viernes, el 5 de diciembre

Complete corrections for the SER assessment - they are due on Monday, December 8th.  

You will have two vocabulary assessments next week: Tuesday, December 9th will be an assessment on Basic Directions and Simple Places in a City and then on Friday, December 12th will be an assessment on Basic Travel Expressions

jueves, el 4 de diciembre

Period 3 - complete the days and dates worksheet from class
 Study and be ready to take the oral assessment for SER on Friday.  

All MMS Grades have been updated to include yesterday's POP quiz on SER as of noon on Wednesday.  Get any missing homework in to me by FRIDAY of this week. 

miércoles, el 3 de diciembre

Periods 1 & 6 - complete the days and dates worksheet from class

Period 3 - due to your Technology testing today, you missed your SER assessment.  Study and be ready to take the written section tomorrow and the oral part on Friday.  You will received the days and dates worksheet for homework in class tomorrow. 

All MMS Grades have been updated to include yesterday's POP quiz on SER as of noon on Wednesday.  Get any missing homework in to me by FRIDAY of this week. 

martes, el 2 de diciembre

Study for your SER conjugation assessment.  It really is tomorrow - Wednesday.  Use this link to help you with the verb forms: SER CONJUGATION  Don't forget to practice saying the conjugation ORALLY because that is also a part of tomorrow's assessment.  The verb notes/definitions are also on the assessment.  Don't forget the BONUS.

lunes, el primero de diciembre

Study for your SER conjugation assessment.  It has been moved to Wednesday.  Use this link to help you with the verb forms: SER CONJUGATION

miércoles, el 26 de noviembre

Complete the weather worksheet for each day of the long weekend.  We did the first one together in class for today.  Follow that pattern for the other four days of the weekend.  

Complete the two sided worksheet on using the verb with subjects.

Continue to study for the written and oral SER assessments on Tuesday, December 2nd.

martes, el 25 de noviembre

Complete both sides of the worksheet on the verb SER and STUDY THE CONJUGATION of the verb as well!

lunes, el 24 de noviembre

Study for your Basic Weather Expressions assessment - it is tomorrow!

viernes, el 21 de noviembre

Study your SER conjugation box and complete both sides of the NON-Subject Pronoun subjects worksheet.

PERIOD 6 only: copy the following notes below waht we did in class today.

                 Examples for #2 – 1^st person/plural verb forms

    n  Any person or group of people + y yo

                      

             Juan, María y yo ________ estudiantes.

            La profesora y yo (girl) ________ de Perú. 

                            

Fill in the blank with the correct form of SER in pencil.

jueves, el 20 de noviembre

Study for your vocabulary assessment on Basic Travel Expressions: Air Travel and Train Travel only.  PLEASE make sure you're studying the correct section of words!

miércoles, el 19 de noviembre

Remember: Friday, November 21st is a vocabulary assessment on Basic Travel Expressions: Air Travel and Train Travel

Tonight complete the Circumlocution VOCABULARY worksheet (numbers 26-40) now that you have the rest of the vocabulary for this unit.

The assessment on Basic Weather Expressions will be on Tuesday, November 25th.

Study the verb conjugation for SER - know the box and what goes inside it.  The SER written and oral assessments will be on Tuesday, December 2nd.

STUDY - STUDY - STUDY - STUDY 

martes, el 18 de noviembre

STUDY your verb SER and it's conjugation.  Complete the top of the one sided worksheet and ONLY the circled sentences at the bottom.

Write the vocabulary for   Simple Places in a City and Basic Weather Expressions

lunes, el 17 de noviembre

Study for your  Cardinal Points and Simple Geographic Divisions for the assessment tomorrow.  

Complete a WRITTEN question Quizlet assessment with ALL of the words in each section, for each vocabulary set and earn an 85% or above on each test you'll earn 3 Bonus points.  Email (to save a tree) or print the results pages to hand in to me.

Next vocabulary assessment is on Friday, November 21st on Basic Travel Expressions: Air Travel and Train Travel

viernes, el 14 de noviembre

Complete numbers 1-25 on the vocabulary circumlocution worksheet.

jueves, el 13 de noviembre

Write the vocabulary for the three listed sections.  Don't forget to skip lines - or no credit will be given.  Basic Travel Expressions, Basic Directions & Basic Travel Expressions: Air Travel and Train Travel

miércoles, el 12 de noviembre

Study for your Countries and Capitals assessment - it's tomorrow!  Use the catchy songs to help you.

Sra. Griffin  and the Addicting Song with GREAT drums 

lunes, el 10 de noviembre

Don't forget to study for your Capitals and Countries assessment.  You will have to locate each country on a given map and give it's capital as well with NO WORD BANK.  

viernes, el 7 de noviembre

Complete the two double-sided worksheets to help you get ready for the Countries and Capitals assessment on November 13th.  You will need to place all countries on a blank map and then identify their capitals.

Don't forget to also study for your  Cardinal Points and Simple Geographic Divisions vocabulary assessment on the 18th

jueves, el 6 de noviembre

Complete the vocabulary picture packet.  Study for your  Cardinal Points and Simple Geographic Divisions for the assessment on 11/17

miércoles, el 5 de noviembre

Please copy down the vocabulary for the Names of the Spanish Speaking Countries and their Capitals as well as  Cardinal Points and Simple Geographic Divisions

lunes, el 3 de noviembre

Study your notes and homework papers for the NOUNS assessment.  Don't forget it is on Wednesday, November 5th.

viernes, el 31 de octubre

There is NO HOMEWORK!  Have an awesome and safe weekend.

jueves, el 30 de octubre

Complete the double sided worksheet - it is a similar format to the noun assessment. Your noun assessment is on Wednesday, November 5th.  All of the information is in your notes.

miércoles, el 29 de octubre

Complete the double sided worksheet on making singular nouns plural and making plural nouns singular.  It also contains practice with identifying a noun's gender and number.  Your noun assessment is on Wednesday, November 5th.  All of the information is in your notes.

martes, el 28 de octubre

Using the list of nouns from our vocabulary and homework that you have already identified, make them all PLURAL using the rules from our notes in class yesterday.

lunes, el 27 de octubre

Be ready for your Vocabulary assessment on Tuesday, October 28th,  Expressions of Courtesy, Basic Introductions, Common Greetings and Farewells, Basic Colors, Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Basic Parts of the Body, Question Words, Cardinal Numbers 0-101 and Cardinal Numbers 100-199

viernes, el 24 de octubre

You received a set of worksheets to help you get ready for the Unit One Vocabulary assessment on Tuesday, October 28th,  Expressions of Courtesy, Basic Introductions, Common Greetings and Farewells, Basic Colors, Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Basic Parts of the Body, Question Words, Cardinal Numbers 0-101 and Cardinal Numbers 100-199

jueves, el 23 de octubre

Using your noun list from the other night, IDENTIFY each noun's gender and number.  Use your notes if you need a reminder.

Corrections are due on Monday for the Subject Pronoun assessment.

miércoles, el 22 de octubre

Study for your Basic Introductions assessment - it is tomorrow.

Complete the word scramble tonight as well.

Next week, on Tuesday, October 28th,  you will have a review assessment  for all of the vocabulary from unit one: Expressions of Courtesy, Basic Introductions, Common Greetings and Farewells, Basic Colors, Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Basic Parts of the Body, Question Words, Cardinal Numbers 0-101 and Cardinal Numbers 100-199

martes, el 21 de octubre

Using all of our vocabulary this year and the notes about nouns from class today, make a list of all of the NOUNS you have learned so far.  Most of them will be in sentences/phrases and you will have to separate them out to put them on the list.  USE the RULES you know so far.

Don't forget:  The Basic Introductions assessment will be on Thursday, October 23rd.

lunes, el 20 de ocutbre

Complete the cross word puzzle for the Basic Introductions vocabulary.  The assessment will be on Thursday, October 23rd.

viernes, el 17 de octubre

Write the vocabulary for Basic Introductions. 

jueves, el 16 de octubre

STUDY your Subject Pronoun notes: the box, the grammar definitions, the 5 you's and when to use them, the masculine vs. feminine group choices.  

The grammar assessment date is tomorrow - Friday, October 17th.    

miércoles, el 15 de octubre

Complete the Study Guide for the Grammar assessment on Friday.  REMEMBER to use the blank subject pronoun boxes to test yourself - there are three for you to complete.

martes, el 14 de octubre

Study for your Common Greetings and Farewells vocabulary assessment.  It is tomorrow.  Complete a Quizlet written test with at least 25 items on it for bonus points - you must earn an 85% or higher.  You can print your results page OR email a screen shot to me.

viernes, el 10 de octubre

Complete the SECOND side of the Blank Subject Pronoun box to help you practice.  Complete the Common Greetings and Farewells crossword puzzle.

Continue to STUDY your Subject Pronoun notes: the box, the grammar definitions, the 5 you's and when to use them, the masculine vs. feminine group choices.  


*I am CHANGING the grammar assessment date; it will NOW be on Friday, October 17th.    

The vocabulary assessment on Common Greetings and Farewells will STILL be on Wednesday, October 15th

jueves, el 9 de octubre

Start to STUDY!!!!  Complete one side of the Blank Subject Pronoun box to help you practice.  The assessment for this grammar information will be on Thursday, October 16th.  

miércoles, el 8 de octubre

Write the vocabulary for Common Greetings and Farewells.  Remember to skip lines and fold the paper in half when you are doing the vocabulary.  The assessment for this vocabulary is on Wednesday, October 15th.

martes, el 7 de octubre

Study for your numbers assessment tomorrow.  You will be asked to utilized a mixture of the numbers in the links: Cardinal Numbers 0-101 & Cardinal Numbers 100-199 to translate different random numbers

lunes, el 6 de octubre

Get test correction letter signed and complete corrections no later than tomorrow, Tuesday, October 7th. 

SOLVE the 10 Math Problems you were given in class today.

viernes, el 3 de octubre

Get test correction letter signed and complete corrections no later than Wednesday, October 8th. 

Create 10 Math Problems using numbers 0-199 but do NOT give the answers.  Don't repeat any of the numbers within your problems.

jueves, el 2 de octubre

Study your  Basic Colors & Basic Parts of the Body.  Your assessment is tomorrow.

miércoles, el primero de octubre

Find ANY picture (photograph, magazine cutout, clip art, cartoon, hand-drawn...) of a person or people and tape or glue it onto a piece of binder paper.  Label all the body parts and identify any of the colors in the picture.

martes, el 30 de septiembre

Your votes are in and the RETAKE will be on TOMORROW, October 1st on the following words:  Expressions of Courtesy; Days of the Week; Months of the Year and Question Words 
Your next assessment will be on Friday, October 3rd: Basic Colors & Basic Parts of the Body

lunes, el 29 de septiembre

Complete both sides of the numbers and body parts worksheet.  Your votes are in and the RETAKE will be on Wednesday, October 1st on the following words:  Expressions of Courtesy; Days of the Week; Months of the Year and Question Words 

viernes, el 26 de septiembre

Using the vocabulary notes from class today, write the following numbers in your vocabulary: 41, 52, 63, 74, 85, 96, 100, 107, 118, 129, 130, 143, 154, 165, 176, 187 & 198
Use this link to get the 10's digit numbers we didn't get to in class today: Cardinal Numbers 0-101 & Cardinal Numbers 100-199

Survey

Please use the following link to take the Lost Assessment SURVEY

jueves, el 25 de septiembre

Complete the in-class activity with The Death of Salcedo story.  Fill in all the lines for the C & G words.

miércoles, el 24 de septiembre

Write the vocabulary for the following topics: Basic Colors,,  Basic Parts of the Body & Cardinal Numbers 0-31   

martes, el 23 de septiembre

Study for the Grammar Assessment.  It is tomorrow.

lunes, el 22 de septiembre

Using the notes on the three sections of grammar, summarize what it is you'll need to know for the assessment.  The three areas you're focusing on are Hard & Soft C and G sounds, Accents and Stress. Due to my absence on Friday afternoon, I have moved the assessment to Wednesday, September 24th.

viernes, el 19 de septiembre

You can use this PDF file OR Copy these words into your TAREA section of your binder exactly has they appear.   Periods 3 & 7 Use the list below and follow the directions.  Period 1 use the list we made in class today.

1. Number each of the syllables, remember to start at the end and move right to left.  

2. Circle where you think the word is stressed; which syllable.  

3. After each word, identify what kind of word it is: AGUDA or GRAVE.

lo-za-nía

be-lle-za

e-sta-ban

in-tac-tas

e-dad

e-ra

e-xac-ta-men-te

te-nía

cuan-do

ma-le-fi-cio

hi-zo

re-a-li-dad

len-ta-men-te

to-do

em-pe-zó

co-brar

vi-da

pa-jes

co-ci-ne-ros

no-bles

pa-la-cio

ac-ti-vi-da-ded

de-sa-rro-llan-do

vol-vi-ó

so-nar

a-rro-yos

in-me-di-a-cio-nes

nu-e-va-men-te

pa-ja-ri-llos

can-ta-ron

jueves, el 18 de septiembre

Identify the Hard and Soft C & G words in the story La Bella Durmiente

miércoles, el 17 de septiembre

Study your rules for Accents and Stress - the assessment is coming next week - Tuesday, September 23rd.  Decorate your class FOLDER - be creative.  These are due tomorrow.

martes, el 16 de septiembre

Complete the Days and Months Circumlocution worksheet.  Use this LINK if you were absent or forgot the paper at school.

lunes, el 15 de septiembre

Study for  Expressions of Courtesy; Days of the Week; Months of the Year and Question Words TOMORROW!  Use the links to Quizlet to help you study.

viernes, el 12 de septiembre

Study for  Expressions of Courtesy; Days of the Week; Months of the Year and Question Words on Tuesday, 16/9/14.  TONIGHT complete a quizlet test using written questions only starting with ENGLISH for the Expressions of Courtesy and Question Words sections only.

Periods 3 & 6 need to finish the activity in notes from class today:

Underline the letter pairs with “c” or “g” and then write if it is a hard or soft sound

muscular            navegar              nacer    

largo                   pregunta             ciclismo

jueves, el 11 de septiembre

Study for  Expressions of Courtesy; Days of the Week; Months of the Year and Question Words on Tuesday, 16/9/14.  TONIGHT complete a quizlet test using written questions only starting with ENGLISH for the days and months sections only.

miércoles, el 10 de septiembre

We viewed a brief video about cognates today and took some notes.  Use this LINK to printout or copy down into the homework section of your binder the worksheet for tonight's homework.

lunes, el 8 de septiembre

Study for your assessment on the Frases Utiles vocabulary.  Use the links here to access the Quizlet pages for practice like we did in class today:  Frases Útiles para escuchar/ Useful Phrases to listen for &  Frases Útiles para decir/ Useful Phrases to say

viernes, el 5 de septiembre

Copy the following assignment in to the homework section of your binder and then answer them.  

Página 11, Acitividad #11 Situaciones

Write down what YOU would say in the following situations? Choose your responses from your Frases Útilies vocabulary.

1. You see your teacher at the store one afternoon.

2. You don’t understand the directions.

3. Your teacher is talking too fast.

4. You don’t know that answer.

5. You’d like to ask a question.

6. You need to hear something again.

jueves, el 4 de septiembre

Copy the following assignment in to the homework section of your binder and then answer them.  

Página 10, Acitividad #9 ¿Qué dice?

Using your list of Frases Útilies vocabulary write the phrase that Sra. Mercado, the new Spanish teacher, would use in the following situations.

1. She wants that students to sit down.

2. She wants everyone to be quiet.

3. She wants everyone to open their books.

4. She wants everyone to take out a sheet of paper.

5. She wants everyone to listen carefully.

6. She wants everyone to stand up.

miércoles, el 3 de septiembre

We conducted our first oral assessment today in class on the ALFABETO.   You had to write vocabulary from the six lists below in class and what you did NOT complete in class is to be completed for homework tonight:  Frases Útiles para escuchar/ Useful Phrases to listen for;  Frases Útiles para decir/ Useful Phrases to say; Expressions of Courtesy; Days of the Week; Months of the Year and Question Words.

Because of Pictures today during Period 3, some students did not get a chance to start the vocabulary in class.  Please follow the steps below to complete tonight's homework using the links to the six vocabulary sections above:

Follow these directions EXACTLY as they are stated!!

HOW TO WRITE SPANISH VOCABULARY in your notes

Step 1      Fold paper in half (long way).

Step 2      Open and draw a line down the crease.

Step 3      Left column label “español” and Right column label “inglés”

Step 4      Put a heading on the first line saying where the vocabulary is coming from.

                1. Frases Útiles Para Escuchar

                2. Frases Útiles Para Decir

                3. Days of the Week

                4. Months of the Year

                5. Question Words

                6. Expressions of Courtesy

These are different headings for these assignments.  Please put the headings and words on separate pages.  Using the front and back of the paper count as separate pages.

Step 5 Write the vocabulary word/phrase in Spanish on the left side and then the translation of the word/phrase on the right side of the paper.

Step 6      SKIP A LINE

Step 7      Repeat steps 5 and 6 until each word/phrase is copied into the VOCABULARY section of your binder.

PLEASE start a new paper/side when you have words from a different section.

martes, el 2 de septiembre

Remember to study for your ALFABETO assessment - it is tomorrow!  Use this LINK to help with pronunciation issues as well as the song from the post on miércoles, el 27 de agosto

viernes, el 29 de agosto

STUDY - STUDY - STUDY!!!  El Alfabeto assessment is on Wednesday.

Please remember to get your supplies: binder, dividers and paper by no later than September 3rd.  If you need assistance to obtain any of these items please ask me.  Your signed introduction letter is due no later than Wednesday, September 3rd as well.

jueves, el 28 de agosto

A teacher friend of mine showed me another NEW way to communicate with my students; via text messaging or emails.  The app is called REMIND.  IF you have an unlimited texting plan on your phone please sign up OR when you receive your Lincoln Public School email address (coming soon) please sign up at that time. I will be sending this to your parents' emails as well so that they can receive REMIND messages too.  These messages will NOT be for homework - it will be just what the name says - reminders.  I will use it to send study reminders.  Click on the live link to sign up for my Spanish I REMIND 

Tonight's homework: study for your alfabeto oral assessment on el 3 de septiembre.  Answer the following question we reviewed in class: ¿Adónde quieres ir en el mundo?  Write your answer on the same page as last night's homework and today's in class work.

miércoles, el 27 de agosto

While viewing the alfabeto video, write down, in the homework section of your binder, the SIX names that you see under the pictures of the famous Latin American heros while you listen and learn the Spanish alfabeto.  You may have to listen to it a few times - that's ok, it will only help you learn your alfabeto better.

Your ORAL assessment will be during class on Wednesday, September 3rd - start studying.

martes, el 26 de agosto

Tonight for homework, complete the following survey: CLICK HERE.  If you don't have internet access then please access it while at LMS.  This is due tomorrow

Please remember to get your supplies: binder, dividers and paper by no later than September 3rd.  If you need assistance to obtain any of these items please ask me.  Your signed introduction letter is due no later than Wednesday, September 3rd as well. 

lunes, el 25 de agosto

Bienvenidos.  This year our Spanish I class will consist of a full year, high school level class for the Spanish language, cultural experiences and projects.  This is the first post for the 2014-2015 school year at Lincoln Middle School.  There are a lot of past posts from last year's blog - as I don't want to change my blog address.

In the past, I have used schoolnotes, and last year I shifted to Blogger!   It worked very well and I'm again very excited and will continue to make it a tool that we will use in class.  We use this blog for daily homework assignments as well as activities.

We will be using a lot of technology in my class including videos and songs from YouTube.  This is an example of one of the videos we will see at the beginning of class this year:

I hope you enjoy this year and your first experience with Spanish.