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  

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

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  

This week agenda - October 3 -7 2011

Buenos dias amigos,

This week we will be learning how to give out telephone numbers, email addresses, and tell time. We will still be reviewing capitals and countries, and all our other basic questions such as "What's your name?", "How are you?" "Where are you from?"  and all the other expressions that we have been practicing since September for our quizzes this week on Tuesday and Friday, such as the verb to be, pronouns, and capitals and countries.

Monday (lunes) - finish  the dialogs with your partner. If you are out, you will finish it by yourself and all dialogs will be collected. Page 11v in packet for class work and homework is pages 3a and 6v plus study for your expressions quiz tomorrow.

Tuesday (martes)  - Review with brainstorming questions, review 3a  and 6v, expressions quiz plus the verb to be and pronouns.  Homework is the calendario for octubre. The pictures are 8 halloween items, labeled in Spanish and in color

Wednesday (miercoles) - Review, calendar homework, phone, email, and time questions, and use clocks to go over time. Homework is page 5a only number 12, all of 7v, exercises 25 and 26 on 9v.

Thursday (jueves) - Go over homework after warm up review, partners work with individual clocks orally, written clock time on worksheets. Homework -new packet- pages 6a and 8v. Probable quiz tomorrow on time, telephone, and emails.

Friday (viernes) - Warm up clock strips, number review, go over homework,  quiz on the verb to be, pronouns again, time, phones and emails. No homework over the weekend.

This is a fairly solid schedule, however it can be subject to change and I will post the changes that night for the next day.

 Gracias,  Senora Schneider

Homework expectations and upcoming quizzes

Buenas tardes a todos, (Good afternoon everyone)

Just a reminder that ordinarily there is homework Monday through Thursday with none during the weekend, unless of course there is a project. Most of the homework is given in packet form with 4 or 5 pages in a packet. I find that this saves time for everyone in class and the students need to become more responsible for holding on to their work. Losing a packet is not in anyone's best interest.

There will be a quiz on Tuesday of next week on our notes in section 2 of the notebook . In our book, we are still in chapter 1 and the quiz will be on the material covered from pages 6 to 17. We practice the expressions almost everyday, so that the students should be very familiar with the material if they pay attention, participate, and do their homework.

I do stay after school 2 or 3 times per week, usually Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (late bus on Thursday) unless I have other commitments.  I announce when I am available for make-ups or extra help at the beginning of the week. If you are having trouble, please stay. People who continually avoid homework will be asked to stay to make it up. I will be calling home if it is a chronic problem. Gracias!

Senora Schneider

Week of September 26, 2011

Hola estudiantes and padres (students and parents),

I hope you are all off to a good start in school, but especially in Spanish. So far we have been learning about greetings, goodbyes,  capitals, countries, weather, numbers, alphabet, customs in Spain, months, days of the week, money, and feelings. The students are doing well and seem to be enjoying the class.

This week we will be learning about subjects and verbs, telephone and internet expressions, and capital and country expressions. We will be working more with partners now that we have established more routines and we will be writing and performing a dialog at the end of the week. We have also started our listening activities on tape where the students hear native speakers and respond to questions that they hear. It is good for the students to hear other voices and various accents from different countries. There are no quizzes this week, but we have had two so far, some graded homework, and some graded classwork.

The homework for tonight Monday 9/26 is all of page 1a and page 3 exercises 8 and 9 in the packet.
Tuesday night homework will be  page 4 in the old packet and page 5V in the new packet which the students will receive tomorrow.
There will be no homework Wednesday or Thursday nights due to the Jewish holidays. We will resume our normal schedule next week of homework Monday through Thursday.

Hasta pronto! (see you soon )                    Senora Schneider

Hola Clases,

We have gotten off to a great start learning the alfabeto, numeros, el tiempo (weather) and the fecha(date). we have given everyone a new Spanish name, have had mini conversations, and passed out money envelopes for the euro program. Homework will be given Monday thru Thursday for most weeks. Hopefully, everyone will enjoy Spanish this year, work hard, and learn many new things. Adios!

Senora Schneider