Sicard's Spanish

Spanish I Final Tomorrow!

The Spanish final exam is tomorrow, and it's comprehensive. Be sure to look over the study guide and review as it will cover anything and everything we have worked on this year. Also, be sure to clean out your textbooks tonight as I will be collecting them tomorrow. Today, I returned the individual projects, the post-test and the sponge activities. We also played a review game for the final and did our last tickets for treats giveaway. No one walked away empty-handed.

Homework: Study for final; bring #2 pencil; clean out textbook

Spanish Final on Tuesday!

Don't forget that the comprehensive Spanish final is on Tuesday! That test grade will be combined with today's 4th quarter post-test grade for 1 final assessment grade. Students got a study guide for the final today after they finished the post-test. They also got a vacation translation challenge activity to work on. In addition, students turned in their 4th quarter sponge activity sheets, so if your were out, be sure to bring them on Monday. Books will be turned in on Tuesday so get those cleaned out as well!

Homework: finish translations; bring tickets; review/study for final

4th Nine Weeks Post-test Tomorrow!

Don't forget that the post-test is tomorrow, and be sure to review the study guide you got yesterday. Today, we reviewed "time" as our sponge activity. I also gave students two handouts to take with them to Spanish II. One is a grammar summary, which highlights all the things we learned this year, and the other showed numbers up to a million, along with related grammar notes. Be sure to get these if you were out. Finally, we played the big numbers game in teams, which students really enjoy.

Homework: Bring #2 pencil; study for post-test tomorrow

4th Nine Weeks Post-Test is Friday!

We touched on a variety of topics today, including Moods and Physical Conditions (see p. 334 in textbook). Related to that, we talked about the verb doler and how it works just like the verbs gustar and encantar. It's also a stem-changer. See the Nota gramatical box on p. 336 for conjugation and examples. Then, we turned to some more interesting vocabulary -- vacation-related words and phrases. They can be found on pgs. 362, 363, 366, 367 and 372. In some classes, we also had time to talk in Spanish about what students were going to do this summer, which is always fun. Students also got a study guide for the post-test on Friday.

Homework: Workbook, pgs 91, 93 and 99, which should help you better understand what we discussed today.

Reviewing verbs and learning about past tense

First of all, students turned in their individual projects today. Then, we reviewed our verbs, and I provided students with a summary handout detailing all the information we learned about verbs this year. I also gave them a preview of the past tense (preterite) in Spanish, by showing how the endings change for -ar, -er and -ir verbs as well as the verb ir. Students also got a small chart showing how some of the verbs and infinitives work together. To practice, they had some time in class to work on pages 101,106 and 95 in the workbook, and I was available for help.

Homework:.Finish workbook, pgs. 101, 106 and 95

Individual Projects Due Tomorrow!

Don't forget the your individual food/clothing project is due tomorrow! Students had some time to work on them in class today once remaining skits were finished. Please note that the 4th Nine Weeks Post-Test is scheduled for this Friday, and the Comprehensive Final is scheduled for Tuesday. We will be doing some review work this week in preparation for both tests, so be sure to bring your textbook and your workbook. Also, if ;you are missing any work due to absence since progress reports, it is due by Friday or you will keep the zero. See me this week with any questions or concerns.

Homework: Individual Projects (If you are missing class due to end-of-course testing in math, please bring your project in during homeroom or between classes.)

Skits are fun!

I hope the students are enjoying the food and clothing skits as much as I am! Students have worked hard on preparing them and it shows! We've had restaurant scenes, fashion shows ans shopping skits -- all creative, fun and memorized in Spanish! We'll finish them up tomorrow or Monday, depending on the weather. If it's nice tomorrow, students will participate in an all-day field day and will not have class.

Homework: Individual projects due on Tuesday!

Skits are tomorrow!

The day has finally arrived! Students will be presenting their food and clothing skits tomorrow, so expect to hear them practicing their lines tonight! They spent today putting their final preparations on the skits, working with their groups, memorizing lines and making props. Just a reminder: I need a neat, clean and complete script to be handed in when the skit is presented.

Homework: Bring in props for skit; Individual project work (due Tuesday, May 13th)

Food/Clothing Vocabulary Quiz Today

Students took a quiz on their food and clothing vocabulary today. Afterward, they had time to work on and perfect their skits. They will be presented on Thursday. I also checked textbooks today as a preliminary to collection at the end of the year. If there were any damages or a student did not have theirs, a note was sent home to parents.

Homework: Memorize/practice skit; bring supplies for individual project work tomorrow. Individual projects are due next Tuesday, May 14th.

Fiesta time!

We celebrated Cinco de mayo today with a classwide fiesta! Students really seemed to enjoy it. We also watched a video about the Mexican holiday, which showed that it is not Mexican Independence Day. Ask your child what it's all about!

Homework: Study for quiz tomorrow on food/clothing items. Also, bring textbook in for mandatory book check.