World Language (Spanish)

Revision 8th and 7th grades

2011-06-06T15:06:00.000-04:00

Due to some scheduling conflicts 8th and 7th grade will have their last World Language quiz on Thursday June 9th. It consists on Conversational Practice / Communication. I will be a written quiz.

Junio - June

2011-06-01T15:07:00.000-04:00

It is amazing that the end of the school year is approaching so fast. I want to share that the students have done a wonderful job learning new concepts, reviewing lessons and practicing conversations.

For the next two weeks we will finish doing our reviews and we will create their World Language Books with all the work that the students have done through this school year. Students will bring these books home. Please look at them and try to keep them so they could bring them to school next school year. Knowledge of aWorld Language is a progression and next school year we will continue to build further vocabulary and concepts.

In addition to the reviews 6th, 7th and 8th grades will have their final quizzes and finalize their cultural reports.

ESPERO QUE DISFRUTEN SU VERANO – I hope that all of you enjoy the summer.

End of May

2011-05-23T10:41:00.003-04:00

The following is a list of some changes to the class work for the end of this month

8th grade – Due to the Field Trip and Memorial Day, we will continue to work on the conversational practice next week. Written quiz Friday June 3rd.

7th grade – Due to Memorial Day and their Field Trip I will not see the students the last week of this month. We will continue to work on our Conversational Practice the first week in June.

5th grade – Written quiz May 27th “Food Items”. We will start working on learning new words and review around the room’s classroom objects. Describe these items using shapes, sizes and colors and differentiate opposites the first week of June.

All the other grades will continue to work on what I have posted at the beginning of the month May- Mayo

Mayo - May

2011-05-09T08:06:00.003-04:00

8th grade Students will complete the lesson for irregular verb To Be. Students will have their final test in regards to this verb on Thursday May 12th
Students will be introduced to the conjugations of the irregular verb Tener – To have. This verb will be the last of the irregular verbs.

7th grade Students will continue to work on possessive adjectives and occupations.
Students will have a test on Thursday May 12th.
In addition, students will learn antonyms in the target language. They will do numerous activities including completing work sheet opposites attract and stating the opposite where they will use possessive adjectives and given vocabulary to write pairs of opposite sentences. Furthermore, students will describe something different in their classroom using the current vocabulary

6th grade Students will research what Cinco de mayo is and how it is celebrated in Mexico and in the United States. They will type a one page report in school. This report will be counted as a quiz grade.In addition, students will learn phrases to introduce themselves and greet new friends. Oral quiz may 20th.
Furthermore, they will learn common phrases usage so they can create sentences in the target language

5th grade Students will learn about Cinco de mayo celebrations. In addition, they will learn new food words and review words that they learned last year so they could order a meal in Spanish. The objective of this lesson is for the students to be able to order food in the target language
Learn new words and review around the room’s classroom objects. Describe these items using shapes, sizes and colors and differentiate opposites

4th grade Students will learn about Cinco de mayo celebrations. In addition, they will review the days of the week and the months of the year and do a crossword puzzle to test their knowledge. Students will express when their birthday is the target language
Furthermore they will learn the differences between Tu and Usted. Tu is used as an informal form of “you” and usted is used as a formal form of “you”

3rd grade Students will do activities for Cinco de mayo celebrations. In addition, they will review the days of the week and do a crossword puzzle to test their knowledge. Students will express which their favorite day of the week is. In addition, they will learn how to say today, yesterday and tomorrow in the target language and do exercises where they can write those progressions in Spanish.
Furthermore, we will start working learning shapes’ names.

2nd grade Students will do activities for Cinco de mayo celebrations. In addition, students will learn how to say the name of family members in the target language such as madre, padre, abuelo, abuelo etc. Students will be introduced to the rules of gender for Spanish words. They will do a crossword puzzle and a listening exercise.

CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION

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Cinco de mayo celebration’s originated because of a surprising battle between France, England and Spain. In 1861 all these countries sent ships to Mexico to settle a debt. Within a few months, an agreement was reached and the British and Spanish navy set sail toward home. But the French ships, by order of Napoleon III, began an attack. On May 5, 1862, 6000 soldiers under the commander of the French forces tried to capture the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe in Puebla de Los Angeles, Mexico. Two thousand Mexican men, led by General Ignazio Zaragoza, fought back hard and held the fort. Although smaller in number, the Mexican army won this battle but they did not win the war. The French conquered the country, and in 1864, a European emperor was put on the Mexican throne. Three years later, after a reign filled with problems, the emperor was deposed and killed.

In the United States, the "Batalla de Puebla" came to be known as simply "5 de Mayo" and unfortunately, many people wrongly equate it with Mexican Independence which was on September 16, 1810, nearly a fifty year difference.

While Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for the 5th of May) is celebrated in the Puebla region, the holiday has taken on more meaning outside of Mexico than within -- similar to how St. Patrick's Day is more popular in the U.S. than in Ireland. On this day, many Mexicans around the world celebrate their Mexican ancestry and many people of all backgrounds take the time to appreciate Mexican culture.

I will be doing different activities throughout the grades so students know what is being celebrated and how it is celebrated in Mexico and also in the United States.

End of April

2011-04-27T08:30:00.001-04:00

As this month comes to an end we are going to continue to complete the lessons for April.
The following is a summary of what I am planning to do until the end of this month. Some of the lessons will carry over to the beginning of May.

8th grade: Continue to work on irregular verb Ser and Estar Verbs

7th grade: Continue lessons for possessive adjectives and occupations

6th grade: Continue to work formulating questions using the words How, When, Where, Why and What in the target language

5th grade: Students will review the basic questions that we have learned these two past years. The lesson for new food words and review words that they learned last year will be done at the beginning of May.

4th grade: Continue to learn the correct meaning and pronunciation of the words related to family members

3rd grade: Continue to learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about command words such as corten – cut, cierren – close, peguen – paste, levantense – stand up, etc.

2nd grade: Continue to learn the days of the week using the correct progression. In Spanish’s calendars the first day of the week is Monday (Lunes).

April 's Additional Class Work

2011-04-11T15:09:00.002-04:00

The following is a list of additional class work for the month of April.

5th grade – Memorize the words Norte, Sur, Este, Oeste, Derecha and Izquierda. Students will have an oral quiz Friday April 15th

6th grade – Review quiz - Oral - Days of the week, months and general expressions.

8th grade – Test for Irregular Verb To Be – Ser and Estar Friday April 15

All the grades will continue to work on what I have posted at the beginning of the month Abril – April

Abril – April

2011-03-31T15:18:00.003-04:00

8th grade: We will continue to work on the irregular verb To Be.

Written quiz Friday 4-1 (correct conjugation of Ser and Estar)

Written quiz Thursday 4-7 (conjugation Ser & Estar)

Students will continue to practice sentences using both forms of the verb so they could create sentences using the appropriate form of the verb.

Written quiz Thursday 4-8

In addition, students will review how to tell time and they will learn additional useful times expressions such as the day after tomorrow, during the day, last year etc.

7th grade: We will finish our work with the magazine ¿Que tal?. Furthemore, we will complete the lessons for Command and Expressions.

Written quiz Thursday 4-7

In addition, students will learn about occupations and possessive adjectives. Students will recite the Spanish words for the occupations so they practice proper pronunciation. They will complete a word sheet translating occupations for English to Spanish. They will play occupations charades. Each student will look up the Spanish for their parent’s occupations. The class then plays charades in small groups trying to guess the occupations in Spanish

6th grade: Students will practice the pronunciation of the Spanish alphabet so they would be able to spell words in the target language when needed. The alphabet has four more letters than the English one. We will do numerous activities to ensure that the students feel comfortable different words.

Oral quiz Thursday 4-8

In addition students will learn the words How, When, Where, Why and What in the target language so they are able to formulate questions.

5th grade: We will complete work pages using descriptive adjectives to refer to opposites. In addition, students will learn how to tell directions using a compass practicing the correct pronunciation. They will complete two work sheets “Every Which Way” and “Direction Puzzle”. Using a wall map students will ask each other the locations of other countries and they will have to answer in the target language.

In addition, students will learn new food words and review words that they learned last year. The objective of this lesson is for the students to be able to order food in the target language.

4th grade: Students will learn the correct meaning and pronunciation of the words related to family members. Students will complete a page called “Family Ties”. They will complete a crossword puzzle. Students will draw a picture of their extended families and label each person in Spanish.

3rd grade – Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about command words such as corten – cut, cierren – close, peguen – paste, levantense – stand up, etc. They will practice completing a work page called Open and Close and a crossword puzzle. In addition, we will play “Simon Says” with those commands so they can practice them.

2nd grade – Students will learn the days of the week. In Spanish speaking countries the week starts on a Monday – Lunes. They will learn the correct pronunciation, do a coloring matching page and a crossword puzzle as independent practice. Is the time allows we will learn the song “Los dias de la semana”

8th grade presentations - Notable Hispanic Individuals

2011-03-10T08:20:00.000-05:00

The 8th grade students will start presenting their articles on Notable Hispanic Individuals today. They will do this for the remainder of the week and if more time is necessary we will continue next Monday. They have written wonderful pieces with amazing graphics as if they were creating a magazine. They have researched a vast variety of personalities such as painters, singers, actors, sport figures, writers, royalty even comedians.

All the grades will continue to learn what I have posted at the beginning of the month (March – Marzo)

March - Marzo

2011-02-28T15:30:00.001-05:00

The following is a synopsis of what the students will be learning this month:

8th grade: Complete exercises and finish the lesson for possessive adjectives.

Students will have a quiz on Friday March 4th.

Finish cultural reports for notable Latin American famous persons. Students will present their article during this month.

Students will learn how to use the irregular verbs To Be. Students will have to memorize the verb and the rules. This verb is essential to be able to form more complex sentences. We will do numerous activities to translate sentences and make sure students understand the appropriate usage so they feel comfortable with their knowledge.

We will have practice quizzes throughout the month to practice the usage of the verbs

7th grade: Students will do numerous activities in a magazine called ¿Que tal?. This is a monthly publication by Scholastic. It is written in Spanish and it contains articles such as the smallest dragon on the world, how La Merce is celebrated in Barcelona España, about Lourdes Leon and her family, and soccer (futbol) teams from España. These articles will help the students to translate sentences, learn about other cultures and to feel more comfortable about their Spanish pronunciation.

6th grade: Continuing with the community theme students will learn the correct pronunciation about places around town. Students will express their preferences such which is their favorite park, do they like to live in a house or in apartment and will also describe places around town in the target language.

Students will work on a cultural report that will include the following for their assigned Latin American Countries: 1. Map and Flag 2. Where is the country located? What continent? Which countries and/or bodies of water are in the north, south, east, and west? 3. What is the capital city? 4. What is the climate like? 5. What type of government does the country have? Who is the president? 6. What is the currency? Compare the value of the currency of your country to that of the United States. 7. What is the typical food of the country? Most of the research and report will be done in school however there is a possibility that some students may have to complete the work at home if they are unable to complete the project in school.

5th grade: The first week we will finish our lesson about household items such as restrooms, glass, towel, etc. Students will complete a crossword puzzle, and describe how many bedrooms they have in their house, the color of their bathrooms, etc.

Written and oral quiz Friday March 4th

At the beginning of the month students will learn the correct pronunciation of words of classrooms objects such as pluma, globo, regla, papeles, borradores etc. Students will complete “In the classroom” work sheet. Furthermore, they will randomly write Spanish words on bingo cards, they will scramble the flashcards and show one word. They will play bingo until a student has covered four in a row, column or diagonal.

Staring the third week of the month students will learn the usage of descriptive adjectives using opposites. Students will learnt the correct pronunciation of words such as garnde, nuevo, alegre, viejo, triste, limpio, abierto and the opposite words for these. Students will complete a “Words to Describe” work sheet and will create a book about themselves using pictures and Spanish adjectives. We will play a game having one student describing an object in the room. The other students will try to guess what it is. The person who guesses describes the next item.

Students will have a written quiz on descriptive adjectives on Friday 3-25

4th grade: We will continue to learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish of classrooms words such as chair, table, door, pen, window, eraser and pencil. Students will complete a work sheet and write the words in English and in Spanish.

3rd grade: Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about foods such ad carne, manzana, platano, naranja, agua. They will pronounce their favorite fruits. They will draw a picture with their favorite fruits and labels them in the target language.

2nd grade: Students will learn about the names of pets such gato, perro, pajaro, pez etc. They will use colored pencils or crayons to color pictures, they will say if they have any pets what kind and how many in the target language. At the end of the unit students will do a word search exercise to demonstrate their knowledge.

Febrero - February

2011-01-31T20:00:00.008-05:00

Due to the inclement weather we were not able to complete everything I had planned for the month of January. My plan is to complete the previous lessons the first week of this month and start with all new lessons the second week of February

8th grade: We will work on the preposition’s lesson that we were unable to complete last week. Students got a study guide on Monday January 31st.

Quiz on Thursday 2-3. Due to the NAEP testing the quiz is re-scheduled to Monday February 7th. .

Students will learn how possessive adjectives work I will dictate an English phases and students will indicate the correct Spanish possessive adjective. We will play tic-tac-toe as the students give the correct answers Students will complete a work sheet with Spanish sentences.

In addition, students will learn how to use the irregular verbs To Be and To Have. Students will have to memorize the verbs and the rules. We will do numerous activities to translate sentences so students feel comfortable with the usage of the verb.

Tentative date for a Quiz on Thursday 2-24

Students will continue to work on their cultural project for Famous Hispanic Figures. I have added extra sessions in the computer lab so students would be able to complete their reports. DUE DATE February 25th

7th grade: Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about computations in Spanish. Students will complete a math puzzle and create four addition problems and four subtraction problems. Then the students write each problem using their Spanish words. Students will also practice their phone numbers.

Take home quiz due on Thursday February 17th

In addition, students will learn how to express commands and other expressions. They will respond to different questions. Students will randomly write Spanish Expressions on bingo cards. We will scramble the flashcards and read one expressions, Students will cover the appropriate word.

Oral quiz on Thursday 2-25

Students will work on a cultural report in regards to Authentic Latin American Food. This project will be done in its entirety at the school. STUDENTS DO NOT NEED TO BRING ANY COOKED FOOD.

6th grade: Students will learn the rules in how to form singular and plural names in Spanish including the ending. Students will complete a word sheet name More than One. We will play spelling bee so students can tell the plural of a given singular noun or the singular of a given plural noun. In addition, students will learn the rules for forming plural of nouns. They will complete a word sheet. I will dictate singular names and student will write the letter or letter to form the plural. We will play hang man so students can spell Spanish plural names.

Quiz on Thursday February 10th

Furthemore, students will learn different facts about the culture and location of Latin American countries.They will create a report. This work will be done in school

In addition, students will learn additional vocabulary and create a work sheet of things that belong or are the same categories, such as three numbers and one cat. The answer will be El gato no vale porque no es un numero. The cat doesn’t belong because it is not a number

5th gadre: We will complete our previous lesson in regards to shapes, colors and sizes.

Oral quiz on Monday 2-7. Students just need to remember cuadrado, rectangulo, circulo, ovalo and estrella. Grande y pequeno and the colors in Spanish.

Staring the second week of February students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about household items such as restrooms, glass, towel, etc. Students will complete a crossword puzzle, and describe how many bedrooms they have in their house, the color of their bathrooms, etc.

4th grade: Due to the inclement weather we need two weeks to work in our lesson about foods. Students will create a menu for their own restaurant in the target language.

Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish of classrooms words such as chair, table, door, pen, window, eraser and pencil. Students will complete a work sheet and write the words in English and in Spanish.

3rd grade: Students will continue to learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about clothing items such as shirt, pants, dress, socks, shoes and cap. Students will complete a crossword puzzle, answer questions about what they are wearing and create a mannequin that shows and describes the clothes that they choose.

Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about family members. To learn the difference between mother (madre) and mom (mama) and father (padre) and dad (papa). Students will complete a work sheet and write the words in English and in Spanish.

2nd grade: Students will finish their work sheet to and they will draw a picture of an imaginary neighborhood. They will draw and labeled places that they have learned in this unit. They will color their pictures

In addition, the students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about foods. Students will complete a work sheet and write the words in English and in Spanish.

Enero - January

2011-01-02T08:52:00.012-05:00

The following is a synopsis of what the students will be learning this month.

8th grade: Students will learn how Spanish verbs end in either –ar –er or –ir. This form of verb is called infinitive. The ending that we will work on is the “ir” verbs .Describir means to describe, partir means to leave, dividir means to divide. When the students use the verb in a sentence, verbs are usually conjugated with the proper ending. The ending indicates de subject pronoun.

Quiz on Friday January 7th "er" verbs defintions. Translate verbs from English into Spanish. (Word Bank) Due to the inclement weather students will have the quiz on Monday 1-10

Quarterly assessment test on Thursday 1-13. Conjugate and translate “ar, er and ir” verbs.

In addition, students will learn how prepositions are used in Spanish. They have the same usage as in English they connect a noun (or pronoun) to something else in a sentence. Students will write the English translation of each preposition by the Spanish words. The prepositions that the students will learn are: in front of, far, under, over, in, bear, with, between, in back or behind and without.

Students will have a quiz on Thursday January 27th. Due to the inclement weather the students will have this quiz on Friday February 4th

We will also start working on a cultural project about Notable Spanish People. This project will continue into the month of February

7th grade: Students will learn how Spanish verbs end in either –ar –er or –ir. This form of verb is called infinitive. We will work on is the “er” verbs .Beber means to drink, vender means to sell, comprender means to understand. When the students use the verb in a sentence, verbs are usually conjugated with the proper ending. The ending indicates de subject pronoun.

Quiz on Friday January 7th "ar" verbs defintions. Translate verbs from English into Spanish (Word Bank) Due to the inclement weather students will have the quiz on Monday 1-10

Quarterly assessment test on Thursday 1-13. Subject pronouns, Conjugate and translate “ar and er” verbs.

In addition, students will learn how Spanish verbs end in either –ar –er or –ir. The ending that we will work on is the “ir” verbs .Describir means to describe, partir means to leave, dividir means to divide. When the students use the verb in a sentence, verbs are usually conjugated with the proper ending. The ending indicates de subject pronoun.

Quiz on Friday 28th. Conjugate and translate “ar, er and ir” verbs

6th grade: Students will learn the proper usage of subject pronouns including the three forms of you as “tu” “usted” and “ustedes”. Students will learn the correct order of usage.

Quiz on Friday January 7th on the usage of tu and usted. Study guide was done at school between Monday January 3rd and Thursday January 6th, Due to the inclement weather students will have the quiz on Monday 1-10

In addition, students will learn the proper usage of all subject pronouns. I = Yo, You = Tú (informal) You = Usted (formal), He – El, She = Ella, We = Nosotros (masculine) and Nosotras (feminine), You all = ustedes, They = ellos (masculine) and ellas (feminine). Students will learn the correct order of usage.

Subject pronouns. Due to the inclement weather the students will have this quiz on Friday January 28th

5th grade: Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about family members such as mother, father, grandmother, cousins, aunts and uncles. Students will complete a puzzle with the family words then will write the English translation for the words. In addition they will complete sentences that explain family members such as: The father of my father is my ….. (Grandfather) (Abuelo)

Oral quiz on Friday January 14th

In addition, the students will be learning about sizes, shapes and colors. They will do a word search. They will also combine these new words with the color words that they had learned previously to create sentences and translate a work sheet.

4th grade: The students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish of food items such as milk, cheese, bread, chicken etc. In addition students will learn the names of food that can be found in a restaurant. They will do a word search finding items that can be found in a place setting.

3rd grade: The students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about clothing items such as shirt, pants, dress, socks, shoes and cap. Students will complete a crossword puzzle, answer questions about what they are wearing and create a mannequin that shows and describes the clothes that they chose.

2nd grade: The students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about places to go. Students will complete a work sheet to and they will draw a picture of an imaginary neighborhood. They will draw and labeled places that they have learned in this unit. They will color their pictures.

As a cultural project, with all the classes, we are going to be researching currencies for Latin American countries.

Diciembre - December

2010-11-29T09:19:00.005-05:00

FELICES FIESTAS – HAPPY HOLIDAYS

2nd grade
Students will review colors, numbers, classroom items and clothing items that the students have learned to this point. We will do coloring sheets, play bingo and do physical activities such as jumping jacks to review numbers. In addition, they will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about Holiday Celebrations in Latin American Countries. Students will complete Holiday Work sheets to ensure that the students see the similarities and also the differences between celebrations.

3rd grade
Students will review colors, numbers, places around town and animals’ names that the students have learned to date. . In addition, they will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about Holiday Celebrations in Latin American Countries. Students will complete Holiday Work sheets to ensure that the students see the similarities and also the differences between celebrations.

4th grade
Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish of clothing items such as skirt, shoes, shorts, belt, coat, socks, dress and boots. Students will complete a word search in Spanish with the names of these items

5th grade
Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about household items such as lamps, oven, bed, table, refrigerator, and dresser. Students will explain what items they have in their house and describe them by using a bi-lingual dictionary.

Students will have a quiz on household items Friday on 12-17. They will have a word bank for this quiz.

6th grade
Students will finish their work sheets with the days of the week.
They will have an oral quiz for the days of the week on Thursday 12-2

In addition, students will finish reading ¿Que tal magazine? They will complete a work sheet about their favorite things in the State of New Jersey.

Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish for sports such as football, soccer, basketball, baseball, tennis, volleyball, sky and swimming. Students will express which sports are their favorites and which ones they don’t like. Students will have a group project to research a Hispanic Player and will do a presentation.

Students will present their reports on Monday 12-20

7th grade
Students will learn the days of the week including he progression between today, yesterday, the day before yesterday, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
They will have a quiz on December 2nd.

Students will learn how Spanish verbs end in either –ar –er or –ir. This form of verb is called infinitive. The first ending that we will work on is the “ar” verbs .Beber means to drink, vender means to sell, comprender means to understand. When the students use the verb in a sentence, verbs are usually conjugated with the proper ending. The ending indicates de subject pronoun. Students will start with the “ar” form

Students will have a quiz on Friday December 17th conjugating "ar" verbs following the correct progression

8th grade
Students will learn how Spanish verbs end in either –ar –er or –ir. This form of verb is called infinitive. They will continue to work on the “ar” ending. In addition, they start working on the “er” ending including verbs such as Beber means to drink, vender means to sell, comprender means to understand. When the students use the verb in a sentence, verbs are usually conjugated with the proper ending. The ending indicates de subject pronoun.

Students will have a quiz on Friday December 17th conjugating "ar" and "er" verbs following the correct progression.

Noviembre - November

2010-10-31T20:50:00.002-04:00

2nd grade: Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish for clothing items such as hat, pants, dresses, shirts, socks and shoes. They will use paper mannequins and label their clothing items. Students will also describe the clothing that they are wearing “white shirt – camisa blanca”

3rd grade: Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish for items around the house such as sofa, kitchen, bed, lamp, telephone, television and living room. Students will complete a work sheet to unscramble the Spanish words.

4th grade: Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish for animals such as bear, frog, horse, cow, butterfly, dinosaur, pig, sheep, etc. Students will create sentences describing the animals.

5th grade: Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish for weather words such as rain, snow, clouds, sky etc. In addition, the will learn about weather conditions such as It is raining, snowing, windy etc.
Students will have a quiz on 11-19. They will receive a study guide on Monday 11-15.

6th grade: Students will do numerous activities in a magazine called ¿Que tal?. This is a monthly publication by Scholastic. It is written in Spanish and it contains articles such as the smallest dragon on the world, how La Merce is celebrated in Barcelona España, about Lourdes Leon and her family, and soccer (futbol) teams from España. These articles will help the students to translate sentences, learn about other cultures and to feel more comfortable about their Spanish pronunciation.

7th grade: Students will learn how to tell time using regular and military time and use the correct pronunciation. In Spanish we have manaña, mediodia, tarde y noche. Students will learn the times to identity these periods. “7:30am = Siete y treinta de la manaña”
Oral Quiz on 11-19

8th grade: Students will learn the proper usage of subject pronouns including the three forms of you as “tu” “usted” and “ustedes”. Students will learn the correct order of usage.
Students will have a written quiz on 11-18

Octubre - October

2010-10-01T10:04:00.008-04:00

2nd grade: Students will learn and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish about classroom items such as book, chairs, pencils etc. Students will draw a picture of their classroom and label the items in Spanish.

3rd grade: Students learn the names of places in our community such as park library, store and use the correct pronunciation in Spanish. Students will do a word search to practice their knowledge

4th grade: Students will learn the days in Spanish using the proper Spanish format (the week starts on a Monday). They will also learn yesterday today and tomorrow and will be doing exercises to be able to identify the days in the correct progression

5th grade: Students will learn the correct pronunciation for the months of the year and be able to write out complete Spanish dates such as January 13 – Trece de enero.Quiz on October 15th. Correct spelling of months of the years in Spanish. Complete dates using the proper format in Spanish as the example above. I will provide the students with a sheet with the numbers that will have correct spelling for them.

In addition, Students will learn the difference between “tu” and” usted”. Both of these words mean the subject pronoun you. Students will study when to use each form.
Quiz on Friday October 29th. Students will receive a study guide on Monday October 25th

6th grade: Students will learn the rules for definite and indefinite articles in Spanish since these have gender and the form changes for singular and plural. They will learn how to apply the correct article to the noun.
Quiz on October 8th – Students will get a study guide on Monday October 4th and they will have a quiz on Friday October 8th in regards to the articles.

Students will review basic questions such as ¿Como te llamas? and ¿como estas? (What is your name? and How are you?) They will learn other questions such as Where do you live?, What is your phone number?, How old are you? Do you have any brothers or sisters? They will work on the correct pronunciation of the questions and to answer them in Spanish.

There will be an oral quiz on Thursday October 28th. The sheet that they have been using in class to do the practice will be the student’s study guide.

7th grade: Students will learn the proper gender of nouns and the rules to identify the gender. They will also learn the exceptions to the rules. They will learn about the singular and plural rules. In addition, students will work with a teammate to create a list of nouns and identify the meaning, gender and create the singular and plural form.Quiz on October 8th Gender and plurals

Students will be learning the subject pronouns in Spanish. Student will receive a study guide on Friday October 22nd. We will work on the pronouns and study guide again on Monday October 25th. There will be a written quiz on October 28th

8th grade: In addition of working on the cultural report, (please check student’s rubric for due dates) students will learn how adjectives must agree with the noun they modify and describe the gender and number. There are some exceptions to these rules and the students will learn those them so they are able to use the appropriate format.

Students will have a written test about adjectives on Friday October 22nd. Students will work on a study guide on Friday October 15th and Monday October 18th.

Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month

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Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated nationwide and begins on September 15, 2010, the anniversary of independence for five Latin American countries – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Mexico achieved independence on September 16th and Chile on September 18th. Hispanic Heritage Month has been celebrated in the United States since 1974, when President Gerald Ford issued a Presidential Proclamation extending Hispanic Heritage Week into a month-long observation.

With so many countries sharing the same holiday, it can be quite confusing to answer the following question:

Who is Hispanic?

The word 'Hispanic' is actually a cultural or ethnic term. There is no single Hispanic nationality. Hispanics come from many races. Hispanic bloodlines include Mayan, Aztec, Spanish, Mexican, and many others. The Hispanic classification draws from more than 20 nations!

The United States Census Bureau classifies Hispanics as Americans who trace their ancestry to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Central and South America, the Dominican Republic and other Spanish cultures, regardless of race. The Bureau excludes people from countries where Spanish is not the primary language spoken--such as Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, Belize and Portugal.

We would like the students at OCS to celebrate this occasion by having a dance where we will feature bi-lingual singers such as Shakira, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, etc. This dance will be on Friday September 24th.

The importance of learning Spanish

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There are several reasons why learning Spanish is important:

Better understanding of English: Much of the vocabulary of English has Latin origins, much of which came to English by way of French. Since Spanish is also a Latin language, you will find as the students learn Spanish that they will have a better understanding of their native vocabulary. English and Spanish grammars are similar so the students will benefit studying Spanish grammar. For example, it is not uncommon, to gain an understanding of English verbs' tenses and moods by learning how those verbs are used in Spanish.

Learning other languages: When the students learn Spanish, they will have a head start in learning other Latin-based languages such as French and Italian. It will even help them learn Russian and German, since these languages have Indo-European roots, as Spanish does, and have some characteristics (such as gender and extensive conjugation) that are present in Spanish but not English.

Cultural understanding: While most of us can't hope to learn the languages of more than one or two cultures other than that of our own, those that we can learn help us to learn how other people learn and think. Reading a Latin American or Spanish newspapers, for example, one can gain a sense of how other people think and feel, a way that may be different. Spanish also offers a wealth of literature, both modern and traditional.

It's easy: Spanish is one of the easiest foreign languages to learn. Much of its vocabulary is similar to English's, and written Spanish is almost completely phonetic: Look at almost any Spanish word and you can tell how it is pronounced. Basic grammar is straightforward enough that you can have meaningful communication after only a few lessons.

In the future the students will have benefited because:

Employment opportunities: Living in the United States and work in one of the helping professions including medicine and education, the students will find their opportunities to expand by knowing Spanish. And wherever they live, if they are in any occupation that involves international trade, communications or tourism, you'll similarly find opportunities to use your new language skills.

Travel: Yes, it is perfectly possible to visit Mexico, Spain and even Equatorial Guinea without speaking a word of Spanish. But it isn't nearly half as much fun. Being able to communicate in another language can open the doors to memorable travel experiences allowing you to see things that many other visitors that don’t speak the language will not be able to come into contact with.

June - Junio

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This has been such a thrilling school year for me, teaching student’s grammar, vocabulary and Spanish culture.

Depending on the class’ grades the students have learned numerous things in Spanish such as the color song, the family song and Happy Birthday. In addition certain grades made maps in with the names of the places label in the target language. They have learned how to express emotions, how to order from a Spanish menu, how to count up to 10.000.In addition they learned pronouns formal and informal how to conjugate regular verbs and how to utilize irregular ones. They have learned basic questions and answers so they can communicate with Spanish speaking individuals.

They have researched why 5 de mayo is celebrated, Spanish sports figures, ethnic foods in Hispanic countries, education in other Hispanic countries and how Independence Day is celebrated is Central and South America.

For the month of June we will be reviewing everything that we have learned, so the students will finish feeling at ease with the knowledge that they have gained during this school year.

May – Mayo

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8th grade: Students will review everything that they have worked on this year from adjectives, name gender, pronouns, irregular verbs and “ar and “er” verbs. In addition they will be finalizing their cultural projects and presenting them after the trip to Washington.

7th grade: Students will learn irregular verbs To Be and To Have to get them ready to create more complex sentences. In addition they will review the proper pronouns to be able to create the sentences.

6th grade: The students will be learning questions such as Where do you live? What is your phone number? What do you like to do for fun? etc. This will help the students to broaden their vocabulary and to learn different regular verbs. They will learn the pronouns in the target language. They will also review the days of the week and the months of the year so they could use the appropriate format when writing dates in Spanish.

5th grade: The students will learn about household items. They will do a crossword puzzle and an unscramble Spanish vocabulary activity to pratice the words.

Students will have a quiz Definite and Indefinite articles on Monday 5-3

4th grade: The students will learn about occupations and professions. They will be able to explain “What I want to be when I grow up in the target language.

3rd grade: Students will learn action words. They will complete word searches and play Simon Says to do these commands.

2nd grade: Students will learn Family Ties. They will do a word search. By the end the students will be able to express how many brothers, sisters and grandparents they have.

1st grade: The students will learn the days of the week. They will listen to songs and at the end they will be able to tell which their favorite day is and which day of the week is the one they don’t like in Spanish. In addition, they will learn about their face and they will do a word search with words regarding the face.

April – Abril

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March – Marzo

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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.

February - Febrero

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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 “ar” verbs such as hablar- to speak, dar – to give etc, so they could create more complex sentences.

February 8th - Students that did not finish conjugating the "ar" verbs in class need to do them for homework. This homework is due the next time the class meets.

Students will have a quiz on February 25th or 26th depending on the day the class meet. The students will have to conjugate 5 “ar” verbs. This will include the usage of the proper pronouns and correct conjugation. It will be the same as the work done in class and the homework that was assigned during this month.

7th grade: The students will continue working on the pronouns (formal, informal, singular and plural), The students mastered questions such as Where do you live? What is your phone number? Do you have any brothers or sisters? And this month they will learn other questions related to school such as Which is your favorite subject?

Students will have a pronoun quiz on Friday Feb 5th or Feb 11th depending which day the class meets.

6th grade: The students will be learning about sports. After they will explain in the target language which sports they like, when do they play them and where do they play them. When they finish they will create a small composition in Spanish about their favorite sport.

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. They will create sentances using the words.

4th grade: The students will be learning about the weather and the seasons. They will create sentences such as Today is sunny. (Hoy esta soleado). We will be doing crosswords and other games so they can practice these concepts in Spanish.

Students will have a study guide on Monday February 22nd. They will have a quiz on Friday February 26th to test the concepts that they have learned.

3rd grade: The students will be learning the names of clothing items. They will share in the target language the colors of the clothes that they are wearing with their classmates. As a project at the end of the month they will create a mannequin with different clothes and they will write the name of the clothes in Spanish.

2nd grade: The students will learn to count to thirty. In addition, they will start learning about the names of food in the target language. As a project at the end of the month they will create a plate with their favorite food.

1st grade: The students will learn the color song. In addition, they will learn to say which one is their favorite color in Spanish. Mi color favorito es …

January – Enero

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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). They will create sentences using the different verbs as well as practice asking questions using the verbs.

Students will have a quiz on Friday January 29th with sentences and questions with the To have "tener" verb. Students were given a study guide on Monday January 25th.

7th grade: The students will be learning questions such as Where do you live? What is your phone number? What do you like to do for fun? etc. This will help the students to broaden their vocabulary and to learn different regular verbs. They will learn the pronouns in the target language.

Students will have a quiz on Friday January 15th in how to tell time.

Students will have an oral quiz on Friday January 29th to answer basic questions.

6th grade: The students will be learning about action verbs such as to eat, to speak and drink, in addition they will create sentences using these verbs. Once that this area is completed we will work on verbs that express commands such as sing, cut, sit down etc. They will also start learning about sports.

5th grade: The students will be learning about sizes, shapes and colors. They will do a word search. They will also combine these new words with the color words that they had learned previously to create sentences and translate a work sheet. In addition, the will start learning about opposites.

4th grade: The students will be learning about using formal (usted) and informal (tu) pronoun “you”. This will help the students conjugating verbs in the future. They will write names of people they know and use the proper pronouns.
In addition, they will start learning about weather conditions.

3rd grade: The students will be learning how to say good morning, good afternoon, good night and some basic commands such as write, say at loud etc. We will do different activities including a crossword puzzle that will include Spanish greetings.

2nd grade: We will review clothing items and start learning about places to go in our community such as library, park etc. Students will be able to identify these places and also will create a picture of an imaginary neighborhood and label the places in the target language.

1st grade: The students will learn to count to twenty five. In addition, they will be learning family members. The goal is for them to be able to tell me in the target language how many brothers, sisters, cousins, and grandparents they have.

Weeks of 11-30 to 12-21

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8th grade: The students finished presenting their cultural reports. In the next weeks they will be learning pronouns (formal, informal, singular and plural). In addition, we will start working on the irregular verbs To Be (ser o estar) and To have (tener). They will create sentences using the different verb as well as practice asking questions using the verbs.

Students will have a pronoun and conjugation for the To Be verb on Monday 12-21

7th grade: The students will be learning how to tell time including how to tell military time since it is the primary format in Spanish. In addition, they will start learning questions such as Where do you live? What is your phone number? What do you like to do for fun? etc. This will help the students to broaden their vocabulary and to learn different regular verbs.

Students will have a quiz on Friday 12-4. It will include today, tomorrow, yesterday etc. I gave all the students a study guide on 11-20 so they could study for the quiz.

6th grade: The students will be learning about different professions. They will use the proper gender for “the article and the noun” of that career. Ex. The writer (female) La escritora. We will also do word searches and some other writing exercises where they can practice writing in Spanish. They will use a bilingual dictionary to learn professions that are of interest to them. Additionally, they will have verbal presentations about those professions.

5th grade: The students will be learning about different foods and drinks. They will use their conversation skills to communicate preferences in regards to the foods. Ex. I like chocolate milk. Me gusta la leche de chocolate. They will create a Holiday Menu with in Spanish.
Students will have a quiz on Thursday 12-10. This quiz will be oral and the students will have to tell the letters of the alphabet in Spanish.

4th grade: The students will be learning about different foods. They will use their conversation skills to communicate different varieties of food. Ex: White cheese. Queso blanco. We will be using crossword and word searches to highlight the food items. They will also asks their parents and care givers which ones are their favorite food so they could practice the pronunciation.

3rd grade: The students will be learning about households rooms. They will learn the names of different rooms and describe something about them. We will use word sheets and coloring sheets for them to describe their rooms in the target language.

2nd grade: The students will be learning about different clothing items. They will start describing the clothing items that they are wearing including what color those items are. Ex: I have a blue jacket. Yo tengo una chaqueta azul

1st grade: The students will learn to count to twenty five. In addition, they will be learning family members. The goal is for them to be able to tell me (in Spanish) how many brothers, sisters, cousins, and grandparents they have.

Weeks of 11/9-11/20

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8th grade – The students will be presenting their reports in regards to the Education systems in Spanish Speaking countries. The students gathered information about difference and similarities of these countries and the US and will share it with their classmates.

7th grade – The students are learning adjectives and the gender and will start creating phrases using the nouns and adjectives to create sentences in the Spanish approach. Ex: Article or Pronoun, noun, verb, adjective.

6th grade – The students will be learning how to tell time in Spanish including how to tell military time since it is the primary format in Spanish.

5th grade – The students will be learning the alphabet in Spanish and how to spell Spanish words.

4th grade – The students are learning clothing items. They are asking each other what clothing items they are wearing and what color those items are.

3rd grade – The students are learning animal’s names and answering the question have you ever seen a …? Where have you seen it?

2nd grade – The students are learning classroom items, how many there are in the class and describing their colors.

1st grade – The students are learning pet’s names, how many do they have. In addition, they are learning colors and numbers.