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-Students practiced with present tense verbs.
-We reviewed the conjugation of the verb “tener” (to have). I handed out vocabulary sheets on personal features. Using the verb “tener”, we practiced answering questions in the correct form using this vocabulary. (see attachment)
-For homework, students have a worksheet due Friday. (see attachment)
Submitted by Nikki on
The first activity was to review what we worked on Wednesday.
escribe el número en español
a) 100 _____________
b) 1932 _____________
c) 67 _____________
d) 12 _____________
e) 553 _____________
escribe el/la/los/las
f) ______ clima
g) ______ situación
h) ______ persona
i) ______ comunidad
j) ______ auto
escribe el pronombre posesivo
k) ______ amigos (my)
l) ______ casa (our)
m) ______ cuaderno (our)
n) ______ perro (your)
o)______ padres (their)
We are taking a few classes to review grammatical concepts that students should be relatively familiar with. On Wednesday, we reviewed possessive pronouns, personal pronouns, numbers and when words are masculine/feminine. Today, we focused mostly on verbs. Although some of our grammar review is slightly difficult to grasp especially for students with less exposure to Spanish, it's important and forms the foundation of further study. Several students are heading to high school next year and should be familiar with these concepts to move into a higher level of Spanish.
We've worked with this verb a lot, so most students remembered the verb conjugations.
Tengo, tienes, tiene, tenemos, tienen
* used with possession the same way it's used in English. Tengo una familia grande.
* age. Tengo 15 años.
* to be hot/cold. Tengo calor/frio.
* to be hungry/thirsty. Tengo calor/sed
soy, eres, es, somos, son
* nationality
* personality
* physical characteristics
* profession
estoy, estás, está, estamos, están
* health
* mood
* location
voy, vas, va, vamos, van
* normally used preceded by preposition a. Voy a la casa de mi abuelita.
* can be used to talk about the future when followed by an infinitive/complete verb (viajar, estudiar, trabajar, corer, bailer, cantar). Voy a estudiar. I'm going to study. Vamos a viajar. Van a bailar.
For all verbs ending in -ar (trabajar, estudiar, caminar, bailar, cantar), remove the last two letters and add endings:
-o
-as
-a
-amos
-an
Tarea: study everything we worked on today (and Wednesday). With the irregular verb conjugations, flashcards are a great way to practice.
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-Students practiced conversational skills with one another.
-Students will have a quiz in class on Wednesday Jan 18. It will be an oral (spoken) quiz, so they will not need to write anything. I handed out instructions for the quiz (see attachment).
-We spent class practicing together for the quiz. We reviewed the activities vocabulary and asked one another if they like doing a particular activity.
-We also practiced with the school subjects vocabulary. Students asked one another which classes they have on their schedule. We took a survey of how many students in our class have each subject.
-Homework is to study for the quiz.
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-Students practiced their conversational skills with each other. They practiced how to say, “It's nice to meet you”, by saying mucho gusto.
-Students spent more time on their tener expressions illustrations.
-We reviewed the four seasons and the weather vocabulary. Students were given a sheet with the seasons listed, and were told to write the weather that goes with each season. They may write the words in list form (lluvia, sol, viento), or challenge themselves to write complete sentences (Hace sol, Hay lluvia, Hace viento). All the weather vocabulary should be placed in at least one of the seasons (except for earthquake, tornado, and hurricane). Those who didn't finish this sheet in class will need to complete it for homework (see attachment for sheet).
-We discussed our next project, which we will begin in class on Friday. Students will be making their own weather book, with one page for each season.
Submitted by kimber on
-Students practiced conversational skills with their classmates.
-We reviewed the “tener” expressions we learned last week.
-We reviewed the weather vocabulary and played a matching game with weather photos.
-Students read a story called “El diario de una rana” (The Diary of a Frog) and answered questions about the reading (see attachment for story). We discussed the answers together as a group.
-Students were given homework on the weather vocabulary. It is due next class period, 12/7 (see attachment for worksheet).
Submitted by kimber on
-Students practiced conversational skills.
-We reviewed the use of the verb “tener” and the phrases we learned in the previous class which involve “tener” (see previous lesson for attachments)
-Students made illustrations to go along with these phrases (see attachment for sheet)
-We discussed new weather vocabulary and students recorded the translations as we went through them (see attachment for weather vocab sheet)
-We reviewed the four different seasons of the year, and the months that occur in each season.
-Students were told to review their weather vocabulary at home, but no homework was given.
Submitted by Nikki on
Students arrived and wrote the following numbers in Spanish.
1. 100
2. 75
3. 342
4. 783
5. 1999
We are going to spend some time reviewing some concepts students may have learned in the past but may have forgotten or need a little practice with. We started reviewing numbers. Review below:
20 veinte
30 treinta
40 cuarenta
50 cincuenta
60 sesenta
70 setenta
80 ochenta
90 noventa
100 cien
200 doscientos
300 trescientos
400 cuatrocientos
500 quinientos
600 seiscientos
700 setecientos
800 ochocientos
900 novecientos
1000 mil
We also reviewed the most basic Spanish verbs:
Students received the attached form with pictures of animals. We talked about what animals they know in Spanish and they labeled all of the animal names under the animal heading. We listened to someone talking about animals and describing them. Students were to make sure they wrote the name of the animal and write down anything else they understood. The audio is attached.
Tarea: review numbers and verbs hay, ser, estar, tener including conjugations.
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-Students practiced conversational skills as a group.
-We reviewed the use of the verb “tener” which means, “to have”. We practiced using it to speak about what kind of personal features people in the class have.
-Students did a checklist hunt using personal features and descriptions. They were told to only use Spanish, asking one another, “¿Tienes ______?” and responding with, “Si, tengo ______.”
-We discussed various expressions where you use the verb “tener” (see attachment)
-Homework was given using the “tener” expressions. It is due next class period, the Wednesday after Thanksgiving (see attachment)
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-Students reviewed the meaning of the words “Soy” and “Estoy”. In class, they read a story about a girl named Amalia. Students read the story and answered follow-up questions individually. (see attachment for story)
-We discussed how to talk about personal features (see attachment for list)
-Students learned the use of the verb “tener”, which means, “to have”. When talking about what hair, eyes, etc. I have, I say, “Yo tengo...”. For talking to someone else, you say, “Tu tienes...” (you have).
-Students practiced conversational skills with these concepts.
-Homework was given on personal features (see attachment). It is due next class period, Friday 11/18.
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-Students practiced answering questions involving the verb "tener". Remember that "tengo" is used when you are referring to yourself ("I have").
-Everyday in class, students practice conversational skills by responding to these questions: "¿Cómo estás?", "¿Cuántos años tienes?", and "¿Cómo te llamas?". Students will have an oral QUIZ on these questions next class period (Wednesday 10/5, or the following Wednesday 10/12 if they have a class trip next week). They are expected to be able to answer all three questions in complete sentences. Students were given a study sheet for the quiz (see attachment).
-We reviewed clothing vocabulary and corrected mistakes made on homework sheets. Students were reminded to use articles before nouns, for example "LA camisa" for the word "camisa", or "LOS pantalones" for the word "pantalones".
