7th Grade Spanish - el 31 de agosto - Día A

HW:  Finish the 4 panel Spanish cartoon.  Make sure that you use at least 10 different choices of words or phrases from your new vocabulary list.  You may use names in English or one extra vocab word in English to help create your cartoon story.

8th Grade Spanish - el 31 de agosto - Día A

HW:  Complete the activity on Spanish speaking countries and capitals (Paises Hispanohablantes) for p. 5 of your interactive notebook

7th Grade Spanish - el 29 de agosto - Día A

HW:  Study you names of Spanish-speaking countries and capitals.  Use the following Rap from YouTube to help you study.

Rock the Capitals - Central America

8th Grade Spanish - el 29 de agosto - Dia A

HW:  Conjuguemos.com - Numbers 0-100

7th Grade Spanish - el 25 de agosto - Día A

HW:  Practice the Spanish alphabet to prepare for your test (A Day is on Monday, August 29th and B Day is on Tuesday, August 30th).  Use the resources listed on the left of the blog for extra help.

Also, remember that you will have a brief conversation with Señora Dennis before you say the alphabet.  It should go something like this....  Of course, you will fill in your own Spanish name.

Señora Dennis:  Hola, ¿Cómo te llamas?
Estudiante:  Me llamo Carlos.  ¿Y usted?
Señora Dennis:  Me llamo Señora Dennis.
Estudiante:  Mucho gusto.
Señora Dennis:  Mucho gusto.

8th Grade Spanish - el 25 de agosto - Día A

HW:  Conjuguemos.com - Santillana - Crash Course 4 - The Classroom (Make sure you complete a minimum of 30 problems and send the scores to get HW credit.)

7th Grade - el 23 de agosto - Dia A

HW:  Practice the Spanish alphabet to prepare for your test (A Day is on Monday, August 29th and B Day is on Tuesday, August 30th).  Use the resources listed on the left of the blog for extra help.  Remember that the Spanish alphabet was recently updated and some letters have been removed, so if you use some online resources, they may include some extra letters or may some letters differently,

Also, if you did not finish your worksheet on Spanish-speaking countries, please complete all information including the capitals.

8th Grade Spanish - el 23 de agosto - Dia A

HW: Conjuguemos - Santillana - Crash Course 2 & 3 (Greetings and Goodbyes)
Remember that your log-in and password are the same and for most students is "1516" followed by your first name.  This website has been renovated, so check out all the new features.

For full HW credit, you must do at least 30 "problems or questions" for this activity.  Select "Graded Practice" and "start."  After you have completed a minimum of 30, click on "Record Score."

7th Grade Spanish - el 19 de agosto - Día A

HW:  Study your alphabet.  Use the website listed under resources or your class notes for help.  Try to master the first half of the alphabet by next class.

8th Grade Spanish - el 19 de agosto - Dia A

HW:  Complete your cover and table of contents for your interactive notebook.
          At the top of the first page of the notebook, write the title "5 Reasons to Study Spanish."
          Then create an interesting graphic on the page in which you name your 5 reasons.

8th Grade Spanish - el 17 de agosto - Día A

HW:  Finish the ¿Quién soy yo? bulletin board project.  Fill in the blanks in Spanish, color in and/or decorate the triangles, and cut them out.  When you come to class, you can punch holes and string the parts together.

7th Grade Spanish - el 17 de agosto - Día A

HW:  Use your notes to practicing saying your vowels and memorize the poem below:

A - E - I - O - U
Arbolito de Perú
Me llamo _________.
¿Cómo te llamas tú?

(Remember:  the "ll" in Spanish should be pronounced like a "y" or "j" in English, so you would say...."yah moh" or "jah moh."

7th & 8th Grade Spanish

HW:  Get your supplies for class

1 inch 3 ring binder
5 tab dividers
lined loose leaf paper
blue or black pens OR pencils
red pens (for making corrections)
colored pencils
gluestick

8th Grade Only:  Composition Book

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