¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español!

Welcome to Spanish Class 

2023-24

22 de abril

Q4 Spanish 5th -8th Policies continuous improvement final copy.pdf

  

8 de marzo

Middle School

The Attention & Behavior Update Assignment in Power School has been graded.  Please take a look at Power School, see the description of the assignment for details.  Thank you for your continued support.

24 de enero

¡Hola familias de San Bartolomé!

Hello St. Bartholomew families!

Middle School

Parents of middle schoolers can now see a rounded picture of student's class performance.  In addition to their academic performance, for Spanish, an "Attention & Behavior" Assignment has been added to PowerSchool.  It does not impact student grades; however, it provides a picture of students impact to class instruction and their learning.

16 de enero

¡Hola!

Middle School Families - 

Friendly reminder:  The End of the Second Marking period is Friday.  Power School is updated.

Students with missing assignments were sent a Google Classroom Private Stream Message with a list of the assignments they still need to turn in.  

The last day for turning in missing work for this marking period is this Friday.

Please keep in mind, Power School is kept up to date with late/missing assignments (grading sometimes takes a little longer due to volume).  There were many students that required  reminder to turn in missing work.  Please encourage your child to check PowerSchool regularly and stay current with their work.

Third and Fourth
Marking periods
Last day of missing work submission
Spanish Class Policy

For the last half of the year, the last day for submission of missing work will be The Friday before the end of the marking period.  Only new work will be accepted, unless otherwise arranged with Sra. Ana Cristina.

Thank you for your continued support.

¡Hola!

Elementary School Families - 

The end of the Marking Period is Friday.  Grading is up-to-date with some exceptions, which will be addressed prior to the closing of grades in PowerSchool.


Third and Fourth
marking periods

K - 5th communication
In an effort to help students be successful in Spanish Class, there will be a Progress Report sent home for students that are having trouble with staying on task, behavior, completing work, etc.  If your child brings one home, please read, sign and return. 

Grades 3rd, 4th & 5th:  
Incomplete work or missing work due to absence from class will be sent home for completion, and due by the next class.

Grades K, 1st and 2nd
Incomplete work due to student refusal to complete or not feeling well will be sent home with instructions and to be returned the following week.

Thank you for your continued support!

3 de enero

¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

Les deseo mucho amor, paz y felicidad en este nuevo año.  
I wish you all a lot of love, peace and joy in this new year.

Emails went out at the end of the year to families of students with F's or potential of failing. 

All parents are asked for support in encouraging students to complete work on time, take pride in their work and to put forth best behavior in class.

Midterm information

There are no Mid-terms or Finals for Spanish class.

Quizlet

6th - 8th:  We will start using Quizlet soon.  If your child does not remember their Quizlet username or password, they can follow the process through Quizlet to address login issues.

Since they are minors, Parents will receive an email from Quizlet to notify you that your child is using Quizlet, changing password, etc.

4th and 5th grade - This month, instructions for signing up for Quizlet will go home with students and will be posted in Google classroom .

13 de noviembre

¡Buenas!

Middle School parents - for reference, attached is the Daily Entry template and the Reference packet students have in their Google Classroom as well as their folders/binders.


28 de octubre

¡Hola!

Quick update - regarding grades.  See below for grade specific information.    

Power School is being updated, Your patience and continued support is sincerely appreciated.  

For conference request, please email apeterson@stbartseb.com to coordinate a meeting after school. 

K- 4th meet 1x per week.

Kinder - 1st

Each week the focus varies - thus far: classroom routines, 2 variations of "Buenos días" song, colors (1 &2), and numbers 1-10.  Grades are in the process of being updated. 

2nd

Focus in the first marking period has been on classroom routines (good morning song, prayer, classroom jobs), pronunciation.  Additionally, colors, numbers and greetings.  Folders will be collected at the end of the week and grades will be updated.  

3rd

The third grade for Spanish is a transition grade.  In the first marking period students are getting used to new procedures, expectations in the class, pronunciation and taking notes for Spanish class.   The goal this marking period was to have 2 entries in the notebook.*.  With that in mind, the grade will be based on efforts in pronunciation, participation, attentiveness and one set of notes taken this past week.  Grades will be posted later in the week.

*Note:  Some students still need a notebook.  Teacher provided notebooks to many students, and ran out.  Please ask your child if they still need a notebook and send it in for next class.

4th:

As in the other grades, the first few weeks of class center around setting up routines, expectations and behavior.  Additionally, pronunciation and physical motions are the learning focus.  With these things in mind, and meeting 1x time per week with exceptions due to school schedule, holidays, etc. in the first marking period the grades will be based on efforts in pronunciation, participation, attentiveness, classwork and notes taken in notebooks.

5th

The 5th grade for Spanish is a transition grade and meets one time per week.  Students are getting used to new procedures, focus on pronunciation exercises and learning about names and location of the countries around the world that have Spanish as their official language.   For the first marking period Grades will be based on their notes, the map colored in class and their contribution during class (including participation, class jobs, attentiveness).  Binders will be collected this week for grading.  


Note: future marking periods, grades will include assignments, classwork, projects, etc.

6th, 7th & 8th 

The first few weeks of class focused around class routines, expectations, behavior, etc.  Sixth - eighth grades meet 2x per week, with exceptions resulting from school assemblies, special celebrations, 1/2 days, etc. 

With that in mind, grades for Spanish in the 1st marking period: Daily Entry #1 and Map assignments were collected this week (some late last week), are being graded and PowerSchool will be updated.  Daily Entry #2 will be completed in class this week.   

 

Notes:
*8th grade - Due to the Halloween festivities, the 8th graders did not have Spanish yesterday, students were informed assignments were still due on Friday.*7-201 - Due to the Halloween festivities, 7-201 did not have Spanish yesterday.  Students were informed any late work was to still be turned in Friday.  

6 de octubre

¡Buenas!

As of Friday 10/6/23 5th, 6th and 7th grade folders / binders have been returned.    If your child is new to the school, their folder/binder from last year is in bad condition, or they misplaced/ lost it, they should bring in a new one by their next Spanish class.

Being prepared:  

Students should come to Spanish class prepared with their Binder/ Folder, pen, sharpened pencil, enough looseleaf paper for use during class (suggested that students refill and keep at least 10 pages in folder / binder at all times) and coloring supplies.


Information on Google Classroom, PowerSchool coming soon.

K-4 Spanish Class Supplies

K and 1st parents - Please send in folder with pockets AND prongs.  These folders will be used for Spanish for the next few years (Mon / Tue class).  

2nd grade parents - If your child turned in their Spanish folder at the end of the year, it was returned to them.  Some students got new folders and donated their gently used folders for students who did not have one or theirs didn't have prongs. New students please get a folder with pockets AND prongs.  These folders will be used for the next few years (Thu / Fri class).

3rd grade parents -Please send in a composition notebook for Spanish.  This same notebook will be used next year (Wed / Thu class).

4th grade parents - a hand full of students need a composition notebook.  Please check with your child and ask them if they have a notebook for Spanish (Thu / Fri class).

K-4  Class Routine


*Angel de la Guarda - Guardian Angel

*Padre Nuestro - Our Father


**Will be introduced soon.  More information on this in future updates.


26 de septiembre

¡Buen día!

We are in our 4th week, and either 3rd or 4th class for grades K - 5th.

Some updates:  

K-4th:  Folders (and notebooks for 3rd and 4th) will be stored in student's classroom).  

1st grade parents:  Please send a plastic folder with prongs and pockets for use in Spanish only. 

2nd grade parents:  Students are using their folders from last year.  New students, please bring in folder for next week's class (Plastic, two pocket with prongs).

3rd grade parents:  Last year's folders were distributed.  Students that brought in folders for this year had the choice to use either.  The other either went back home, or some students chose to donate it for students that didn't have one.   Folders in pristine condition were not accepted as donation, and were returned to students.

Mrs. Keefe and Miss Januse are sending out communication to parents requesting a new composition notebook for Spanish.   Notebook and folder will be used again in 4th grade.

4th grade parents:  Last year's folders and notebooks will be distributed during the next class.    New students need a Plastic folder with pockets and prongs and a new composition notebook.

5th grade parents:  It was a pleasant surprise to find that all students brought in their Binders for Spanish class.    Last years folders will be returned to students.  They will use them for storing their looseleaf.  Both binder and looseleaf will be stored in their classroom.

6th - 8th:  Binders / folders from last year will be returned next class.

Further updates regarding Google Classroom, Power School and Projects are coming soon....


once de septiembre

¡Hola!

I am so excited to be back to St. Bart's for my 7th year teaching Spanish.  

Check the Spanish Website regularly for information and updates.    

Office hours are by appointment after school in person or on Google Meet.   Parents please email and students have a sign up form in class.     Please include 3 possible days/times that work for you .  I will do my best to accommodate.

Supplies:  No folder/binder needed yet*, as we are trying something different this year.     *Student binders/ folders/notebooks (depending on grade) were kept at the end of the year.  If there are any that are in bad condition, or that should upgrade to a binder you and your child will be informed of what is needed.  5th - 8th Students should have looseleaf paper and pen/pencil during all Spanish class times.  More details on "being prepared" soon.

 So far 4th grade, 7th grade have had their first day of Spanish.  One 6th, 8th, 1st , 2nd and 5th grade have had their first Spanish class.  By Wednesday, everyone will have had Spanish at least once.

Looking forward to a great year!

Have a blessed week!

Sra. Ana Cristina

Spanish bits: 
Mexico celebrates their Independence Day on September 16th.