Mrs. Femal’s EduBlog

This week we are working on Ch 4 primer paso where we will learn how to conjugate verbs to match the appropriate person.  The endings change in 6 ways.  You need to memorize this chart (also found on the back of your vocab list).

Homework:

Monday 11-16:  workbook p. 28 #3,4 — matching vocab quiz WED and verb conjugation quiz on FRI
Tuesday 11-17: workbook p. 29 #6,7 (yes, skip 5) – matching quiz tomorrow (primer paso)
Wednesday 11-18: memorize verb chart (above) for quiz on Friday
Thursday 11-19: review vocabulary and verb chart, quiz tomorrow
Friday 11-20: no homework over thanksgiving break 

This week we are working on a speaking project and beginning Ch 4 (verbs).

Homework for the week:
Monday 11-9-09: we worked on our Speaking project today – students need to bring flashcards for tomorrow
Tuesday 11-10-09:  We continued on our Speaking project – also they need to make flashcards for Ch 4 primer paso – watch the spelling
Wednesday 11-11-09: We practiced our new vocabulary – hw is to practice the flashcards at home
Thursday 11-12-09:  in the workbook, do p. 27 #1,2
Friday 11-13-09: we watched our videos from our speaking project – hw is to practice your flashcards, there will be a quiz early next week.

This week we are finishing up Ch 3 and testing on Friday.

Homework:
Monday 11-2-09: review adjectives for a matching quiz tomorrow, workbooks will be handed in on Wed.  P. 18-25 need to be done.
Tuesday 11-3-09: workbook p. 26 #18,19, collecting workbooks tomorrow
Wednesday 11-4-09: Review all of Ch 3 vocab – test Friday – We completed a writing project in class (half orange sheet)
Thursday 11-5-09: Review Ch 3 vocab and review workbook – test tomorrow
Friday 11-6-09: Took Ch 3 test – handed back writing project – we will use those for a speaking project next week, you can memorize it for extra credit.

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.

Monday September 28, 2009: Warm up. Vocab sheet – repeat new vocab words – think of how to remember them, p. 60 read questions and answers – – Repeat vocab in phrases on p. 61 – translate and read grammar note – students work with partner and do Act 25. Then do Act 29 (HW – workbook p. 16 # 14, 15.

Tuesday, Sept 29, 2009: Warm up, Check HW – Use envelopes with word cards in them to write sentences. See if they can create 10 good sentences – write with warm up – share favorite one with class. Best one wins candy. (most complex/understandable). 7 min time limit – Repeat p. 62 numbers –  show similarities between base number and by tens. Do Act 32 with partner then report to class – Act 33 do together as class –and Act 34 if time. HW- workbook p.17 # 16-17

Wednesday, September 30, 2009: warm up, Correct HW, do the Sentence Review worksheet – Correct with overhead – give them 15 min to work on – then on back write answers to p. 66 #3, p. 67 #5 and #6, p. 68 #8 and p. 69 #10. Correct with overheads as we go. Give about 3 min with each section.  HW – review vocabulary for all of Ch 2.

Thursday, October 1, 2009: Review day – no warm ups – hand in warm ups for credit. Have room re-arranged, half in small groups of four to play board game – other half in circle to do white boards with me. Here, practice everything and have them ask questions. Hand out how to review for exams, what will be on it and what day is which tests. Students may take game boards home for review – have out chapter one also.

Friday, Oct 2, 2009: no school – parish fair day.

Spanish 1
1^st quarter Exams – 2009
What to study and how?

The exam will be 90 multiple choice questions, this is how the sections are broken down:
Translation, Fill in the blank, Logical or illogical, Question/answers, Accents, Subject pronouns (yo, tú, él, ella), Indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas), True/false based on sentences with pictures, Numbers, Mucho(as), Verbs, and Reading.

The best way to review is to look over your vocabulary lists for Chapter 1 (p 45 in the textbook) , Chapter 2 (p. 73) and the numbers on the back of both. This will give you the vocabulary you need. Also look over ALL the workbook pages we have done so far (p 1 to 17). Read over the grammar boxes there and what the activities were like. Finally, use the game boards from Ch 1 and 2 to quiz yourself on your knowledge, remember the answers are on the back.

Exam schedule:

Mon Oct 5 2^nd hour
Tue Oct 6 3^rd and 5^th
Wed Oct 7 4^th and 6^th
Thurs Oct 8 1^st and 7^th
Fri Oct 9 No School – teacher work day.

Monday, 9-21-09:

Warm up – workbook p. 12 – all, check answers and page 11.

Textbook p. 54 # 13 – write answers and then help translate – have answers on an overhead.

Read nota cultural then nota gramatical.

Then create notes of the verbs. Have the students write it in their workbook.

(Yo) ya tengo = I already have

*irregular

Pattern – yo ends in -o or -oy, tú ends -s, Él/Ella ends in -a or -e (except es)

Read the Asi se dice section on p. 52 – have kids translate outloud. Note: yo and tu are omitted. Ask the students questions about what they want or need and have them answer it in complete sentences. – do workbook p. 13 together. HW – review notes and workbook, quiz tomorrow

Tuesday, 9-22:

warm up – students fill in yo, tu, el or ella in my sentences then translate. Do extra review practice if needed, take the quiz 2.1. If extra time, begin practicing new vocabulary words on p. 56 (bedroom).  HW: none – go to mane event

Wednesday, 9-23:

warm up – students write the spanish word for the english bedroom item. Repeat p. 56 bedroom words again. Think of ways to remember the words. Read Asi se dice on p. 57, translate as we go. Ask students some of the questions. Activitiy 18 do out loud – use cards, kids say full sentence. #19 students write then read some answers – add to warmups. Then work on p. 14 in the workbook. Finish as homework – review words.

Thursday, 9-24:

warm up – based on overhead bedroom, students answer true/false statements in Spanish.  Correct workbook p. 14. Ask students to describe their room in Spanish. Read p. 58 in the textbook, gramatica section. Notice it is just like un, una, unos and unas. Do Act 21 with a partner and write in answers – be ready to translate out loud. Do workbook p. 15. Finish as homework.

Friday, 9-25:

correct p. 15, review the pattern. Review what the verbs mean, hand out writing project.  create writing for bedroom – project grade – hand in today.

Here are my lesson plans for the week of 9-14-09.  We are beginning Chapter 2 and students will be receiving a new vocabulary list.  If they lose it, it can also be found on p. 73 in the textbook.

Monday, 9-14-09: Return tests. Collect workbook pages 1-8 from everyone. Learn about Colombia from my pictures there this summer, then read the pen-pal letters from one of the three girls. Have the students think of questions they want to ask them. This time focusing in on school because that will be our next chapter. Hand out the new vocabulary to those that did not get one on Friday. HW – start looking over the new vocabulary

Tuesday, 9-15-09: Hand back all papers. Warm up – looking at your vocab list, write what you all have in your backpack at the moment. 5 things minimum – include the word for backpack. Read p. 46 Ch 2 intro, Read p. 48-49 of the Paco video. Answer the questions on p. 50 #2 and 3. If time, watch the video. HW – read over vocab list 2 times.

Wednesday, 9-16-09: Warm up – p. 50 #1. Finish the Paco video if needed. p. 51 repeat vocabulary, read the tambien se puede decir, do listening activity #6 – write the answer. Read nota gramatical, do act 7 together and translate as we go. HW – create a bingo card from primer paso.

Thursday, 9-17-09: Warm up – create a list of all the vocab nouns from primer paso that have el and la. Show how it relates to un and una. Play bingo – stickers and hard candy for prize. HW: workbook p. 9 #1,2

Friday, 9-18-09: Warm up – workbook p. 10 #3,4. Correct p. 9 and 10 – read p. 52 asi se dice. Then create notes of the verbs. Have the students write it in their workbook.
Yo tengo = I have
Yo quiero = I want
Yo necesito = I need
(Yo) ya tengo = I already have

Tú tienes = You have
Tú quieres = You want
Tú necesitas = You need

Él/Ella tiene = He/She has
Él/Ella quiere = He/She wants
Él/Ella necesita = He/She needs

Ask the students questions about what they want or need and have them answer it in complete sentences. Do #9 together in class – say as a full sentence. Learn how to make items plural on p. 52. Then do workbook p. 11 #5 and 6 to practice – finish as homework.