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-Students practiced answering questions using complete sentences.
-Students were handed back their grades on the Latin Artist project.
-We reviewed topics that students felt uncomfortable with.
-HOMEWORK: none
Submitted by Nikki on
Students arrived and read short text about the Guayacón yucateco. I asked them some questions about it. We went over a few verbs to describe animals:
* tienen
* viven en
* miden
* comen
Students had short conversations with 2 students about winter break using model below:
* ¿Qué tal las vacacciones?
* Bien
¿Qué hiciste?
* fui/hice/visité/dormí/comí
We practiced some of our review vocabulary we've been working on:
* días de la semana
* meses del año
* animales
Students shared animal they will be studying in the next few classes. Next class students will be able to use the computer lab to write a short text about their animal. They will also be drawing their animal since we'll be putting together a book of all of their animals.
Tarea: start researching their animal and start writing either the text or drawing their animal. We will have Friday in class to work on this but the rest will be homework.
Tarea:
Submitted by Nikki on
Students quizzed each other on personal dictionary vocabulary.
Students spent a few minutes talking to other students in the class about their break.
I went over a poem that students will memorize in the next few weeks:
izquierda, derecha, delante, detras
cerca y lejos y algo mas
abajo arriba enfrente encima
y ahora muchachos se acaban la rima
Students will take a test Thursday on verbs (futuro próximo, pretérito, imperfecto, present perfect) and information about Costa Rica. We made a mind map of what we learned about Costa Rica. We practiced verb conjugations with board races.
Tarea: study for test Thursday.
Submitted by Nikki on
We combined Kimber and my class and brought food and played some games since class was the day after Expo and we wanted to have a fun/light class for students.
We played:
* guess the persona famosa asking questions (¿Estás vivo/muerto? ¿Eres hombre/mujer?)
* pictionary: students had to draw recent vocabulary for other students to guess
* Simon dice (Simon says): to practice body parts and actions
Tarea: Start learning a little about the animal you are going to study and write about. Animal must be found somewhere in the Spanish-speaking world (most likely Central or South America). You don't need to write anything, you should just know a little something.
Submitted by Nikki on
Students arrived and conjugated:
* tener (imperfecto)
* trabajar (imperfecto)
* ir (imperfecto)
* ir (pretérito)
* comer (pretérito)
* cocinar (pretérito)
We reviewed conjugations and students will have a quick quiz about verb conjugations after break.
We played some games to review and have a light class since students have expo tonight.
We sat in a circle and I gave a topic and students had to think of all words in that category they knew. Students threw around a plastic chicken and said one of their words when they received the chicken.
Vocabulary topics included:
* colors
* countries
* animals
* days
* months
Tarea: study for quiz on verbs for after break!
¡Felices vacaciones!
Submitted by Nikki on
Students arrived and answered questions below about Carnaval:
Nombre:
Fecha:
1. ¿Qué es Carnaval?
2. ¿Cuál es el significado (meaning) de carne en la palabra Carnaval?
3. ¿Cómo se llaman los huevos llenos de confeti y dónde se encuentra esta tradición?
4. La celebración más famosa de América del sur de Carnaval está en qué ciudad y país?
5. ¿Qué llevan las personas en Carnaval (en la cara y en el cuerpo)?
6. ¿En qué país te gustaría celebrar Carnaval?
Our review for the day was animals and we came up with a big list of animals students know (photo attached of the board).
Students were paired up and given attached list of vocabulary about nature. They were to draw on a big sheet of paper a nature scene including all of the vocabulary on the sheet.
Tarea: choose animal from the Spanish-speaking world they want to learn and write about. I gave out cards with an animal written on it for students who wanted to choose one of my options.
Submitted by kimber on
-Students split into groups to work on Carnival celebration projects. Some created dances and costumes together, and others did face painting and songs.
-We enjoyed some Carnival cupcakes and chips/salsa!
-Groups presented their projects to one another.
-NO HOMEWORK
Submitted by kimber on
-Students finished making their Carnival headdresses or masks. We took votes on the Most Unique, Super Pretty, Most Complicated, and Funniest.
-We enjoyed some King Cake and cookies in celebration of the festival.
-Students learned a popular children's samba dance from Brazil.
-NO HOMEWORK.
Submitted by kimber on
-Students finished creating their sardines.
-Students wrote poems in Spanish to say goodbye to their sardines.
-The class held a fake ceremony to "bury" the sardines, in Spanish Carnival tradition.
-No homework. We will be having class this Friday, 2/15.
Submitted by kimber on
-Students worked on their Carnival masks.
-No homework