Chapter 2A – Tu día en la escuela

• Talk about school schedules and subjects
• Discuss what students do during the day
• Ask and tell who is doing an action
• Compare your school with that of a student from a Spanish-speaking country

Announcements:

Mini-quiz Wednesday – On subject pronouns and present tense of -ar verbs

WEEK OVERVIEW:

Monday – Review Gramatica – Subject pronouns (Page 82-83)

Listening and speaking using subject pronouns

Writing subject pronouns 

Choosing socially appropriate subject pronouns

• Exercises 10-12 pg.83
• Core practice workbook – pg. 35
• Guided practice workbook – pg. 63-64

Tuesday – Gramatica: Present tense of -ar verbs (Page 84-85)

Listening for verb endings 

Writing simple sentences with -ar verbs 

Listening comprehension of infinitives; providing forms of verbs 

• Exercise 13 pg. 84
• Exercises 14-15 pg.85
• Guided practice workbook – pg.65-66
• Core practice workbook – pg. 36-37

Wednesday – Mini-quiz on subject pronouns and present tense of -ar verbs

Practice and communicate (Page 86-87)

TEST ON CAPITULO 1B WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH 

WEEK OVERVIEW:

MONDAY – TEST REVIEW

• We will spend the class period reviewing for our upcoming test on Wednesday
• Core practice workbook – Page 29

TUESDAY – ELECTION DAY/NO SCHOOL

WEDNESDAY – TEST ON CHAPTER 1B

THURSDAY – Perspectivas del mundo hispano – “Que es un amigo?” 

Reading about friendship 

Writing a mock e-mail as an introduction to a perspective pen pal  

• Check it out! Activity pg. 66 
• Think about it! Activity pg. 66 
• Writing a mock e-mail introduction to a prospective pen pal pg. 67

FRIDAY – El Mundo Hispano – El Caribe (Page 68-69) 

Learning about culture of the Caribbean  

• Read about the Caribbean pg.68-69 
• Watching a video about the Caribbean 
• Video on traditional dances and music seen and heard in the Caribbean 
• Para pensar activity pg. 68

Announcements

Test on 1B – Friday, October 30th  

This week we will be finishing up chapter 1B and tested on the chapter Friday.

Remember to review the terms in the chapter review (Page 70-71) often/every other day before our upcoming test! 🙂 

If you need extra help/tutoring please email me to schedule an appointment.

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Week Overview: 

Monday – Continue Gramatica – Word order: Placement of adjectives (Page 62) 

Using correct word order  

Listening for comprehension  

Writing and speaking about oneself and other people 

• Exercise 21-22 pg. 63 
• Guided practice workbook pg. 50 
• Core practice workbook pg. 28 

 Tuesday – Lectura – un self-quiz (Page 64) 

Reading and completing a magazine personality quiz 

Fondo cultural – Common clothing worn in Spanish speaking countries  

• Magazine self-quiz comprendes? activity pg. 65 
• Watch a video on various Spanish-speaking countries examples of clothing 

 Wednesday – Perspectivas del mundo hispano – “Que es un amigo?” 

Reading about friendship 

Writing a mock e-mail as an introduction to a perspective pen pal  

• Check it out! Activity pg. 66 
• Think about it! Activity pg. 66 
• Writing a mock e-mail introduction to a prospective pen pal pg. 67

Thursday – El Mundo Hispano – El Caribe (Page 68-69) 

Learning about culture of the Caribbean  

• Read about the Caribbean pg.68-69 
• Watching a video about the Caribbean 
• Video on traditional dances and music seen and heard in the Caribbean 
• Para pensar activity pg. 68 
• Review for test tomorrow 

Friday – Chapter 1B Test  

THIS WEEK BEGINS THE 2nd 9 WEEKS

Announcements: 

Bible Quiz FRIDAY 

Mini-quiz Monday October 19th on vocabulary recognition  

Bible verse of the week:  

 “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18 

“Cercano está el Señor a los quebrantados de corazón y salva a los abatidos de espíritu.” Salmo 34:18 

Week Overview: 

This week we will continue to work through Chapter 1B 

 Monday – Chapter/Capitulo 1B – Introduction Recap (Pages 50-51) 

Talk about personality traits 

Ask and tell what people are like 

Use adjectives to describe people 

Understand cultural perspectives on friendship 

• Page 22-23 in core workbook  

Tuesday – Amigos por internet (Pages 52-53) 

Reading conversations using cognate strategy  

• Exercise 3-4 pg. 53 
• Guided workbook pg. 43-46 
• Core workbook pg. 24-25 

Wednesday – Vocabulario en uso (Page 54) 

Talk about what people are like 

Ask people to talk about themselves and others 

Describe your own personality traits

• Exercise 5-6 page 54 

Thursday – Gramática (page 55) 

Breaking down adjective rules  

• Exercise 7 page 55  
• Exercise 8-9 page 56 

Friday – Bible Quiz 

Bilingual Benefits 

• Video on the benefits of a bilingual brain – Mia Nacamulli 
• Video “The Benefits of Being Bilingual” – Univision Noticias 
• Discuss benefits of learning a second language, goals for learning Spanish.  

If you need extra help, please email me to schedule a time for tutoring. 

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Exam THURSDAY!

Exam will cover Para Empezar and Capitulo 1A

• Numbers 1-100
• Greetings
• Telling time
• Seasons
• Weather
• Date (Days of the week, months of the year)
• Classroom commands
• Body parts
• Ask and tell how someone is
• Saying good-bye phrases
• Activities
• Saying what you like and don’t like to do
• Ask others what they don’t/like to do
• Common expressions/useful words
• Asking for help

Study the end of chapter reviews, our chapter 1A test and para empezar test, extra resources sent through email, and worksheets and exercises we completed in class.

If you need extra help, please email me to schedule a time for tutoring.

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Week Overview:

This week we will introduce Chapter 1B briefly and watch enrichment videos that tie to what we have gone over in the text so far. There will be no homework or big assignments due to exams.

Monday – Exam Review Day

• Organize notes
• Questions before exam Thursday
• Examples given on exam layout
• Focus on areas students may need extra help with

Tuesday – Introduce Chapter/Capitulo 1B

• Talk about personality traits
• Ask and tell what people are like
• Use adjectives to describe people
• Understand cultural perspectives on friendship

We will discuss the artist Frida Kahlo

• Students will create a self portrait and list personality traits to later translate to Spanish as we learn the new vocabulary

Wednesday – Bilingual Benefits

• Video on the benefits of a bilingual brain – Mia Nacamulli
• Video “The Benefits of Being Bilingual” – Univision Noticias
• Open discussion after watching videos
• Review for exam with games

Thursday – EXAM 

Friday – Teacher work day/No school for students

ANNOUNCEMENTS    

Bible verse quiz – Wednesday, September 22nd  

Pre-test quiz – Monday, September  28th

Test on Capitulo 1A – Wednesday, September 30th

 Bible Verse of the Week:  

Todo lo puedo en Christo que me fortalece.

Filipenses 4:13

For test prep/extra practice: Guided practice workbook – pages 25-32 (To keep terms organized & flashcards with pictures to help study)  

WEEK OVERVIEW   

lunes – Vocabulario en uso page 30-31   

• Talk about activities    
• Say what you like and don’t like to do  
• Ask others what they like to do    
• Learn about infinitives and negative statements   
• Exercises 5,6,7,8 – page 30-31   
• Core workbook – pages 15-16   

martes – Gramática y vocabulario en uso – Infinitives   

• Introduce infinitives – page 32-33   
• Exercises 9, 11, 12 – pages 32-33   
• Core workbook – page 17    

miercoles –  Bible Verse Quiz  

Exploracion del lenguaje – Cognates/Cognados   

• Introduce cognates – page 34-35  
• Make a list of cognates using pages 34-35  

jueves – Gramática – Negatives   

• Introduce negatives – pages 36-37  
• Exercises 15, 16, 17 – pages 36-37  
• Core workbook – pages 18-19  

viernes – Pre-test quiz review 

• Pre-test quiz review on pages 25-37  
• In preparation for upcoming test next Wednesday 

Announcements: 

Test 1 “Para empezar”

Pages 1-24 

WEDNESDAY/MIERCOLES 

Country Poster Project

Due September/Septiembre 17th 

Week Overview: 

lunes – ¡No escuela!  

Labor Day 

martes – Test 1 Review Day 

Realidades – Para Empezar Pages 1-24  

• Repaso del capitulo – Pages 23-24 
• Core workbook – Pages 10-12 

miercoles – Test 1  

Introduce Tema 1 – Mis amigos y yo  

jueves – Capitulo 1A – ¿Que te gusta hacer? 

Vocabulario en contexto – Page 26-27 

• Talk about activities that you like and don’t like to do 
• Ask others what they like to do  
• Understand cultural perspectives on favorite activities  
• Core workbook – Page 13 

viernes – ¿Que te gusta hacer? 

• Speaking Practice – Pages 28-29  
• Core workbook – Pages 14-15 

Bible Verse of the Week: Hebrews 11:1

Versículo de la Biblia de la semana: Hebreos 11:1

“La fe es la confianza de que en verdad sucederá lo que esperamos.”

Hebreos 11:1

Week Overview:

lunes – Review on el calendario y la fecha pages 14 & 15

Days of the week, months, writing dates

Exercise 8 page 15

Worksheet page 8

martes – pre-test quiz review packet 

Introduction to “El tiempo” pages 18-19

Describing weather conditions and the seasons

miercoles – pre-test quiz

Continue “El tiempo”

Describing weather conditions and the seasons

Exercise 1,2,3 pg. 19

Page 9 in the core practice workbook

jueves – Dos hemisferios pages 20 & 21

Seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Exercise 5 & 6 page 21

viernes – Bible Quiz: Hebrews 11:1

Begin first assessment review pages 22 & 23

Workbook page 10

Test/Assessment 1 – Wednesday September 2nd