1. I introduced the concept of "esponjas" "sponges". These are short activities that I will post on the projector at the beginning of each class. Students will get their folders from the box in class, do the activity, we will discuss, and then return the folders to the box. I will grade esponjas once a week for participation grades.
2. A few minutes to review before the quiz, then the quiz! Trade and grade, but I will regrade.
3. We are starting our final review topic before getting into new material, verbs. First we are reviewing regular verbs, then on Thursday we will start on irregulars. I distributed a list of about 100 regular verbs and we discussed the best way to go about learning it. First, they eliminated verbs that they are sure they know. Then, they each chose 25 verbs that they think will be useful. In an effort to teach them good methods for studying vocabulary, I am requiring students to do one of two methods to work on this list. They either may make flashcards, or they can make a 4-column vocab list. For the 4-column list, they must fold their paper into 4 columns, then copy the Spanish vocab into the first column and the English translations into the second. Then fold over the columns so you are looking at the Spanish on the left, and a blank column on the right. Try to fill in the English, then unfold and check. Finally, fold over the paper so you are looking at the English and a blank column. Fill in the Spanish, unfold and check. Eash student must bring a set of flashcards or a filled 4-column list tomorrow. They should familiarize themselves with their verbs, but there is no quiz tomorrow.
La tarea: prepare flashcards or 4-column list.
martes, 31 de agosto de 2010
lunes, 30 de agosto de 2010
30/8 - Retake scores have been entered.
About half students showed some improvement. Many scores went down, but I left the higher score for each section. I think we are going to need a ser/estar study day!
sábado, 28 de agosto de 2010
27/8 - Vocabulario y preguntas
1. Finish 20 questions
2. Fill out vocab sheet. These words will be the basis of a vocab quiz for Tuesday so STUDY!
La tarea: Study vocab. Don't forget to come in on Monday for Quiz retake.
2. Fill out vocab sheet. These words will be the basis of a vocab quiz for Tuesday so STUDY!
La tarea: Study vocab. Don't forget to come in on Monday for Quiz retake.
jueves, 26 de agosto de 2010
26/8 - Interrogativas
1. Check/ go over homework from yesterday.
2. Review interrogatives on page 10 of text. We added a bunch more; students copied a list of them from flash cards in class. If you were absent, get the list from a friend or from the flash cards.
3. Students worked on act. 15 on page 10. It turns out they didn't remember as many interrogatives as they thought. So we reviewed the flash cards again.
4. In period 7, students silently read the box about Enrique Iglesias. Then I asked questions in Spanish and students who could answer correctly in Spanish complete sentences got a prize! They did a lot better on these.
5. We started a project to practice question words. I told them about the old TV show "The Dating Game" and we talked about the kinds of questions they would ask. Students now have to write one question for each interrogative on the list (20 of them) that they would ask on a dating show. They seemed to have fun starting on this.
La tarea: None, but bring in your questions to finish tomorrow.
2. Review interrogatives on page 10 of text. We added a bunch more; students copied a list of them from flash cards in class. If you were absent, get the list from a friend or from the flash cards.
3. Students worked on act. 15 on page 10. It turns out they didn't remember as many interrogatives as they thought. So we reviewed the flash cards again.
4. In period 7, students silently read the box about Enrique Iglesias. Then I asked questions in Spanish and students who could answer correctly in Spanish complete sentences got a prize! They did a lot better on these.
5. We started a project to practice question words. I told them about the old TV show "The Dating Game" and we talked about the kinds of questions they would ask. Students now have to write one question for each interrogative on the list (20 of them) that they would ask on a dating show. They seemed to have fun starting on this.
La tarea: None, but bring in your questions to finish tomorrow.
miércoles, 25 de agosto de 2010
Bonus post: Ser and Estar review
Ser and estar are taught many different ways. If a student has a method that works for them, they should use it! At our school, the Spanish 2 teachers have agreed that we will offer the same memorization techniques. The standard technique is:
SER:
TOPPNIC
Time
Origin
Possession
Profession
Nationality
Inherent Characteristic
ESTAR:
HELPS
Health
Emotion
Location
Progressive tense
civil Status
When I was in school, SER and ESTAR were taught differently, and I offer this technique to my students as well. I was taught that SER is used for things that are mostly permanent and that cannot be changed or only with tremendous difficulty, and ESTAR is used for things that are mostly temporary (with 2 notable exceptions). I know you can argue these and find all sorts of reasons it doesn't work, but you just have to go with it!
Using the TOPPNIC and HELPS categories to provide examples, you can see how this works:
TIME cannot be changed, it goes on its own merry way
ORIGIN is where you are from, can't change that
PROFESSION is hard to change, requires training, learning curve, whatever.
POSSESSION is hard to change, what's mine is mine
NATIONALITY is hard to change, you'd have to move, take a citizenship test, learn another language, etc.
INHERENT CHARACTERISTIC short of surgery, hard to change. Even though you can color your hair, it still grows out in your natural color. Change can happen very slowly on it's own time, you can't do anything to move it along. As I always like to say, "once an idiot, always an idiot."
HEALTH changes quickly, you get sick you get better.
EMOTION changes very easily, especially in the teen years.
LOCATION is one of the exceptions. In some ways, location is very temporary, I get up and move easily. But estar is also used to locations like Denver is in Colorado. Denver is not going anywhere, but it's a location so it uses estar.
PROGRESSIVE TENSE by definition is changing, it is happening right now but subject to instantaneous change.
CIVIL STATUS is the other exception. This means anything you could get a certificate for the government for: birth (being alive), death (being dead), married, divorced.
I hope that helps! email me with questions.
SER:
TOPPNIC
Time
Origin
Possession
Profession
Nationality
Inherent Characteristic
ESTAR:
HELPS
Health
Emotion
Location
Progressive tense
civil Status
When I was in school, SER and ESTAR were taught differently, and I offer this technique to my students as well. I was taught that SER is used for things that are mostly permanent and that cannot be changed or only with tremendous difficulty, and ESTAR is used for things that are mostly temporary (with 2 notable exceptions). I know you can argue these and find all sorts of reasons it doesn't work, but you just have to go with it!
Using the TOPPNIC and HELPS categories to provide examples, you can see how this works:
TIME cannot be changed, it goes on its own merry way
ORIGIN is where you are from, can't change that
PROFESSION is hard to change, requires training, learning curve, whatever.
POSSESSION is hard to change, what's mine is mine
NATIONALITY is hard to change, you'd have to move, take a citizenship test, learn another language, etc.
INHERENT CHARACTERISTIC short of surgery, hard to change. Even though you can color your hair, it still grows out in your natural color. Change can happen very slowly on it's own time, you can't do anything to move it along. As I always like to say, "once an idiot, always an idiot."
HEALTH changes quickly, you get sick you get better.
EMOTION changes very easily, especially in the teen years.
LOCATION is one of the exceptions. In some ways, location is very temporary, I get up and move easily. But estar is also used to locations like Denver is in Colorado. Denver is not going anywhere, but it's a location so it uses estar.
PROGRESSIVE TENSE by definition is changing, it is happening right now but subject to instantaneous change.
CIVIL STATUS is the other exception. This means anything you could get a certificate for the government for: birth (being alive), death (being dead), married, divorced.
I hope that helps! email me with questions.
25/8 - Review quiz, adjectives and ser
(the following items were covered in different orders in both classes)
1. Pass out and review quiz from yesterday. Due to suprisingly bad scores, students can retake on Monday during class time. Since class doesn't meet that day, students will report to the classroom ON TIME and I will start the retake at 2 minutes after class begins. Anyone who is not there at the moment we start will not be allowed to retake the quiz.
2. Numbers game
3. In the text, we read aloud and went over page 0. Then students read aloud dialogs from page 2 with a paretner, then some groups presented to the class. We did oral questions using ser and adjectives based on the reading and personal questions. Everyone answered at least one questions.
4. We learned some nationalities on page 6 and did activities to practice pronouncing them and making them agree with different subjects.
La tarea: Activity 7 on page 5 in the text. You do NOT have to rewrite the whole paragraph, just write the numbers 1-10 and the correct forms of "ser".
1. Pass out and review quiz from yesterday. Due to suprisingly bad scores, students can retake on Monday during class time. Since class doesn't meet that day, students will report to the classroom ON TIME and I will start the retake at 2 minutes after class begins. Anyone who is not there at the moment we start will not be allowed to retake the quiz.
2. Numbers game
3. In the text, we read aloud and went over page 0. Then students read aloud dialogs from page 2 with a paretner, then some groups presented to the class. We did oral questions using ser and adjectives based on the reading and personal questions. Everyone answered at least one questions.
4. We learned some nationalities on page 6 and did activities to practice pronouncing them and making them agree with different subjects.
La tarea: Activity 7 on page 5 in the text. You do NOT have to rewrite the whole paragraph, just write the numbers 1-10 and the correct forms of "ser".
martes, 24 de agosto de 2010
24/8 - Prueba, Textos, Diccionarios
1. Supply check in. Grades for supplies will be entered this evening with a notation of which items are still missing. Students need to bring these items ASAP for credit.
2. Prueba: quiz was over spelling, number to the thousands, and ser/estar usage and conjugation. Scores should be entered on IC this evening or tomorrow morning.
3. Textos: students were given the choice of checking out a hard-copy textbook to keep at home, signing up for the online textbook, or both. Students who so wished were given the explanation for signing up online. Those who took a paper textbook filled out book cards and they may keep the book at home for the year; I will have a classroom set of books for use in class.
4. Diccionarios: We discussed some issues when using a dictionary in Spanish and did an activity to practice using our new best friends.
La tarea: read page 0 in the text.
2. Prueba: quiz was over spelling, number to the thousands, and ser/estar usage and conjugation. Scores should be entered on IC this evening or tomorrow morning.
3. Textos: students were given the choice of checking out a hard-copy textbook to keep at home, signing up for the online textbook, or both. Students who so wished were given the explanation for signing up online. Those who took a paper textbook filled out book cards and they may keep the book at home for the year; I will have a classroom set of books for use in class.
4. Diccionarios: We discussed some issues when using a dictionary in Spanish and did an activity to practice using our new best friends.
La tarea: read page 0 in the text.
viernes, 20 de agosto de 2010
20/8 Presentaciones orales, alfabeto
1. Turned in supplies. ALL supplies are due on Tuesday, 5 items:
Signed parent contact form
dry erase markers
folder with brads loaded with paper
3-ring binder or section with pockets and 3 dividers "Vocabulario" "Gramatica" "Tarea"
Spanish/English Dictionary (can be used)
2. Presentaciones orales
3. Alfabeto
Tarea: Study for quiz on Tuesday over alphabet, numbers through thousands, and ser/estar. Also, get supplies.
Signed parent contact form
dry erase markers
folder with brads loaded with paper
3-ring binder or section with pockets and 3 dividers "Vocabulario" "Gramatica" "Tarea"
Spanish/English Dictionary (can be used)
2. Presentaciones orales
3. Alfabeto
Tarea: Study for quiz on Tuesday over alphabet, numbers through thousands, and ser/estar. Also, get supplies.
jueves, 19 de agosto de 2010
19/8 - Numbers, alphabet, ser/estar
1. Bingo using boards from yesterday.
2. Alphabet - I spelled, they had to recognize the words.
3. Ser/estar review. First we conjugated. Then we discussed some memory schemes for remembering the uses of ser and estar.
SER:
TOPPNIC
Time
Origin
Possession
Profession
Nationality
Inherent Characteristic
ESTAR:
HELPS
Health
Emotion
Location
Progressive tense
civil Status
4. Oral presentation tomorrow: introduce a partner. Include the following information:
Name in English
Name in Spanish
Age
Something they are (ser)
Something they are not (ser)
Something they are (estar)
Something they like.
Students will get to read these, no memorizing required, so they had better be perfect! Make sure of adjective agreement!
La tarea: Practice your presentation, study for quiz on Tuesday over numbers, alphabet, and ser/estar.
2. Alphabet - I spelled, they had to recognize the words.
3. Ser/estar review. First we conjugated. Then we discussed some memory schemes for remembering the uses of ser and estar.
SER:
TOPPNIC
Time
Origin
Possession
Profession
Nationality
Inherent Characteristic
ESTAR:
HELPS
Health
Emotion
Location
Progressive tense
civil Status
4. Oral presentation tomorrow: introduce a partner. Include the following information:
Name in English
Name in Spanish
Age
Something they are (ser)
Something they are not (ser)
Something they are (estar)
Something they like.
Students will get to read these, no memorizing required, so they had better be perfect! Make sure of adjective agreement!
La tarea: Practice your presentation, study for quiz on Tuesday over numbers, alphabet, and ser/estar.
miércoles, 18 de agosto de 2010
18/8 - Números de 0-1000, y más, alfabeto, nombres en español
Números de 0-1000, y más, alfabeto, nombres en español
1.Primero, yo les hice preguntas personales como ¿Tienes hermanos? ¿Como se llama tu mejor amigo? ¿Cuál es tu signo? y más.
2.Segundo, repasamos los números de 0 -100. Aprendimos los números hasta mil.
Cien(to) – 100
Doscientos – 200
Trescientos – 300
Cuatrocientos
Quinientos
Seiscientos
Setecientos
Ochocientos
Novecientos
Mil
Practicamos con los números.
3.Repasamos el elfabeto, deletreamos muchas palabras.
4.Escogimos nombres en español, y los deletreamos.
La tarea: Estudiar los números y el alfabeto. Preparar las cosas para la clases (la carpeta de orgullos con secciones, la carpeta con papel, los marcadores, y el papel para los papás.
1.Primero, yo les hice preguntas personales como ¿Tienes hermanos? ¿Como se llama tu mejor amigo? ¿Cuál es tu signo? y más.
2.Segundo, repasamos los números de 0 -100. Aprendimos los números hasta mil.
Cien(to) – 100
Doscientos – 200
Trescientos – 300
Cuatrocientos
Quinientos
Seiscientos
Setecientos
Ochocientos
Novecientos
Mil
Practicamos con los números.
3.Repasamos el elfabeto, deletreamos muchas palabras.
4.Escogimos nombres en español, y los deletreamos.
La tarea: Estudiar los números y el alfabeto. Preparar las cosas para la clases (la carpeta de orgullos con secciones, la carpeta con papel, los marcadores, y el papel para los papás.
martes, 17 de agosto de 2010
17 de agosto - What do you remember?
1. Introductions, greeting conversations
2. Go over class expectations
3. So, what do remember from Spanish 1? We tried to count to 100, say the ABCs, do the days of the week. I asked some basic questions to see if students could answer.
4. Just for fun: we read some Horoscopes from Univision's website. These were just to see if students remembered the formats for dates, and if they could recognize/figure out some vocab. This page can be found here: Horoscopos
5. Finally, we did a Getting to Know You activity in Spanish. Students had to figure out what the questions were asking and how to answer them. After answering all questions, students had to move around the class to ask other students and find matches.
Tarea: none
2. Go over class expectations
3. So, what do remember from Spanish 1? We tried to count to 100, say the ABCs, do the days of the week. I asked some basic questions to see if students could answer.
4. Just for fun: we read some Horoscopes from Univision's website. These were just to see if students remembered the formats for dates, and if they could recognize/figure out some vocab. This page can be found here: Horoscopos
5. Finally, we did a Getting to Know You activity in Spanish. Students had to figure out what the questions were asking and how to answer them. After answering all questions, students had to move around the class to ask other students and find matches.
Tarea: none
jueves, 12 de agosto de 2010
¡Bienvenidos a la clase de la Sra. Phipps!
¡Bienvenidos a la clase de la Sra. Phipps!
If you found this blog before class started, on the first day of class, bring in a note card or small sheet of paper that says your name, class period, and write “¡Me gusta mucho el blog!” Hand the card to me when you come in. If you do so, I will return the card to you the next day with candy attached.
También, si vienes a verme el lunes, yo te voy a dar dulces. Voy a estar in 304 o en el pase en el tercer piso (3rd floor hall duty). Tienes que decir “Hola Sra. Phipps. Yo estoy contento/contenta de estar en tu clase.”
These offers are good on Monday and Tuesday (16 and 17 August) ONLY!
If you found this blog before class started, on the first day of class, bring in a note card or small sheet of paper that says your name, class period, and write “¡Me gusta mucho el blog!” Hand the card to me when you come in. If you do so, I will return the card to you the next day with candy attached.
También, si vienes a verme el lunes, yo te voy a dar dulces. Voy a estar in 304 o en el pase en el tercer piso (3rd floor hall duty). Tienes que decir “Hola Sra. Phipps. Yo estoy contento/contenta de estar en tu clase.”
These offers are good on Monday and Tuesday (16 and 17 August) ONLY!
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