Sixteenth Week: Dec. 15th-Dec. 19th

EIGHTH GRADE:
Eighth grade will be continuing to work on chapter 5B including restaurant scenes and personal descriptions and the difference between Ser and Estar. Students will complete powerpoint presentations about ser and estar which both mean to be. We will continue to do some improve restaurant situations. We will probably have a quiz on ser and estar on Thursday the 17th.

SIXTH GRADE:
Sixth grade will be finishing Comic Life projects and printing them out in color. The second part of the week will be a big review day. Students will need to be able to express things they like and don't like to do.

SUMMIT: Next week we will be starting a unit on food. This will hopefully include some taste testing and students will be able to discuss foods involved in breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Fifteenth Week: December 8th-12th

EIGHTH: Eighth graders will be presenting restaurant skits using menus that they created. We will then be moving on with chapter 5B and finishing up by the end of the week with review and a chapter test either late in the week or early next week.

SIXTH: Sixth graders are just starting chapter 1A which is several new verbs. We have made up actions for all the verbs and we will be starting a project using Comic life to take pictures while doing these verbs and saying whether we like or dislike the activities. The end product will be a comic including pictures of students doing the actions and saying things in Spanish. This project will take at least all of next week to complete.

SUMMIT: In Summit Spanish we are finishing up chapter 2B on classroom objects and the verb estar- to be. We will be moving into the next chapter on food. We will hopefully do some taste testing and other fun things involving food.

Thirteenth Week: Nov. 24th-28th and Fourteenth week: Dec. 1st -Dec 5th

EIGHTH GRADE: 

In Eighth grade we are having a test on chapter 5A on Friday the 21st and the Monday and Tuesday we will be moving into chapter 5B which includes restaurant scenes, physical descriptions and the verb "venir" to come. I realize that some students may be absent due to Thanksgiving and I will just be introducing new material on Monday and Tuesday. 

On December 1st when we come back from Thanksgiving break we will be continuing with this unit. 

SIXTH GRADE: 

On Monday and Tuesday of this week we are having a test on Para Empezar, the first chapter of the text book. This test will cover a lot of material including, time, body parts, greetings, calendar, and weather. If students want extra practice they can go to www.phschool.com and find Realidades and then the very first chapter, Para empezar. 

During the week after Thanksgiving we will be starting a fun new chapter on what you like and don't like to do. This will be followed by a comic life project using the computers. 

SUMMIT: 

Monday and Tuesday we will be continuing in chapter 2B which includes things around the classroom, prepositional phrases, and the irregular verb "estar" which means to be. 

Upcoming events: 

Thanksgiving break: Wednesday Nov. 26th-28th 

No school/Teacher inservice: Friday Dec. 5th 

Christmas break: Friday Dec 19th-Jan 5th 

Twelfth Week: Nov. 17th-Nov. 20th

EIGHTH GRADE: 

In the beginning of this week we will be presenting our family tree powerpoint presentations. Later in the week we will be reviewing for a test on chapter 2A. 

SIXTH GRADE: 

We will be reviewing this week for a test on Monday and Tuesday the 24th and 25th. This test will include everything we have studied so far. Every student should have flashcards and a review sheet to help them study. The native speaker will continue to work on their magazine articles in Spanish. 

SUMMIT: 

We will be finishing up chapter 2A which covers AR-verbs and then moving onto the verb "estar" which is another way to say "to be". 

Eleventh week: Nov. 10th - 14th

EIGHTH GRADE:

In eighth grade this coming week we will be continuing with chapter 5A. We have now moved from the Realidades A book which is the red book to the Realidades B book which is now blue. This current chapter includes vocabulary about birthday parties which ties into members of the family. This coming week we will be making family trees. Students will make these family trees based upon an imaginary family and they can be done on powerpoint or on the computer or on a poster. We will also be studying the verb Tener which means "to have" so we can use it with family members such as Yo tengo cinco hermanos. I have 5 brothers. Another gramatical point that is included in this chapter and will continue into the week after next is possesive adjectives. For example; mi abuela - my grandmother. Another example Nuestra hija - our daughter. We will probably be in this chapter for about the next three weeks and then we will be moving into chapter 5B: in a restaurant.





SIXTH GRADE:

This week in sixth grade we have been getting back into the book because we are finally finished with the Google Earth presentations. Most students did a great job on their country presentations using Google Earth and we all learned about many new and interesting places in Spanish speaking countries. This coming week we will continue with the first chapter of the textbook; Realidades. We have been making up actions that go along with new vocabulary, for example; escribe con un lapiz; write with a pencil, and the action would be pretending to write with a pencil. This cuts down on a lot of the direct English to Spanish translations and students get more involved and get to move about. This coming week we will learn several weather expressions. We will create actions for these weather expressions. We will also continue working on the Spanish calender including seasons, months, days of the week, and the date. I am hoping to finish up with the first chapter of the book called Para empezar within the next three week and hopefully have an exam before Thanksgiving.





SUMMIT:

We have started a new chapter including classes, hours, subject pronouns and present tense -ar verbs. Students are learning how to conjugate verbs which will soon lead to sentence contruction. This is a fairly short chapter which I hope to finish up in the next two weeks. The test for this chapter will be shorter and may even just be a quiz. The following chapter continues on theme of school items and also includes prepositional phases such as the pencil shapener is next to the computer.

Eighth Week: Oct. 27th -Oct. 31st

EIGHTH GRADE: 

This week in Eighth grade we are going to be finishing up chapter 4B along with studying dia de los muertos/Day of the dead which is on November 1st and 2nd. We will be having a test on Tuesday the 28th on chapter 4B. On Wednesday we will be in the kitchen making sugar skulls and on Thursday and Friday we will decorate and celebrate Dia de los muertos. Friday the 31st is the end of the quarter and Halloween and crazy hair day. Students should not wear costumes on Friday. Day of the dead is a very popular holiday in Mexico and it is important for students to understand the festive holiday. 

SIXTH GRADE: 

In sixth grade we are still finishing up Google Earth presentations. We have about 10 more presentations to go in each class which I am hoping to finish on Monday and Tuesday but some classes will probably run into Wednesday and Thursday. We will be studying and celebrating Dia de los muertos on either Wednesday and Thursday of this week of Monday and Tuesday of the following week. Aside from technical difficulties the Google Earth presentations have been influential and helpful in showing students the world around us. Also the end of the 1st quarter is on Friday October 31st so any students that need to make up quizzes/work need to do so before Thursday the 30th. 

SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL: 

We are continuing to study ¿Como eres? and learning about our personalities and what we are like. Are we lazy, smart, shy, etc. We will be having an exam on this chapter probably on Tuesday of this week. We will also be studying Dia de los muertos and we will be celebrating probably on Friday October 31st. I would like to make Mexican sugar skulls on Wednesday and then decorate them on Thursday into Friday. I feel that it is important to understand and appreciate this festive and popular Mexican Holiday and we also need a break from the regular curriculum. 

Seventh week: Oct. 20th-Oct. 24th

EIGHTH GRADE: 

In eighth grade we have been working on chapter 4B through total physical response storytelling where we make up actions for new vocabulary and then associate them with pictures and then can eventually create stories. The chapter is about what you do in your free time and focusses on the verb, Jugar: to play. All of the new material in this chapter has been introduced and we will be reviewing this week and having a test on Friday or possibly earlier next week. 

SIXTH GRADE: 

In sixth grade we are working on a very cool google earth project where each student has a country to research and then they will present their country this week. They are supposed to introduce themselves and say where they are from in Spanish and the rest of the presentation is in English explaining where in the world their country is and what the surrounding countries are, what the weather is like and one to two places of interest along with the capital. The students have tacked locations in their country so they can show their classmates the interesting information and pictures, etc. that they have found. The presentations will be about 5 minutes long. 

SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL: 

We just finished a chapter on what do you like to do? Including over 20 new verbs. This was a great unit because we could do a lot of acting and students caught on to the new vocabulary quickly. 

We are starting a new chapter including descriptions of your personality and what you are like. Are you shy? Are you funny? Students will be able to ask what you are like or what he or she is like and explain someone's personality. We will also have a brief introduction to conjugating verbs in the present tense. 

Fifth week: Oct. 6th-Oct. 10th

EIGHTH GRADE: 

In the upcoming week, the eighth graders will be continuing to review chapter 4A including the verb "IR" to go, interrogative words, and places around town. There will be a unit test on Tuesday and then we will move on to chapter 4B including more activities such as going to concerts, going to games, going camping, etc. and the verb jugar "to play". The theme is ¿Que haces en tu tiempo libre? what do you do in your free time? 

SIXTH GRADE: 

This week we will be finishing up the body parts and having a short assessment/quiz. We will be starting a project using the program google earth to locate a spanish speaking place. The students will act as if they are from that country saying Me llamo Pedro, Soy de Barcelona. Then in English explaining what the place is like as far as weather and what there is to do, etc. They will then present this information to the class. 

SUMMIT: 

This week we will be continuing with the verb Gustar, talking about likes and dislike and learning about verbs and what verbs are in the infinitive and then conjugated verbs. ¿Que te gusta hacer? what do you like to do? is the theme of the week and then we will be moving into ¿Como eres? What are you like and describing personalities and personal qualities. 

Fourth week: Sept. 29th - Oct. 3rd

EIGHTH GRADE: 

This week the eighth graders are still working on the verb "IR" to go along with interrogative words or question words. We will be doing some work on the computers and then having an assessment, probably a short test at the end of the week on chapter 4A in the text book. 

SIXTH GRADE: 

Sixth graders will continue to work on the body parts. They have all contructed bodies out of magazine cutouts and they will present their creations to the class. We will work on the computers on www.quia.com to practice the body parts. Later in the week we will be learning about the different objects in the classroom. 

SUMMIT: 

Monday Sept 29th we will be having a test on the chapter "para empezar" and then move onto chapter 1 including the verb Gustar and what you like to do. 

Third Week: Sept. 22nd - 26th

Thank you to all the parents who made it to back to school night! It was great to meet you.

EIGHTH GRADE:

This past week we successfully completed our first test and we have now moved on to new material. We reviewed the calendar including;

days of the week; lunes, martes, miercoles, jueves, viernes, sabado, domingo

the months; enero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septiembre, octubre, noviembre, diciembre

the date/fecha; hoy es el 19 de septiembre, 2008

The verb "IR", to go, was also introduced along with places around town such as the movies, the store, the school, etc.

This coming week we will have an activity using google earth which will probably take up 2 classes. We will be working on finishing chapter 4A in the textbooks which includes what we like to do and where we like to go.

There will be a short quiz later in the week on the verb "IR" and places around town and the calendar.

HOMEWORK: due Tuesday 9.23 - "IR" worksheet

SIXTH GRADE

In Sixth grade we are still working on time, ¿Que hora es? and the quiz we were supposed to have this week will be next week. On the Monday and Tuesday classes we will have a quiz on time, numbers and the alphabet. We will spend the first part of class reviewing for the quiz, take the quiz and then move onto body parts. We will be creating bodies and labeling them and probably playing some pictionary.

HOMEWORK: This weekend it is really important to study the alphabet, the numbers and telling time for the quiz.

QUIZ SCORES: For students who did not do well on the quiz #1, meaning an 80 or lower, will be be given the opportunity to do extra practice outside of class to raise their scores.

SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL

In our Spanish I 7th period class at Summit High school we are just finishing up the first chapter of the text book called "Para empezar". This chapter includes; greetings and goodbyes, how to tell time, numbers, body parts, classroom items, the date, the calendar, weather, and seasons. This coming week, we will be reviewing all of the above information and having a test later in the week.

Third Week Sept. 15th- 19th

SIXTH GRADE:

 

Last week we did some fun partner activities practicing the alphabet, numbers and basic introductions. We also played lots of bingo with the alphabet and numbers. 

This coming week we will be starting to tell time and we will probably have a short quiz on all that we have covered so far this year. The quiz with most likely be on Wednesday and Thursday depending on which day you have Spanish. 

Good things to study are the alphabet sheets and how to sound out the letters, numbers 1-25, and how to greet someone and ask their name and where they're from. 

EIGHTH GRADE: 

In Spanish class for eighth graders during the first two weeks of school, we have been reviewing information that was learned in 7th grade Spanish. We have been preparing for a test which will be this week on Tuesday, September 16th. The information that the test will cover includes; 

Basic greetings, numbers, verbs- meaning and conjugation, parts of the body, the time, prepositional location, classroom items, class schedules, subject pronouns, and food vocabulary. 

The study guide was handed out on Thursday, September 11th. 

After the test we will start with information on the calendar like days of the week, months, etc. We will also start studying the verb IR - to go. 

Homework: the homework until Tuesday will  be ESTUDIAR

Second week Sept 8th - 12th

SIXTH GRADE

more review of numbers 

introduction to time 

alphabet 

EIGHTH GRADE

review of body parts 

regular verbs 

food 

school items 

classes 

*There will be a test early the following week on all of these topics that have been worked on thus far. 

First Week Sept 2nd-5th 2008

¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español! 

Welcome to Spanish class! 
This school year I will be teaching 8th grade and 6th grade Spanish at the Jackson Hole Middle School. All students are encourage to speak Spanish as much as possible in the classroom and to be comfortable making mistakes. Willingness to participate and learn will quickly advance the level of the language. 

I will try to update this blog every Friday to inform students and parents about what we will be working on the following week. 

SIXTH GRADE 

This week we began by saying hello, introducing ourselves, and saying where we are from. We also practiced numbers 1-20. 

¿Comó te llamas? Me llamo _________. 

¿De dónde eres? Soy de Mexico. 

¿Comó estas? Estoy bien, así así, mal. 

Sixth grade Spanish classes only meet twice a week. Either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. 

EIGHTH GRADE 

This week was a review of 7th grade Spanish including, numbers, greetings, the calendar, colors, body parts, and school items. 

Eighth grade Spanish meets every day during first period.