8th Grade

Today the 8th graders began preparing review materials for themselves for next Friday's quiz.  The quiz will cover numbers 200-1,000,000; Interrogatives (question words); Family Vocabulary; and Food & Beverage Vocabulary.  Each 8th grader chose 2 of these topics and created a review for them.  They chose a Quizlet, a Kahoot or a Google Doc.  Their classmates will have access to all of the reviews that were made in each class so they have dozens of options to help them study for Friday's quiz.  I'm excited for all of the options that they'll have to help them prepare!

7th Grade Recap of the Week

The 7th grade Spanish students took their first test this week.  Overall I am pleased with their scores! I know some of the scores are lower than what the students are used to getting, but I told them they should cut themselves some slack-they just took a test in another language! That in itself is impressive!
Next Friday, October 3 will be the next vocabulary quiz.  It will be on two sections from the Unit 1 Lesson 1 Vocab Sheet.  The quiz will be on ¨Talk about Activities¨ and ¨Snack Foods & Beverages¨

Upcoming Assessments

7th Grade:  We took our first quiz on Tuesday on countries and capitals of Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.  Our first chapter test will be on Wednesday, September 24.  The students received a study guide on Wednesday and Friday in class they will do a practice test that is the same format as the test so students know what is expected of them.  Students should spend time outside of class studying for this test.

8th Grade: Our next review quiz is on Wednesday, September 24.  It will cover the verb tener, tener expressions, the verb estar, the verb ir, and vocabulary from Unit 2, Lessons 1 & 2.  Students should spend time outside of class studying for this quiz.

Upcoming Assessments in 7th & 8th Grade

7th Grade: Our first quiz is Tuesday, September 16 on countries and capitals of Spanish speaking countries in Central America, the Caribbean and South America.  Spelling counts for the countries, but NOT for the capitals.  Use your notes and the blank maps you got in class to help you study.

8th Grade:  Our next quiz will be on Wednesday September 17 on telling time in Spanish and numbers 11-100.  On Thursday we talked about the careless mistakes that we make when we don't take the time to study correctly.  When studying for Spanish, make sure that the quality of your studying is high so that you can demonstrate your knowledge on tests and quizzes.

Upcoming Assessment

8th grade students will have a quiz on Wednesday, September 10 as we review the vocabulary and grammar concepts we learned last year.  The students will need to demonstrate an understanding of:

• Subject Pronouns
• Ser
• Adjectives (vocab)
• Adjective/Noun Agreement
• Gustar + Infinitives (vocab)
• Gustar + Nouns (vocab)
• -ar Verbs

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to another school year!  It was great to get back to school this week. I enjoyed meeting my new 7th grade Spanish students and seeing the 8th grade Spanish students again.  We did a few administrative tasks this week and next week I look forward to diving into our curriculum.

Have a safe and fun long weekend! 

Still Going Strong!

There are some cool things going on in Spanish class even though it is June and feels like summer!

7th Grade: The 7th graders created clothing catalogs using a program called Lucidpress. It is sort of a combination of a digital presentation and a website. Some of the catalogs are amazing! The students did a great job of putting their own personal touch into these catalogs. Given the chance I might even order from some of them!

8th Grade:  Before the 8th graders took their final exam we had already gone farther in our textbook than the Spanish I classes at DGS.  After the exam the students traded in their textbooks for novels! We are reading the novel La Línea about a boy named Miguel who leaves his life in Mexico behind to cross the border to join his parents who have come to work in the United States.

Have a great weekend!