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Estudiantes

Please use this site to keep up with classwork, to download practice materials or performance goals, and to communicate with me.  For a review of essential language for the classroom, please see the Welcome to Middle School slide show--the link is in the FILE section near the bottom of this page.  You may also wish to review the FILES for Spanish Homework and the Spanish Program at St. Mary's.

Padres de Familia (Parents) 

Please Note:

• Each section (3rd - 5th, 6th, 7th, & 8th) has a link to a separate class page with internet games for the students to practice thematic vocabulary at home.  The students ALWAYS have Spanish that they can practice at home!

Please use this site to see what your child is learning in Spanish, to download materials for review, and to communicate with me.

For Junior High Students:  Assessments for each quarter address the three modes of communication--interpersonal (spontaneous conversation & dialogue), presentational (projects like skits, puppet shows, posters, PowerPoint presentations, brochures, etc.) and interpretive (reading & listening and responding orally or in writing).  Performance goals are assessed at the end of each thematic unit and skills are assessed throughout the unit.  Please see the performance goals for your child's current thematic unit of study.  You also have access to my curriculum planning guide for each unit (located in the FILES section at the bottom of the page). 

Spanish Homework Guidelines can be downloaded from the FILES section near the bottom of this class page.

Kindergarten thru 2nd grade 

Play with the Spanish alphabet - EL ALFABETO  

Practice Spanish numbers from 10 to 20:   Drag the numbers to the monster's plate!

3rd thru 5th grades

They can answer:  No me gusta ... (I don't like...)

                              Me gusta más o menos... (I sort of like...)

                              Me gusta...  (I like...)

                              Me encanta... (I love...)

Play with the Spanish alphabet - EL ALFABETO  

Please practice the vocabulary that we use in class.  Click on the schoolbus to go to the games:   

Please try these fun NUMBER activities -- click on the pencil  The MONSTER games are at the bottom of the page!

 Parents, if you would like to buy some Spanish music for your child, Fiestas by José-Luis Orozco is one that I use in class. You can get a book to go with the CD that has all the words (and translations). The book also has beautiful illustrations. There are several books by this author that your children will love. 

Please click on the first FILE in the FILE SECTION below to read the words to the song that is playing by Holly Near, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Gilbert, & Pete Seeger -- Somos el Barco (We are the Boat).

6th Graders

4th Quarter Unit:  El Restaurante

• martes, 19 de mayo - Make shirts for puppets; Menus & currency designs due!
• miércoles, 20 de mayo - Quiz: Restaurant dialogue; Vote for class menu & currency
• jueves, 21 de mayo - Choose roles for restaurant simulation; practice for simulation
  
• martes, 26 de mayo - TEST: SPONTANEOUS CONVERSATION/WRITING
• miércoles, 27 de mayo - Quiz: Listening & Reading Comprehension
• jueves, 28 de mayo - Practice for Restaurant Simulation
  
• martes, 2 de junio - RESTAURANT SIMULATION (Bring in $2.00 for food/drink/supplies)
• miércoles, 3 de junio - Test: Listening & Reading Comprehension; Course Evaluation
• jueves, 4 de junio - Special Activity
  
• martes, 9 de junio - Special Activity 

Use this Spanish dictionary link www.wordreference.com or the same link at the very top of this classpage as a resource for answering the menu questions!

What you will learn in the RESTAURANT unit:

Carry on a spontaneous conversation in the roles of server and customer at a restaurant.  
Read an authentic menu and read and/or listen to a restaurant dialogue and answer questions.
Prepare for a role as a customer or server and take part in a restaurant simulation with real food and student designed menus and currency.

7th Graders

4th Quarter Unit: Family Pasttimes 

• martes, 19 de mayo - Practice for spontaneous conversation & guidelines for poster presentations
• miércoles, 20 de mayo - Quiz: Listening & Reading Comprehension & make-ups
• jueves, 21 de mayo - Pasatiempos Poster Presentations
  
• martes, 26 de mayo - Review activities
• miércoles, 27 de mayo - Quiz: Listening & Reading Comprehension
• jueves, 28 de mayo - Review activities
  
• martes, 2 de junio - Spontaneous Conversation/Writing
• miércoles, 3 de junio - Test: Listening & Reading Comprehension; Course Evaluation
• jueves, 4 de junio - Special Activity
  
• martes, 9 de junio - Special Activity 

In this unit you will learn to:

• Carry on a spontaneous conversation about your family hobbies or activities with a classmate, asking and answering questions.  
• Read and/or listen to an article or story about a family activity in a Spanish-speaking country and answer questions.
• Create and present a poster about a family hobby or activity.   Provide information about weather, location, equipment, etc., associated with a family interest or activity.

Please click here to practice the PASATIEMPOS unit vocabulary:  ¡Los Pasatiempos!