8th grade: The students will continue working on the pronouns (formal, informal, singular and plural), irregular verbs To Be (ser o estar) and To have (tener).In addition, they will learn how to conjugate the “er” verbs such as comer- to eat, beber – to drink etc, so they could create more complex sentences.
Students will have a quarterly exam on Thursday or Friday March 18th or 19th. The exam will consist in the To Be, To have verbs and conjugate two “ar” verbs using the appropriate pronouns.
Students in Monday and Friday class first period - EXTRA CREDIT - Write a paragraph of what you think is celebrated on 5 de mayo or May 5th. After you write the initial paragraph, research through the internet what is celebrated that day and write another paragraph with this information. This report needs to be typed.
7th grade: The students will do a cultural report in regards to ethnic foods for Spanish countries. They will research recipes for the countries assigned to them and they will do a brief presentation.
Oral quiz on 3-11 or 3-13 depending which day the class meets in regards to all the questions the students learned during the month of February. Students need to use their notes as a study guide.
6th grade: The students will research about athletes from Spanish countries –if the immigrated to the US or their parents did. They will do a presentation to their classmates on Monday March 29th.
Oral quiz on 3-8 about sports. Students need to be able to pronounce the sports that we learned during the month of February in Spanish.
5th grade: The students will be learning about antonyms. They will create sentences using the words to compare different items that they use in their daily lives. In addition, Students will learn about definite and indefinite articles and how to use them depending of the gender of the noun that they are using.
Oral quiz on 3-8 about opposites. Students need to memorize the words in Spanish and be able to pronounce them in Spanish.
4th grade: The students will be learning about diminutives in Spanish. They will learn the vocabulary, create simple sentences, do a crossword puzzle and will play “Spanish Bee” game.
They will start using a bi-lingual dictionary to do translations.
3rd grade: The students will continue to learn the names of clothing items. They will share in the target language the colors of the clothes that they are wearing with their classmates. Due to the weather conditions our mannequin project will be done at the beginning of this month.
Students will start learning about emotions and facial expressions. They will do a crossword puzzle, learn the body chant and play “Simon Says” game.
2nd grade: The students will continue to learn about the names of food in the target language. As a project, they will create a plate with their favorite food.
1st grade: The students will learn the Buenos dias – Buenas tardes song. In addition, they will learn the names of classrooms items and create a booklet with those items.
