This week in Spanish class: 2/22 to 2/26

Monday:
Teacher Centered: Review worksheet with the class. Re-introduce estar and ser how it is used with saying where people are P.E.L.T. For example: ¿dónde estás? Practice using estar with location.

Tuesday: Question words/ Review of estar
Teacher will review the question words in Spanish. The teacher will say a question word and make a motion that goes with each word to help the students retain it better. As a class we will review some questions using the question words. The students will be broken up into groups and will play a game to help them remember the question words in Spanish. We will review questions as a class. The students will come up with questions in Spanish. As a class we will read the question word grammar section in the book. As a last review we will go over the words again with the motions.

Wednesday:
Half Day

Thursday:
Teacher centered: Review of all the difficult vocabulary words. (quiero/hago, etc.) As a class we will review the vocabulary by creating a story in Spanglish. Grouping practice. Each group gets a piece of paper and breaks the vocabulary up into four different categories. First step- they create the categories. Second step- put all of the words into the categories. Bingo 8 squares using vocabulary.

Friday:
Vocabulary Quiz.

Hope you enjoyed your nice long weekend!

February 16th to February 19th

Monday: No School

Tuesday:
Finish the review of the pop quiz. Answer any questions student any questions students may have about the packet. Introduce the verb ir. Show how it is used in real life situations without explaining the verb itself. The students will practice using ir by going around and asking a question to someone in Spanish about where they are going.


Wednesday:
Periods 1 & 7-Review of the verb ir through practical use and review last nights homework. Teacher will ask questions to students and about other students. As a class we will complete activity 6 together. The students will fill in the correct forms of ir. Period 6 same as periods 1& 7 but in a small group setting. Periods 1-7 story using the verb ir and picture. Period 8- Review of homework. Students will review page 130 in the textbook for an understanding of the verb ir. Review activity 6 in textbook. Possibly read ir story. Pds. 1-7 Speaking Scenario- Period 8- same scenario but written. Review the vocabulario on page 130. Complete activities 7 & 8. Review the activities as a class.


Thursday:
Introduction of time in Spanish. The teacher will start out by showing the time on a large clock. The instructor will start out by saying each hour in Spanish. The students will repeat the time until they have the pronunciation of the words. The teacher will also introduce the term ¿Qué hora es? Or what time is it? Lastly, the instructor will break down the steps for telling time in Spanish. The teacher will show the difference between the right and left side of the clock in Spanish. The students will each receive a mini clock to practice with. The teacher will say a time in Spanish, and the show the time on their clock. The students will do this repeatedly until they understand the concept of telling time on their own. The teacher will play the time song in Spanish for the students. The students will sing the time song 2 times until they have an understanding of the concept.


Friday:

Review of telling time. Re-teach the students how to tell time in Spanish. Review the time song. The teacher will ask the questions related with time. She will also introduce the term ¿A qué hora? Or at what time… The students will practice telling what times they do certain things. For instance, wake-up, get dressed, eat, etc. Time video. Students will watch a video about time in Spanish to help them understand it a little bit better.
Independent Practice: Review page 131 in the textbook to help grasp how time is used in Spanish.

WE HAVE A 4 DAY WEEK THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monday:
Explanation of BTB week. Saints vs. Colts game. We will begin by reviewing pronouns in Spanish by throwing the ball around and talking using Spanish pronouns. After we review pronouns, we will review ar verbs and how they are conjugated. Pronoun practice and ar verb practice worksheets.


Tuesday:
"Dating game" The audience will analyze whether or not the sentence is correct and why.
Sentence build- The students will have to create sentences responding to questions using pronouns and verbs.

Wednesday:
Love me/Love me not-The students will each get a sign, one that says love me and one that says love me not. The teacher will say a sentence and the students will either flip it to love me if it is correct, or love me not if it is incorrect. Reading comprehension love story. The students will read a love story in Spanish and answer questions about the story. This will help them practice reading comprehension skills and answering questions about passages.

Thursday:
Overall review of all concepts. I mastered the basics heart award ceremony.

Hope you all had a great weekend! The game against Hopewell was amazing! I am very proud of all my students that participated in some way at the game!

This week in Spanish class- Feb. 1st to Feb. 5th

Monday:
Students will take the same quiz from Friday, but in English, in order to show them what their mistakes were and why. We will review the quiz to see how much better the students did on the English portion. Review the mistakes that students made. As a class we will review pronouns until the students have a better understanding for what they mean and how they are used. Taboo with vocabulary words. Students will practice the vocabulary words for the quiz via Taboo.

Tuesday:
Review of the grammar sections via the dot game. The students will be asked questions in groups and they will have to answer them based on the correct grammar section.

Wednesday:
The students will complete a review packet similar to help prepare for the test tomorrow. We will go over the review packet in class together. The students will have opportunities to answer any questions they may have regarding the material.

Thursday:

Test

Friday:

Speaking and Writing test.