Monday, April 30, 2012

Buenas tardes a todos,

Work for the week of April 30, 2012

Haven't checked in for a while due to vacation and a change in the blog format. We have now started the family chapter- chapter 5 in the book. We have learned the vocabulary for the family members, new adjectives to describe our families, new stem changing verbs and their conjugations, and possessive pronouns. This week we will be focusing on conjugating and using the verbs in class and the possessive pronouns. We will be having a quiz on Wednesday, May 2 on these items.

Homework for this week is:
lunes noche: May calendar and page 43 in the old packet. Last page to complete it.
martes noche: non-packet sheets pages 85 and 64. Study for quiz
miercoles noche: New vocab list about the house pages 170 for the house and page 171 for new places to go. This is 2 separate vocab lists.
jueves noche: new packet- pages 45 and 55 - whole page.

We will also be having a new family project that will be starting soon. The first part was sent home as a rough draft about a family tree. You need to find out your family information. The next rough draft will be an actual family tree, then a big poster, an essay, and an oral presentation. The last three are each worth one test grade. A rubric and more info will be forth coming. It's almost the end of the year- hang in there. There will be many interruptions so we need to do the best we can with our full attention. Good Luck!
 

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Work for the week of March 19, 2012

Buenos dias a todos,

This week in Spanish we will be learning more about and reviewing "er" and "ir" verbs,   using and reviewing the "tener" expressions for hunger, thirst, to be in a hurry, have to do something, age, and feeling like doing something. We will also be studying irregular "er" and "ir" verbs that only change in the "yo" form of the verb.  "Ir a" expressions give us the future tense and we do not have to conjugate after the verb "ir". We will also be practicing invitations, acceptances, and refusals of invitations so that means there will be new expressions for those ideas, but also some review of old expressions.  We will be having a test this Friday 3-23 before we go to Washington on Chapter 4. It will include all of the above, plus the classes in a school places to go in a school, schedules, time, school supplies, adverbs of time like first, after, before, later, finally, early, late, this week, this weekend, day after tomorrow, next week, tomorrow, the days of the week, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, new verbs like to arrive, to return, to take a test, to open, to interrupt, to attend, to come, to go out, to eat, to drink, to put, to bring, to see, to know a fact, to do. Also how much, a few, many or a lot, indefinite articles such as a, an and some and cultural notes about Costa Rica.

The year is flying by so fast and we are still learning and studying so that we will be prepared for high school.  This week we also have MCAS on Wednesday and Thursday so we will have shorten schedule of classes but still continuing to review. There will be no homework on the nights before the testing.

lunes noche: packet pg 37 ex 16, page 46 ex 21 and 22, page 47 ex 23.
martes noche: no tarea
miércoles noche: no tarea
jueves noche: pg 45 ex 19, pg 48 ex 25, 26 and a separate vocabulary review sheet.

We will be staying after school Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week for extra help and retakes/makeups. Buena Suerte-Good luck

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Work for the week of March 12, 2012

Buenas tardes a todos,

This week we are starting  a new section of the chapter with more classrooms, more adverbs of time, invitations, acceptances, and refusals and a continuation of "to have" expressions, and the verbs "to come", "to go", and we will be introducing more "er" and "ir" verbs and how to conjugate them. The students already know the regular conjugations, but we will be studying some irregular verbs also.

On another note, Señorita Carvalho will be observed this week by her profesor de español from Rivier College in Nashua as part of her student teaching experience. The students seems to like her and I feel that she is doing a wonderful job with them! I will be out Wednesday and Thursday of this week because my husband is having major surgery and I need to be in Boston both days and perhaps Friday too. Señorita will take over the class, now that her profesor  has observed her to do so.

Homework for this week will be:
lunes noche:  make a list of places to go in a school from pages 132 and 133 in your 3rd section under the heading "Los Lugares" which you already have started. Then, in section 2, put the adverbs of time from pages 132 and 133 in there and add to them the list you have already started.
martes noche: new packet- page 36 ex 15, page 43 ex 14
miércoles noche: pagina 35 ejercicio 12, pagina 43 ejercicios 15 y16
jueves noche: pagina 40 ejercicio 22, pagina 44 ej 17, pagina 45 ej 20

We are on a push to finish up chapter 5 in our books before the end of the year. We are now finishing up Chapter 4. Our test for chapter 4 will be Friday of next week (March 23), because the following week will be going to Washington on Tuesday through Friday, the 27th thru the 30th. After that there will be 3 technology days the week of April 2nd, one full week after that and then we have April vacation. Time is running short because in between we have  5 MCAS shorten days and before you know it, it will be over. Thank you for your understanding if I have to give weekend homework to catch up. ¡Gracias!

Señora Schneider y Señorita Carvalho  

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Work for the week of March 5, 2012

Buenos dîas a todos,

I apologize for the late posting this week. We are still learning new vocabulary with "tener" expressions, the verb "venir" = to come,  and are still working with mucho, cuanto, and poco.

We had a quiz on Tuesday, March 6th and will probably have another quiz if we are ready, if not, it will be on Monday the 12th. It will be on the above mentioned items, plus  "a' and "some" with the school supply vocabulary, classes, and a review of time expressions.

This week's homework is:
lunes noche: calendario de marzo- 4 school supplies, 4 classes or rooms in a school, spanish numbers
martes noche: page 39  in the packet
 miercoles noche: page 38 #5, page 41 # 10, translate all of #11 to English.
jueves noche: page 31 #3, page 33 #7, page 42 #'s 12 and 13 which should be the whole page.

I f we don't feel the students are ready for the quiz on Friday, we will have it on Monday.

¡Hasta lunes! Señora Schneider y Señorita Carvalho
  

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Work for the week of February 27, 2012

Buenas tardes a todos,

We hope that you all had a restful vacation and are ready for the final trimester of Spanish which starts next week. Grades close this Friday, March 2. We will be staying Monday thru Thursday of this week until 3:00 pm for make-ups, test corrections, and retakes for those who have been out. Every point counts, so please come in and make up your work!

This week we will start chapter 4 on school supplies, classes, how much, a lot, a little, a vs some, a vs the, schedules and cultural notes about Costa Rica. We will be doing partner, group, and individual activities with backpacks, schedules and play "Go Fish" to review school items. There will be a quiz on Friday that will include all of the above except the cultural notes. Everyone needs to study and do their homework this week.

lunes noche: new packet- pages 31 ex1, 37 ex 1 and 2, 38 ex 4
martes noche:  put your schedule on the form with the adjustments- Clase 1 - all of your specialists, Clase 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - write in your classes in the first three blocks- use the article "the" -mon, tues, wed, then on thurs, fri write in Spanish 2 things that you need for each of those classes.
miércoles noche: packet- page 32 ex 4 and 5, page 40 ex 8 and 9.
jueves noche: packet  page 31 ex 2 and 3, page 33 ex 8. Study for quiz on the above items.
viernes noche: calendarios de marzo -due Monday

If there are any questions, please come after school or talk to me.  
 

Monday, February 13, 2012

work for the week of February 13, 2012

Buenas noches a todos,

We are now finishing up chapter 3 and hopefully feel fairly comfortable with the new vocabulary, conjugating " ar" verbs, the verb to go, the verb to want, the verb to play a sport and adverbs of time.  We had a quiz and a chapter last week which we will be getting back this week before vacation. This week we will be working on writing and performing dialogs in front of the class, playing Valentine's Bingo, watching a video on chapter 3 with the characters in the serial story that we have been following, and working in groups and partners. We will be starting chapter 4 after vacation, so it is important that the students make up all their missing work before vacation.

This week Señorita Carvalho and I will be staying after school Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for make up work, test corrections, and retakes. I have announced that we will be staying all week. Friday is a half day and grades close when we come back from vacation  on Friday March 2nd.

Homework for the week of February 13, 2012 is :

lunes noche: make a ponga (bingo) sheet from the list of Valentine words that you got in class.
martes noche: write 10 sentences on the back of the "Con qué frecuencia" worksheet that we did in class last Thursday.
miércoles noche:  do the next 10 sentences on the 50 sentence worksheet that we use for warm ups. Should be numbers 36 through 45.
jueves noche: no tarea
viernes noche: no tarea durante las vacaciones

Have a nice vacation! Señora Schneider and Señorita Carvlaho  

Monday, February 6, 2012

Work for the week of February 6, 2012

¡Buenas tardes a todos!

We have been continuing our studies of "AR" verbs and their conjugations, weather expressions, adverbs of time, the verbs "to go =IR", the verb "to want = QUERER", the verb "to play a sport =JUGAR", and the verb "to like = GUSTAR". We have also been focusing on subject pronouns, places to go,  the contractions "AL" and "DE", and other nouns that go with the action verbs. We have been busy working in groups, partners and doing whole class activities to use our language skills. The children are really coming along.  We are having another quiz this week on Wednesday the 8th and will have more writing of sentences, multiple choice, and fill in the blank. There will be a CHAPTER 3 TEST on Friday the 10th with all of the above mentioned items on it. We will be reviewing all week with more partner and group activities with verb games, connect 4 and more writing. We will also be doing a Valentine's calendar.

This week we will be staying Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for extra help and practice. If you need to make up or retake quizzes, this is the time to do it! I cannot stay this Thursday due to another commitment, however, perhaps Señorita Carvalho will be able to if a student is in need of help.

Homework for this week will be:

lunes noche: Valentine's calendar with 8 colored items about love and Spanish labels and numbers Study
martes noche: Pagina 58 in the paquete  we are finishing off. Do both parts. I'm taking the essay. Study.
miercoles noche: Worksheet on pronouns and conjugations that I will give to you. Study.
jueves noche: Paginas 108 and 109 in the book Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. This is the chapter 3 review.
viernes noche: nada                        
STUDY!
 
There will be an ELA MCAS practice tomorrow until 10:00 so there will be shorten classes. We have been noticing that too many students are not completing their homework or class work assignments. I have been asking more students to stay to catch up. If you are behind, you will be staying. Do the work!

Preview next week: video on chapter 3, dialogs and presentation of dialogs with partners, and more "ar" verb practice before we get to  "ER" and "IR" verbs. ¡Qué divertido!

Hasta luego,  Señora Schneider y Señorita Carvalho

Monday, January 30, 2012

Work for the week of January 30, 2012

Buenas tardes a todos,

This week Ms. Carvalho  from Rivier College will begin her student teaching in all my Spanish classes. We will be reviewing what we learned last week about "AR" verbs, vocabulary, adverbs of time, the irregular verbs "ir" and "jugar", and weather. We will be doing fun activities that involve card games, scrabble, and other verbs practices to help reinforce our knowledge of Spanish verbs and conjugations of those verbs. I am looking forward to working with Señorita Carvalho this spring. I'm sure she will bring us some new ideas and activities to try out in class. There will be a quiz on "AR" verbs on Friday, February 3rd and how to conjugate them, and there will be a test next week toward the end of the week. We will also be performing dialogues in the near future.

Homework for this week is:

lunes noche: paginas 31 toda, 33 ejercicio 25
martes noche: paginas 26 toda, 27 ejercicio 17
miécoles noche: paginas 27 ejercicios 18 y 19, pagina 28 toda
jueves noche: paginas 33 ejercicio 24, 35 ejercicio 28, other half of vocabulary sheet, study for quiz
viernes noche: nada


That's all for now. Señora Schneider y Señorita Carvalho

Monday, January 23, 2012

Work for week of January 23, 2012

Buenas noches a todos,

After having two quizzes last week, we are now learning more new verbs and new vocabulary this week. The pace of the class will definitely be picking up as we will be learning many new things each week. For example, this week we will be learning more about weather, new "ar" verbs, new vocabulary about places to go, how to conjugate the verb "to go", how to conjugate the "ar" verbs with all their different endings, and adverbs of time. This  is a lot considering we have a half day this week on Thursday with shorter class times and some classes will miss some classes on Friday due to an assembly about course selections at the high school on Friday.

This week I can stay Tuesday until 3:00-3:30  and only until 2:45 on Wednesday. Thursday is a half day  and Friday is not good either.

Homework for this week in the new packet will be:

Lunes noche - page 29 whole page, page 25 ex 13, page 36 ex 31
Martes noche - page 24 ex 9 and10, page 36 ex 29 and 30
Miercoles noche - page 20 whole thing and 34 whole page
Jueves noche - page 25 ex 12 and 14, page 32 whole page
Viernes noche -  nada - nothing

There are no quizzes this week due to the half day and assembly for some classes. A quiz on the verbs and their conjugations will probably happen next Tuesday or Wednesday. I'll keep you posted.

 In the meantime, make sure you study, make flash cards, and ask me for help after school if you need it!

Hasta luego,    Senora Schneider

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Work for the week of January 16, 2012

Buenas noches a todos,

I hope that everyone had a nice long weekend and that we are all ready to get back into a routine and to do some work! We are now in chapter 3 and will be picking up the pace with more verbs, more vocabulary and more speaking, reading, writing, and listening. We will be learning how to conjugate "AR" verbs and have already learned how to conjugate some irregular verbs such as 'ser", "tener" and "querer" - to be, to have, and to want. We are also learning about the verb "to like" so we can talk about what activities we like and want to do. There are lots of new nouns and vocabulary from now on, so I will still continue to stay after school 2 or 3 times per week. This week it will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We will also be getting a student teacher from Rivier College and she will be starting within the next two weeks. She had observed our classes last trimester for a total of 50 hours. Most of the students are familiar with who she is. Her name  is Sabrina Carvahlo and is from Tyngsborough. It should be a good experience for all!

Homework for this week is:
Tuesday night -martes noche- a vocabulary sheet given in class. Do part 1-write answers in English. Study for vocabulary quiz for tomorrow on new verbs and nouns found on pages 82 and 83 in your book. Notes are also in your notebook-section 4 for verbs, section 3 for nouns.

Wednesday night -miercoles noche- page 26 in packet.

Thursday night- jueves noche- page 27 in packet. Study for quiz on Friday. This one will be on sentences and questions using the new vocabulary and nouns, plus gustar and querer. We will be matching, making sentences and questions, and filling in the blanks with correct verb forms. Study!

No homework Friday night


 

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Spanish for the week of January 9, 2012

Prospero Ano Nuevo a todos! ( Happy New Year to all!)

Hope you all had a nice vacation, holidays, and new year celebration! We started chapter 3 last week after finishing our discussion of holiday traditions around the world. We are now learning many new verbs about fun activities that we all like to do after school or work. There will be a lot of new vocabulary with this chapter, so the students will need to be diligent about studying and doing their homework. We are also learning the difference between nouns, verbs and prepositions in Spanish.

Homework for the week of January 9, 2012:

Monday night (lunes noche): packet pages 29 and 30
Tuesday night (martes noche): packet pages 28 and 22
Wednesday night (miercoles noche): packet pages 18 ex C,  21 ex 1 and 3,  23 ex 7
Thursday night (jueves noche) packet pages 23 ex 8, page 25 ex 2 and 3

I will be staying after school Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday this week. If you feel that you are falling behind, need to retake or make up a quiz or  test,  or are not understanding what we are doing now, please come and see me! The pace will really pick up now and it is important that you keep up with the work and the concepts.

Progress reports will go home this Friday, January 13th. If you have a questions with your child's report, do not hesitate to contact me. Gracias,  Senora Schneider

Monday, December 19, 2011

Events for the week of December 19, 2011

Happy Holidays and Feliz Navidad a todos!

This week is a clean up week before we go on vacation for the holiday break. After having our chapter 2 test last week, we are now making sure everyone has taken it so that we can have a fresh start with chapter 3 after vacation. We are finishing our oral presentations in front of the class this week. Students picked an age and a country out of a can and had to draw a picture of themselves with their likes and dislikes, their country's flag, digital age, name and country. The presentations have been very good overall. It counts as a test grade, the colored poster counts as a quiz grade, and the audience participation form counts as a classwork grade.

We will also be learning about the holiday traditions in different hispanic countries, so we will be going to the computer lab to do some quick research. The students will need to come up with five facts about their country and present them to the class in English with a possibility of presenting some facts in Spanish. It should be fun and informative. We will also be making traditional Mexican tin ornaments this week using heavy duty aluminum foil and sharpie markers. The students will look up a typical ornament that they would like to make.

We also have a few holiday vocabulary activities that we can do such as a word search, crossword puzzle, fill in activities, bingo, and a poem that will use the new vocabulary. We will also be playing some typical festive songs.

I will be staying after school on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week so that the students may finish any work that they owe.

Homework for the week will be lighter than usual.

Monday night: Word search only
Tuesday night: Finish getting information for your country's traditions for  presentations tomorrow.
Wednesday night:  Crossword puzzle only
Thursday night: bingo sheet for use on Friday
Friday night: Have a wonderful vacation!

Senora Schneider

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Homework for Wednesday night- change 12-7-11

Pleased be advised that we still have the vocab #15 on page 73 but we are  also finishing the vocab from page #11  which is page 41 in your carpeta. You need to do both! Gracias, Senora Schneider

Monday, December 5, 2011

Work for the week of December 5, 2011

Buenas tardes a todos,

As I mentioned last week in my blog, the estudiantes this week will be creating a drawing of themselves and practicing for their oral presentations in front of the class. Today, I passed out the rubric and the paper on which  I would like them to draw their head. We started the actual drawing in class and those who used their time wisely were able to complete many of the requirements of the rubric. We will presenting 5 to 7 posters every day this week and it will count as a test grade. Please review the rubric with your student if you have any questions. I showed them models of what I wanted in class. The poster needs to be in color. There will also be a quiz on Friday, December 9 on gusta, adjectives, the preposition "de"and its uses, and the pronouns me,te, le, nos, os, les, plus the vocab from pgs 56 and 57.

Homework for the week of 12-5-11:

Monday night: Finish poster of yourself in color. The only words on it should be your first name and the capital and country. Also, December calendar is due with 8 holiday items in color and numbers in Spanish.
Tuesday night: Finish the packet -the only page that should be left is page 24. I will be collecting it soon.
Wednesday night: Finish vocabulary sheet 2A which should be the bottom half. Study for quiz  on 12/9.
Thursday night: In the book page 65 exercise 33, and page 71 exercise 4. Study for quiz tomorrow.

As of right now, the chapter 2 test will still be on Wednesday, December 14. I reserve the right to move it in either direction depending on how we progress with the presentations and other exercises.
We are still working together with partners, groups, individual and whole class activities which the students seem to be enjoying. We have been having a student from Rivier College observing and helping out a bit 3 days per week. She will possibly be here student teaching in the spring semester. We will see.

Upcoming events: Holiday traditions is various hispanic countries, making tin ornaments, and comprehension videos on  chapter 2.  

Monday, November 28, 2011

Work for the week of November 28, 2011

Buenas noches a todos,

Hope everyone had a feliz accion de gracias last week! Now that we are back in the swing of things, we can hopefully get on a good school schedule before the holiday break.  This week we will be learning more about how to say how we like things and using our new and old adjectives to say why we like them or why not. We will also be making a December calendar, talking about world holidays, and discussing the culture of Puerto Rico which is our featured country in chapter 2. We will probably have a quiz on the likes and dislikes on Friday, 12/2.We will also assign new seats, new groups, new partners, and hopefully a new attitude for some of our students. I'm also hoping to see an improvement in homework and preparation for class this trimester.

Our homework for the week is:
Monday night (lunes noche) - pages 14 and 20A in the packet
Tuesday night (martes noche) - pages 17 and 19A in the packet
Wednesday night ( miercoles noche) - pages 16 and 23 in the packet
Thursday night (jueves noche) -pages 18 and 21 in the packet, study for quiz on gusta(n), vocabulary words and adjectives.
Friday night (viernes noche) - none -nada

Next week: An oral project in front of the class using everything we have learned so far. The students will draw a picture of themselves and the items that they like and dislike, along with their name, age, and where they are from. The audience will take notes on the presentations. We will be putting the pictures up in the hallway as we present. This will count as a test grade. It should be fun. There will also be another quiz on gusta next week and a written test on chapter 2 during the week of December 12th as of right now.

A big thank you (muchas gracias) to all the students who presented their Day of the Dead items in front of the class for the last 2 weeks. They were very interesting and gave us a greater appreciation for our families. Students should be bringing their photos and items home this week. We also enjoyed a great Thanksgiving feast thanks to many food donations. We have some great bakers in Tyngsborough for which we were very thankful.

Hasta luego,  Senora Schneider

Monday, November 14, 2011

Week of November 14, 2011

Bienvenidos a todos, (welcome back to everyone),

November has been a crazy month after having a week off due to snow, a short week last week with an assembly, another assembly this week on Thursday, and Thanksgiving next week with 2 1/2 days. We are trying to keep our continuity going this month, but it is very difficult to keep everyone on track.

However, we are having a quiz on Wednesday this week on adjectives, the verb to be, numbers to 100, age, dates, and birthdays. We had a quiz last week and today for some classes just on adjectives. We have started the Day of the Dead presentations. Thanks to all who brought their items in. We have played day of the dead bingo, worked on comparisons of this holiday with Halloween and have seen real Mexican holiday items on line in class. We also did calendars with holiday items.

This weeks homework is

Monday night: page 15 ex. 9  and page 13a ex 7 and 8 in packets. Finish all packet work if you have any empty pages. Clase 3 also in book page 47 ex 4, page 47 ex 8 and 9.
Tuesday night: In book pages 52 ex 16 and page 53 ex 17. Study for quiz
Wednesday night: vocab sheet to be given in class
Thursday night: make your own vocabulary list in section 4 of notebook from pages 56 and 57 in the book. There are 21 words and use the five column method.

Hasta pronto,

Senora
Schneider

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Information for the week of October 24, 2011

Buenas Noches a todos,

 After having our first chapter test last week (Chapter 1), we are now moving on to chapter 2 and will be studying  and using adjectives, telling ages, and saying what we like or dislike. We will be watching a video that is used with the chapters in the book after we preview it by reading the dialog in the book. We will also be discussing the Day of the Dead holiday which is celebrated in Mexico for three days from October 31 and November 1st and 2nd. It is very different from Halloween in many ways as it celebrates family and ancestors that have passed away. I will be having the students bring in small items that represent a loved one, animal, or famous movie star that has passed away. These items will be due on Monday for discussion in class.

Homework this week will be:

Monday night: vocabulary list from pages 44 and 45. Put in section 3 using the five column method.
Tuesday night: new packet- pages 11 and 13v.
Wednesday night::  pages 16 and 17
Thursday night: page 14 exercises 3 and 5, page 15 exercise 6, page 18 exercise 14.
 Friday night: bring in a small item from a person or animal that has passed away for Monday.

Hasta luego,    Senora Schneider

Monday, October 17, 2011

Information for the week of October 17, 2011

Buenas noches a todos,

This week we will be reviewing for a major test on Wednesday and Thursday on Chapter 1. It will be on all the basic expressions that we have been studying such as what's your name, how are you, where are you from, what's the date, what day is it, plus all the responses, days of the week, time, months, seasons, capitals and countries, facts about Spain, numbers, phone numbers, emails, the verb to be (SER), pronouns, and how to match the pronouns with the correct verb.

Today, we finished a quiz from last Thursday because there were no classes on Friday due to Spirit Day. Tomorrow, there is a half day to review again, Half of Wednesday will be review, then we will start the test with the listening exercises and a few parts of the test. We will finish on Thursday and clean up any loose ends we need to do. Friday, I will be at a funeral for my mother-in-law, so the students will be doing a mini project on the Euro and will pass it in at the end of the class. With all the controversy about the European economy, it will be a timely lesson to understand the reasons why the Euro was introduced to their economy.

Homework this week will be:
Monday night: pages 4a and 12v in the packet. This will finish off this packet for this chapter.
Tuesday night: vocabulary review sheet - Spanish to English-do the whole sheet.
Wednesday night: pages 32 and 33 in the book, exercises 1 thru 6 for a chapter review. Put in section 1
Thursday night: Read article on Euros that will be provided for you.
Friday night: none
Next week: Readings and Video on Chapter one, starting chapter 2, discussion about Day of the Dead.
                   Students will be asked to bring in items that represent activities and likes of a deceased person or pet of their choice. More details to follow later.

Adios for now, Senora Schneider  

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Information for the week of October 10, 2011

Buenas noches a todos,

This week will be a short but busy week in la clase de espanol. Students will be continuing to perform their dialogs with a partner and an third person being called up to improvise the conversations, will be finishing some listening activities on CD, and will be working in partner groups this week to review for the quiz on time, emails, telephones, numbers, days of the week, and making questions on Thursday of this week (October 13).

Homework Tuesday night: pages 7a and 8a in the packet.
Homework Wednesday night: pages 10a and 9a, plus study for the quiz.
Homework Thursday night: none due to TMS Pride Day.  Progress reports go home this Friday, 10-14.

Next week we will be having our first BIG Test on all of chapter 1, probably on Wednesday or Thursday. I will be updating more soon when we get a bit closer. In the meantime, keep looking at your notes and studying.

I will be staying after school for make-ups and extra help on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, and Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week.

Buena suerte, Senora Schneider

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Revisions for Friday October 7, 2011

Hola Clases,

We have had a good week this week, doing our homework, learning new concepts about time, telephones, and emails. However, we still need a bit more work on telling time and becoming more comfortable with it. So, there will not be a quiz tomorrow on these topics because I will be moving it to Thursday October 13th More practice is needed to make sure everyone is understanding how to do conversational time. We still are on for the homework that is posted for tonight- 6a and 8v. Buena suerte (Good Luck) !
No homework this weekend except to study if you are having trouble.

I cannot stay next Tuesday the 11th, but I should be available on Wednesday the 12th and Thursday the 13th for extra help and make ups. Progress reports go home on Friday the 14th.

Senora Schneider