Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Christmas Bonus and Vocabulary

Christmas Vocab

Bonus Opportunity Directions

The first link is for the vocab list.

The second link has both 8th grade and 7th grade opportunities for bonus.  Make sure you do the bonus specified for you class.  Also, all bonus must be turned in by TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011.  No late bonus will be accepted.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

8th Grade Notes

8th Graders - Remember we are keeping notes this Chapter. So far your notes should include:
Translation from page 182
Activity 1
Activity 2
Translation of Dialogo 1 on page 184
Activity 3
Activity 4
Summary of Cultura Viva on page 185

Monday, November 28, 2011

South America Counties and Capitals Rap

8th Grade - QUIZ ALERT QUIZ ALERT QUIZ ALERT

Chapter 5A Quizzes

11/30 - Articulos electronicos y actividades

12/2 - otras expresiones

12/7 - pronombres y verbos

Monday, November 21, 2011

7th Grade - Test on 12/6 and 12/7

Happy Thanksgiving all!

If you are bored over your break you can start studying for your Chapter 2A test.  A Day your test will be on Tuesday 12/6/11 and B Day your test will be on Wednesday 12/7.

You should study:
  • all vocabulary
  • conjugations of SER (soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son)
  • definite articles (el, la, los, las)
  • indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas)
  • make sure you know whether nouns are masculine or feminine, singular or plural
Have a great 5 days off school.  Hasta lunes o martes.

8th Grade Rubric - Group Project 11/21 - 11/22

Check out the Rubric if you lost yours

Friday, November 18, 2011

Questions or Concerns?

Feel free to contact me at:

Lindbergh Email Account
ederickson@lindberghschools.ws
Alternative Email Account
ederickson528@gmail.com

Are you stuyding on Quizlet???

Here is the link!  USE IT!  Remember to also enable the audio.  It is a great tool to help you practice listening and speaking!

Quizlet

Great Dictionary Website

Go to this website and use the DICTIONARY to look up any word you need to know.

Please do not use a translator!

You can also get conjugation help at this site.

Get the free download to your phone on this site too!

Spanish Dictionary

8th grade presentations

If you are in Groups 4, 5, 6, or 7 you will be presenting on Monday.

If you are in Groups 1, 2, or 3 you will be presenting on Tuesday.

Please be prepared. 

Farben

German Alphabet Military Style

7th Grade Bonus Opportunity

Check out this awesome BONUS opportunity!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

8th Grade - Review Project

We will be starting a review project in class on Wednesday.  Students will have about 20 minutes on Wednesday, and the whole class period on Thursday and Friday to work with their groups to complete their project.  Half of the groups will present on Monday, November 21.  The other half will present on Tuesday, November 22.  Students will know their presentation date on tomorrow.

World Cultures A Day

7th Grade Homework 11/15 and 11/16

Complete Activities 6, 7, and 8 in your homework packets.  Don't forget about the quiz on Thursday and Friday!

7th Grade Reminder 11/15/11

You have a vocabulary quiz this Thursday (A Day) and Friday (B Day).  Study!  Study!  Study!

Monday, November 14, 2011

8th Grade - Test Tomorrow

8th Grade you have a Test over Chapter 4B tomorrow.  It will include:  listening test for Chapter 4, sections over using GUSTAR correctly in a sentence, choosing and conjugating Ser and Estar, and a writing portion.

Study!

7th Grade B Day Homework 11/14/11

You need to complete Activities 4 and 5 for homework.  Due on Wednesday!  Also, don't forget about your quiz on Friday!

Friday, November 11, 2011

7th Grade A Day homework 11/11/11

You need to complete Activities 4 and 5 in your homework packet.  Also, be studying the last 23 vocabulary words on your list.  They are on quizlet. 

Remember how to conjugate SER

Watch the youtube.com video to help you conjugate SER.

SER conjugation video

8th Grade Homework on Friday 11/11/11

Please complete Activities 1, 2, 7, 11, and 12 in your Homework Packet.  For activity 12 make sure to put your reason for choosing ser v estar.

Watch the videos below to help you remember Ser and when to remember Ser v Estar.
Ser versus Estar
Ser Conjugation

Thursday, November 10, 2011

7th Grade - Homework 11/9 and 11/10

You need to complete Activities 2 and 3 in your homework packet.

8th Grade - Homework 11/10

You need to complete Activity 6 in your homework packet!

Also start studying for your next quiz!

8th Grade - Quiz Next Tuesday

Your next quiz is Tuesday, November 15.  It is over the vocabulary words below:

El tenís - tennis
Ti - you
El béisbol - baseball
La compra - purchase
El fútbol - soccer
Me - me
Mí - me
Nos - us
El partido - game
El piano - piano
La radio - radio
La tarea - homework
La televisión - T.V.

It will also test your ability to use GUSTAR in a sentence.  For example:  Me gusta..., A ti te gusta..., Le gustan...

When do you use GUSTA?  When do you use GUSTAN?  What are the Indirect Object Pronouns?  How do you emphasize the subject of a sentence?

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Mid-Quarter Grades

Mid-Quarter ends this Friday, 11/11/11.  Check your grades and make sure you see no mistakes.  Also, check them so you are not surprised when they arrive at your house next week.  Please let me know if there is anything you think is a mistake.

FYI - All quizzes taken this week will be on mid-quarter grades.

8th Grade - Tarea (Homework)

Activities 3, 4, 5 in your homework packet.  Be able to use gustar correctly in ANY sentence!

World Culture - A Day

You will have your first country/capital quiz on Thursday, November 17.  Remember:  You will be given a map and you will have to label where the country is located.  ALSO, you will have to tell me the capital of each country.
Mexico D. F, Mexico
Guatemala, Guatemala
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
San Salvador, El Salvador
Managua, Nicaragua
San Jose, Costa Rica
Panama, Panama
Habana, Cuba
Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
San Juan, Puerto Rico

7th Grade - Quiz 3 Next Thursday and Friday

Your final vocab quiz for Chapter 2A will be next Thursday (A Day) and Friday (B Day).  I have posted the words below!  Study!

Comprender - to understand
Comprendo -  I understand
Hay - There is/there are
Se dice - It means/It is said
Sé - I know
Ser - to be


¿Cómo se dice…? - How do you say...?
¿Cómo se llama (Ud./ella/él)? What is his, her, your (f.) name?
El - the (m)
La - the (f)
En la clase - in the class
La palabra - word
Los - the (mp)
Las - the (fp)
Mi - my
nuev@ - new
¿Qué quiere decir…? - How do you say...?
Quiere decir - It means...
(Ud./ella/él) se llama - His, her, your (f) name is...
Un - a (m)
Una - a (f)
Unos - some (mp)
unas - some (fp)

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

7th Grade - Quiz Alert

You will have your second quiz tomorrow (A Day) and Thursday (B Day).  The list was previously posted!  Estudian mucho.

8th Grade - Quiz Alert

You will have a quiz on Thursday 11/10.  It will be over the Para Describir section of the vocabulary list.  There are 26 words.  You will have to know the words Spanish - English.  You should also start studying for the future and know them from English - Spanish also!

Estudian mucho.

Friday, November 4, 2011

8th Grade REMINDER

If you did not finish your project in class today, you have to finish it at home this weekend.

If you used Photo Story, scroll down the page and find the free download link.  If, for some reason, you did not get started in class OR your project is not saved...you can also use a powerpoint.  Just remember, you have to have 10 pictures, 20 sentences written with your pictures and audio.

Good luck!  ALL project MUST be done on Monday.  You are presenting during class.  No exceptions!

World Cultures - B Day

Practice the German Numbers!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO9DAnw39do

Thursday, November 3, 2011

7th Grade - PRUEBA 2 (Quiz 2)

You will have your second Chapter 2A quiz next Wednesday (A day) and Thursday (B day).  I have attached the vocab list here if you forgot which words to study.  Make sure you are studying Spanish - English, English - Spanish, the definite articles (el, la) and spelling!

El amigo - friend (m)
La amiga - friend (f)
El chico - boy
La chica - girl
Él - he
Ella - she
Ellos - they (m)
Ellas - they (f)
El estudiante - student (m)
La estudiante - student (f)
nosotr@s - we
El profesor - teacher (m)
La profesora - teacher (f)

¿qué? - what?
¿quién? - who?

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

8th Grade - MUY IMPORTANTE 2

If you do not have your 20 sentences and 10 pictures in class tomorrow, you WILL NOT be working on the computer.  REMEMBER to have you sentences and pictures in class tomorrow.  You do not want to miss out on class time to work on this project.

If you would like to work on Photo Story at home, follow the link below and do the free download!

http://microsoft-photo-story.en.softonic.com/

Dictionary Help

Here are two very useful dictionaries.  They also have a feature to help you conjugate.  Use these sites instead of Google Translate!

Remember to only use the dictionary or conjugation features.  DO NOT USE THE TRANSLATOR!

http://www.spanishdict.com/

http://www.wordreference.com/

8th Grade - MUY IMPORTANTE

Today we peer edited in class.  If you didn't have your sentences complete, you did not get to peer edit.  You still have to have the sentences complete by tomorrow (Thursday).  You will only have Thursday and Friday in class to complete the Photo Story project. 

Remember:  This is worth 110 points.  This is very important for you grade.  It is also going to be counted as the Chapter 4A test grade.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

World Cultures

A Day - Welcome to Spanish!  You will be learning the Spanish alphabet and some Spanish speaking countries and capitals!  You can use the youtube.com videos below to help you study your alphabet.  Please know A - M for class next Monday.  Hasta Pronto.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUcu9PUh9_A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MJbHmgaeDM

Country and Capital Rap = Latin America
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAupLjNTae0


B Day - We are starting German tomorrow.  Your first homework assignment is to learn the first half of the German alphabet.  You can use any of the Youtube.com videos below to listen and learn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDhPx_zzAZk&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeP9xghqJao

7th Grade

You have a quiz on Thursday (A Day) or Friday (B Day) over the words in the "Cosas en la clase" section of your vocabulary lists.  If you have lost your lists, no fear.  I am posting your lists here also!  Study!  Study!  Study!  Make sure you are studying:  1.  English - Spanish, 2.  Spanish - English, 3.  the definite article (el or la), and 4.  the spelling in Spanish (which includes accent marks)!

Cosas en la clase
El bolígrafo - pen
El borrador - eraser
El cesto de papeles - waste basket
El cuaderno - notebook
El escritorio - (big) desk
El lápiz - pencil
El libro - book
El mapa - map
La mochila - backpack
La página - page
El papel - paper
El pared - wall
El periódico - newspaper
La pizarra - chalkboard
La puerta - door
El pupitre - (small) desk
La regla - ruler
El reloj - clock
La revista - magazine
El sacapuntas - pencil sharpener
La silla - chair
La tiza - chalk
La ventana - window