Bienvenidos a la clase de Espanol!
I am excited to start a new year and meet all of my new students! There are a lot of new experiences you will have in my class. The primary focus of my class will be language acquisition through fun interactive practice. It will not be easy; it will be a lot of work but we will get through one step at a time!
Below you will find a button to my quick link menu to help navigate my site more quickly.
Please remember that I am always available to help you in anything you need, just let me know! To contact me you can e-mail me at BBybee@tooeleschools.org. Please let me know if there are any questions or concerns you may have and I will be happy to work with you.
Back to School Info for Mr Bybee Parent Letter.docxPARENTS AND STUDENTS, PLEASE SEE:
I am glad you found this section! I want to communicate the most important information about my class with you and the kids in my classes and I do that here in this section of this page. If you have any questions or concerns, please email me for the quickest response at BBybee@tooeleschools.org.
Below are links to access the most important assignments in my class. I also give paper copies of these things during class.
Listening Log FAQs click here
Introductory Presentation Resources click here
(due by December 15th for 1st semester students and May 15th for 1/2 year 2nd semester students)
2nd Semester Spanish I Presentation Choices & Spanish II Classes
-The Contract for the Cultural Project as well as the rubric for grading are after the Presentation Choices in the cultural projects link above.
-May 15th is the Deadline to complete and present the projects to the class for 2nd semester full year classes.
-Hispanic Cultural Project Resources & FAQs click here
Just a reminder, learning a foreign language is a LIFELONG PROCESS and this class is not the same as other classes, so my approach is much different than other classes. I do not use the book except as an extra resource when needed because no one can learn language effectively out of a book. A person has to experience the language and that is what I try and do with my students. I give them opportunities to experience the language in a variety of different ways. Learning any language is not easy. It requires listening, reading, writing, and speaking. I focus on those areas daily. I do not expect my students to leave Spanish being fluent in the language but I do expect that they try to use the language and not give up when it gets difficult. Students are going to make mistakes in the language and I am okay with that. I want to be encouraging and helpful in that process so students are successful and ultimately responsible for their own learning.
The goal of the year, and every moment in a foreign language class, is to be able to communicate in Spanish over a variety of different topics. This communication is NOT easy and it will require a lot of work and effort but it will be worth it in the end. This page will help to accomplish our goals and provide extra opportunities to grow in our language abilities no matter what class you are in. Remember to take things on one day at a time and if you get discouraged, stop, breathe, and continue on and you will accomplish great things!
Spending time in the language is extremely important and I require it from my students. There are a large number of resources available online that you can use to reinforce your language learning abilities or to help those learning a different language and I encourage you to use as many of these resources as possible. You can find these resources in the link "Recursos Generales" found below.
I will be continually updating this list to provide you with up to date information and the latest links and resources in foreign language education. Have fun and buena suerte!
Here are other sites I made that also have practice activities and links too.
(old google site similar to this one- not up to date)
The following links will be helpful in accessing your specific Spanish level resources. You can find your specific class period under the drop down menu to the left of this page.