7th Grade Test

7th graders: We have our first examen on Monday! Make sure you're prepared for it. Go over the pink study guide and the white review sheet that we did in class this weekend. Make sure you can spell your vocabulary words.

El alfabeto

Today the 7th grade students learned the Spanish alphabet. It is similar to the English alphabet with a couple of extra letters.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N Ñ O P Q R RR S T U V W X Y Z

Visit this website for pronunciation help:

http://www.spanishspanish.com/alfabeto_ipower.html

Have a great weekend!

¡Bienvenidos al año escolar!

Welcome back to school!

I hope that everybody had a fun and relaxing summer. We had a great first few days back at school. I was happy to see the 8th grade students again and excited to meet the new 7th grade Spanish students.

We kicked off the school year with our PBIS Cool Tools to remind us about how we're expected to behave in different areas of the school.

We started 7th grade Spanish by reading a book called Say ¡Hola! to Spanish. In that book we saw some Spanish words that we already knew and learned some new ones. Here is the Spanish information letter for the 7th grade Spanish students.

The 8th graders reviewed some of the common classroom phrases that we learned last year. They got their binders back and made sure they were organized and ready to dive into our review on Monday. Here is the 8th grade Spanish information letter that they received in class today.

Have a great weekend!

WOW Day

Our 1st WOW Day was a success! What a great day! Thanks to all the teachers and students who were flexible and brought their good attitudes today. The students came up with some amazing products. Here are a just a couple of them...

Amazon Law

This week in Brazil, politicians and farmers are trying to pass a bill that will allow farmers to cut down trees on their property. They aren't allowed to right now because laws that protect the Amazon Rain Forest saw that farmers have to conserve a certain percentage of their property as rain forest. However, that makes it difficult for some farmers to make enough money to live off of. The new bill will allow them to use more of their property for agriculture. Part of the bill will also give amnesty (forgiveness) to people who illegally cut down trees in the Amazon before 2008. Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff says she will veto a bill that includes amnesty for illegal deforestation.
The Amazon Rain Forest is a vast area of land (about 1.7 billion acres). It is home to more than 2 million insect species, 2,000 birds and mammals, 40,000 plant species and 3,000 fish. Do you think the government should continue to protect the Amazon or let farmers use their own property to grow crops and make a living?
Read more about the bill here.

7th Grade Career Fair

Today the 7th Grade Team hosted a Career Fair for the 7th grade students. We had several parents come in as well as some family members of the team. I'm so glad that my sister-in-law was able to come to talk to the students about her job as a web trainer. A big Thank You to Miss Enzbigilis for organizing the Career Fair!

8th Grade Spanish Final

Our 8th grade Spanish final is coming up. We're reviewing all week! You got a purple Study Guide in class this week, but click here if you need another copy. Make sure you review your vocabulary and infinitive definitions so you're prepared!

Dates: May 23, 24 & 25 (if needed): listening, vocabulary & grammar
May 26: writing (in class)