Upcoming Quizzes

7th Grade
     Next Thursday will be our first quiz! It will be on the map we filled out in class today on Central America and the Caribbean.  You will need to be able to identify the countries on a map and know their capitals.  


8th Grade
    Next Friday will be our first quiz.  It will be on the verb ser and the vocabulary from pages 2-3 in your textbooks. Spelling will count. 

Spanish Class Information

It was so nice to see so many of you at Curriculum Night last night. Again, I look forward to working with you all and your students this year.
  As I shared last night, if you need to contact me I can be reached via email at jbergmann@ccsd66.org or via voice mail at (630) 783-5014.

The websites that the students will have access to after they are given their login and password information (after MAP testing is finished) are:

¡Avancemos! website with online textbook and online activities and assignments: 

 my.hrw.com 

Conjuguemos is a website that provides vocabulary and grammar activities for extra practice or for a challenge.

www.conjuguemos.com 

We had a busy first week back. I look forward to getting into a more normal routine next week with the students as we dive into our Spanish language studies!

I hope you all have a wonderful and safe weekend!

Spanish

The 8th grade scores are back from DGS and each student has been given their score on the exam.  Please ask your student to show you the small slip of paper that they were given with their score.
DGS will review the semester final grades and the Spanish I grades from Lakeview to determine if the students will get credit.  Parents will be notified by mail around Sept. 15th if the students will receive the credit.  Lakeview will also be notified. 
I want to wish all the 8th grade students success in high school and hope that it is a positive experience for each of them.  They are a very nice group of young people and I am sure they will do well.
Sra. Jones

Spanish

7th grade students will have an exam on Unit 3/Etapa 2 on Monday, 5/21.
8th grade students will be taking the DGS final exam the week of 5/21.  Their third review packet should be finished by 5/15 so that we can review for the exam.  It is going to be very difficult to make up the DGS exam, so students are encouraged to prepare for the exam and be in school on the exam days.  Students who pass the exam will get credit for Spanish I at Lakeview.

Spanish

Students now have the second part of the review packet to work on.  This will be due on Wed. 5/9.  Based on the check done in class, most of them have completed the first part and done a good job.  We will be going over any problem areas.  The students should come before school or during study hall if they do not understand the activities.  We will do a formal review closer to the exam.  If at all possible, it is important that the students are at school when the exam is given.

8th grade DGS final exam

The second semester DGS final exam in Spanish will be the week of May 21.  We will start reviewing for this next week.  The students will have a study guide that will be due on Monday 5/14.  It is quite long and they shouldn't wait until the last minute to do it.  Please ask to see their review materials and check to see how they are progressing.  Any new material will be taught before the exam.  This is the first year that our students can earn high school credit for taking Spanish at Lakeview.  They took the first semester exam this year so they should be familiar with the format. 

Spanish

Our textbook has a companion website at www.classzone.com. The students can do vocabulary flashcards or do small self check quizzes before the classroom quiz or exam. Since all classes will be having chapter exams soon, it might be a good idea to visit the website and do some of the activities in the on-line workbook that is found under "student tools". I really like the flashcards that "speak" to you.