octubre

Spanish 7th:


This month, we are:
-Reviewing the alphabet
-Revisting the story of Miley
-Revewing Estar and emotions
-Demonstrating our understanding of the alphabet and emotions



Español 7 - Inmersión

Este mes, vamos a ....

-Demostrar lo que sabemos de los verbos SER, ESTAR y expresiones con TENER
-Empezar la novela "FIESTA FATAL"
-Repasar el vocabulario de viajar - Avancemos II


septiembre

7th:
This month we are....
-learning about classroom routines
-reviewing useful classroom expressions
-applying classroom expressions to demonstrate understanding
-learning how to tell a class story
-reviewing 6th grade Spanish




7th I:
Este mes, vamos a...
-aprender como funciona nuestro salon de clase
-repasar lo que aprendimos el ano pasado
-leer algunos cuentos
-identificar los verbos en el preterito y el imperfecto

mayo 2019

Students in 6th grade will...


  • continue working with time and schedules
  • complete a comprehensible input video task
  • complete a story reading comprehension task
  • begin working with weather




Students in 7th grade will....

  • continue working with clothing, shopping, likes/dislikes vocab & grammar
  • complete Unidad 3
  • take Unidad 3 test
  • participate in a movie talk
  • start Berto y sus buenas ideas

abril

6th grade:

This month, students will:
- Demonstrate their understanding of Classroom commands with a picture dictionary project
- Learn how to tell time in Spanish
- Participate in a movie talk




7th grade:


This month, students will:
-Finish reading Un principe para Tess, and demonstrate understanding of the events and characters
- Complete Unidad 3, Desafio 1: shopping and preferences vocab and grammar

marzo 2019

6th grade

This month, we will:

  • have our Term 3 test
  • celebrate World Language Week, Mar 3-9
  • learn how to ask and answer "Cuantos hay?"
  • learn common classroom commands and identify objects in the classroom



7th grade

This month, we will:
  • celebrate World Language Week, Mar 3-9
  • demonstrate understanding of Unidad 2, Desafio 3- grammar & vocab
  • Read "El secreto de su nombre"
  • complete Desafio 4
  • demonstrate understanding of Unidad 2 through unit test

febrero 2019

6th grade

This month we will:

- be assessed on our knowledge of Spanish-speaking countries and capitals
-review conversational vocabulary by creating and presenting a dialogue
-learn some helpful classroom phrases
-review numbers





7th grade

This month we will:

-continue working with Unidad 2: Puerto Rico
- learn how to talk about objects and furniture in a room of a house
-learn how to talk about location of objects and use prepositional phrases
- begin to study household chores

enero 2019

BIENVENIDOS

Class materials for Spanish:

Three-ring binder (designated for Spanish)
Pencil
Agenda
Chromebook in its case


6th grade:

This month, we will:

  • learn about class expectations & procedures
  • share some information about how you think you best learn
  • get our new seats for T3
  • complete binder checks for materials
  • continue with Preliminary chapter of our text

7th grade:

This month, we will:
  • learn about class expectations & procedures
  • share some information about how you think you best learn
  • get our new seats for T3
  • complete binder checks
  • continue with Unidad 2- Puerto Rico

mayo

This month, 6th grade students will:

-demonstrate knowledge on subject pronouns in Spanish
-begin working with the verb SER
-use SER to talk about origin and possession
-complete a Reading comprehension activity



This month, 7th grade students will:
-complete their Shopping project using U3 vocab
-complete U3D3 grammar and vocab
-demonstrate knowledge of U3D3 through a quiz
-start U3D4 vocab and grammar

abril

This month, 6th grade students will....


  • complete a listening activity with time
  • participate in class-wide reading comprehension activities
  • create and present a conversation in small groups
  • start work with identifying subject pronouns in Spanish




This month, 7th grade students will....
  • complete a quiz on Unidad 3, Desafio 1 vocab and grammar
  • complete reading comprehension activities on mini-stories 
  • demonstrate learning of vocabulary and grammar from Unidad 3, Desafio 2 (likes/dislikes, shopping, and clothing vocabulary)

marzo

This month, 6th grade students will....

- take Term 3 test
- learn how to tell time in Spanish
- be able to talk about and read a schedule in Spanish





This month, 7th grade students will....
-Take the Unit 2 test
-Read and analyze the chapter book Un principe para Tess
-Start Unit 3 vocabulary and grammar

febrero

6th grade
Students will....

  • Complete a comprehension activity on the story of Miley
  • Take notes on Days, Months, Dates in Spanish 
  • Take notes on Weather expressions
  • Use new vocabulary in a project


7th grade
Students will....
  • Review AR, ER, IR verb conjugation
  • Complete a quiz on the vocabulary and verbs of U2D3
  • Work with vocab of U2 D4 - free time activities

enero

This month, 6th grade students will:

- complete quizzes on Spanish-speaking country projects
- Identify and explain use of articles - definite/indefinite
-Learn classroom expressions



This  month, 7th grade students will:
-complete writing task on Unidad 2, Desafio 2 vocab and grammar
-review emotions and conditions
-learn about expressing location in Spanish

diciembre

6th grade students will...

  • review for and be tested on: numbers, cuantos hay, classroom objects, conversational vocabulary
  • complete and present a country project
  • participate in a story




7th grade students will.....
  • create their Mi casa projects, describing their own homes (real or fictitious)
  • review number and gender with nouns and articles in Spanish
  • take a quiz on Unidad 2, Desafio 1
  • Complete Unidad 2, Desafio 2 - vocabulary


noviembre

6th grade students will:

  • participate in a story
  • create their first dialogues and present them
  • record a conversation in the language lab
  • begin working with classroom vocabulary





7th grade students will:
  • finish Unidad 1 and take the test
  • watch and discuss a documentary on Teotihuacan
  • read "El secreto de su nombre"
  • start Unidad 2

octubre

Students in 6th grade will...

  • be assessed on learning of the alphabet
  • start reviewing numbers
  • participate in a classroom story



Students in 7th grade will....
  • continue with Desafio 1 grammar
  • work with Desafios 2 & 3
  • complete a family tree project
  • start reading their first chapter novel in Spanish




septiembre 2017

BIENVENIDOS


Hope you have had a fun and relaxing summer!!

Class materials for Spanish:

Three-ring binder (designated for Spanish)
Filler paper
1 dry-erase marker
Pencil


6th grade:

This month, we will:

  • learn about class expectations & procedures
  • share some information about how you think you best learn
  • start learning about where in the world people speak Spanish

7th grade:

This month, we will:
  • learn about class expectations & procedures
  • share some information about how you think you best learn
  • start reviewing 6th grade Spanish

mayo

6th grade-
This month, students will:
- complete a schedule project
- complete an announced quiz on telling time
- participate in another story
- start learning about the verb SER


8th grade, Upper Standard-
This month, students will:
- begin learning the vocabulary for Lesson 8
- complete an announced quiz on that vocabulary
- review the Preterite tense
- begin learning about irregular preterite for stem-changers


8th grade, Advanced-
This month, students will:
- begin learning the vocabulary for Lesson 8
- complete an announced quiz on that vocabulary
- review the Preterite tense
- begin learning about irregular preterite for stem-changers
- read another chapter of CMCM

abril

6th grade-
This month, students will:
- participate in another story
- learn to tell time in Spanish
- create a conversation using vocabulary and dialogue from throughout the year



8th grade Upper Standard-
This month, students will:
- complete review of Lesson 7
- complete the Lesson 7 test
- participate in Civics Week


8th grade Advanced:
- continue reading Cuando Mack conocio a Mac
- complete a review of Lesson 7
- complete the Lesson 7 test
- participate in Civics Week


marzo

Students in 6th grade will:
-take a quiz on Articles in Spanish
-learn about subject pronouns
-complete reading comprehension activities
-participate in another story



Students in 8th grade Upper Standard will:
-be assessed on the present tense reflexive verb conjugation
- create and present their own versions of Pobre Ana
-apply the preterite and present progressive tenses to reflexive verbs
-learn about verbs like gustar



Students in 8th grade Advanced will:
- complete a writing task using the preterite tense and discussing what they did yesterday
- learn about negative words in Spanish
- learn about verbs like gustar
- begin a new short novel