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Repaso: juegos de repaso

Submitted by Nikki on

Class Activities: 

Students completed questions below.

¿cuál es el número?
1. setecientos setenta y tres ________________
2. quinientos catorce ________________
3. doscientos uno ________________

Escribe la conjugación correcta:
3. estudiar (yo) _________________
4. tener (nosotros) _________________
5. ser (ellos) _________________
6. estar (tú) _________________
7. ir (él) _________________

We reviewed conjugation of regular -ar verbs and introduced conjugation of -er/-ir verbs.

Conjugation of -er/ir verbs: present

The first step is to drop the ending and add:
for -er verbs:
-o
-es
-e
-emos
-en

For verbs ending in -ir, the conjugation is the same as -er verbs except nosotros, which is -imos.

Students were paired up and asked to create a review game to review the concepts we've been working on in the last few classes:
* posessive pronouns
* personal pronouns
* masculine/feminine nouns
* verb conjugations present (tener, ser, estar, ir, regular -ar/er/ir verbs).

Tarea: finish making game and study above concepts. We will be playing the games and reviewing on Wednesday (no school this Friday) and will have a quiz next Friday.

Class topics: 
números
pronombres posesivos
pronombres personales
verbos regulares
verbos irregulares
presente

Las historias: historias con refranes

Submitted by Nikki on

Class Activities: 

Students arrived and had 10 minutes to invent a game to practice imperfect and preterite verb conjugations. There were several tools students could use and they came up with some great ideas. Practiced conjugations playing games for 10 minutes.

Students are writing stories that will be bound into books based on a saying of their choosing. Books should include about 6 pages of illustrations, so students planned out their pictures and what part of the story will go with each illustration. Students had remainer of the class to plan their illustrations and start writing the rough draft of their story.

Tarea: complete either 4 of the 6 illustrations or write the majority of the story. Students have class on Thursday to work on their book and the final draft will be due next Tuesday.

Class topics: 
pretérito
imperfecto
refrán
Fluency level: 
Intermediate

Repaso: verbos

Submitted by Nikki on

Class Activities: 

The first activity was to review what we worked on Wednesday.

escribe el número en español
a) 100 _____________
b) 1932 _____________
c) 67 _____________
d) 12 _____________
e) 553 _____________

escribe el/la/los/las

f) ______ clima
g) ______ situación
h) ______ persona
i) ______ comunidad
j) ______ auto

escribe el pronombre posesivo
k) ______ amigos (my)
l) ______ casa (our)
m) ______ cuaderno (our)
n) ______ perro (your)
o)______ padres (their)

We are taking a few classes to review grammatical concepts that students should be relatively familiar with. On Wednesday, we reviewed possessive pronouns, personal pronouns, numbers and when words are masculine/feminine. Today, we focused mostly on verbs. Although some of our grammar review is slightly difficult to grasp especially for students with less exposure to Spanish, it's important and forms the foundation of further study. Several students are heading to high school next year and should be familiar with these concepts to move into a higher level of Spanish.

Tener: to have.

We've worked with this verb a lot, so most students remembered the verb conjugations.
Tengo, tienes, tiene, tenemos, tienen
* used with possession the same way it's used in English. Tengo una familia grande.
* age. Tengo 15 años.
* to be hot/cold. Tengo calor/frio.
* to be hungry/thirsty. Tengo calor/sed

Ser: to be (permanent)

soy, eres, es, somos, son
* nationality
* personality
* physical characteristics
* profession

Estar: to be (temporary)

estoy, estás, está, estamos, están
* health
* mood
* location

Ir (a): to go

voy, vas, va, vamos, van
* normally used preceded by preposition a. Voy a la casa de mi abuelita.
* can be used to talk about the future when followed by an infinitive/complete verb (viajar, estudiar, trabajar, corer, bailer, cantar). Voy a estudiar. I'm going to study. Vamos a viajar. Van a bailar.

Regular conjugations -ar verbs

For all verbs ending in -ar (trabajar, estudiar, caminar, bailar, cantar), remove the last two letters and add endings:
-o
-as
-a
-amos
-an

Tarea: study everything we worked on today (and Wednesday). With the irregular verb conjugations, flashcards are a great way to practice.

Class topics: 
tener
ser
estar
ir
hay
regular -ar verbs
Fluency level: 
Beginner

3rd Period Matrix- 3/2

Submitted by kimber on

Class Activities: 

-Students completed a worksheet categorizing conjugated present tense verbs according to the subject. They also began creating their own sentences using these verbs.
-I handed out a new list of verbs we will be discussing and using in class. Together, we conjugated these verbs according to each subject. Some are irregular verbs, while others are not (see attachments).
-Students have a homework sheet on the new present tense verbs, due Wed 3/7 (see attachment).

Class topics: 
present tense
Fluency level: 
Intermediate

2nd Period Matrix- 3/2

Submitted by kimber on

Class Activities: 

-We reviewed question words that we talked about on Wednesday. Students practiced creating questions using interrogative words and giving answers.
-I handed out 2 more sheets explaining interrogative words. We discussed different ways of asking questions in Spanish (see attachment).
-We reviewed 3 verbs that we know how to conjugate in present tense: tener (to have), estar (to be), and ser (to be). Students practiced answering questions involving these verbs.
-In partners, students began thinking of questions they would ask someone their age to find out who they are.
-Student have a homework sheet due next class, Wed 3/7 (see attachment).

Class topics: 
present tense
questions
Fluency level: 
Beginner

Before School: Por el teléfono (3/2)

Submitted by kimber on

Class Activities: 

-Students corrected sentences on the board to review present tense verbs.
-Students practiced conversation in partners.
-We reviewed how to discuss the date, day of the week, and weather.
-Students participated in a phone conversation activity where they ordered a taxi from a classmate and answered personal information questions. We will continue this activity next week.
-Students have no homework.

Class topics: 
present tense
phone conversation
Fluency level: 
Beginner

Las historias: práctica con verbos irregulares y refranes

Submitted by Nikki on

Class Activities: 

Students completed the remaining part of the "quiz" about imperfect/preterite and we went over it as a class.

Students had a few minutes to study our verb conjugations. We learned the three irregulars in the imperfect:
ver: veía/veías/veía/veíamos/veían
ir: iba/ibas/iba/íbamos/iban
ser: era/eras/era/éramos/eran

Students competed in two teams to conjugate their verbs. If students struggled with conjugations, they should spend some more time at home practicing their verbs (and can always ask me if they have any questions!).

I asked students what a refrán is, and they explained it's a saying, like don't cry over spilled milk. Students shared a few:
A diario una manzana es cosa sana.
A beber y a tragar, que el mundo se va a acabar.

In pairs, students had a few minutes to come up with a skeleton of a story they are going to write using their refrain as a theme/lesson. Next week, students will write and illustrate their story.

Tarea: have skeleton of story to hand in. Also, students got their texts back: Cuando era niño/niña with corrections. They need to fix their corrections and bring their text and picture posted on a piece of construction paper (which they picked out in class) on Tuesday.

Fluency level: 
Intermediate

3rd Period Matrix- 2/29

Submitted by kimber on

Class Activities: 

-Students practiced conversational skills with one another.
-We reviewed some of the present tense verbs we learned previously in the year. We compared the endings of the verbs and how they match with the subject of the sentence. In groups, students categorized a pile of conjugated verbs according to the subject.
-Some student took time to finish their Dali-inspired drawings. Others practiced the Spanish alphabet and spelling with Ahorcado (Hangman).
-Students have no homework.

Class topics: 
present tense
Fluency level: 
Intermediate

2nd Period Matrix- 2/29

Submitted by kimber on

Class Activities: 

-We discussed basic sentence structure in English. We talked about how to find the subject and verb in a sentence. We also looked at how the structure changes when we are asking a question.
-We learned how to say several interrogative words in Spanish. We created sentences in Spanish and practiced changing them into questions using these interrogative words. We looked through the examples on our explanation sheet. (see attachment)
-Students have no homework.

Class topics: 
interrogative words
questions
Fluency level: 
Beginner

Before School: Por el teléfono (2/29)

Submitted by kimber on

Class Activities: 

-Students reviewed translating phone numbers into Spanish.
-Students practiced conversational skills with one another. Students learned a new conversation question, “Donde vives?” (Where do you live?). We practiced answering with “Vivo en...” and then saying our address.
-We played “Simon Dice” to review body parts and actions.
-Students practiced asking each other “Cual es tu numero del telefono?” (What is your phone number?) in preparation for an activity we will do on Friday.
-Students have no homework.

Class topics: 
numbers
conversation
Fluency level: 
Beginner

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