Spanish 3
Monday 10/29
- Students were introduced to the conditional tense
- Students are to complete their conditional tense packet as homework
Thursday 10/25
- We continued to discuss how technology will change in the future
- Students completed a grammar packet about the future tense.
Tuesday 10/23
- New unit!
- Students discussed how technology impacts their lives
- They made predictions about how babies will use technology in the future
- They studied the future tense here: https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/future-tense-spanish/
Friday 10/5
- Students reviewed vocabulary and created descriptions for vocabulary in Spanish
- Students played a vocab review game
Wednesday 10/3
- Students read and discussed Sandra Cisnero's vignette "Mi Nombre" and compared it to "Names/Nombres" by Julia Alvarez
Monday 10/1
- We read and discussed a biography of Sandra Cisneros
- Students turned in their comprehension questions
- Study of "En Breve" ch. 1, definite articles.
Thursday 9/27
- We worked on grammar as a large group
- When to use definite articles in Spanish when we don't use them in English
Tuesday 9/25
- We read the biography of Julia Alvarez as a class
- Students chose a biography to read and completed an integrated performance assessment to go along with it
Friday 9/21
- Students read a biography of their choosing and shared their findings with a partner
- Class discussion of Hispanic Heritage month reading
- H.H. month questions AND Nombres questions due
Wednesday 9/19
- We finished reading Nombres, yay!
- Students read about Hispanic Heritage month with a partner
- Students shared their "gritos" with the class.
Monday 9/17
- Students read Nombres
- Students read about a famous ranchera from Mexico
- Students listened to the song and filled in the blanks to the lyrics
Thursday 9/13
- Students continued their study of "Nombres" by Julia Alvarez
- We started reading about Mexico's Independence day
Tuesday 9/11
- We read nombres and went over questions 1-3
- Questions 4 and 5 are due next class.
Friday 9/7
- Students received new classroom jobs
- We did a treasure hunt with a partner to learn about the people in our class
- Students read the first page of Names/Nombres by Julia Alvarez and answered questions 1-3
Wednesday 9/5
- Students did a horizontal conjugation and comprehension check of a reading about the weekend
- Students wrote about their own weekends and shared with a partner
- Some students shared aloud what their partner did with the class.
Friday 8/30
- Students continued working with Names/Nombres
Wednesday, 8/28
- Students turned in their about me pages.
- We started to study Julia Alvarez's short story "Names/Nombres"
Monday 8/27
- Today we practiced how to communicate without using English
- Students were assigned homework, due next class, called Todo Sobre...
Thursday 8/23
- WELCOME BACK
- Today we listened to a short presentation and shared our names, tracks, and pronouns
- Students watched a TedTalk video about the power of language
- Students shared what they hope to get out of Spanish class this year
- We brainstormed rules and essential agreements for our class and voted on favorites
- THERE IS NO UPCOMING HOMEWORK