La agenda de viernes, el 29 de enero - ¡FIESTA!!

¡Hola hola, clase! HAPPY FRIDAY!!  Here's the presentation we used today!!

Here's the agenda for today:

• First, let's check off your assignments!
• Please take out your PROOF YOU STUDIED!
• Also, take out PARENT LETTERS and/or SYLLABUS sheets if you haven’t turned them in yet!!
• Before we get a snack and talk about CARNAVAL, check that you have:
• filled in and given Ms. Williams your SURVEY
• turned in your signed back page of the SYLLABUS
• completed and showed Ms. Williams your ALPHABET NOTES
• had a parent or guardian write and send a LETTER about you!
• filled out your VOCABULARY sheet
• created physical PROOF YOU STUDIED
• Get any NOTES or extra copies you need!!
• If you want to CHECK YOUR GRADES, you can ask to get an iPad!
• A little background about Carnaval
• Carnival, or Carnaval, is a festive season, which occurs immediately before Lent. 
• It typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party.  
• It’s traditionally held in areas with a large Catholic population.
• Traditionally during Lent, the six weeks directly before Easter, no parties or other celebrations were held, and people refrained from eating rich foods, such as meat, dairy, fats and sugar. 
• In the days before Lent, all rich food and drink had to be disposed of, so people threw a big party with the whole community to finish all of it. 
• This is thought to be the origin of Carnival!  
• The exact origin of the name "Carnival" is disputed, but some state that the word comes from the Late Latin expression “carne vale”, which means "farewell to meat."
• ¡Comemos y miramos los videos!
• Here are some of the videos that we watched!!
• Carnaval in Uruguay Lookin’ forward
• Carnaval in Latin America
  National Geographic; Inside Rio Carnaval
• Carnaval clip from the movie RIO
• Rio: bird & animal dance scene
• iPAD WORK TIME!
• First, make sure you have created PROOF THAT YOU STUDIED!!
• If you’re done with that, you can ask to GET AN iPAD from Ms. Williams!
• GRADE REPORTS get printed MONDAY MORNING.  Check your grade!!
• Open Safari, and go to the STUDENT PORTAL and check your grades!  
• Then, you can PLAY GAMES at introtowl.blogspot.com!

La tarea, or the HOMEWORK: CATCH UP!!

Make sure you have everything done, ESPECIALLY PHYSICAL proof you studied!!

• Finish up your flashcards!!   OR
• Signed note from an adult saying you studied

¡Nos vemos!

La agenda de jueves, el 28 de enero: ¡Día 7!

¡Hola hola, clase! Here's the presentation we used today!!

Here's the agenda for today:

• ¡CALENTAMIENTO! (Warm up!)
• Please take out your SAMs, NOTEBOOKS, & vocab!
• Please go to your “Calentamiento” page!
• Write today’s date:  el 27 de enero
• Then, using your Vocabulary sheets, please write down and answer the following questions:
• ¿Cómo estás tú?
• ¿Cómo te llamas? 
• It should look like this: el 28 de enero, 2016
• Calentamiento
• ¿Cómo estás tú? → How are you?
• (Yo) estoy…
• EJEMPLO:  Yo estoy bien… Yo estoy feliz.   Yo estoy cansada/o....   Yo tengo hambre. (I’m hungry.)
• ¿Cómo te llamas? → What do you call yourself?
• Me llamo… (OR Mi nombre es…)
• EJEMPLO:  Me llamo Señorita Williams.  Me llamo _.
• Remember THE EMOTIONS!!
• Yo estoy → I am... 
•  triste→ sad
• más o menos→ more or less (OK)
• así así→ so-so (ok)
• bien → good
• feliz → HAPPY
• muy bien → very good
• mal→ bad 
• enojado/a→ angry
• enfermo/a→ sick
• regular → regular
• cansado/a→ tired
• embarazoso/a or desgarbado/a → awkward   
• ridículo/a  → silly
• Yo tengo hambre.  **(DIFFERENT) → hungry  (Literally: I have hunger.)
• Let's do a DIALOGUE!!
• The WINNER of Rock-Paper-Scissors goes first.    Talk to at least 5 people!!
• ¿Cómo te llamas?
• Me llamo ______.  ¿Y tú?  ¿Cómo te llamas?
• Me llamo ________.
• THEN, the person who LOSES Rock-Paper-Scissors goes first.    Talk to at least 5 people!!
  • ¿Cómo estás tú?
  • Yo estoy ______.  ¿Y tú?  ¿Cómo estás?
  • Yo estoy ________.
• PLEASE TAKE OUT YOUR VOCABULARY Sheet!
• How are you going to remember?
• Let’s go over the rest of the GREETINGS, and see what they make you think of!!
• ¡Sí se puede!! 
• We will be focusing on:
• to greet someone
• to say the date
• to ask and tell how someone is 
• to say goodbye
• ***SKIP:  to tell time
• to ask for help
• Then, flashcard work time:
• You may CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!!
• You can create your flashcards today!!
• You can work with a partner to go over your flashcards and practice learning and using the words!
• You can work on a packet to help expand your vocabulary!

La tarea, or the HOMEWORK: do PROOF that you STUDIED -- 
Bring in PHYSICAL proof you studied!!    + Finish up your flashcards!!   OR
+ Signed note from an adult saying you studied

¡Nos vemos mañana!!

La agenda de miércoles, el 27 de enero: ¡Día 6!

¡Hola hola, clase! Here's the presentation we used today!!

Here's the agenda for today:

• ¡CALENTAMIENTO! (Warm up!)
• Please take out your SAMs, NOTEBOOKS, & vocab!
• Please go to your “Calentamiento” page!
• Write today’s date:  el 27 de enero
• Then, using your sheets from yesterday, please write down and answer the following questions:
• ¿Qué día es hoy? 
• ¿Cuál es la fecha?
• ¿Cómo estás?
• It should look like this: el 27 de enero, 2016
• Calentamiento
• ¿Qué día es hoy?    → What day is today?
• Hoy es miércoles.  → Today is Weds.
• ¿Cuál es la fecha?  → What is the date?
• Es el veinte y siete de enero, 2016.
• (dos mil, diez y seis)
• ¿Cómo estás? → How are you?
• THE EMOTIONS:
• Yo estoy → I am... 
•  triste→ sad
• más o menos→ more or less (OK)
• así así→ so-so (ok)
• bien → good
• feliz → HAPPY
• muy bien → very good
• mal→ bad 
• enojado/a→ angry
• enfermo/a→ sick
• regular → regular
• cansado/a→ tired
• embarazoso/a or desgarbado/a → awkward   
• ridículo/a  → silly
• Yo tengo hambre.  **(DIFFERENT) → hungry  (Literally: I have hunger.)
• Then, take out your VOCABULARY!
• PLEASE TAKE OUT YOUR VOCABULARY FROM MONDAY!
• If you haven’t yet, please label each section or each word:
• What you already know (with a √ or :) is just fine!)
• What you remember but need to review (**)
• If you just need to work on SPELLING, you can write SP
• What you haven’t learned or don’t remember learning (use a ?? or other symbol) 
• We will be focusing on:
• to greet someone
• to say the date
• to ask and tell how someone is 
• to say goodbye
• ***SKIP: to tell time
• to ask for help
• Tarjetas de FLASH
• In order to make sure you learn the new vocabulary words for each new unit, we will need to make flash cards for any words/sentences/phrases you don’t know.
• This is your first time making flash cards, so you will have a bit of time in class to create them.
• The recommended way to make flash cards is to write the ENGLISH version of a word on one side, and then FLIP THE CARD OVER to write SPANISH version of the SAME WORD on the other side!
• WORKTIME!!
• Once you are DONE creating your flashcards, You may CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE!!
• You can work with a partner to go over your flashcards and practice learning and using the words!
• You can work on an EXTENDED packet to help expand your vocabulary!
• Si ya hablas español
• OR, you may ask Ms. Williams to get an iPad!
• GET A SPECIFIC NUMBER!!When you get your iPAD, please go to:
• introtowl.blogspot.com
• Choose if you want to use the QUIZLET or GAMES
• Don't forget to click on the "Games" tab!

La tarea, or the HOMEWORK: Do both sides of the VOCAB sheet!!
+ Finish up your flashcards!!


Please don't forget to BRING BACK your FLASHCARDS tomorrow!!

¡Nos vemos mañana!!

La agenda de martes, el 26 de enero: ¡Día 5!

¡Hola hola, clase! Here's the presentation we used today!!

Here's the agenda for today:

• ¡CALENTAMIENTO!
• Please take out  your FAMILY LETTERS!  
• Then, take out your VOCAB sheets from YESTERDAY, and take about 10 minutes to keep filling them in!!
• If you finish early, please get a NEW sheet from Ms. Williams!
• Also, if you need help with the TO TELL TIME blanks, please click on THIS link to slide #3!
• Priorities for work time:
• Write down the English equivalent for every word!
• LABEL all of the words/sections:
• What you already know (with a √ or :D!)
• What you remember but need to review (**)
• If you just need to work on SPELLING: SP
• What you haven’t learned or don’t remember learning (use a ?? or other symbol)
• Then, think of what you need to practice!
• La clase perfecta
• Please put the Vocabulary Sheet in the Spanish section of your binder.  
• It’s pretty important so I recommend you write IMPORTANT in the top right hand corner, and KEEP it.
• Once that’s away, take the NEW sheet and please answer all of the questions.
• Don’t forget to write your name and class period!!
• You may circle/write as many different things as you need to answer completely!
• Let's discuss!
• In your group of four: 
• Please choose a:
• SCRIBE (one person will write down the big ideas/main points that the group makes)
• FACILITATOR (one person to lead the discussion and keep everyone involved)
• REPORTER (one person to report out the scribe’s written information), and 
• TIME KEEPER (one person to keep track of time and keep everyone on task!)
• Then, at your table, please discuss:
• What would the perfect Spanish class LOOK like, in your group’s opinion?  In the perfect Spanish class, what would everyone - students, teacher - be doing? 
• What actions do you think we need to take, or rules do we need to follow, to get as close as we can to this being the perfect Spanish class? 
• You have 8 minutes to draw up the PERFECT set of rules for your PERFECT Spanish classroom.
• Group report-outs!
• Now, let’s create the rules!
• REPORTERS, please report out!!   What do you think the rules should be in here to make this the PERFECT Spanish classroom?
• What are you willing to do?
• What aren’t you willing to do?
• One person at a time - Step up, step back - be willing to sit with discomfort/unwelcome ideas for a bit!

La tarea, or the HOMEWORK: is to CATCH UP!
Make sure you have turned in your: 

• signed syllabus
• survey about yourself
• perfect Spanish class sheet from today!
• And that you showed Ms. Williams your:
• Alfabeto Packet
• Vocab Sheet filled in

¡Nos vemos mañana!!

La agenda de lunes, el 25 de enero: ¡Día 4!

¡Hola hola, clase! Here's the presentation we used today!!

Here's the agenda for today:

• ¡CALENTAMIENTO!
• Please take out your NOTEBOOKS and go to a new page!  
• Title the page  “Calentamiento.”   This is the first day we will be doing our Warm up!
• Also, Get out your ABC notes!
• Write today’s date:  el 25 de enero, 2016
• Then, please write down and answer the following question:
• HOW DO YOU SPELL YOUR (SPANISH) NAME?___, ___, ____, ___…
• (Please write the SPANISH names of the letters out!  CON ACENTO = w/ an accent)
• Diálogo
• Once you have written down how to spell your name using the Spanish names for the letters, please turn to your partner and tell him/her!
• Say the letters out loud!!
• Rolling our "R"s
• If you can’t roll your R, DON’T WORRY!!
• Instead, watch (and practice along) with this video!!
• THEN: let's practice the ALPHABET!!
• This is call and response, so I will sing a few letters, and you will need to sing it back!
• If you want to speak the letters, that’s okay, but 
• you need to make sound with your mouth in order to actually get the benefit of practicing!!  
• If you don’t practice with us, you can do it on your own! 
• HERE IS THE ALPHABET VIDEO!!
• First VOCABULARY sheet!
• Please use the rest of the hour to fill in the sheet that has blanks on it!
• You may use the sheet from our book to help you!  
• If you get done, fill in the other, optional vocab packet!
• FIRST:   Take 5 minutes to LOOK OVER THE NEW WORDS!
• Which ones do you know?
• Fill them in! Label what you know!
• Then, label:
• ** (whole section) → STUDY → ???
• SP → study how to spell this
• I know this!!   → √ or :D!

La tarea, or the HOMEWORK: FINISH FILLING OUT THE Vocab Sheet!!

Also, please make sure your adult has the Family Letter -- it’s due back to Ms. Williams TOMORROW!

¡Nos vemos mañana!!

La agenda de martes, el 16 de enero: ¡Día 3!

¡Hola hola, clase! Here's the presentation we used today!!

Here's the agenda for today:

• Beginning of the hour:
• Please take out  your signed pages from the Syllabus!  
• Then, take out your ALFABETO notes sheet from YESTERDAY, and get ready to keep going!!
• If you weren’t here, please get an extra from the BIN in the back!
• El Alfabeto
• Please take out your guided notes packet, and open to the page of notes from yesterday.  
• We’re going to finish learning/reviewing the Spanish alphabet, the names of the letters, the sounds, using our  Cornell notes!
• If you need the notes, HERE is a blank copy, and
• HERE are the notes, filled in!
• Las cartas
• OKAY!!  Nice job on the alfabeto!!  :D!
• Please put that packet away in the Spanish section of your binder.  
• It’s pretty important so I recommend you write IMPORTANT in the top right hand corner, and KEEP it.
• Once that’s away, take the NEW sheet!
• Decide what caring, responsible adult in your life you will give this to, and write his or her name AT THE TOP of the paper!
• Then, don't forget to write your name! ____________________

La tarea, or the HOMEWORK: finish up the ALPHABET NOTES!

Also, GET YOUR SYLLABUS SIGNED if you haven't already by an adult by TOMORROW!!

¡Nos vemos el lunes!!

La agenda de jueves, el 12 de enero: ¡Día 2!

¡Hola hola, clase! Here's the presentation we used today!!

Here's the agenda for today:

• Using your yellow SURVEY sheet, make a NAME card for yourself!
• Please take out on the ‘¿Quién eres tú?' yellow sheet from yesterday.
• Then, GET A MARKER!
• Last, please write your SPANISH NAME and LAST NAME on the BLANK, NON-LINED SIDE OF THE CARD, with your marker!!
• TURN-IN BIN:
• If you ever have a late assignment, please use the TURN-IN BIN in the BACK!
• Also, you are always allowed to get an EXTRA from the clear plastic box.
• Brain dump!!
• Using the markers, we will WRITE WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT SPANISH on the posters!  
• I want to know what you know, and what you don’t!!
• Ms. Williams will use what you know and what you want to know to help decide what to teach this semester!
• You are going to write about the (1) WORDS you know (colors, numbers, days of the week, etc.), the (2) PHRASES you know (like greetings, goodbyes, asking how someone is, saying "I like", etc.) you know, the (3) CULTURE of Spanish-speaking countries that you know (holidays, foods, etc.), and (4) WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN IN SPANISH CLASS!
• We will rotate every 2 minutes!
• El Alfabeto
• We began the notes on the ALPHABET in Spanish (el alfabeto, o abecedario)
• If you need the notes, HERE is a blank copy, and
• HERE are the notes, filled in!

La tarea, or the HOMEWORK: GET YOUR SYLLABUS SIGNED by an adult by MONDAY!!

And, if you haven’t, finish up the yellow SURVEY and turn it in to Ms. Williams!!

¡Nos vemos mañana!!