Changes in Spanish- Sra. Jones

I am sure all of you have heard that Mrs. Bergmann had her baby and will be out for the rest of the school year. I am very happy to be back at Lakeview and teaching her classes. Some of you might remember me if you have older students. I taught Spanish here for 25 years and retired to enjoy my grandchildren and travel in 2007. So, this will be a change for me as well as the students. I will do my best to prepare the 8th graders for their DGS final exam and to prepare the 7th graders to continue next year. Students may see me before or after school for help or during study hall. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at Lakeview.
N. Jones

U4E3 Affirmative and Negative Words

Here's some practice on your Affirmative and Negative words on Word Dynamo. Don't forget to study for your test on Tuesday!

Baby Name Suggestions

A few months ago, one of the students made a suggestion box for students to give me their suggestions for names for Baby Bergmann. Here are the suggestions. Baby Bergmann might like some, but I think he'll be glad that we haven't picked some of them...We had a good laugh in our classes looking through them today.

¡Carnaval!

This week the 8th graders read about Carnaval, which is celebrated in many Spanish-speaking countries. The celebration occurs right before the Lenten season, which Spanish-Speaking Catholics celebrate. We read about how different countries have slightly different variations of how they celebrate Carnaval. In the Spanish Canary Islands, many of the colorful costumes have an African influence because the Canary Islands are located off of the coast of Africa. In Barranquilla, Colombia, the celebration is a combination of indigenous, African and European traditions.

Interrogatives

7th Graders: You should be studying your new interrogatives that you learned either with me or with Señora Jones. You need to know the definitions so we can practice using them in questions in class next week. Happy studying!

Language Acquisition

I read an interesting article this week about language acquisition in children. People talk about how learning a language can be challenging, but when we are born, our brains are capable of learning ANY language. We lose that capability as we get older. I'm obviously interested in language acquisition because I watch my students work on their acquisition of Spanish every day. The other reason I'm interested is because I want Baby Bergmann to start learning both English and Spanish from a young age. I know that the younger he is when we start teaching him both languages, the easier it will be for him to acquire fluency in both of these languages. I know not everybody finds this interesting, but I'm amazed at what our brains are capable of! Read the article here to learn more about how our brains acquire language.

7th Grade U2E2 vocab

You can practice for the vocab quiz here to quiz yourself on the words. Don't forget to use definite articles with the nouns!