¡Por fin llega el viernes!

What a week! A group of the 8th graders went to Washington D.C. last weekend and we got back late Monday night. The week has been a blur since then!
The 8th graders took their Explore test yesterday and a test in Spanish today on saying what has just happened, regular -er/-ir verbs and emotions. We worked on sports vocabulary today and next week we will work on vocabulary and the verb jugar (to play a sport/game).
The 7th graders started a new chapter on San Antonio, Texas this week. We saw some pictures and video clips of the Paseo del río and the Alamo in San Antonio. Today we took a quiz on our physical appearance vocabulary words and we learned clothing words.

Everybody deserves a break this weekend. Make sure you get lots of rest and keep drinking agua!!

Airlines merge

Two major airlines in Latin America, Avianca from Colombia and Taca from El Salvador are merging to form one airline that will service the Americas and Europe. This will create a major airline from two prominent airlines that are currently operating. Visit this link to read an article about the merger. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8296256.stm

Have a great weekend!!

Homebase poster

This year our Homebase theme for our poster was the JALAPAYNE-OS. The poster looks great-nice job everybody!

¡Hay que estudiar!

We have quizzes next week!

• 7th grade has a quiz on Tuesday. The quiz is on the vocab flash cards that we made this week, subject pronouns and the verb ser.
• 8th grade has a quiz on Wednesday on interrogatives, the verb estar and saying what people are going to do using ir + a + infinitive.

Make sure you start studying this weekend!

On miércoles, México celebrated its día de la independencia. Visit these links for some history on Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.

http://www.inside-mexico.com/featureindep.htm
http://www.mexonline.com/mexican-independence.htm

¡Viva México!

El alfabeto

A B C

The 7th graders have learned the alphabet, numbers 0-10 and the days of the week. "Ana" from 7th period found an awesome sitio de web that has the pronunciation of all the letters of the Spanish alphabet. Visit this link and try it out! http://www.spanishspanish.com/alfabeto_ipower.html ¡Gracias, Ana!

Have a great weekend!!

¡La geografía!

The 7th graders took their first prueba today and they looked like they were prepared! We learned the locations of the Spanish speaking countries of the Caribbean, Central and South America. We've been practicing since last Friday so I think they probably did a great job on the quizzes.

Have a great and safe long weekend!