Personalidad unit

In this unit students will meet the following objectives:

• Students will be able to give simple descriptions.

• Students will be able to ask and tell what someone's personality is like.

• Students will be able to describe their personality.

• Students will be able to understand while listening and reading about personality.

Vocabulary:  http://www.mrsshirley.net/powerpoint/realidades/vocabulary/real1vocab/SP1Vocab1-B.ppt
TicTacToe project due Monday
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65YMWmKmFC4V2k3MG5ZUzBqOTA/view?usp=sharing

Vocabulary list download:  http://www.phschool.com/atschool/realidades/pdfs/repaso/L1_Capitulo_1B.pdf

Quia link: http://www.quia.com/quiz/5063432.html

Que te gusta hacer unit

In this unit we will be learning the following:

Unit Standards:
Communicative and cultural objectives:
Communication: Interpersonal-Students will be able to ask and tell what they and others like to do and dislike doing.
Students will be able to express agreement as others share what they like and dislike doing.
Interpretive-Students will be able to comprehend while listening to information about likes and dislikes.
Presentational-Students will be able to express orally and in writing what activities they and others like and dislike.
Culture-Students will be able to identify different types of dances in Spanish speaking countries.

Connections- Students will be able to identify cognates while reading to improve comprehension.

Comparisons: Students will be able to compare infinitive verbs in Spanish and English to gain a deeper understanding of both language structures.

Communities: Students will create advertisements for the Hispanic Heritage Fiesta to advertise activities one likes and can participate in.

We are on a modified schedule so this unit will extend into next week.

Vocabulary:  http://www.phschool.com/atschool/realidades/pdfs/repaso/L1_Capitulo_1A.pdf

General concepts

Vocabulary pronunciation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXfokQ4NLRc
How-to express likes and dislikes: Powtoon on Youtube "Concepts"
Vocabulary quiz Thursday October 15
Unit test Monday October 19
Practice here https://quizlet.com/29770007/realidades-1a-with-pictures-flash-cards/

Monstruo write

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Unit on Weather

Objectives for this unit: Students will be able to ask and tell about the weather. 
Students will understand while listening and reading about the weather.
Students will ask tell what one wears during different seasons and weather.


Notes handout :   I lost my notes so I can download them at this link.
Vocabulary PowerPoint download
Quia Activity
Quizlet practice: https://quizlet.com/90742982/level-i-spanish-weather-flash-cards/

Students will create a weather report that is due by Thursday September 17, 2015.
Quiz on weather will be on Thursday, September 17, 2015.

Unit El Tiempo

Objectives for this unit: Students will be able to ask and tell about the weather. 
Students will understand while listening and reading about the weather.
Students will ask tell what one wears during different seasons and weather.


Notes handout :   I lost my notes so I can download them at this link.
Vocabulary PowerPoint download
Quia Activity
Quizlet practice: https://quizlet.com/90742982/level-i-spanish-weather-flash-cards/

Students will create a weather report that is due by Thursday November 17, 2015.
Quiz on weather will be on Friday November 18, 2015.

Dates days Months

Quiz Fr 9/3/15

In this unit students will be able to:
- name the letters in the Spanish alphabet and spell with them.
-understand while reading and listening to someone provide information using the alphabet.
-ask and tell the date.
-identify and discuss days and months in Spanish.
-Understand while reading and listening to information about the date days and months.
Quias
Quia 1
: Quia 2

Notes handout: download

Numbers and time

The quiz over numbers and time will be Thursday, 8/27/15. Students will complete 2 Quia assignments.



Quia 1 http://www.quia.com/quiz/4896595.html


Homework:  Numbers practice and time sheet.

Students practice asking and telling  telephone numbers. 

¿Cuál es tu número de teléfono?=What is your telephone number.

We are working on a listening practice and a speaking practice using telephone numbers.

Students are still filming performance tasks from the previous unit.

Helpful resources:

Online practice activities   http://www.quia.com/jg/761189.html   numbers

                                           https://quizlet.com/46423645/los-numeros-0-100-flash-cards/ numbers

                                           http://www.quia.com/shared/search? time
                                           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxsjOuoJLfw Youtube time video

Mini unit 3- Numbers and Time

We are learning the Spanish numbers 0-100 and time
Notes handout for Friday https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B65YMWmKmFC4LTUtUVp1cmhYbGc/view?usp=sharing

 Fun ways to practice your numbers can be found here
http://www.quia.com/jg/822105.html
http://quizlet.com/7525192/los-numeros-0-100-su-espanol-flash-cards/
We will have a test over numbers and time Wednesday, August 26.

Classwork: Numbers and time Quia http://www.quia.com/quiz/4896595.html

Week 2 unit 2

We will begin our next unit on Greetings and courtesy expressions on Wednesday after the test.
The objectives for this unit are as follows:

MLI.IP1 The students exchange simple spoken and written information in the target language, utilizing cultural references where appropriate.
The students: A. Use basic greetings, farewells, and expressions of courtesy, in both oral and written forms.

The vocabulary can be found here 

For the first part of the unit we will cover the vocabulary for greetings, goodbyes and courtesy
 expressions. The following section of vocabulary is what students are responsible for:

There will be a quiz that includes listening and reading  with matching responses.

Students will have homework for this unit that goes beyond studying. Please make sure students are studying. You have to study. Make flashcards, use quizlet, and read over the notes.

Wednesday 8/12/15  homework: download

Practice these terms using quizlet

In class  1st Quia assignment. take it here

Quia practice 2 click here http://www.quia.com/quiz/5406612.html

We will have quiz on this vocabulary Tuesday.

Week 1 2015-16

Welcome to Spanish Connections.
Students received the following

•  Syllabus download 
• Getting to know you activity download
• Technology Use Policy (sign and return by Friday) download
• Geography of the Spanish-speaking world notes download
• The first test on the following standards will be Tuesday, August 12.

Quizlet practice for Spanish-speaking countries link

Vocabulary video link mov

                                                            Examples video link  mov

Week of 4/28

Students will continue learning to make sentences with -ar verbs. We will have a quiz on Monday, May 4.
Reteaching on subject pronouns will also take place for those who didn't understand the concept.

The project for this verbs unit will be a children's book. Students will write simple children's books using ar verbs and other previously learned vocabulary.
This project will be due Monday, May 4.

Animated verbs
http://phschool.com/atschool/realidades/animated_verbs/Realidades-Grammar-LV1.htm

Practice activities

http://phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?wcprefix=jcd&wcsuffix=0204&area=view

Week 4/20/15

Students will be learning ar verb endings in the present tense.


Due to some classes missing after long testing sessions we will postpone our quiz until Friday.
Vocabulary for subject pronouns: http://phschool.com/atschool/realidades/pdfs/repaso/L1_Capitulo_2A.pdf

We will go to the lab to complete the Quia activity on subject pronouns http://www.quia.com/quiz/5299183.html .
Students will also use classtools.net or zondle.com to create their own arcade game to review subject pronouns.

Ar verbs quia: Ar verbs quia click here http://www.quia.com/quiz/5048516.html

Subject pronoun practice activities
http://phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?wcprefix=jcd&wcsuffix=0203&area=view

Sign up for Zondle

class-code: 25774-52777 Ar verbs quia click here http://www.quia.com/quiz/5048516.html

Week of April 13

This week we will learn subject pronouns in Spanish. Students were given a vocabulary sheet with the subject pronouns and their English translations. Students were also given the opportunity to write them down if they lost the sheets.
We created foldables with definitions and examples. All students should have those, I didn't keep them.

We will have a quiz after EOG testing on Thursday April 23, 2015. Students should begin studying now.

The test will assess the following objectives:
Students will be able to discuss who is performing an action in Spanish.
Students will be able to correctly use ar verbs in the present tense.

We will only meet every other day during testing. We will review the concepts on Wednesday after testing.

Week of 3/30

Students will learn to discuss their classes in Spanish.
Students will learn to tell who is performing and action.
Students will learn -ar verbs.

We will cover many topics in this unit. It is important that students continue to focus and control their behavior during this week.

We will have a vocabulary quiz on Thursday.

The following is a link to the vocabulary
http://phschool.com/atschool/realidades/pdfs/repaso/L1_Capitulo_2A.pdf

Students should study vocabulary nightly.

Week of 3/23/15

Students are wrapping up the Unit on describing personality.
A choice project is due on Wednesday. We are going to the lab on Monday and Wednesday so students have the opportunity to finish in class.
The quiz for this unit is Wednesday and will administered using Quia.com in the lab. Students will only have one opportunity to log in and complete the quiz.
Vocabulary to study for Wednesday's quiz: http://phschool.com/atschool/realidades/pdfs/repaso/L1_Capitulo_1B.pdf

The next unit is on classes and ordinal numbers. Students will be able to discuss their schedules and what they do in school during the day.

Vocabulary :http://phschool.com/atschool/realidades/pdfs/repaso/L1_Capitulo_2A.pdf

Como eres?

New unit starts on Tuesday. Students will describe personality in Spanish.

Vocabulary: http://phschool.com/atschool/realidades/pdfs/repaso/L1_Capitulo_1B.pdf

Students will write poems describing their personality.

Que te gusta hacer Unit 1a quiz Monday 3/16

Describir las personalidades Unit starting 3/17/15

Que te gusta hacer unit

Students will take a vocabulary quiz over the following words.

http://phschool.com/atschool/realidades/pdfs/repaso/L1_Capitulo_1A.pdf

Students created a comic strip discussing what they like to do in Spanish.

Weather Skit

Week of February 18

Welcome Back! We have a test on Friday on days, months, and date. Please review the days and date vocabulary.

Examples of dates:¿Cuál es la fecha?  What is the date?El 8 de octubre – The 8^th of October.El 16 de noviembre- The 16^th of November.El 5 de mayo-The 5^th of May

Eres el juez

Spanish Connections week of 2/2/15

This week students will turn in their body projects on Monday.

• We will learn the Spanish alphabet, days, months, and how to ask and tell the date in Spanish.
• Students will create foldables to help them study.
• Students will research important dates in Spanish-speaking countries.
• Students will have a quiz on this week's concepts on Friday
• Please make sure your child studies nightly to prepare for the quiz on Friday.

Quizlet online practice link http://quizlet.com/13529369/los-meses-los-dias-y-la-fecha-flash-cards/

Vocabulary and notes follow;

* Spanish days and months are not capitalized.

* The Spanish week begins on Monday on the calendar.

* The first day of the month is called the first = January 1= el primero de enero.

To say the date in Spanish use the following phrase:

el + day(#) + de+ month

Example: February 14 in Spanish would be el 14 de febrero (the 14th of February)

                October 8 in Spanish would be el 8 de octubre (the 8th of October.

Body parts vocabulary

Students are learning the parts of the body. Vocabulary can be found on the back of their numbers and time quiz. Click here for vocabulary sheet 1 of body parts unit.

Students should be able to

• comprehend while reading and listening to discussions of body parts
• discuss body parts and describe physical appearance in writing and and speaking.

Students will have a test on body parts Friday.

Students are currently working on a project view the directions here  choice board

Practice body parts using the following link: http://quizlet.com/50388667/el-cuerpo-flash-cards/

Bienvenidos!! Second Semester 7th grade Spanish

Welcome families! We are off to a wonderful start. What did we learn this week? This week's objectives were Students should be able to greet, say goodbye, and use courtesy expressions. Skills addressed will be listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Please see the link for the first unit vocabulary:Unit 1 vocabulary

Students should be able to greet, say goodbye, and use expressions of courtesy in spoken and written form.
This vocabulary will be recycled throughout the course.

Los Numeros!

We are learning the Spanish numbers 0-100.

 Fun ways to practice your numbers can be found here
http://www.quia.com/jg/822105.html
http://quizlet.com/7525192/los-numeros-0-100-su-espanol-flash-cards/

Skit-Greetings