viernes el 9 de diciembre, 2011

En clase:

• Tomaron un examen
• You all took a test
• Empezaron sus evaluaciones de si mismo y sus reflexiones.
• You all started your self-evals and reflections

Tarea:

• UPDATED DP -DUE at the BEGINNING OF CLASS ON MONDAY!!!  It must have all of the requirements listed in this document.
• If you do a recording this weekend, you can send me your MP3 file and I will send you a link to post on your DP.
• Write your reflections to post on your DP following these reflection guidelines.
• And, if you lost it, here is the self-eval form.  You are only judging the quality of your final book - Is it "beautiful work"? 

jueves el 8 de diciembre, 2011

En clase:

• Hicieron un párrafo de práctica para el examen mañana
• You all did a practice paragraph for the test tomorrow
• Trabajaron en sus DPs, grabaciones, estudiar, etc.
• You all worked on your DPs, recordings, and studying.
• Here are the DP expectations, slightly revised b/c you're only recording 1 of your stories

Tarea:

• DPs should be updated by the beginning of class tomorrow unless we have made other arrangements.  You will be writing project reflections in class tomorrow.
• Use the links in the sidebar to prepare for the in-class test tomorrow. 

martes el 6 de diciembre, 2011

En clase:

• Leí Donde Viven los Monstruos en voz alta
• I read Where the Wild Things Are out loud
• Trabajaron en sus DPs, grabaciones, y repaso para el examen el viernes
• You all worked on your DPs, recordings, and review for the test on Friday

Tarea:

• EXHIBITIONS -- Tomorrow - at Park Elementary 4-5pm, Thursday at Needham Elementary 4-5pm.  Dress is business casual and you should come with your book!
• PRACTICE READING your story again.  Study on the quia site (see link in sidebar) and on conjuguemos (links also in sidebar).
• DPs need to be completely updated (other than your reflections) by the BEGINNING of class on Friday.  Here are those expectations one more time.  I have revised them to indicate that we're only posting one recording.

lunes el 5 de diciembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Trabajaron en lo siguiente / You all worked on the following:
• DPs
• La grabación de sus cuentos / recording your stories
• Repaso en quía / review on quia
• Leyendo sus cuentos / reading your stories
• 2 párrafos de crédito extra en que comparas tu vida aquí con tu vida en su país escogido / 2 paragraphs (for extra credit) in which you compare your life here with your life in your selected country

Tarea:

• PRACTICE READING!!!
• Work on recording your voice reading your story.  If you want to make the Youtube video w/ a picture and you reading your story, go to this site.  You will need an MP3 and a jpg of the picture you want displayed.  See my demo of "Mamá Zorra y Don Coyote" posted on Sunday, December 4th.
• Do practice activities on quia and conjuguemos (see links in the sidebar).

Telling Time in Spanish

Here is the link I meant to post to the site where you can practice telling time in Spanish. 

Una grabación de práctica

Escucha a esta grabación de yo leyendo una selección de Mamá Zorra y Don Coyote / Listen to this recording of me reading a selection from Mother Fox and Mr. Coyote.

Here's an attempt with the cover image.  

If you want to do this, you'll probably need to try at home with a faster internet connection b/c it didn't work for me at school when I tried. 

Here´s just the MP3 sound file.

Here´s another attempt with an MP3.

viernes el 2 de diciembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Trabajaron en sus Carpetas de Trabajos Digitales
• You all worked on your DPs.
• Algunos de Uds. practicaron leyendo conmigo
• Some of you practiced reading with me 
• Miramos Mi Vida Loco episodio 8 y episodio 9

Tarea:

• Your DPs will be due at the beginning of class on Friday, December 9th.  Here are the guidelines.
• Read your story AT LEAST 3 times this weekend. And practice your pronunciation with Tumblebooks.

jueves el 1 de diciembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Trabajaron en sus Carpetas de Trabajos Digitales
• You all worked on your DPs.
• Algunos de Uds. practicaron leyendo conmigo
• Some of you practiced reading with me 

Tarea:

• Your DPs will be due at the beginning of class on Friday, December 9th.  Here are the guidelines.
• Keep practicing reading your story and practice pronunciation with Tumblebooks.

miércoles el 30 de noviembre, 2011

En clase:

• Leyeron de sus cuentos
• You all read from your stories
• Practicaron lo de este semester en quia/conjuguemos/con hojas 
• You all practiced stuff from this semester on quia/conjuguemos/con hojas

Tarea:

• Keep practicing those skills!  Check out activities on my quia page and on conjuguemos.  I put lots of specific links in the sidebar so they'll be easy to find!

martes el 29 de noviembre, 2011

En clase:

• Practicamos la pronunciación otra vez con Tumblebooks.  Como grupo, leímos el cuento Los Cochinos, y ustedes leyeron independientemente. 
• We practiced pronunciation again with Tumblebooks.  As a group, we read The Pigs, and you all read independently.
• Trabajaron por poco tiempo a terminar sus cuentos infantiles
• You all worked for a little bit on finishing your children´s stories.

Tarea:

• FINISHED BOOKS DUE TOMORROW!
• Choose any skills you wish to reassess and email Becca - beccakatz.teacher@gmail.com .  Tell her which skills you would like to reassess, lunch/SIG on Thursday, and WHY you will do better.
• Practice on quia and conjuguemos.

lunes el 28 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase: 

• Leímos en "Tumblebooks" el cuento No Es Mi Culpa para practicar la pronunciación
• We read the story It's Not My Fault from "Tumblebooks" to practice pronunciation
• Hablamos de ¿Qué hay de nuevo? en nuestras vidas
• We talked about "What's new?" in our lives

Tarea:

• Finished books are DUE ON WEDNESDAY!!!
• Spend some time on powerschool and decide if there are any skills you would like to reassess.  If there are, you must email me by tomorrow (Tuesday) at 9pm.  Your email should say which skill(s) you would like to reassess, when (Thursday during lunch/SIG), and WHY you expect to do better.  One thing you could try to improve your scores is doing practice activities on my Quia page.

Enlaces para lunes - los cuentos

To link directly to the stories we're reading today, go to:

1. No es mi culpa
2. ¡Qué nervios¡

To access the Durango Public Library connection to Tumblebooks, please click HERE.  Once there, select the "Language Learning" option, then Spanish, then find the titles listed above.

If that doesn't work, go to the children's section of the DPL website and select Tumblebooks once you are there.  Then go to "Language Learning", the Spanish, then find the titles above.

Review activites & Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias

Happy Thanksgiving!  

REVIEW ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE AT QUIA and CONJUGUEMOS!!!

Some reminders:

• Books are due on the 30th of November.  That's Wednesday after you return from break.  You will have only about 30 minutes in class to tie together loose ends.  
• At the end of the semester we will be having a test on all content material to date.  I have made activities to practice all of the stuff so far.  Go to my quia profile page to access activities (some quizzes, some vocabulary activities) and if you want the answers, all you have to do is submit your answers and compare them to what you got (be sure to scroll down to see the correct answers). 
• For straight verb conjugation practice, you can go to conjuguemos and drill!

 

jueves el 17 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Trabajaron en los libros
• You all worked on your books

Tarea:

• Keep on working on those books!  They are due on November 30th!!!

martes el 15 de noviembre, 2011

En clase:

• Practicamos con gustar
• We practiced with gustar
• Trabajaron en sus libros
• You all worked on your books

Tarea:

• Keep plugging away on your children's books.

lunes el 14 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos de "Gustar" y verbos como gustar
• We talked about "gustar" and verbs like gustar
• Trabajaron en los libros
• You all worked on your books

Tarea:

• MAKE SURE you do your corrections/edits before you are scheduled to meet with me this week.

viernes el 11 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Miramos 2 episodios de Mi Vida Loca (episodios 6 y 7)
• We watched 2 episodes of My Crazy Life (episodes 6 & 7)

Tarea:

• NONE!  Unless you want to get a head start on your book. 

jueves el 10 de noviembre, 2011

En clase:

• Trabajaron en sus cuentos.
• You all worked on your stories.

Tarea:

• "Country" DRAFTS are due (printed out, double-spaced) at the beginning of class TOMORROW!  You WILL NOT have time to work tomorrow. 

martes el 8 de noviembre, 2011

En clase:

• Empezamos a estudiar el verbo estar y el presente progresivo
• We started studying the verb "estar" and the present progressive
• Trabajaron en sus borradores de país
• You all worked on your country drafts

Tarea:

• Nada

lunes el 7 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Practicamos con las palabras interrogativas.
• We practiced with question words
• Trabajamos en los borradores de nuestros países.
• We worked on drafts for our countries

Tarea:

• Bring me your money if you owe me for the bare book.

viernes el 4 de noviembre, 2011

En clase:

• Miramos Mi Vida Loca episodio 5
• We watched My Crazy Life, episode 5
• Jugamos jeopardía
• We played jeopardy.  Play it to review lots of different grammar and vocab. to date!

Tarea:

• You need to have the following 4 things ready to turn in on Monday:

1. Basic information sheet about your country
2. Basic information sheet about your town/city
3. Bibliography - formatted in MLA format for 5 sources
4. Daily routine notes - the creative part EN ESPAÑOL! This is to get your rolling for your draft.

•  We will start building our books on Monday, so bring in materials to get started if you´re not using bare books.  And bring in your computers with adobe photoshop on them.

jueves el 3 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Trabajaron en las investigaciones de tus países
• You all worked on your country research
• Becca tenía reuniones con estudiantes sobre sus borradores de Durango
• Becca had meetings with students about their Durango drafts

Tarea:

• Nada.
• For Monday - finish the activities on the required activities list 
• basic country info. sheet
• basic city/town info. sheet
• bibiliography (read this first & then use easybib.com or another tool to format your bibliographies in MLA format)
• daily life notes/outlining (en español) for your country story

miércoles el 2 de noviembre, 2011

En clase:

• Hicimos el primer día de sólo español por toda la clase
• We did our first day of ONLY Spanish for the whole class
• Trabajaron en las listas de actividades de sus investigaciones de sus países
• You all worked on the country research activity list

Tarea:

• If we have not had a 1-on-1 meeting yet, PLEASE do your best to edit your stories so they are ready for our meeting tomorrow.

martes el 1 de noviembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Repasamos las palabras interrogativas con este ejercicio de Colby
• We reviewed the question words with this Colby exercise
• Trabajaron en la lista de actividades de las investigaciones de sus países
• You all worked on the country research activities list

Tarea:

• If you are not ready for our meeting (e.g. if you have not tried to edit your Durango draft), please DO YOUR BEST to incorporate my comments before we meet.

lunes el 31 de octubre, 2011

En Clase: 

• Hablamos de las palabras interrogativas
• We talked about question words
• Empezamos a hacer investigaciones de nuestros países 
• We started to do research on our countries

Tarea:

• Nada

Creating bibliographies / Creando bibliografías

Using easybib.com, you will be able to easily (go figure) produce a bibliography for the websites on which you encounter good information.  

Please read over this handout from easybib to understand the background details of MLA citation for websites/images/songs, etc.

 

jueves el 27 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos del plan para el resto del semestre
• We talked about the plan for the rest of the semester
• Tomaron una evaluación de vocabulario de escuela y "ir + a"
• You all took an assessment on school vocab and "ir + a"

Tarea:

• Do you edits to your Durango stories by the date on which you are meeting with Becca.  
• Think about if you want to do a bare book, shutterfly-ish/photoshop book, or another binding system of your design
• Pick your country: Bolivia, Chile, or Guatemala?

miércoles el 26 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Miramos el video Guatemala
• We watched the video Guatemala

Tarea:

• Do the "Hoja de Repaso: Ir+ A" worksheet in preparation for tomorrow's assessment.  
• Remember: Assessment on Standard 4 - School Vocab and Standard 10 - Ir + A is TOMORROW!

martes el 25 de octubre, 2011

En clase:

• Miramos el video Bolivia
• We watched the movie Bolivia

Tarea:

• Do the Ir + A hoja de práctica 1 for tomorrow!

lunes el 24 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Miramos el video Introducing Chile
• We watched the video Introducing Chile
• Practicamos con las formulas de ir + a
• We practiced the "ir + a" formulas

Tarea:

• Ir + a hoja de práctica 1 FOR WEDNESDAY!!!

Ir + A Quia Activities

Ir + A Quia activities

viernes el 21 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Miramos episodio 4 de Mi Vida Loca
• We watched episode 4 of My Crazy Life
• Jugamos juegos para practicar ir + a expressiones
• We played games to practice "ir + a" expressions
• Escribimos reflexiones de nuestros resultados en la evaluación de "rutina diaria"
• We wrote reflections on our "daily routine" assessment results

Tarea:

• Finish reflections
• If you received <7.5 on your daily routine reflections, take the quia quiz and correct your quiz completely. The secret word is "rutina"

jueves el 20 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos de ir + a + lugar y ir + a + infinitivos. 
• We talked about "ir + a + location" and "ir + a + infinitives"
• Trabajamos en nuestras traducciones
• We worked on our translations

Tarea:

• ENGLISH DRAFTS DUE TOMORROW!

Secrete word for quia quiz = rutina

Enter your name and then "rutina" as your secret word to take the practice assessment.

martes el 18 de octubre, 2011

En clase:

• Trabajamos en las cosas siguientes:

1. SLC prep
2. Traducción
3. Repaso del vocabulario para la evaluación el miércoles
4. Reuniones con Becca

• Practicamos con los verbos siguientes

Tarea:

• Study for the daily routine vocabulary assessment. This quia practice quiz is VERY similar to what your assessment will be. When you submit your quiz, it will show you the correct answers.  
• The assessment is on both vocabulary AND your ability to conjugate the verbs in context.

lunes el 17 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hicimos obritas de drama de vocabulario de la rutina diaria
• We did skits about daily routine vocabulary
• Trabajamos en las cosas siguientes:

1. SLC prep
2. Traducción
3. Repaso del vocabulario para la evaluación el miércoles
4. Reuniones con Becca

Tarea:

• Practice daily routine vocab. -- see the link to the quia practice quiz
• Spend 30 minutes working on your Spanish translation of your story

Rutina Diaria - Prueba (quiz)

Rutina Diaria Practice Quiz

Enter your name, "secret word" = rutina

viernes el 14 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Jugamos jeopardia para repasar el vocabulario
• We played Jeopardy to review the vocabulary
• Miramos episodio 3 de Mi Vida Loca
• We watched episode 3 of My Crazy Life 

Tarea: 

• Required: Spend 1 hour working on translating your story to Spanish.  Do your best and keep plugging away!
• Optional: Do Rutina Diaria practice 4 --- it's a two-sided handout -- side 1 is a page on which you're matching verbs  to pictures, and on side 2 you're writing your own sentences using reflexive verbs.

jueves el 13 de octubre, 2011

En clase:

• Hablamos de estrategias para usar wordreference.com 
• We talked about strategies for using wordreference.com 
• Trabajamos en la traducción de nuestros cuentos
• We worked on translation of our stories

Tarea:

• 2nd and 3rd period - Work on the Rutina Diaria practice sheet 4

miércoles el 12 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Fuimos en un tur del libro 501 Spanish Verbs
• We went on a tour of the book 501 Spanish Verbs
• Escuchamos a Un Día en Nueva York por los Hermanos Rosario
• We listed to "A Day in New York" by Hermanos Rosario

Tarea:

• Keep studying that vocab!  Nothing is required, but use the online activities I posted last night for more review.

martes el 11 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Escribimos sobre nuestras rutinas diarias.
• We wrote about our daily routines.
• Empezamos el proceso de traducir nuestros cuentos.
• We started the process of translating our stories.

La Tarea:

• Practiquen en linea en este sitio.
• Practice online at this site
• Hagan flashcards
• Make flashcards!

lunes el 10 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Practicamos con verbos reflexivos
• We practiced with reflexive verbs
• Miramos el "rap" de verbos reflexivos
• We watched the reflexive verb rap

Tarea:

• Rutina Diaria - Hoja de práctica 3 (Link to my DP where you can download this)
  
• Daily routine - practice sheet 3
• Conjuguemos games online

viernes el 7 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Estudiamos vocabulario de la rutina diaria  y verbos reflexivos y de bota
• We studied daily routine vocab. and reflexive verbs and boot verbs
• Miramos episodio 2 de Mi Vida Loca
• We watched episode 2 of My Crazy Life

Tarea:

• Write original sentences to describe the photos on this handout

jueves el 6 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Practicamos conversación informal con ¿Qué hay de nuevo?
• We practiced informal conversation w/ "What's new?"
• Hablamos del vocabulario nuevo y los verbos irregulares
• We talked about the new vocab and irregular verbs

Tarea:

• El crucigrama 
• The crossword puzzle

miércoles el 5 de octubre, 2011

En clase:

• Practicamos con el vocabulario de la familia
• We practiced with family vocabulary
• Trabajamos en los cuentos
• We worked on the stories

Tarea:

• FINISH YOUR OUTLINES for tomorrow!

martes el 4 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Repasamos vocabulario de la familia
• We reviewed family vocabulary
• Trabajamos en nuestros cuentos
• We worked on our stories

Tarea:

• Study for the assessment tomorrow on family vocab, the verb "ser", and weather/season vocab
• Here are some online activities to practice things and the family vocab worksheets we did (some of you asked for electronic copies so you can do them again for practice).
• Family Vocab Practice Sheet 1
• Family Vocab Practice Sheet 2
• Family Vocab Practice Sheet 3
• Ser practice
• More ser practice

lunes el 3 de octubre, 2011

En Clase:

• Practicamos el vocabulario de la familia (corregimos hoja de práctica 2)
• We practiced family vocab (we corrected practice sheet 2)
• Trabajamos un poquito en los esquemas/borradores de nuestros cuentos
• We worked a little bit in the outlines/drafts of our stories

Tarea:

• Family Vocab - Practice sheet 3
• If you didn't turn in your family tree -- PLEASE do so tomorrow.  It is now late.

viernes el 30 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Miramos episodio 1 de Mi Vida Loca.
• We watched episode 1 of My Crazy Life
• Practicamos con el vocabulario de la familia
• We practiced family vocabulary 

Tarea:

• Do #1-4 of the Family vocab. practice sheet 2
• Finish your árboles genealógicos (family trees)

jueves el 29 de septiembre, 2011

En clase:

• Tomamos una evaluación de ser
• We took an assessment on "ser"
• Trabajamos en los árboles genealógicos
• We worked on family trees

Tarea:

• If you haven't done family vocab practice 1, do that tonight.
• Your family trees are due on Monday!

miércoles el 28 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos del verbo ser
• We talked about the verb ser
• Trabajamos en los cuentos infantiles
• We worked on the children stories 
• Trabajamos en los árboles genealógicos 
• We worked on family trees.

Tarea:

• Family vocab practice 1
• Study for the "ser" assessment tomorrow!

martes el 27 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Introdujimos el vocabulario de familia
• We introduced family vocabulary
• Escuchamos una canción 
• We listened to a song
• Trabajamos con el verbo ser y las primeras páginas de nuestros cuentos
• We worked on the verb ser and the first pages of our books

Tarea:

• Finish the "Describiendo a ti mismo y a otros" worksheet if you didn't in class
• Do Ser W.S. 3

lunes el 26 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Tomamos una evaluación de la conjugación de verbos regulares en el presente y vocabulario de escuela
• We took an assessment on the conjugation of regular present tense verbs and school vocab
• Hablamos del verbo ser y sus usos
• We talked about the verb "ser" and its uses

Tarea:

• REQUIRED - Do "ser w.s. 2" for class tomorrow
• If you're needing to bone up on conjugation, go to conjuguemos and practice!

Árboles Genealógicos

Here are some links to family tree images to get your creative juices flowing.

Here is a very simple layout that will serve you well if you want to keep things basic.  

If you want to use a template, you can print one out here. I got it from: http://www.familytreetemplates.net/click.php. Remember, you will need to relabel "Family Tree" in Spanish. There are probably lots of other options if you want to look around.

viernes el 23 de septiembre, 2011

En clase:

• Hablamos del verbo ser
• We talked about the verb ser
• Jugamos/practicamos con gramática mixta hasta ahora
• We played/practied mixed grammar (on grammar up till now)

Tarea:

• Ser WS #1
• Práctica con el verbo ser con esta actividad 
• Practice with the verb "ser" with this activity
• Preparen para la evaluación de vocabulario de escuela y la conjugación de verbos regulares en el presente
• Prepare for the assessment on school vocab. and regular present tense verb conjugation.

jueves el 22 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hicimos un tur virtual de los paises hispanohablantes
• We did a virtual tour of Spanish-speaking countries
• Tomamos una evaluación del vocabulario de las estaciones/el tiempo
• We took an assessment on the seasons/weather vocabulary

Tarea:

• Finish the virtual tour -- hand in the virutal tour page by Monday!

miércoles el 21 de septiembre, 2011

En clase:

• Practicamos el vocabulario del tiempo/estaciones
• We practiced weather/season vocab
• Hablamos de las características de un cuento bueno
• We talked about characteristics of a good story

Tarea:

• Weather/Season practice sheet 2 
• Make flash cards
• Write sentences using weather/season vocab
• Practice weather/season vocab using these quia activities

martes el 20 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Escuchamos la canción "Cuando los ángeles lloran" y prestamos atención a la pronunciación
• We listened to the song "Cuando los ángeles lloran" and paid attention to pronunciation.
• Empezamos un tur virtual de los paises hispanohablantes
• We started a virtual tour of Spanish speaking countries.

Tarea:

• Practice your weather vocabulary by doing practice sheets or making flashcards.  We have an assessment on this vocabulary unit on Thursday in class!

lunes el 19 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Leímos un cuentito
• We read a short story
• Hablamos de la pronunciación
• We talked about pronunciation

Tarea:

• REQUIRED: Bring in a children's story (English-language story is FINE)
• El tiempo y las estaciones práctica hoja 2
• Weather/Seasons practice worksheet 2

Virtual Tour

Virtual Tour of Spanish Speaking Countries

viernes el 16 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase: 

• Hablamos del vocabulario del tiempo.
• We talked about weather vocabulary.

Tarea:

• Do the weather vocabulary practice 1 (if you are in my 5th period class, you will get this on Monday).

jueves el 15 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Corregimos algunas de las hojas de práctica de vocabulario de escuela y conjugación en el presente
• We corrected some of the practice sheets for school vocab. and conjugation
• Introdujimos el vocabulario de las estaciones y el tiempo
• We introduced season and weather vocab.

Tarea: 

• ¡Hagan tarjetas de práctica para el vocabulario nuevo!
• Make some flashcards for the new vocabulary!

miércoles el 14 de septiembre

En Clase

• Hablamos de las estrategías de leer.
• We talked about reading strategies.
• Practicamos el vocabulario de escuela
• We practiced school vocab

Tarea:

• Do the school vocab and present tense practice packet (we are on sheet number 4).
• Go to this link for quia review games to practice school vocab for the assessment TOMORROW!

Remember - there are quia links to help you with school vocab! Click the "school vocab" below.

School vocab

martes el 13 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Practicamos el vocabulario de escuela
• We practiced school vocab
• Leímos un cuento - La Tortillería
• We read a story, La Tortillería
• Trabajamos en una variedad de hojas
• We worked on a variety of sheets -- school vocab practice, listening to songs, etc.

Tarea: 

• Present tense and school vocab w.s. 3
• REQUIRED: Gender-number agreement practice (in packet) if you scored below a 3 on the gender-number agreement assessment
• If you are struggling with gender-number agreement, please see the links I posted on viernes el 9 de septiembre for more practice.

lunes el 12 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase: 

• Hablamos de concordancia de número y género entre sustantivos y adjetivos.
• We talked about number and gender agreement between nouns and adjectives.
•  Tomamos una evaluación de concordancia de número y género
• We took an assessment on number-gender agreement

Tarea:

• Present tense conjugation and school vocab practice sheet (práctica 2)
• Go to quia and practice school vocab.

Link to Limón y Sal

Listen (Escucha) a la canción Limón y Sal. Fill out the lyric sheet while you listen.

viernes, el 9 de septiembre

En Clase (in class):

• Practicamos con práctica integrada de casi todo hasta ahora. 
• We did integrated practice on almost everything up till today.
• Tomamos evaluaciones de la conjugación del presente y de adjetivos de personalidad.
• We took assessments on conjugating present tense verbs and we took an assessment on personality trait adjectives.

Tarea (homework)

• Practice gender/number agreement for the assessment on Monday by going to this site.
• Watch this video to review the concepts of gender/number agreement.  We have only covered the first half of the concepts (up to 4 minutes 40 seconds).
• Keep reviewing your present tense verb conjugation at the conjuguemos links.
• And keep practicing your vocabulary at the quia links.

jueves el 8 de septiembre, 2011

En Clase:

• Hablamos del vocabulario de escuela
• We talked about school vocabulary
• Practicamos con una hoja sobre el vocabulario de escuela. 
• We practiced with a worksheet about school vocabulary

Tarea:

YOU HAVE 2 ASSESSMENTS TOMORROW: 

1. Regular present tense verb conjugation -- study at this site.  Nano -- to answer your accent question -- if you want to add an accent, just type the verb until you get to the letter that needs an accent and click on the "add accent" button.  (Example:  hablais --> if I want an accent on the second "a", I have to type "habla", then hit the  "add accent" button, then finish typing the end of the verb to end up with "habláis".  
2. Personality trait adjectives -- study at quia.
3. More practice?  Make flashcards or write a bunch of sentences using your school vocabulary with a variety of different subjects.

Quia links

Para practicar los adjetivos de personalidad click here.

Para practicar el vocabulario de escuela click here.

miércoles el 7 de septiembre, 2011

En clase

• gender/number agreement (concordancia de género y número)
• new systems talk

Tarea

• Conjuguemos - práctica verbos regulares en el presente por 10-20 minutos
• Make & practice with your flash cards - adjetivos de personalidad vocabulary

martes el 6 de septiembre, 2011

En clase

• El presente de indicativo - verbos regulares
• El Mercado de Palabras - una introducción 

Tarea

• 10 minutos en Conjuguemos 
• Paquete del presentes ejercícios A & B