Martes, 16 de enero

Yo puedo...

I can give I can give a brief physical description about myself and someone else.

I can name some important areas in the Spanish-speaking world.

Campanazo

Duolingo
Student that are beginning with Duo should continue with the skills tree. Students that have worked on Duo before can go back to previous skills to earn "Legendary" on them.

You have your first Duolingo assignment this week: 200XP for the week.

Rompehielos (Icebreaker)
Questions about nouns/adjectivs

Quizizz assessment

Lección

Countries in Latin America WS, writing and review

Práctica en grupo

Practicar nuestro vocabulario

Práctica independiente

Reading Comprehension Questions

  • Simple text:
    Juan es estudiante en el colegio bilingüe Santo Domingo. Es alto y delgado. Juan es amable y extrovertido. Le gusta jugar al fútbol con sus amigos y disfruta el café. También le encanta ir a la playa en su tiempo libre. Juan es de la República Dominicana. Aprende rápido y le gusta participar en clase. Es un compañero de clase agradable y siempre está dispuesto a ayudar a sus compañeros.

  • A little more complex text:
    Marta es una estudiante que habla español y quechua. Tiene catorce años. Tiene cabello castaño y ojos verdes. Es de estatura media y tiene una sonrisa encantadora. A Maria le encanta bailar y participa en clases de danza. Además, le gusta tomar té con sus amigos y disfruta de la música peruana. Maria nació en Lima, la capital de Perú. Es una chica alegre y amistosa que siempre está dispuesta a hacer nuevos amigos en la escuela. Le gusta aprender y siempre presta atención en clase. Es una compañera de clase dedicada y respetuosa.

Miércoles, 17 de enero

Yo puedo...

I can give I can give a brief physical description about myself and someone else.
I can name some important areas in the Spanish-speaking world.
I can answer basic important questions in Spanish.

Campanazo

Duolingo
Student that are beginning with Duo should continue with the skills tree. Students that have worked on Duo before can go back to previous skills to earn "Legendary" on them.

You have your first Duolingo assignment this week: 200XP for the week.

(1st block needs to complete Quizizz: Palabras y adjetivos)

Rompehielos

Letters and sounds - What do we already know?
What sound does "y" make? "Ll" together, and what about "v", "ñ" and "rr"?

From S.S. in first block: (This is really good! We'll say them together)

A as in Father
E as in Set
I as in Lisa
O as in Gold
U as in Dude

Muñeco de nieve

Let's do 3-4 words together to practice. You may have the alphabet chart open on your laptop.

Lección

Hair color ==> Color de pelo = color de cabello (These are synonyms.)
Just like in English, words for our hair, eyes and complexions changes depending on where we are. We'll use the most common words here.

Four important hair colors: rubio, negro, castaño, y pelirrojo
"Calvo" is bald.
We can be more specific if you want to talk about your specific hair color.

Práctica en grupo

Vocabulary practice = opuestos
"Opuesto" means opposite. We're review vocabulary terms and their opposites.

Práctica individual

Text practice if we have time today

Jueves, 18 de enero

Yo puedo...

  • I can give I can give a brief physical description about myself and someone else.
  • I can name some important areas in the Spanish-speaking world.
  • I can answer basic important questions in Spanish.

Campanazo

Continue with our weekly Duolingo XP assignment. (If you've completed it already, great! Our bell ringer activity is still Duolingo.)

Rompehielos

Listening Practice:
In your notebooks, answer the following questions for each of the speakers. We'll watch the videos together. Some of the speakers my not answer every question.

1) What is the speaker's name?
2) How old is the speaker?
3) Where is the speaker from?
4) Does the speaker give any descriptions of their personality? If so, what are they?

Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veGdkdnCt-s
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7d5vrZnQAk
Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQClhV2lAg4
Video 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeNi70rL7mY

Lección

Los números (ages)
Los días y los meses (birthday)
Las fechas

Practice examples on board with
Tengo / tienes / tiene
and
Soy / eres / es

Los números 0 - 19: https://quizlet.com/663377913/los-numeros-0-19-flash-cards/

Práctica

Class vote for "opuestos" Quizizz
Class vote for "Países hispanohablantes Quizizz

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Lunes, 08 de enero

Yo puedo...

From last week: I can understand greetings and introductions and I can understand and follow class procedures and norms.

I can give I can give a brief physical description about myself and someone else.

I can name some important areas in the Spanish-speaking world.

Campanazo

Los países hispanohablantes
(This set is on our Quizlet Class now)

We need to know some of the parts of the world where Spanish is spoken. It's difficult to speak about Costa Rica if we do not know where it is!

When you've turned in the department benchmark, access "Los países hispanohablantes" on Quizlet. It is now assigned to the class. Work on Flashcards, Match, Learn and Test.

These sets will also be under "U00: Study Sets" on in our class folder on wilkins.dropmark.com.

Department Benchmark

When you've completed the Department Benchmark, continue with "Span 01: Primeras Palabras" if you have not completed all the activities, then continue with "Los países hispanohablantes".

Leccíon

Adjectives in Spanish

Create outline with three major adjective rules
Practice new adjectives with nouns that we have reviewed to make phrases we understand and can say

Práctica
Quizlet / Gimkit Practice as a class

Martes, 09 de enero
E-learning Day
Schoology post:

¡Hola chicos!

I hope you are warm, dry, and safe today. Your e-learning day assignment has been posted in our Quizlet Class. Treat today as a normal class (that is, do the bellringer and the lesson practice.)

Our class outline is below:

Campanazo (Bellringer)

Work on Duolingo for ~ 10 minutes

Lección (Lesson)

Read the examples and descriptions on this link: https://wilkins.dropmark.com/1467026/33555305

Add these examples to your notes!

Adjective Assignment (e-learning day assignment)

Complete Flashcards, Match, Learn and Test on the new Quizlet set. Here’s a direct link:

https://quizlet.com/471031553/span-i-primeros-adjetivos-flash-cards/?i=pt0o3&x=1jqt

A few of you are not yet in our Quizlet Class. If you are one of those students, go ahead and complete the activities and it should count your work as "completed" when you are able to join the class.

Miércoles, 10 de enero

Yo puedo...

From last week: I can understand greetings and introductions and I can understand and follow class procedures and norms.

I can give I can give a brief physical description about myself and someone else.

I can name some important areas in the Spanish-speaking world.

Campanazo (Bellringer)

Duolingo, continue with the skills tree

Let's check our Duo classroom to see if everyone is set up in the class.

Rompehielos (Icebreaker)

First questions! We'll answer "popcorn" questions by class number

1) ¿Puedo ir al baño? What does this mean?
2) ¿Cómo te llamas?
3) ¿Cómo estás?
4) ¿Cuántos años tienes? (What do you think this question means? Can you already answer it?)

A little practice: https://quizlet.com/609253617/span-1-primeras-preguntas-y-respuestas-flash-cards/

Lección (Lesson)

  • ¿Cómo eres? --- What adjectives can we use to answer this question?
  • In class listening: https://wilkins.dropmark.com/622124/17230133

Práctica

Quizlet / Gimkit vocabulary practice

Jueves, 11 de enero

Yo puedo...

I can give I can give a brief physical description about myself and someone else.

I can name some important areas in the Spanish-speaking world.

Campanazo

Duolingo, continue with skills tree or attempt to get "Legendary" by redoing previous skills.

Rompehielos (Icebreaker)

Popcorn sentence completion:
1) Sofía nació en Tegucigalpa. Es de ……….
2) Xavier nació en Buenos Aires. Es de ……….
3) Liliana nació en Barcelona. Es de ……….
4) Nicolás nació en La Habana. Es de ……….
5) César nació en San Juan. Es de ……….
6) Isabela nació en Montevideo. Es de ……….
7) Marisol nació en Managua. Es de ……….
8) Ana nació en Lima. Es de ……….
9) Guillermo nació en Asunción. Es de ……….
10) Jaime nació en Bogotá. Es de ……….)

Lección

Review questions from yesterday and add new common questions we will use in class.
Asking / Answering examples

These are the big new questions that we will take notes on. Students will answer these questions.

  • ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?  What’s your birthday
  • ¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy?  What’s today’s date?

Add the "Giving Dates" Outline to your notes. It is on the wall.

Práctica en grupo

Práctica individual

Viernes, 12 de enero

(Half day)

Campanazo

Duolingo

Since we only have ~50 mins per class, we'll use this time to practice and review vocabulary for our upcoming Quiz on Tuesday and the Países hispanohablantes quiz later next week.

First, let's do a practice quiz to see how we're doing. You can access this link at any time on your own: https://quizizz.com/join/quiz/65a1356b48c24b61c0b70afb/start

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