3rd Period Matrix: 9/28

-Everyday in class, students practice conversational skills by responding to these questions: "¿Cómo estás?", "¿Cuántos años tienes?", and "¿Cómo te llamas?". Students should expect to have an oral quiz on these soon. I will properly inform them before the day of the quiz.
-Students reviewed school subject vocabulary and took a group survey of who has what classes, and at what times. Students should be reviewing and studying this vocabulary at home (see attachment).
-Students were shown a useful website to use for English-Spanish translation. The website is "wordreference.com". Any word you look up is broken down by it's various definitions and ways of use. Colloquial phrases and compound word uses are also included. The "m" or "f" following the translation signifies whether the Spanish word is masculine or feminine. Masculine words would have an article "el", while feminine would have an article "la" before the word.
-For homework, students should use this website to look up the following words in Spanish: 'high school', 'excuse' (as in, "I have an excuse for missing class"), 'bedtime', and 'program' (as in a TV program).
-Students were asked to bring in materials from home to use as drums. These items will not be destroyed, but may be decorated with removable material. Some possible items we thought of include empty trash bins, coffee bins, Lysol wipes containers, plastic jars, or plastic soda bottles. Students could also make shakers from empty plastic bottles filled with seeds, beads, beans, rice, or any small object. We will be working on these in class on Friday in preparation for a festival we will celebrate next Wednesday (10/4).