el 16-20 de mayo el lunes: new vocab. from Ch. 11 today – download and copy into your notebook. Last day to work on your project – due at the beginning of class tomorrow. No exceptions. el martes: Posters due today!! Finished reading Ch. 11 and 12 in class – be sure to have this done if you were absent. Then time was given to prepare for your poster presentation tomorrow. el miércoles: Presentations today. No assignment. el jueves: movie day – vocab. review; STUDY for your final! el viernes: el 9-13 de mayo el lunes: word of the day: proponer  to propose; Ch. 9 and 10 vocab. today – download and copy into your notebook if absent. Quiz is Friday, May 13. Online review can be found at www.quizlet.com. Search for user slknott. Planning packets for your project were due today. You will have most of tomorrow to work on your poster, as well as Friday, after your WOD and Vocab. quizzes. No assignment. el martes: word of the day: felicidad  happiness; discussed chapter 10 as a class, then worked on project. Bring materials to work on your poster if you wish. No assignment. el miércoles: word of the day: amar  to love; project work day. el jueves: word of the day: cerebro  brain; project work day. Remember: Vocab and WOD quizzes tomorrow! Then you may work on your project for the rest of the hour. el viernes : NO WORD OF THE DAY TODAY!! Today is your last quiz! Vocab. and WOD quiz today – make up before/after school if absent. Then worked on projects. Remember that they are due Tuesday. Presentations will be on Wednesday! el 2-6 de mayo el lunes: word of the day: llegar to arrive; Ch. 8 vocab. today – download and copy into your notebook if absent. Online review can be found at www.quizlet.com; search for user slknott. Read all of ch. 8 for tomorrow. Remember that your take-home reading assignment is DUE TOMORROW! No excuses, please! *Please remember to bring your stuff for Thursday’s Cinco de mayo celebration! el martes: word of the day: mensaje message; TAKE- HOME READING ASSIGNMENT WAS DUE TODAY! In class, we read the rest of ch. 8 as a class; reviewed present tense verb endings. Assignment: from Chapter 8, list ALL verbs in the YO form, NOSOTROS form and ELLOS/ELLAS/UDS. form – listing them in the appropriate column on a sheet of paper. You will have a total of 20. Due tomorrow. *Please remember to bring your stuff for Thursday’s Cinco de mayo celebration! el miércoles: word of the day: agua  water; Discussed the history of Cinco de mayo and why it is celebrated. Read an article (download and read) and then answer the questions (download 2nd document). No assignment. Thursday’s word of the day is dime  tell me. You do not need to bring your books/notebooks/etc. with you tomorrow. Please remember to bring what you signed up to bring though! el jueves: word of the day: dime  tell me; Cinco de mayo celebration today! WOD and Vocab. quizzes tomorrow. Please study!!! el viernes: Word of the day: pensar  to think; WOD and Vocab. quiz – make up before/after school if absent. Then discussed ¿Quién soy yo? project. Download guidelines / packet if needed – planning packet/pictures are due on MONDAY! Work hard this weekend!! el 25-29 de abril: el lunes: NO SCHOOL! el martes: word of the day: mismo  same; Reviewed desmonstratives from last week; Reviewed preterite of TENER and learned preterite of IR (download notes and copy into your notebook). New vocab today: Ch. 7 – download and copy into your notebook. Online review is available at www.quizlet.com; search for user slknott. Read pp. 24-26 for tomorrow. el miércoles: word of the day: cartón  cardboard; Read ch. 7 aloud in class – be sure to have all of ch. 7 read for tomorrow if absent. Then did Ch. 7 Cierto/Falso – make up before/after school if absent. Tomorrow: dictation and speaking grades will be taken during class. *Take-home reading assignment was handed out – please return the form by May 3. If you lose it, download another. Late papers will NOT be accepted! el jueves: word of the day: advininar  to guess; Ch. 7 speaking and dictation grades were taken – make up before/after school if absent. WOD and Vocab. quizzes tomorrow – STUDY! Remember to bring back your take- home reading assignment by Tuesday, May 3! el viernes: word of the day: maletín  briefcase; WOD and Vocab. quizzes today – make up before/after school if absent. Then planned for next week’s Cinco de mayo party, which will be on THURSDAY. No assignment. Remember to bring back your take-home reading assignment by Tuesday, May 3! el 18-22 de abril: el lunes: word of the day: pala  shovel; Ch. 6 vocabulary – download and copy into your notes if absent; also took notes on ‘DEMONSTRATIVES’. Download/copy these notes into your notebooks also. Read. pp. 19 thru 21 for tomorrow. Online review is available at www.quizlet.com Search for user slknott el martes: word of the day: jamón  ham; read all of chapter 6 as a class, then learned about the PRETERITE verb tense. Download the notes about the preterite and copy them into your notebook if absent. You will have a substitute tomorrow, so please come in on Thursday morning if you have any make up work to complete with me. el miércoles: word of the day: ladrón  thief; Chapter 6 worksheets today – unavailable for download – please pick them up. Word of the Day and Vocab. Quizzes tomorrow – PLEASE STUDY! el jueves: word of the day: castigo  punishment; WOD and Vocab. Quiz today – make up before/after school if absent. No assignment. el viernes: No School!! el 11-15 de abril: el lunes: word of the day: castillo  castle; Ch. 4 and 5 vocab. today – download and copy into your notebook. Remember the online review that is available at www.quizlet.com; search for username slknott. Read chapter 4 in class – be sure to have it read for tomorrow if absent. el martes: word of the day: empleado  employee; Reviewed ch. 4 in class, read ch. 5 aloud. Assignment: from the letter that Patricia wrote in Ch. 5, make 2 columns on a sheet of paper. Label one Yo and the other Él/Ella. List all verbs in the letter, writing them in the appropriate column. There are a total of 24, including repeats. Due tomorrow. el miércoles: word of the day: humo  smoke; 1st hour: Q & A listening activity and speaking grade taken during class – make up before/after school if absent. 6th hour: Q & A listening activity during class – make up before/after school is absent. Assignment: draw a floor plan of your house, labeling all in Spanish…rooms, furniture, appliances, etc. Due tomorrow. el jueves: word of the day: leal  loyal; Floor plan due today; In-class writing assignment today – this will be due at the end of the hour TOMORROW, as you will have time to finish after your Vocab. Quiz. STUDY for WOD and Ch. 4/5 Vocab. quiz! el viernes: word of the day : altavoces  speakers; WOD and Ch. 4/5 Vocab. quiz. Make up before/after school if absent. Then finish ch. 4/5 summary – due at the end of the hour today. No assignment. el 4 – 8 de abril el lunes: word of the day: zanja  ditch; Chapter 3 vocabulary today (download and copy into your notebook) – review can be found online at www.quizlet.com and search username slknott. OR you can go to http://quizlet.com/_302w5 Read chapter 3 for tomorrow; vocabulary quiz without a word bank is on Friday! el martes: word of the day: partido  game; reviewed chapter 3, then question and answer listening activity in class. Let Ms. Knott know when you will be in to make it up – either before or after school. No assignment. el miércoles: word of the day: pregunta  question; Chapter 3 True/False and dictation – make up before/after school if absent. No assignment. el jueves: word of the day: astilla  sliver; Chapter 3 speaking grade taken during class – make up before/after school if absent. Word of the Day and Chapter 3 Vocab. quiz tomorrow (no word bank!) el viernes: word of the day: pasmado  stunned; Word of the day and Chapter 3 vocab. quizzes – make up before/after school if absent. No assignment. el 28 de marzo – 1 de abril el lunes: word of the day: harina  flour; worked on chapter 2 graphic organizer. Download/print off and follow directions: All should be done in Spanish. Upper left box: draw Patricia’s family tree. Under each person’s name write out their age in Spanish and also their relationship to Patricia; Upper right box: draw and label (in Spanish) the foods mentioned in chapter 2; bottom: draw a bird’s eye view of Patricia’s house/yard (correct location of trees!). Label the rooms and trees in Spanish. Top right box and bottom must be colored. Due Tuesday. el martes: word of the day: cocinar  to cook; yesterday’s worksheet due; in-class DOL today. No assignment. el miércoles: NO CLASS - INTEGRATION el jueves: NO CLASS - INTEGRATION el viernes: NO CLASS - INTEGRATION el 21-25 de marzo el lunes: word of the day: pegatina  sticker; World Poetry Day today, class in the library. Remember your Chapter 2, part 2 vocab. quiz is tomorrow!! Study! el martes: word of the day: judía  green bean; Chapter 2 part 2 Vocab quiz today – make up before/after school if absent; Then reviewed chapter 2 and did True/False listening activity – make up before/after school if absent. No assignment. el miércoles: word of the day: lío  mess; chapter 2 speaking and dictation today – make up before/after school if absent. Word of the day quiz tomorrow! el jueves: word of the day: patilla  sideburns; word of the day quiz today – make up before/after school if absent; In-class verb activity – no assignment. el viernes: No School!! el 14-18 de marzo el lunes: word of the day: mandar  to command; Ch. 1 Worksheets are due today. Began chapter 2 today – download chapter 2 vocab. and copy into your notebook. There are 32 words. The first 16 will be quizzed over on Friday (3/18) and the 2nd 16 will be quizzed over on Tuesday (3/22). Vocab. review will be posted online at www.quizlet.com. Search for sknott in the search box. Weather presentations were given today too. We will finish them tomorrow. Read pp. 4-6 for tomorrow. el martes: word of the day: maloliente  smelly; finished weather presentations; Read through pp. 4-6; read the rest of the chapter for tomorrow. el miércoles: Word of the day: tijeras scissors; Today you are working on chapter 2 worksheets. They are not available to be downloaded – you will have to pick them up from Ms. Knott. Due Thursday. el jueves: Word of the day: seguir to follow; Wednesday’s worksheets due today; Assignment: on a sheet of notebook paper, translate the last paragraph of Chapter 2 into English (paragraph begins on p. 7 and ends on p. 8). Then on the back of your paper, make 2 columns. Label one “él/ella” and other “ellos/ellas/uds.” List all verbs from the same paragraph you translated. Study for your word of the day and vocab. quiz tomorrow! el viernes: word of the day: tienda  store; WOD and Vocab. quizzes today – make up before/after school if absent. No assignment. el 7-11 de marzo el lunes: No School – Teacher in-service el martes: word of the day: caspa  dandruff; Weather project due today! began your next book, Patrica Va a California. Chapter 1 vocab was given – download and copy into your notebook. Read pp. 1-3 for tomorrow. Vocab review can be found on-line at http://quizlet.com/_2ss3r or search www.quizlet.com for slknott in the searchbox el miércoles: word of the day: tristeza  sadness; read all of chapter 1 together. Be prepared for Ch. 1 true/false tomorrow and then chapter 1 worksheets. No assignment. el jueves: word of the day: negocios business; reviewed chapter 1; then Chapter 1 True/False – make up before/after school if absent. Then Chapter 1 worksheets. These will be due on Monday at the beginning of the hour. Weather project presentations start tomorrow after your W.O.D. and Vocab quiz (time permitting). el viernes: word of the day: compardor  shopper; Word of the day and chapter 1 vocab. quizzes – make up before/after school if absent. Worksheets due Monday – weather project presentations on Monday. el 28 de febrero – 4 de marzo: el lunes: word of the day: espantajo  scarecrow; New topic today: Weather! Download the notes and copy into your notebook if absent; Get assignment from Ms. Knott. el martes: word of the day: vellón  fleece; reviewed more weather and talked about how to give future weather conditions. In-class writing was done to practice for tomorrow’s project. No assignment. el miércoles: word of the day: entrada  ticket; began working on weather project; download and print the guidelines. Get your assigned city from Ms. Knott. Project is due Tuesday. el jueves: word of the day: equipo  team; worked on weather project; Word of the day quiz is tomorrow, then you will be allowed to work on your project. Project is DUE TUESDAY! You will present on Tuesday. el viernes: word of the day: ombligo  belly button; Word of the day quiz – make up before/after school if absent; last in-class day to work on project. Project is due on Tuesday at the BEGINNING of class. You do NOT have time to work. Presentations will start next Friday (3/11/11) after your vocab quiz. el 21-25 de febrero: el lunes: word of the day: número  number; reviewed days of the week, introduced months of the year and how to say dates in Spanish. Download notes and copy into your notebook. Get assignment from Ms. Knott. You will have a quiz over dates/days/months on Wednesday!! el martes: word of the day: oruga  caterpillar; Reviewed days and dates, talked about Hispanic Saints’ Days; Tomorrow you have your quiz – you MUST spell days and months correctly. You will translate from English to Spanish; you will also answer questions in Spanish, in complete sentences. STUDY! el miércoles: word of the day: mercado  market; Month/Day/Date test today. Make up before/after school if absent. el jueves: word of the day: sentimientos  feelings; speakers in class today from Chile – no assignment. Word of the day quiz tomorrow! el viernes: word of the day: milla  mile; word of the day quiz – make up before/after school if absent. D.O.L. during class. No assignment. el 14-18 de febrero: el lunes: word of the day: jaula  cage; reviewed time, added a new phrase (a la/a las) and questions (¿Qué hora es? ; ¿A qué hora es…?; ¿Cuándo es…?). Get assignment from Ms. Knott. TIME-TELLING TEST IS WEDNESDAY! el martes: word of the day: esmoquin  tuxedo; Reviewed time and the questions from yesterday. Reviewed TENER, telling what time people have certain classes. STUDY FOR TOMORROW’S TIME TEST!! 122 points! el miércoles: word of the day: semilla  seed; Time test today. Make up before/after school if absent. No assignment. el jueves: word of the day: saludar  to greet; reviewed time; introduced days of the week – download notes and copy them into your notebook. No assignment. Word of the day quiz is tomorrow! el viernes: word of the day: cúbito  ulna; Word of the day quiz – make up before/after school if absent; Reviewed time/days of the week; watched Quack! video over time. No assignment. el 7-11 de febrero: el lunes: word of the day: ornitorrinco  platypus; finished Friday’s speaking activity, then reviewed for tomorrow’s test. Remember to bring your book!! Bring something to work afterwards if you happen to finish early. el martes: word of the day: escoger  to choose; Book and Vocabulary test today. Make up before/after school if absent. No assignment. Tomorrow is movie day! Bring a snack if you wish! el miércoles: word of the day: ventana  window; movie/powerpoint day. No assignment. el jueves: word of the day: egoísmo  selfishness; learned how to tell time in Spanish today. Download today’s notes and copy them into your notebook. You will probably have to come in for a more in-depth explanation – let Ms. Knott know when. Study for your Word of the Day quiz tomorrow! el viernes: word of the day: botella  bottle; word of the day quiz – make up before/after school if absent; reviewed time. Time-telling worksheet in class and activity out of the text book will be due Monday. Unavailable to download – pick up worksheet and get text book assignment from Ms. Knott. el 31 de enero – el 4 de febrero: el lunes: SNOW DAY el martes: SNOW DAY el miércoles: SNOW DAY el jueves: word of the day: país  country; You will NOT have a Word of the Day quiz tomorrow – Last Friday’s word and today’s word will be added on to next week’s quiz, for a total of 7 words on next week’s W.O.D. quiz. Today: worked on the speaking activity that you began last Friday. Speaking act. begins tomorrow and will finish on Monday, Feb. 7. Ch. 6-9 vocab. test and book test will be Tuesday, Feb. 8. el viernes: word of the day: enfermedad  disease; Speaking activity today – we will finish on Monday. Test on Tuesday. No assignment. el 24-28 de enero el lunes: word of the day: arena  sand; Chapter 7 worksheets due today. Then Chapter 7 reading/speaking for a grade, in-class. Make up before/after school if absent. You will not be able to make this up on Tuesday, as Ms. Knott will not be at school. Let her know when you will be in – you will have until Friday morning to make this up. el martes: word of the day: deportista  athlete; Please download today’s assignment. el miércoles: word of the day: estado  state; Vocabulary due today; yesterday’s verb list due today. Read chapters 8 and 9 as a class; Be ready for True/False tomorrow, both chapters. el jueves: word of the day: cada  each; Q & A session about chapters 8 and 9, then Ch. 8 and 9 True/False listening – make up before/after school if absent; Then Ch. 8/9 vocab. review. Vocab quiz and word of the day quiz tomorrow. STUDY!! el viernes: word of the day: luz  light; Word of the day and Vocab. quiz. Make up before/after school if absent. Then, began speaking activity. Download the pictures. On Tuesday, Feb. 1st, you will have to tell a story about one of the pictures – picture will be drawn out of a envelope at random, so you need to be prepared to speak about all THREE pictures. Your story must be in Spanish and memorized, and you must speak for a minimum of 30 seconds. You will receive your grading rubric on Monday. You will all of Monday’s class period to work on this. el 17 – 21 de enero el lunes: word of the day: cámara  camera; reviewed for tomorrow’s vocab. quiz; learned the verbs CONOCER and SABER. Download notes and copy them into your notebook. Study for tomorrow’s quiz!! el martes: word of the day: línea  line; Ch. 6 Vocab. quiz (make up before/after school if absent), then Ch. 7 Vocab. Download vocab, copy into your notebook and define. Read pp. 30 & 31 for tomorrow. el miércoles: word of the day: borrador  eraser; Talked about ‘reflexive verb’ – download the notes and copy into your notebook. Then read all of chapter 7. Tomorrow we will start with Ch. 7 True/False, then dictation. el jueves: word of the day: asiento  seat; chapter 7 true/false and dictation. Make up before/after school if absent. No assignment – STUDY for Ch. 7 Vocab quiz and Word of the Day quiz! el viernes: word of the day: riesgo  risk; Word of the Day and Chapter 7 Vocab. quiz – make up before/after school if absent; Then Chapter 7 worksheets. Pick up from Ms. Knott if absent (not available to download). el 12 – 14 de enero: el lunes: NO SCHOOL! Snow day! el martes: NO SCHOOL! Snow day! el miércoles: Word of the day: plomo  lead (of a pencil); Chapter 6 vocabulary – download – define in your notebook and show me your work. Read pp. 26 and 27 for tomorrow. Remember that participation points start TODAY – if absent, remember to bring in the assignment sheet to receive your points! el jueves: word of the day: camuflaje  camouflage; Read all of chapter 6 aloud in class; discussion; Word of the Day quiz tomorrow! No assignment. Chapter 6 Vocab. Quiz is on Tuesday, Jan. 18th! el viernes: word of the day: horario  schedule; Word of the day quiz – make up before/after school if absent; Then reviewed chapter 6 – did an IN-CLASS activity about chapter 6 – make up before/after school if absent. No assignment. el 2 – 7 de enero el lunes: No school! el martes: No school! el miércoles: No word of the day; reviewed verb endings; discussed participation points and the change to the syllabus this semester. No assignment. el jueves: No word of the day; reveiwed present progressive and gustar; then did D.O.L., correcting sentences on the board. Download notes and copy them into your notebook. No assignment. el viernes: word of the day: riñon  kidney; in-class “fill-in-the-blank” activity. Download the wksht., complete and return to Ms. Knott for credit. el 13-17 de diciembre el lunes: word of the day: casarse  to get married; Ch. 5 Vocabulary. Download, copy into your notebook and define. Also, download a take-home reading assignment (or pick one up from Ms. Knott). Take-home assignment is due next Monday, Dec. 20. el martes: word of the day: caso  case; read aloud during class – be sure to be familiar with chapter 5 b/c tomorrow is Ch. 5 True/False and Dictation. No assignment. el miércoles: word of the day: cellos  jealousy; Ch. 5 Dictation and True/False today – make up before/after school if absent. Remember to do your TAKE-HOME reading assignment – read to parents and have them sign the form for 40 points!! el jueves: word of the day: collar  necklace; Read aloud today for a speaking grade – make up before/after school if absent; then discussed the Present Progressive verb tense – download notes and copy into your notebook. Word of the day AND Vocab. quiz tomorrow! el viernes: Vocab. and Word of the Day Quizzes – make up before/after school if absent; You were given a list of all of the vocab. that will be on your final. This is available for you to download if needed. Take-home reading assignment is due Monday! el 6 – 10 de diciembre el lunes: word of the day: adecuado  suitable; Reviewed –ar/-er/-ir verbs, as well as Tener, Estar, Ir and Estar. Remember that you have an Infinitive quiz tomorrow (from the list you received last Thursday). You will also need to know your –ar/-er/-ir charts. Please study! el martes: word of the day: anciano  elderly; Infinitive quiz today! Make up before/after school if absent; then chapter 4 vocabulary. (Download) Copy them into your notebook and define. Show me your work in order to get credit. el miércoles: word of the day: asunto  matter/topic; Read all of chapter 4 today. Discussion over the places mentioned in ch. 4. No assignment. el jueves: word of the day: broma  joke; Chapter 4 worksheets – pick up from Ms. Knott if absent. Word of the day and Vocab. quizzes tomorrow! Worksheets are due at the end of the hour tomorrow – you will have time to work after your quizzes. el viernes: word of the day: callarse  to be quiet; Word of the day quiz, Ch. 4 vocab. quiz and then worked on worksheets. Wkshts. due at the end of the hour. No assignment. el 29 de noviembre – 3 de diciembre el lunes: word of the day: receta  prescription; last day to work on Me Gusta book! Due at the end of the hour today. If absent, your book is due at the beginning of class on the day you return. No assignment. el martes: word of the day: disgustar  to upset; reviewed Gustar and Indirect Object Pronouns. Read through the middle of pg. 17 of Pobre Ana. el miércoles: word of the day: tras  after; read the rest of the chapter, then did True/False over ch. 3. Make up before/after school if absent. No assignment. el jueves: word of the day: volver  to come back; learned about conjugating –ar, -er, and –ir verbs. Download list of infinitives, then get notes from someone. You will probably need to come in either before/after school for a better explanation. Let me know when. el viernes: word of the day: abuela  grandma; Word of the day quiz – make up before/after school if absent; then reviewed –ar, -er, -ir verb endings and conjugating. Quiz over yesterday’s infinitives will be on Tuesday. No assignment. el 22 – 26 de noviembre el lunes: word of the day: espinacas  spinach; took chapter 3, part 2 vocab. quiz; make up before/after school if absent; learned about the verb GUSTAR. Get notes from someone. No assignment. Bring crayons/colored pencils/markers to class tomorrow if you have them. We will be starting a project. el martes: word of the day: algodón  cotton; began working on “Me Gusta…” book. You will be able to work on the book Wed., after your Word of the Day quiz AND on Monday, Nov. 29. Book is due at the end of the hour on Monday. Study for tomorrow’s W.O.D. quiz! el miércoles: word of the day: simpático  nice; W.O.D. quiz and then work on your Me Gusta book. Book will be due at the END of the hour on Monday – you will have classtime on Monday to work. el jueves: el viernes: el 15 – 19 de noviembre el lunes: word of the day: trabalengua  tongue twister; Chapter 3 vocabulary (download, copy into your notebook and define). Assignment is also posted with the vocab. that you need to download. el martes: word of the day: pan  bread; reviewed ser and estar; watched a video on the uses of estar and took notes; no assignment. el miércoles: word of the day: cariño  affection; reviewed ser and estar again today. Watched video on the uses of ser and took notes. No assignment. el jueves: word of the day: alfombra  rug/carpet; reviewed chapter 3 vocab and went over the 1st two pages of Ch. 3. Vocab. and Word of the Day quizzes tomorrow! Study!! el viernes: word of the day: ojo  eye; Word of the day and Vocab. quizzes today. No assignment. Make up quizzes before/after school if absent. el 8 – 12 de noviembre el lunes: word of the day: niño  boy; New chapter 2 vocab. Download if absent. Then read pp. 6 and 7 for tomorrow. el martes: word of the day: confianza  confidence; Read all of chapter 2 in class – learned how to conjúgate two new verbs: SER and ESTAR. Get notes from someone. el miércoles: word of the day: cumplir  to complete; Read chapter 2 aloud in class; reviewed verbs Tener, Ser, Ir and Estar. True/False over Ch. 2 tomorrow! el jueves: word of the day: llevar  to wear/carry; Reviewed more of the 4 infinitives. Then listening activity (Cierto/Falso) in class. Make up before/after school if absent. Vocab. and Word of the Day quizzes tomorrow!! STUDY! STUDY! STUDY! el viernes: word of the day: rato  short time/while; W.O.D. quiz, Vocab. quiz and Ch. 2 dictation. Make up before/after school if absent. el 1 – 5 de noviembre el lunes: NO SCHOOL!!! el martes: word of the day: postre  dessert; read the rest of chapter 1, then chapter 1 worksheets – pick up from Ms. Knott if absent. Assignment: cross off part A; Part B: choose any 5 questions to answer in complete Spanish sentences; Due tomorrow. Don’t cross off C, D or E – we’ll do those later. el miércoles: word of the day: viejo  old; Talked about “Día de los Muertos” (Day of the Dead) in Mexico and the celebrations on Nov. 1 & 2. Reviewed Tener and Ir and their conjugations. Discussed all of chapter 1 of Pobre Ana – be ready for a quiz over chapter 1 tomorrow! el jueves: word of the day: nadie  no one; we did two activities in class today: Chapter 1 quiz and True/False (Cierto/Falso) over chapter 1. Make up before/after school if absent. No assignment. Word of the day quiz tomorrow! el viernes: (Miss Knott absent) Word of the day: pulmón  lung; word of the day quiz, then video over Day of the Dead. Make up quiz before/after school if absent. You can log on to www.iowaaeaonline.org to watch the video. Select DE Streaming on the left side. Then enter username underwoodhs and password aea13. Search for the video “Food for the ancestors” – it should be the first one in the results – you can watch it from this point on. Download the worksheet that goes along with it, under the Downloads and Handouts link. If unable to do this at home, be sure to make time to get this done at school. el 25-29 de octubre el lunes: word of the day: aburrirse to get bored; began book, “Pobre Ana” today. Started with Chapter 1 vocabulary (download and copy into your notebook if you were absent). You will have to pick up a book from Ms. Knott in order to define these words. PLEASE LEAVE YOUR WORDS IN YOUR NOTEBOOK!! I will take a grade on them tomorrow. el martes: word of the day: rincón  corner; Began reading the first chapter of Pobre Ana. Then discussed how to conjugate verbs. Get notes from someone if absent. Assignment for tomorrow: Read pages 1 and 2 only. el miércoles: word of the day librería; reviewed verb conjugations, introduced Spanish pronouns and the verb Ir. For tomorrow, be sure to have read through AT LEAST page 3. Vocab. and Word of the Day quizzes tomorrow! el jueves: word of the day: largo  long; word of the day and vocab. quizzes. No assignment! el viernes: NO SCHOOL!! el 18 – 22 de octubre el lunes: word of the day: principio  beginning; worked on maps and crossword puzzle of Spanish- speaking countries. Pick up from Ms. Knott if absent. el martes: word of the day: resultar  to turn out; crossword puzzles due today; worked on maps and learning locations of countries. Test is Friday. You will have a word bank of all countries and a word bank of all capitals. You will have to label maps. Extra Credit: be able to label / locate the following countries and their capitals for 4 pts. ExCr. (half point each): Haiti, Brasil, Portugal, Belice. el miércoles: word of the day: sacar  to take out; reviewed maps/capitals/country locations/etc. again. STUDY, STUDY, STUDY! el jueves: word of the day: sombra  shade/shadow; reviewed maps/capitals/country locations/etc. again. STUDY, STUDY, STUDY! Map test and word of the day quiz tomorrow! el viernes: word of the day: cambio  change; Word of the day quiz AND Map test! Make up before/after school if absent. el 11 – 15 de octubre el lunes: Word of the day: estallar  to explode; new vocab – download and copy into your notebook – Your first test is on THURSDAY – be sure to know all vocab. from all 4 stories from chapter 1. el martes: word of the day: mil  a thousand; reviewed yesterday’s vocab; pick up assignment from Ms. Knott. Due ASAP (at the end of the hour for those at school today). Remember that your test is on Thursday! el miércoles: word of the day: oficio  job/profession; graded dictation today – make up before/after school if absent. TEST TOMORROW!! el jueves: word of the day: para  stop; TEST TODAY! Make up before/after school if absent. W.O.D. quiz tomorrow. el viernes: word of the day: pie  foot; watched video in class – make up before/after school if absent so you can take notes and receive a GRADE for those notes. el 4 – 8 de octubre el lunes: Word of the day: acabar  to have just done something; New vocabulary (download if absent) – copy into your notebook; Question words will be quizzes over on Thursday, vocab on Friday. el martes: Word of the day: fiebre  fever; reviewed vocabulary and question words. Question word quiz on Thursday; vocab. and word of the day quizzes on Friday. el miércoles: word of the day: madrugar  to get up early; reviewed question words and vocabulary. Question word quiz tomorrow! Read a story in class, answered questions about the story – due tomorrow. Pick up story from Ms. Knott if absent. el jueves: word of the day: apellido  last name; question word quiz today – make up before/after school if absent. Reviewed vocabulary for tomorrow’s quiz. Word of the day quiz tomorrow as well! el viernes: word of the day: almohada  pillow; word of the day and vocab. quizzes – make up before/after school if absent. el 27 de septiembre – 1 de octubre el lunes: Word of the day: probable  likely; New vocab. – download and copy into your notebook; No assignment. el martes: Word of the day: ahorita  right now; read new story – pick up from Ms. Knott if absent. Do the activity in the bottom, right-hand box for tomorrow. el miércoles: Word of the day: dar  to give; read aloud for a grade. Make up with Ms. Knott before/after school if absent. el jueves: Word of the day: soñar  to dream; reviewed for vocab. quiz tomorrow. Also, practice dictation – graded dictation will be tomorrow. Word of the day quiz tomorrow too! el viernes: word of the day: listo  smart/clever; Vocabulary and word of the day quizzes, then dictation. Make up before/after school if absent. el 20 – 24 de septiembre: el lunes: Word of the day: pepino  cucumber; Article quiz, then worked on last Friday’s internet activity; Internet activity is now due on THURSDAY because of today’s computer problems. Let Ms. Knott know if you need access to a computer before/after school. el martes: word of the day: embutidos  cold cuts; new vocabulary was given (download if absent and copy into your notebook); Then read a short story in class. Pick up the story from Ms. Knott if absent. No assignment (just be sure to bring back today’s story). el miércoles: Word of the day: rebeca  cardigan; reviewed yesterday’s new vocabulary. Discussed uses for “es” and “está”. Assignment: translate the 5 statements from the bottom, right-hand box on your paper from yesterday. Due tomorrow. Vocab. quiz on Friday!! el jueves: Word of the day: saber  to know; Internet activities due today; sentence translations due today; Read new stories and reviewed vocab. for tomorrow’s quiz. Vocab. and word of the day quizzes tomorrow! el viernes: Word of the day: campo  countryside/field; word of the day quiz, vocab. quiz and then practiced reading aloud for a grade. Actual graded reading will be done next week. No assignment. el 13 – 17 de septiembre: el lunes: Word of the day: aconsejar  to advise; Reviewed school supply vocab; Learned 3 new words: tiene: s/he/it has; es: s/he/it is; hay: there is/there are; Get notes from someone. Tomorrow there will be a listening activity – be sure to be familiar with your school supply vocab. and the three words from today. el martes: Word of the day: pareja  couple; listening activity over school supplies. Make up before/after school if absent; Get notes from someone: masculine/feminine and singular/plural nouns. el miércoles: Word of the day: para  for; learned about definite and indefinite articles today. Get notes from someone. You will need to come in to review the notes with me. Article quiz will be on Monday. No assignment for tomorrow. el jueves: Word of the day: potosí  fortune; discussed Mexican Independence Day; reviewed Definite and Indefinite Articles. Assignment: Def and Indef. Art. worksheet – pick up from Ms. Knott if absent; Word of the Day quiz is tomorrow! Then to the library to do some internet research. Article quiz is MONDAY! el viernes: Word of the day: cerrar  to close; word of the day quiz, then to the library to work on internet research activity. Worksheets are due Wednesday. Download worksheet if absent. Make up quiz before/after school if absent. Article quiz is Monday!! el 6-10 de septiembre: el lunes: No School- El día del trabajador el martes: Word of the day: nochebuena  Christmas Eve; Books due. Had a lesson on using the Spanish/English Dictionary. New vocabulary was given to put in your Spanish notebook. Download if absent. You will be given time in class to look the words up in the dictionary. el miércoles: word of the day: alma  soul; finished defining words from yesterday. Be sure to show me your defined words to get the points! Assignment: crossword puzzle with colors and numbers. Pick up from Ms. Knott if absent. el jueves: word of the day: boca  mouth; reviewed school supply/classroom vocabulary. Word of the day quiz tomorrow. el viernes: word of the day: perro  dog; Word of the day quiz – make up before/after school if absent. Review school supply vocab. No assignment. el 30 de agosto – 3 de septiembre: el lunes: Word of the day: cuenta  bill; Introduced numbers today. Download handout if absent. No assignment. el martes: word of the day: cafetero  coffe grower; Reviewed numbers and learned numbers 30 through the thousands. For tomorrow, write out your phone number, using Spanish numbers. Group your numbers in two’s…. EX: 566-2703 would be 5-66-27-03 and would be written out using single AND double digits… cinco, sesenta y seis, veintisiete, cero, tres. Also, come in before/after school to make up short number quiz (1st hour). el miércoles: word of the day: barrio  neighborhood; reviewed numbers. Took short number quiz (6th hour) – come in before/after school to make up if absent; Introduced colors with video. Download colors list. Come in to make up video if absent. el jueves: word of the day: aunque  although; began working on color/number book. Download guidelines, pick up a book from Ms. Knott. Due Tuesday, Sept. 7. 6th hour: if absent, be sure to come in before/after school to make up a quiz. Color/# quiz and Word of the Day quizzes tomorrow! el viernes: word of the day: rey  king; Word of the Day and Color/# Quizzes. Make up before/after school if absent. Worked on Color/# book for the rest of the hour – due TUESDAY at the BEGINNING of class! el 23 – 27 de agosto el lunes: Word of the day: abrir  to open; essay due today; reviewed questions from Friday; introduced “Common Expressions” and defined the terms. Download Common Expressions – get definitions from someone. No assignment. el martes: word of the day: vela  candle; worked on conversations during class today. You and your partner will present TOMORROW. el miércoles: Word of the day: tortuga  turtle; presented conversations today; introduced the alphabet (download). Alphabet quiz will be on Friday! el jueves: Word of the day: asistir  to attend; finished learning alphabet, took practice quiz. Word of the Day quiz AND Alphabet quiz tomorrow! STUDY!! el viernes:Word of the day: cuento  story; Word of the day quiz, alphabet quiz. Make up before/after school if absent. No assignment. el 16-20 de agosto el lunes: TEACHER IN-SERVICE el martes: TEACHER IN-SERVICE el miércoles: TEACHER IN-SERVICE el jueves: First day of school! Went over the syllabus and class rules. Download if needed – look under Syllabi and Curriculum Maps link. Assignment: For Monday you need to have your Spanish ONLY notebook and Spanish ONLY folder. el viernes: word of the day: montaña  mountain; Introduced THE questions you’ll need to survive this first year in Spanish! Download notes. Assignment: notebook and folder for Monday AND 1 page essay in English on your past, present and future experiences with Spanish.