- show/read how to create papel picado. Pass out tissue paper.

7- power point and reading of day of the dead. Tissue paper for papel de picado.

Lesson Plans for the week of: 10/12/09 to 10/16/09


Monday:
1,6,8- Introduction to articles. Articles Power Point. Articles song.

7- Review clothing and colors. Students will play the “stand up” game. The teacher will call out a word from the new vocabulary, and the students will have to stand if it is describing them. 7- Pages 50-53 in the text book. Page 55 activities 4 and 5. Pages 19 and 20 in purple book.

Tuesday:
1,6,8- review article with song. Pages 56-57. Activities 6 and 7Review work from Homework and textbook. 7- Review descriptions and vocabulary with students. Celebrity description pictures.
7- Summarizing activity. Group the vocabulary words. Little person.

Wednesday:
Warm-up: Grab a tengo board and fill it out using vocabulary.
Student centered- Tengo vocabulary and article review.

Thursday:
1,6,8- use Tuesday night’s homework to write down a description for each person. Read the descriptions out loud and students will guess who it is. pages 59 and 60 activities 10 and 11.

7- Review vocabulary. Dot game for review.

Friday:
1,6,8- listen to a song and write down the different articles they hear. Teach articles worksheet

7-Vocabulary quiz.

This Short Week in Spanish Class: 10/5/09 to 10/9/09

Monday:
1,6,8- Descripciones. ¿Cómo es él/ella? ¿Cómo eres tú? The students will then create their own person and write out descriptions using ser.
7- Speaking and Writing test.

Tuesday:
1,6,8-Power Point. Review descriptions. Ask questions about the people. Activities 4 and 5 page 55 of textbook.

7- introduce clothing and colors. Ask questions using llevar. Speaking activity with a partner. Comic book strip using llevar, clothing, and colors.

Wednesday:
1,6,8-describe a famous person in Spanish. Students will review the vocabulary under personalities. In a group they will have to create a person, describe the person, the clothes, and the personality.

7-Review of stories students wrote for homework. Students will create skits in Spanish about clothing and colors and what they are wearing.

Thursday:

1,6,8- vocabulary quiz.

7-skits

Friday:

NO school!

This week in Spanish class: 9/28/09- 10/2/09

Monday:

Periods 1,6,8- Writing and Speaking Test. Period 7- Vocabulary quiz

Tuesday:
Periods 1,6,8 Students will be in the language lab. In order to simulate learning teacher will go over clothing and weather power point. Students will go over the vocabulary from the clothing chapter. The teacher will put up a picture and ask the students various clothing questions. After students review the vocabulary they will watch a short video clip about clothing vocabulary. Students will write down the clothing items they hear. The students will receive a partner worksheet in which they will ask each other questions about clothing.

Period 7- Pronoun review. Students will listen and sing the pronoun song. Students will review their pronoun sheet with a partner on how to teach Spanish pronouns. Page 14 in blue book.


Wednesday:
All periods- Computer lab. Periods 1,6,8- clothing games from websites.

Period 7- review ser from ser websites.

Thursday:
Periods 1,6,8 Review of stories students wrote for homework. Students will come up and explain what they are wearing to the class using clothing vocabulary in the verb llevar. Students will use skits to talk about this.

Period 7: Review pages 44-46 and 15 and 16 in blue book.


Friday:
Periods 1,6,8 clothing vocabulary bingo.

Period 7 test.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

This week in Spanish class: 9/21/09-9/25/09

Monday:

Periods 1,6,8- Review of pronouns in Spanish.

Period 7- Introduction to the verb gustar. The students will read the gramatica section on page 39. Page 40 activities 17 and 18.


Tuesday:
Periods 1,6,- Review of gustar. Page 8 activities 2 and 3. Page 14

Period 7- Same gustar activities as periods 1,6,8.


Wednesday:
Period 1,6,8- Review for test. Page 15 and 16 in the blue book. Page 16 purple book.

Period 7- Sing the me gusta song as a class. Review how the rules are used in the song.


Thursday:
Periods 1,6,8-Complete pages 44-46 in preparation for the test.

Period 7- gustar practice test.

Friday:
Periods 1,6,8-Test Unit 1

Period 7- Quiz Gustar

Welcome back to another exciting week! I was so happy My favorite NFL team the Eagles dominated! On anther note, I hope in between all of the football fun you practiced your Spanish!

This week in Spanish class 9/14/09-9/18/09

Monday: Periods 1,6,8 Review new vocabulary. Students will play a game with their group in which they will have to put together the most sentences using the vocabulary on page 47 and the verbs ser and estar. Pages 11 and 12 in the purple book.

Period 7-Teacher will review the conjugations of ser and estar again. We will place an emphasis on the various conjugations of the verbs. The teacher will ask the students to write them out on the board. Will review the Grammar sections on pages 34 and 35 of the textbook. The students will do Activities 7, 9, and 12.

Tuesday:
Periods 1,6,8-Review pages 11 and 12 from homework. Pages 9 and16 in blue book.

Period 7- Emphasis on pronouns and the conjugations. Textbook pages 38 activities 13-15.


Wednesday: Learning Matters Day

Thursday:
Periods 1,6,8-Review for the vocabulary quiz.

Periods 7- Review for grammar quiz. Mock quiz and then a review of the answers.

Friday:

Periods 1,6,8- Quiz ser and greetings.

Period 7- Quiz vocabulary.

Welcome Back! I hope you all enjoyed your long weekend!

This week in Spanish class 9/7/09-9/11/09

Monday: No school

Tuesday: Periods 1,6,8-Ms. McIntire will read Green eggs and ham in Spanish. As a group you will create Me gusta magazine with group!

Period 7-Ser and Estar. We will learn about the verbs ser and estar in Spanish via PowerPoint.

Wednesday: Periods 1,6,8- Substitute. You will be finishing Magazine and working on pages 39 and 40 in textbook.

Period 7-Substitute. Pronoun and ser and estar videos. Make sure you take good notes.

Thursday: Periods 1,6,8-Review of ser and estar, pronouns, gustar, and greetings. Dot game or book review.

Period 7- Review of ser and estar. Students will be broken up into groups and answer questions about ser and estar.

Friday: Periods 1,6,8-Quiz on ser, pronouns, and gustar.

Period 7-Ser and estar cookie activity.

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing weekend!

This week in Spanish Class: 8/31/09-9/4/09

Monday:
Period 7- New vocabulary in Spanish Chapter 1. Students will review pages 28 and 29 in the textbook. Blue book pages 7 and 9.

Periods 1,6,8 Practice with ser and estar. Review the rules and the acronyms for the words. Review worksheets from Friday.
Activities 9-11 page 36.

Tuesday:
Periods 1,6,8- Review ser and estar rules that we covered the day before. Sing the pronoun songs. Practice saying the conjugations of ser and estar. Students will use Sam and I am to explain the differences between ser and estar and how to use each one.

Period 7-Review new vocabulary words. Students will play the hot cold game with the new vocabulary.

Wednesday:
Periods 1,6,8 Review of ser and estar and pronouns via which cookie activity. Purple book pages 13-15

Period 7-Introduce pronouns. Students will learn both of the pronoun songs to figure out what they mean. We will use the pronoun chart in class. Pronoun practice worksheet .

Thursday:
Periods 1,6,8- Welcome to Disney Land. At each table, there will be some type of review activity. The students will receive a ticket to Disney world in which they will Talley the points within their group and write down something they learned at each station.

Period 7- More practice with pronouns. Review by singing the pronoun song. Go over pronoun activity worksheet as a class. "Pronoun Play" games



Friday:
Periods 1,6,8- Quick review then quiz.

Period 7- CUT IT OUT. Students will be given various magazines and news papers and will find people of things to represent the Spanish pronouns.

Hello and welcome back to another exciting week! I am extremely pleased with the overall test grades! GREAT JOB!

This week in Spanish class: 8/24/09-8/28/09

Monday: Period 1,6,8 Introduce new vocabulary words in Spanish. Students will review pages 28 and 29 in the textbook. Students will answer the comprehension questions. Blue book pages 7 and 9. Period 7-Review vocabulary from last week. Students will review pages 12-13 activities 14-16. Review pages 5 and 6 from last week.

Tuesday: 1,6,8 Review the vocabulary terms learned yesterday. Introduce new vocabulary words. If there is time, students will learn the pronouns. Students will play hot and cold game with the new vocabulary learned in class. Pages 30 and 31. Pages 9 and 10 listening if time. Period 7-Students will also play hot and cold game with days of the week and numbers. Review the frases útiles on pages 14 and 15 in textbook. Page 7 in purple book.

Wednesday:
Periods 1,6,8-Review of pronouns. Practice making sentences with the pronouns, vocabulary words, and ser. Pronouns worksheet practice. Page 33 activities 3-5.
Period7- Students will do the review on pages 18-20 of their textbook. We will go over the answers as a class.

Thursday: Periods 1,6,8-Introducing ser with pronouns. Review the pronouns in Spanish. Incorporate the conjugations of ser. Teach D.O.T.C.O.P and explain how ser in used in Spanish. Read over pages 34 and 35 to get a better understanding of ser, pronouns, and greetings. Begin Pages 14 and 15 in purple book.
Period 7- Jeopardy review game.

Friday: Periods 1,6,8-More review of ser. Review the rules and when it is used. Activities 9-11 page 36. Period 7-Test.

Welcome back to another wonderful week of Spanish class. I hope you all enjoyed your first week of school!

This week in Spanish Class: 8/17/09-8/21/09

Monday: Periods 1,6,8- Review of ¿De dónde eres/es? and greetings. Begin Activities 8-11 in textbook on page 9.

Period 7- Review of greetings. Begin learning the phrase ¿De dónde eres/es? and practice de donde es song. Work on pages 3 and 4 in purple book.



Tuesday: Periods 1,6,8-Review of days of the week, numbers, and greetings. Listen to numbers song. Read pages 16 and 17 in text book and answer the questions. Begin page 5 and 6 in blue book.

Period 7-Review of ¿De dónde eres/es? Pages 8 and 9 activities 8-11 in textbook.



Wednesday: Periods 1,6,8-Review for Test Etapa Peliminar. Pages 18-20

Period 7- More review of greetings and ¿De dónde eres/es? Skits. Pages 5 and 6 in Purple book.



Thursday: Periods 1,6,8- Language Lab. Review game.

Period 7-Language Lab. Numbers 0-10, Days of the week, greetings. Listening and Speaking practice.



Friday: Periods 1,6,8- Test Etapa Peliminar

Period 7- Pages 5 and 6 in purple book. Page 13 in textbook activities 14-16 with partners. Page 4 and 5 in blue book. If there is time review pages 14 and 15.

Welcome Back to a new year of seventh grade Spanish! I am so happy to see some familiar faces and some new ones as well! I know we are going to have a very exciting year!

This week in Spanish Class:

lunes: Welcome! Getting to know you, classroom procedures, and review of Spanish.

martes: Los Saludos/Greetings. Periods 1,6,8 we will review greetings from the previous year and Pages 1 and 2 in the purple book.

Period 7, we will be learning various greetings in Spanish and Pages 1 and 2 in the blue book.

miercoles: 1,6,8 dialogues in Spanish and Saludos worksheet. Period 7, basic conversations in Spanish and Activity 5 page 5 in textbook. Purple book page 1 and 2.

jueves:More review! Periods 1,6,8 where are you/he/she from? and purple book pages 3 and 4. Period 7, introductions in Spanish and Blue book page 3 and pg. 3 textbook activities 1 and 2.

viernes: Free time review!

I missed all of you! After being out 3 days I am happy to be back!

This week in Spanish class: May 4th- May 8th

Monday: Review of clothing vocabulary in Spanish.

Tuesday: More practice with clothing vocabulary.

Wednesday: Weather, weather, weather!

Thursday: More review of weather and seasons.

Friday: Test on body Parts, Clothes, and Weather!

Question of the week

¿Qué tiempo hace hoy?

Conjugate the verb llevar

Use the verb llevar and create 3 sentences

This week in Spanish Class: 4/27/09-5/1/09

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT WEEKEND AND ARE GETTING READY FOR THE FIELD TRIP!

Monday: Begin learning clothes and seasons in Spanish! If you are having trouble, review the vocabulary sheet you were given in class today!

Tuesday: FIELD TRIP!

Wednesday: Continue reviewing clothing and seasons in Spanish!

Thursday: Seasons and Weather. We will begin learning weather which can be tricky! Make sure you are studying and reviewing your notes!

Friday: Weather, Seasons, and Clothes review!

Question of the week:

¿Qué te gusta hacer durante el fin de semana?

Conjugate the following verbs:
Llevar
Ser
Estar
Hacer

Write a sentence using each of those verbs in Spanish.

This week in Spanish class: April 13-17

Hello all! I have not placed much information on the blog recently due to Spring Break and preparing for the upcoming CRCT tests.

Monday: Reading CRCT Prep




Tuesday: Reading CRCT Prep




Wednesday: Reading CRCT Prep




Thursday: Cool down-a relax after testing day




Friday: P.A.T.- Spanish preferred activity time

Question of the week:

1. ¿Qué son los días de la semana?
2. Conjugate the verb tener
3. ¿Cuál es tu clase favorita?

Welcome Back! I hope you all had a restful and fun 3 day weekend!

The next few weeks in Spanish Class: March 16-25, 2009

We will begin working on our house projects and presentations. Remember you will have 5 days in class to work on your projects! They will be due at the end of class on Friday. Presentations will start on Monday, March 23rd. Also, bring in any materials you will need to start working on your project on Tuesday!

Monday-Friday (16-20): Receive partners and rubric. Begin brainstorming and working on your project.

Monday-Wednesday (23-25): Project presentations! Make sure you are practicing your speaking at home!

Question of the week: March 16th

1. Who was Celia Cruz?

2. What was she famous for?

3. Where was she from?

Question of the week: March 23

1. Who was Mario Molina?

2. What was he famous for?

3. Where was he from?

Hola class! I hope you all had a GREAT snow day!

This week in Spanish class March 2-6, 2009

Monday: Snow Day

Tuesday: Video on the Mayans

Wednesday-Friday: Reading of the story La noche de la boca arriba

Question of the week

1. Where is the country of Guam?

2. What are the colors of their flag?

3. Name one thing the country of Guam is famous for?

Hola! Hope you all had a great weekend!

This week in Spanish Class 2/23/09-2/27/09

Monday: Review for test

Tuesday: Test on Time

Wednesday: Half Day

Thursday: Video

Friday Video

Question of the week

1. Who was Diego Rivera?

2. Where was he from?

3. What was he famous for?

Hello All of my lovely Spanish Students! I hope you all had a great three day weekend. The blog is being updated today, because of the day off yesterday.

This week in Spanish Class: February 17-20, 2009

Monday: No school

Tuesday: Checkpoints

Wednesday: More practice with time

Thursday: Review of time day 1

Friday: Review of time day 2

We will be reviewing time in class all week, in order to prepare for the time test on Monday, February 23, 2009.

Question of the week: 2/16/09- 2/20/09

1. Who is Oscar de la Hoya?

2. What is he famous for?

3. What is his heritage/background?

Hola my wonderful students! I hope you all had a GREAAAAAT weekend!

This week in Spanish class February 9, 2009-February 13, 2009, we will begin learning how to tell time in Spanish. This may be a little difficult so use some of the practice websites to help guide you!

Monday: Telling time in Spanish. We will begin learning exactly how time in Spanish works. We will be working with mini-clocks in order to help you practice time.

Tuesday: TIME TIME TIME....that's right, we will continue learning how to tell time in Spanish. We will also begin working with daily schedules, and learn how to say at what time you do a particular thing. Remember practice makes perfect.

Wednesday: Time packets and video

Thursday: Dialogues using time in Spanish. Lets practice those speaking skills!

Friday: GAME DAY FIESTA!!!!!! Its Bingo! We will be playing time bingo in Spanish, get ready!

Question of the week for February 9-13, 2009

Where did the dance of Flamenco come from?

What cultural group created it?

What are the instruments used in the dance?

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great SUPERBOWL weekend!

This week in Spanish class 2/3/09-2/6/09

Monday: Writing the final draft of Spanish Essay

Tuesday: Spanish Movie

Wednesday: Spanish Movie

Thursday: Review Numbers and Pronouns

Friday: Numbers Quiz

Question of the week for the week of 2/3/09-2/6/09

1. Where is Puerto Rico located?

2. Name one famous person from Puerto Rico?

3. What did he/she do?

This week in Spanish Class: January 26-29th, 2009

This week I will be challenging all of my students to take their Spanish to a whole different level! We will be embarking on writing in Spanish. This will help the students to improve their overall proficiency.

Monday: Students will begin to brainstorm and organize their ideas for their papers on family.

Tuesday: Students will begin to work on their rough drafts in Spanish.

Wednesday: The students will peer edit each others papers in Spanish.

Thursday: The students will meet with the teacher to discuss their papers.

Friday: The students will begin working on their final drafts.

Question of the week for the week of January 26th

What was the story of Don Quijote about?

Who wrote the story?

Where was the author from?

This week in Spanish Class January 19-23, 2009

Monday: No school

Tuesday: Review Packet-Students will complete a review packet on the material that will be assessed on the chapter test.

Wednesday: We will be going to the language lab to practice and assess speaking in Spanish.

Thursday: We will be playing a review game as a class to help the students prepare for the test on Friday.

Friday: Test on Chapter 5-Family, ser and estar, adjectives, and culture of Spain.

Question of the Week for the week of January 19-23

1. Who was Oscar de la Renta?

2. Where was he from?

3. What was he famous for?

This week in Spanish Class: January 12th-16th

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! This week we will be continuing with our review of material covered in the 1st semester. Can't wait to see all of you in class!

Monday: Review of Ser and Estar

Tuesday: Review of Ser and Estar in Computer lab

Wednesday: Review of the family members and adjectives

Thursday: Review of the ser, estar, and adjectives with DOT game

Friday: Numbers quiz 0-100

Question of the week for January 12th-16th

Who was Dolores Huerta?

What is she famous for?

Where is she from?

This week in Spanish Class: January 5-9, 2009

Welcome back chicos! I hope you all had a wonderful vacation! I look forward to starting the second semester fresh!

Monday: I will be testing your Spanish skills! How much have you really learned so far?

Tuesday-Thursday: We will review all the material covered in the first semester; to help you refresh your mind, and prepare you for an outstanding second semester!

Friday: We will be having a guest speaker from Spain! How exciting!

Question of the week for the week on January 5-9, 2009

Where is Uruguay?

What are the colors of its flag?

Name one historic event that took place there?