Hola, estudiantes. Enjoy this photo journal of the World Language Winter Celebration on Friday, December 19. It was such a joyful event full of authentic food, music and singing. Thanks for all your hard work this first semester. I am so proud of all my students. I wish each of you and your families a Happy Holiday. ¡Nos vemos en 2015!
Hola, estudiantes. ¿Cómo están? Esta semana vamos a tomar dos tasks; uno de leer y uno de escribir.
El jueves tomamos en task de escribir. Ustedes van a escribir una carta a los corresponsales. Be ready to include the following information in your letter.
Your name and age
Your birthday
Where you are from
What you are like
What you like to do
What classes you are taking
When you have those classes
What you need for those classes
Whether or not you like the class
Who teaches the class
What you do in the classes
Ask your pen pal some questions as well
Feel free to include as much information as you can.
Create more complex sentences by including porque (because) to connect thoughts and ideas.
Include a few -ar verbs to talk about what YOU do
El viernes tomamos el task de leer. Ustedes van a leer un artículo en español y contestan preguntas en inglés a ver si comprenden la información.
Vamos a comparar las perspectivas del muerte y aprender más sobre la celebración mexicana, El día de los muertos. La gente en México tiene una perspectiva diferente sobre las etapas de la vida. We will be learning and comparing American and Mexican perspectives on death and life by taking a closer look at the celebration, Day of the Dead.
Miren estos videos e investiguen más información sobre esta celebración si necesiten.
Watch these videos and investigate further if needed or desired.
Luego, contesten las siguientes preguntas.
Then, answer the following questions.
1. ¿Qué tipo de flor se usa mucho en las celebraciones? What type of flower is used in this celebration?
2. ¿Qué hay en las ofrendas? ¿Por qué?
What kinds of things could one find on the altars? Why?
3. ¿Qué hacen en los cementerios?
What do families do in the cemeteries to honor the deceased during this celebration?
4. ¿Cuándo se celebrara Día de los muertos?
When is this holiday celebrated?
5. How is the Mexican perspective on life and death different than that of the American culture? Of your own?
Hola, clase. Hoy es miércoles, el cinco de noviembre. ¡Hace buen tiempo hoy! Today we are reviewing how to use definite and indefinite articles in Spanish. Remember that in Spanish, articles are modified by nouns in gender and in number.
Watch this video for more information.
We will also learn where to put the adjective when writing a sentences in Spanish.
Do this activity to practice where the adjective goes. HINT>>>It goes after the noun!
Don't forget to bring your poemas mañana. We are playing KAHOOT, and if your poema is not done, you won't be able to play!
¡Feliz jueves, estudiantes! Hoy es el nueve de octobre y hace buen tiempo. Hace sol. You all did a great job with your presentational writing task today. I am super proud of how much Spanish you are learning! Keep up the good work. ¡Bien hecho!
The learning goal for our presentational writing task is:
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Use single words and simple memorized words and phrases to present information
My name is, I am from, my likes & dislikes (activities)
Tomorrow I will have a short conversation with each of you. The learning goal for this interpersonal communication task is:
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Carry out simple exchanges of information using memorized vocabulary
We generated a list of questions and responses that we already know and found we can have a pretty great conversation in Spanish already! ¡Hurra!
Una conversación:
1. Saludos (greetings)
Buenos días Good morning, Buenas tardes Good afternoon, Buenas noches Goodnight
2. ¿Cómo estás? How are you?
Estoy bien. I am well. Estoy regular. I am okay.
3. ¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name?
Me llamo.........My name is
Mi nombre es......My name is
4. ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? When is your birthday?
Mi cumpleaños es el catorce *14* de diciembre. My birthday is December 14th.
5. ¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you?
Tengo 14 (15) (16) (17) años. I am 14, 15, 16 or 18 years old.
6. ¿De dónde eres? Where are you from?
Soy de........(Bozeman) (New York) I am from......
7. ¿Qué te gusta hacer? What do you like to do?
Me gusta......... I like to
No me gusta....I don't like to
WOW! That's a lot of information in Spanish that we know how to exchange. Tomorrow we will practice this in class and then you each get an opportunity to speak with Profa.
Remember that a good way to review vocabulary is to listen to some of the songs we've played in class. They are in the Canciones y Videos page of our website.
Hola, clase. Hoy es martes. Hoy es el siete de octobre. Es el otoño y hace buen tiempo. ¡Hace sol! Today we are going to practice vocabulario and begin to write about ourselves. We are going to introduce ourselves tomorrow in written form (presentational writing) as our final task for this unit. You will write a paragraph with the following information:
Hello. My name is.....Hola. Me llamo
I am from.......Soy de
Three activities you like to do
Me gusta......,........,.......
Three activities you do not like to do
No me gusta....,,..,...,.....
One question
Ejemplo: ¿Qué te gusta hacer?
One form of goodbye
¡Gracias y adiós!
Learning goal: Use memorized words & phrases when writing about familiar topics (likes & dislikes) (introductions)
Hoy es el seis de octubre. Hoy estaba nublado y hacía fresco por la mañana y por la tarde hace sol. ¡Hace muy buen tiempo hoy!
Es el otoño.
Today we are focusing on cognates by learning about different kinds of dances and music. Cognates are words that look alike and have a similar meaning in both Spanish and English.
Our learning goal today is:
to recognize examples of cognates and loan words
Coming up this week we will have a reading task and a writing task to finish up with Capítulo 1A.
Hace sol. Hace fresco. Es un día hermoso en el otoño.
Today we will take a listening and reading comprehension assessment that targets our knowledge of the vocabulary. In this chapter we are learning how to say what we like to do. We've learned to say I like to....and I don't like to...
Here are some of the actividades that we are talking about in class:
Hola, estudiantes. Hoy vamos a estudiar y practicar el vocabulario. Today we are going to study and practice the vocabulary for Chapter 1A. Es un día de trabajar y tienen la oportunidad hacer preguntas. Today is a work day and you have the opportunity to ask questions. We are working from the Practice Books in class. Study the vocabulary tonight as we are having a quiz tomorrow. It will be an interpretive listening (do you understand what is being said in Spanish) and an interpretive reading (do you understand what you are reading in Spanish) that focuses on the vocabulary for this chapter. Tengan un buen día.
¡Hola, estudiantes! I hope you all had a wonderful fin de semana. Me gustan los viernes, los sábados y los domingos. Today we are reviewing el tiempo, los meses del año, los días de la semana y los objetos en la sala de clases. Mañana we will take a little task assessment to find out where you are on your language learning journey. Listen to las canciones and visit Realidades Student Homepageto practice. ¡Hasta martes!
¡Feliz jueves! Mañana es viernes. ¡Hurra!
¿Qué día es hoy? Hoy es jueves.
¿Cuál es the fecha de hoy? Hoy es el dieciocho de septiembre.
¡Hoy jugamos! Today played games to review numbers, alphabet and greetings.
Tomorrow we will take an assessment about things we've learned in Para empezar. I want to know what you are able to do with the language so far. Please just do your best and remember that learning a language is a process. This performance assessment will not negatively effect your grade, but rather give you and myself an idea of where you are right now in your Spanish language acquisition.
