Español grado 8
Nov. 1st - Dec. 15
Unit 3 on Furniture and Chores
In this unit, students will learn vocabulary to identify furniture around the house. Students will also learn vocabulary for prepositions to ask and respond where things are located around the house. This unit will culminate by being able to express chores we have to do.
Important dates
Unit 1 will begin week of Nov. 1st
Benchmark will be on week of December 11 during lesson 2
Classwork
In class students will work on
listening, writing and speaking activities in their Spanish folder
Applying concepts learned in
Unit 3 Review Practice in Google Classroom
Play Gimkit and Blooket games to learn vocabulary
Unit 2 Visual resources
Homerooms, the verb "estar", and "ing"
October 9 - October 30
Unit 2 on Homerooms and using "ing"
In this unit, students will learn vocabulary to identify homerooms in the house as well as be able to say where family members are at using complete sentences. In addition students will be introduced to the concept of using "ing" in Spanish to be able to express what they are doing in the house and where they are at.
Important dates
Unit 1 will begin week of OCt. 9
Benchmark will be on week of October 30 during lesson 2
Classwork
In class students will work on
listening, writing and speaking activities in their Spanish folder
Applying concepts learned in
Unit 2 Review Practice in Google Classroom
Play Gimkit and Blooket games to learn vocabulary
Unit 2 Visual resources
Homerooms, the verb "estar", and "ing"
September 11 - September 29
Unit on Family & Possessive Adjectives
In this unit, students will learn vocabulary for family members to be able to introduce family members to to others. In addition students will be practicing using possessive adjectives in context to be able to express ownership of things such as my book, his book, their dog, our class and so on. A big highlight of this unit will be that students will be exploring the lyrics of a popular song in Spanish to listen for possessive adjectives and to complete a fun dance challenge in small groups.
Important dates
Unit 1 will begin week of Sept. 11
Benchmark will be on week of Sept. 25 during lesson 2
Classwork
In class students will work on
listening, writing and speaking activities in their Spanish folder
Applying concepts learned in Google Classroom assignments
Play online games (Gimkit, Kahoot, and Quizlet) to practice vocabulary & concepts
Unit on Family and Possessive adjectives visual resources
August 21- September 1st
Spiral Review
Hello Explorers!
For the next two weeks, we will have a short spiral review in class to provide students opportunities to use Spanish vocabulary and Spanish concepts they have learned. The spiral review includes the following topics
greetings
colors & numbers
telling time
definite and indefinite articles
weather
Using the following verbs in context (like, want, need, have)
Present tense
Using "going to"
Important dates
Short Spiral review will begin week of August 21
- Assessment week of Sept. 4th during lesson 1
Classwork
In class students will work on
listening, writing and speaking activities in their Spanish folder
Applying concepts learned in Google Classroom assignments -Short Review slides in Google Classroom
Welcome back to Spanish Explorers!
During the next two weeks, we will go over routines and expectations for the Spanish classroom. Students will get an opportunity to reflect on their Spanish language learning journey and set a couple of goals. In class students will practice greeting each other and making new class friends.
I am excited to have you in class.