Mrs. Femal’s EduBlog

Monday, October 26: copy notes into the back of their vocab sheet:

Notice 3 new things going on: We now know all the subject pronouns:

We now know how to conjugate the verb SER = TO BE *** irregular

We also know that the adjectives like alto only change in four ways based on if the noun they modify are masculine, feminine, singular or plural

We will practice looking at different subjects and seeing how they match.  Example:  Paco y Felipe = ellos, Paco y yo = nosotros.   HOMEWORK:  Must have 10 subjects memorized by tomorrow – quiz – I will write in Spanish – you write in English. (each one is worth 10%) – please memorize in this order (2 columns also)

Tuesday, October 27: take subject quiz – grade in class – hand in. discuss who subjects are again (paco and felipe = ellos), then practice matching up with the verb. Teach SER clap/rap. P. 92, read green box, and blue vocab – do act. 23 together, how can we tell with only the verb and desc words? p. 93 read adj agreement red box, do Act 24 together. HOMEWORK – memorize people and verb ser chart (like our clap) be able to put in the right order

Wednesday, October 28: warm up – students take quiz = fill in the blank – grade in class – hand in. word search/crossword – practice vocabulary – due tomorrow.

Thursday, October 29: warm up – hand in worksheet – don’t forget your name. Students do workbook pages 23, 24, 25 solo.

Friday, October 30: (culture day) Warm up –  Grade workbook – have students create skeletons for Dia de los muertos – hw – review vocabulary words – quiz early next week.

Monday, Oct 19: warm up  – review worksheet from Friday -  Mini review on el/la/los/las with overhead – take quiz on Ch 3 Primer Paso. HW: none

Tuesday, Oct 20: warm up – Do  p. 88, #15 listening, #16,17,18 times partner activities – have a few share each time. Act out #18 and turn in for a grade. (2 students in a group) HW: p. 21 #8,9

Wednesday, Oct 21: warm up – correct HW – p. 89 Read Nota cultural and sugerencia then Nota Gramatical – de + el = del possession, Act 19 – write your own answers then interview a partner – report back to the class using de. HW – p. 22 #10,11

Thursday, Oct 22: warm up –  correct HW – p. 90 read green box and do #20 together – writing project – Write about their class schedule – due at the end of class. HW – finish project if not done.

Friday, Oct 23: warm up – p. 91 culture – read and answer questions 1-3. Discuss. – Repeat vocab for Tercer paso – use p. 107 or vocab list. Discuss adjective agreement – o/os/a/as ending. Practice that with Él/Ella es or Ellos/Ellas son.  HW – none.

Notes:
Adjective agreement:
Él es alto. = He is tall.
Ella es alta. = She is tall.
Ellos son altos. = They (boys or boys and girls) are tall.
Ellas son altas. = They (girls only) are tall.
Adjectives must always agree in gender and number to the noun they modify.

This week we are beginning chapter 3.  Here we will learn about our class schedules, time, and being able to describe our classes and friends.

What are we doing each day?

Monday Oct 12: We are learning how to tell time in Spanish.  We will take notes, then work in the textbook on page85 and do #10 and 11.  A handout about time will also be given and we will do the practice activities on the back.  Homework is workbook p. 20 #6-7.

Tuesday Oct 13: We will continue to work on time.  We will work from textbook page 86.  We will practice with activities #12, 13 and 14.  We will hand in our work from #14.  Homework is to study how to write time for a quiz tomorrow.

Wednesday Oct 14: We will take a quiz on time.  The Chapter 3 vocabulary sheet will then be handed out.  We will practice our classes on page 83 in the textbook.  We will also read all the side notes.  One focus is on the word THE in Spanish.  There are four versions of it based on if the noun is masculine, feminine, singular or plural.  Example:  el libro becomes los libros, and la regla becomes las reglas.  We will work on activities #6 and 7 for practice.  Homework is workbook p. 18 #1-2 and p. 19 #3-5.

Thursday Oct 15: We will correct the homework and then continue our practice on p. 84 #8 and by reading a culture section on p. 87.  Homework is to review all vocabulary words in primer paso for a quiz on Monday.

Friday Oct 16: The students will complete a review packet in class and we will then grade it for correctness.  Their homework is to review vocabulary and time for a quiz on Monday.

This is exam week and the end of 1st quarter.  In class we will be reviewing a small amount at the beginning of each class, then moving on to learn about Mexico and the students you find there.  We will also continue to correspond with our pen pals in Colombia.  There is NO HOMEWORK this whole week, except studying for all your exams.  A reminder of the schedule:

Monday – 2nd hour
Tuesday – 3rd and 5th
Wednesday – 4th and 6th
Thursday – 1st and 7th
Friday – no students – teacher work day.