¡Hola chicos!
Espero que Uds hayan disfrutado las vacaciones! Recuerdan (remember) that, este jueves, your sources sheet is due, and you should have filled out ocho areas in your research chart, so make sure to use your time wisely!
Algunos estudiantes have had trouble finding exchange rate information for their países, so aquí hay unos nuevos enlaces:
XE Currency Converter
Go Currency
CampusUK Currency Converter
Si quieres escuchar música mientras trabajas, aquí hay el enlace para la lista discográfica (playlist) en Grooveshark.
17 April 2012
02 April 2012
5o y 6o grado: Verbos de -ar
Para repasar (review) los verbos con -ar:
1) Do a lesson with Tonito Frito re-teaching you about -ar verbs, or if you feel ready, do this lesson where Tonito Frito quizzes you!.
2) If you prefer to read a review of -ar and play a game, go here. You can skim through the lesson, and then click "Generate Unique Quiz" at the top or the bottom of the page to test yourself.
3) Another game that's a little easier.
4) To get a preview of what we are going to be learning with la familia (the family), you will go to the website below. When you get to the link, Carlos will say "hola" to you, and then you will see a sky filled with planets. Click on the second one in the top row: it's pink with a mom, dad, and child in it. Once you click on it, click on "El mundo de Carlos" and then "Una foto de mi familia" or "Mi tia es veterinaria." To start the activity, go to Mi Mundo.
5) Watch O, As, A, Amos, An, or ConjugationsBack, about conjugating ar verbs!
1) Do a lesson with Tonito Frito re-teaching you about -ar verbs, or if you feel ready, do this lesson where Tonito Frito quizzes you!.
2) If you prefer to read a review of -ar and play a game, go here. You can skim through the lesson, and then click "Generate Unique Quiz" at the top or the bottom of the page to test yourself.
3) Another game that's a little easier.
4) To get a preview of what we are going to be learning with la familia (the family), you will go to the website below. When you get to the link, Carlos will say "hola" to you, and then you will see a sky filled with planets. Click on the second one in the top row: it's pink with a mom, dad, and child in it. Once you click on it, click on "El mundo de Carlos" and then "Una foto de mi familia" or "Mi tia es veterinaria." To start the activity, go to Mi Mundo.
5) Watch O, As, A, Amos, An, or ConjugationsBack, about conjugating ar verbs!
29 March 2012
Nuevo recurso: Proyecto de Países
¡Hola 7o y 8o grados!
Aquí hay un nuevo enlace para el Proyecto de Países: la lista del CIA de líderes mundiales (the CIA list of world leaders). This should help those of you who have not been able to find a site or book with el presidente o líder de tu país.
¡Que tengan un buen fin de semana!
Aquí hay un nuevo enlace para el Proyecto de Países: la lista del CIA de líderes mundiales (the CIA list of world leaders). This should help those of you who have not been able to find a site or book with el presidente o líder de tu país.
¡Que tengan un buen fin de semana!
27 March 2012
Repaso de -ar
¡Hola clase! Hoy, Ustedes tienen una opción: pueden trabajar (you can work on) en tus proyectos de países, o pueden repasar (or you can review) los verbos con -ar.
Sitios de web para el proyecto de países:
Nations Encyclopedia
Food by Country
Every Culture
Exchange Rates
Para repasar (review) los verbos con -ar:
1) Do a lesson with Tonito Frito re-teaching you about -ar verbs, or if you feel ready, do this lesson where Tonito Frito quizzes you!.
2) If you prefer to read a review of -ar and play a game, go here. You can skim through the lesson, and then click "Generate Unique Quiz" at the top or the bottom of the page to test yourself.
3) Another game that's a little easier.
4) You can also try conjugating -ar verbs here. Before you start, make sure to go to the dropdown list below the activity box and select only -ar verbs, and then under pronouns, you can select "all but vosotros."
5) Watch O, As, A, Amos, An!
¡Buena suerte!
Sitios de web para el proyecto de países:
Nations Encyclopedia
Food by Country
Every Culture
Exchange Rates
Para repasar (review) los verbos con -ar:
1) Do a lesson with Tonito Frito re-teaching you about -ar verbs, or if you feel ready, do this lesson where Tonito Frito quizzes you!.
2) If you prefer to read a review of -ar and play a game, go here. You can skim through the lesson, and then click "Generate Unique Quiz" at the top or the bottom of the page to test yourself.
3) Another game that's a little easier.
4) You can also try conjugating -ar verbs here. Before you start, make sure to go to the dropdown list below the activity box and select only -ar verbs, and then under pronouns, you can select "all but vosotros."
5) Watch O, As, A, Amos, An!
¡Buena suerte!
18 March 2012
Paso 1: Proyecto de Países
¡Hola, alumnos del 7o y 8o grados!
Hoy, ustedes van a trabajar (work) en su proyecto de países by starting to fill out your I-Search charts. If you have already decided which país you are going to be working on, read the instructions below at number 1. If you have not chosen a país yet, read the instructions under number 2.
1. If you've already chosen your país:
Pick a website from the list below, write the name of the website in the "Source 1" box on your I-Search chart, and then go to the site and begin looking for information that you need for your report. Remember, once you find information for a specific question, you should write that information in the chart for that question, on the same row as your source. Try to summarize instead of copying down the information word for word, like we practiced yesterday in class. Use your time researching in class wisely: the more you do in the computer lab, the less you have to do at home!
Websites:
Nations Encyclopedia
Every Culture
Food by Country
Exchange Rates.org
2. For people who have not chosen un país yet: Remember that you need to chose a país by jueves (Thursday), so do your best to make a decision today. Choose from one of the options below:
a) You may check with classmates to see if anyone would like to work together with you as a partner to research a country. If you find a partner, get out your I-Search chart and start doing the steps at number 1 above together. If two people are already in a group, do not ask them if you can be in their group also. I do not want more than two people working together.
b) Go to the research websites above and read about the countries that you are interested in to try to make a decision about which country you would most want to research.
c) Quietly look at países books from the library to try to decide which país you are interested in.
Want some music while you work? Check out the updated class playlist. Just click the 'play all' button below the picture on the left to start listening!
Hoy, ustedes van a trabajar (work) en su proyecto de países by starting to fill out your I-Search charts. If you have already decided which país you are going to be working on, read the instructions below at number 1. If you have not chosen a país yet, read the instructions under number 2.
1. If you've already chosen your país:
Pick a website from the list below, write the name of the website in the "Source 1" box on your I-Search chart, and then go to the site and begin looking for information that you need for your report. Remember, once you find information for a specific question, you should write that information in the chart for that question, on the same row as your source. Try to summarize instead of copying down the information word for word, like we practiced yesterday in class. Use your time researching in class wisely: the more you do in the computer lab, the less you have to do at home!
Websites:
Nations Encyclopedia
Every Culture
Food by Country
Exchange Rates.org
2. For people who have not chosen un país yet: Remember that you need to chose a país by jueves (Thursday), so do your best to make a decision today. Choose from one of the options below:
a) You may check with classmates to see if anyone would like to work together with you as a partner to research a country. If you find a partner, get out your I-Search chart and start doing the steps at number 1 above together. If two people are already in a group, do not ask them if you can be in their group also. I do not want more than two people working together.
b) Go to the research websites above and read about the countries that you are interested in to try to make a decision about which country you would most want to research.
c) Quietly look at países books from the library to try to decide which país you are interested in.
Want some music while you work? Check out the updated class playlist. Just click the 'play all' button below the picture on the left to start listening!
12 March 2012
Puerto Rico!
A sneak peek of mi vacacion. : )
Looking forward to seeing ustedes and telling all about it!
Looking forward to seeing ustedes and telling all about it!
25 February 2012
Exámen Dos next week
¡Hola a todos!
Just wanted to remind everyone that, next week, both la clase de 5o y 6o grados y la clase de 7o y 8o grados tienen un exámen (have a test).
7o y 8o grados will have their exámen el miércoles (Wednesday). Los estudiantes already have a study guide to look over and work on to study for the test. Make sure to know what all of the questions mean in the Preguntas section, and to be able to respond to each of the questions orally. Looking over Prueba 3 (the quiz that we had in this section) will also be helpful, and remember to also review cultural readings about Spanish as a global language, Lenguas en Sudamérica (Languages of South America), Día de los Reyes y Centroamérica. Also, know what el Día del Amor y la Amistad is.
5o y 6o grados will have their exámen el jueves (Thursday), but I will start doing orals for the test for those students who are ready el miércoles (Wednesday). Students should review the following items:
Preguntas: know what each mean, and practice how to respond verbally.
¿Quién es?
¿De dónde eres?
¿De qué ciudad/estado/país eres?
¿Cómo eres?
¿Cómo es (name of someone en la clase)?
¿Cuál es tu profesión? (or, ¿Cuál es la profesión de tu madre/padre (mother/father)?)
Study description word vocabulary (on ¿Quién es? Descripciones worksheet):
alto, bajo, moreno, rubio, pelirrojo, cómico, serio, guapo, bonita, simpático, antipático
- Know how to apply these describing words to people (tú eres guapo)
- Go over how we have to change adjectives to fit with the number and gender of the noun we are describing (for example, how does the sentence "Jorge es guapo" change when we want to say that another person is handsome as well? "Jorge y Roberto son guapos."
Study el verbo ser: (in Caja de Herramientas)
- Know how to say I am, you are, he is, she is, you formal are, we are, and they (masc/fem) are
Study profesiones vocabulary: (on Profesiones worksheet)
- Know the words enfermero, abogado, téchnico, piloto, cocinero, fotógrafo, músico, periodista, gerente, escritor, poeta, balarina, y policia
- Know how to say someone is a particular profession (Señora Greaves es maestra; él es piloto, etc.)
Study los países de Sudamérica y Centroamérica, and be able to locate them on a map
- Know how to say that someone is from a country (Yo soy de los Estados Unidos; ella es de Chile, etc.)
**Make sure to also go over Prueba 2 and la Lectura de Centroamérica (Central America reading).
If you have any questions about what you should be studying or something you didn't understand, please leave a comment or ask me in class.
¡Buena suerte! (Good luck!)
Just wanted to remind everyone that, next week, both la clase de 5o y 6o grados y la clase de 7o y 8o grados tienen un exámen (have a test).
7o y 8o grados will have their exámen el miércoles (Wednesday). Los estudiantes already have a study guide to look over and work on to study for the test. Make sure to know what all of the questions mean in the Preguntas section, and to be able to respond to each of the questions orally. Looking over Prueba 3 (the quiz that we had in this section) will also be helpful, and remember to also review cultural readings about Spanish as a global language, Lenguas en Sudamérica (Languages of South America), Día de los Reyes y Centroamérica. Also, know what el Día del Amor y la Amistad is.
5o y 6o grados will have their exámen el jueves (Thursday), but I will start doing orals for the test for those students who are ready el miércoles (Wednesday). Students should review the following items:
Preguntas: know what each mean, and practice how to respond verbally.
¿Quién es?
¿De dónde eres?
¿De qué ciudad/estado/país eres?
¿Cómo eres?
¿Cómo es (name of someone en la clase)?
¿Cuál es tu profesión? (or, ¿Cuál es la profesión de tu madre/padre (mother/father)?)
Study description word vocabulary (on ¿Quién es? Descripciones worksheet):
alto, bajo, moreno, rubio, pelirrojo, cómico, serio, guapo, bonita, simpático, antipático
- Know how to apply these describing words to people (tú eres guapo)
- Go over how we have to change adjectives to fit with the number and gender of the noun we are describing (for example, how does the sentence "Jorge es guapo" change when we want to say that another person is handsome as well? "Jorge y Roberto son guapos."
Study el verbo ser: (in Caja de Herramientas)
- Know how to say I am, you are, he is, she is, you formal are, we are, and they (masc/fem) are
Study profesiones vocabulary: (on Profesiones worksheet)
- Know the words enfermero, abogado, téchnico, piloto, cocinero, fotógrafo, músico, periodista, gerente, escritor, poeta, balarina, y policia
- Know how to say someone is a particular profession (Señora Greaves es maestra; él es piloto, etc.)
Study los países de Sudamérica y Centroamérica, and be able to locate them on a map
- Know how to say that someone is from a country (Yo soy de los Estados Unidos; ella es de Chile, etc.)
**Make sure to also go over Prueba 2 and la Lectura de Centroamérica (Central America reading).
If you have any questions about what you should be studying or something you didn't understand, please leave a comment or ask me in class.
¡Buena suerte! (Good luck!)
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