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Before School: ¿A qué hora vas...? (11/16)

Class Activities: 

-Students began class translating questions from Spanish to English.
-Students reviewed how to ask for the departure time of a transportation vehicle.
-We discussed how to conjugate the verb “ir” (to go) according to the speaker. (see attachment for list)
-Students practiced conversational skills in partners, asking when each other goes to math class, sports, lunch, etc.
-There will be a QUIZ on Friday 11/18 on these concepts. (see attachment for study sheet)

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Before School: El transporte (11/9)

Class Activities: 

-Students began class reviewing how to tell time in Spanish (see previous lessons for time study sheet attachment)
-Students practiced conversational skills with classmates.
-We discussed vocabulary for different types of transportation vehicles. Students learned how to use time to ask for the departure time of transportation. To ask, “What time does the train leave?”, you say, “¿ A que hora sale el tren?”. To respond with “The train leaves at five”, you say, “El tren sale a las cinco”. Students practiced these phrases in partners.
-Homework was given on the transportation vocabulary (see attachment)

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3rd Period Matrix- 10/19

Class Activities: 

-Students practiced conversational skills in class. Those who missed class last period took the oral quiz.
-We reviewed directional commands and how to give directions to others. We practiced giving directions around the school to different classrooms.
-We reviewed transportation vocabulary and talked about what type of transportation you would use to go to different locations. (see previous lessons for vocab list and explanations)

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3rd Period Matrix- 10/14

Class Activities: 

-Students took an oral quiz on conversational questions. Those who missed class will need to take the quiz when they return to class. See previous lesson for the study sheet attachment.
-Students practiced writing out numbers in Spanish. If you missed class, practice with some at home: 54, 67, 89, 34, 23, 77, 91, 26.
-Students reviewed how to tell time in Spanish. Remember that for one o'clock you say, "Es la una...". For other times you say, "Son las...".
-We reviewed basic directions from last class: right, left, forward, and back.
-Students learned two more directions: up and down, "arriba" and "abajo".
-We played "Simon Dice" (Simon Says) to practice with body parts, commands, and the directions we learned this week.
-Students learned how to ask for and give directions:
Turn left/right = "Gira a la izquierda/derecha"
Continue forward/backward = "Sigue adelante/de atrás"
Go up/down = "Va arriba/abajo"
-Students practiced by giving directions to different classrooms in the school.
-We reviewed transportation vocabulary from last class period.
-Students were given two worksheets for homework, one on directions and the other on transportation vocabulary. They are both due next class period (10/17). See attachment for the worksheets.

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3rd Period Matrix- 10/12

Class Goals: 

-Everyday in class, students practice conversational skills by responding to these questions: "¿Cómo estás?", "¿Cuántos años tienes?", and "¿Cómo te llamas?". Students will have an oral QUIZ on these questions next class period (Friday 10/14). They are expected to be able to answer all three questions in complete sentences. Students were given a study sheet for the quiz (see attachment).
-We learned directional commands:
Right = Derecha
Left = Izquierda
Forward = Adelante
Back = De atrás
-We practiced with these commands by learning how to dance salsa, one of the most popular dances throughout Latin countries.
-We played a game where the class had to lead a blindfolded student through an obstacle course by using Spanish directional commands.
-We also learned transportation vocabulary and discussed what type of transportation we would use to go to different locations. (see attachment)

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