7th grade Home Remedy Photo Stories

The 7th graders did a great job with their home remedy photo stories. Here are a few to sample! We also just finished our unit II Quiz, so please keep updated with grades on net classroom. Both the project grades & quiz grades are posted there.

6th grade QUIZ

6th grade Unit II QUIZ STUDY GUIDE

Sneller's home room will have their quiz on Wed, Dec 14th and Quist's home room will be on Thur. Dec 15th

I will need to know the following information:

1. ALL my verbs from the verb charts in their different forms (yo, tú, él, ella, and usted)

· Beber, comer, ir, jugar, comprar, tener, querer, and costar

2. The vocabulary from 6-11

· You must know how to SPELL them correctly!

· The “tener” expressions (hambre, sed, frío, and calor)

· Numbers 0-40

3. The rule “when 2 verbs go a walking… the 1^st one does the talking¨

· Example: I want to play basketball. (Yo quiero jugar basquetbol). Want/quiero is the 1st verb and it changes to have a letter “o” on the end. To play/jugar is the 2^nd verb and it does NOT change!

4. How to answer questions in Spanish in a complete sentence

· Example: ¿Qué quieres? (What do you want) Yo quiero pastel por favor (I want cake please)

· Example: ¿Cuánto cuestan los lápices? (How much do the pencils cost?) Los lápices cuestan cinco dólares. (The pencils cost 5 dollars)

5. Cultural information from our Navidad Alrededor del Mundo group research and presentations.

STUDY TIPS:

· TAKE HOME YOUR SPANISH BINDER

· STUDY YOUR VERBS CHARTS

· USE QUIA!!!!! (there is a link from my blog: http://senorabagnallsclassroom.blogspot.com/ OR go right to quia at www.quia.com/profiles/rbagnall15 anything listed under 6th grade activities is great to study!)

Spanish Phrase of the Week Dec. 12th

Spanish Phrase of the Week for December 12^th:

Many of you may be wishing for this!

Me gustaría un día de cierre por nieve. (May goo-stah-ree-ah oon di-ah day see-air-ah pour nee-eh-vay) English: I would like a snow day!

Yo también (Joh tahm-bee-yen)

English: Me too!

5th grade Unit II QUIZ

5^th grade Unit II Spanish QUIZ: En Clase

This quiz will be on Thursday, Dec 8^th for Schellenberg's homeroom and Friday, Dec 9^th for Boerma's homeroom.

I should take home my Spanish binder and study:

1. My vocabulary lists (pg. 1, 6, & 15)

a. For vocabulary practice you could fold your sheet in half and quiz your self

b. You could also make flash cards

c. You could go to my quia site and do online flash cards and vocab practice. This is accessible through my blog or go directly to www.quia.com/profiles/rbagnall15 and select 5th grade Activities

2. Know the different uses and meanings of:

a. HAY: There is/there are

b. Tengo: I have

c. Necesito: I need

3. Be able to understand and respond to the following questions:

a. ¿Cuál es la fecha? (What is the date) Es el # de diciembre

b. ¿Qué día es hoy? (What day is it today) Hoy es lunes, martes, etc pg. 11

c. ¿Cómo es la clase? (How is the class?) Es fácil, díficil, etc pg. 8

d. ¿Qué necesitas para la clase de _____________? (What do you need for _________ class) Yo necesito Tijeras, hoja de papel, etc

e. ¿A qué hora tienes la clase de ___________? (What hour do you have ________ class?) La primera hora, segunda hora, etc) pg. 9

*You could play the REVIEW game on pg. 16 (answers are on pg 17) on your own or with someone from home!

*The QUIZ will be worth 30 POINTS and will include matching, multiple choice, and fill in the blank J

*Please email me with any questions at bbagnall@grcs.org

SPOTW Dec 5th

Spanish Phrase for the Week December 6^th

Take the time this week to wish those around you a great day by using the Spanish phrase of the week. Or provide some Christmas cheer by wishing someone a Merry Christmas in Spanish.

Tenga un buen día (Tang-gah oon bwen de-ah) Have a good/great day

Feliz Navidad (Fay-lees Nah-vee-dahd) Merry Christmas

7th grade PHOTO STORIES: Home Remedy Project

7th grader your Photo Story for your home remedy must include:

1. A beginning slide with your FULL name
2. At least 3 different pictures that relate to your home remedy
3. The new words that you used & their English meaning typed on the bottom of each slide
4. Good pronunciation and annunciation (speak clearly, slowly, and with enthusiasm)
5. Saved in the SPANISH HAND IN FILE: 7th grade photo stories home remedy folder
6. DUE by Friday, Dec 9th!

Present Progressive Voice Thread Practice

8th graders here is the link to the voice thread for the present progressive. Remember for each sentence:

1. WHO is the subject?
2. WHAT form of ESTAR do I use then?
3. Is the action verb an AR or ER/IR verb
4. Then do I add -ANDO or -IENDO
5. Is it an irregular?

This is due by Friday, December 9th at 3:30PM

http://voicethread.com/share/2512347/

8th grade Weather Video

Bagnall Blurb #3 Noviembre

Bagnall Blurb #3

Noviembre

Padres y Amigos,

It was wonderful to get a chance to meet some of you and chat over parent teacher conferences! I had wonderful things to share and it was encouraging to hear that students are using their Spanish at home. As we head into the month of December here are some updates on what has been happening in your child’s Spanish class and what is to come in these Christmas season weeks!

Quinto Grado (5th): We are still continuing in our second unit (En Clase). The students have been learning how to say the different classes that they have (arte, ciencias, educación física, etc) and adjectives to describe them (fácil, interesante, mi favorite, etc). In the next week we will be putting a small graphic organizer together of their class schedule all in Spanish. We will also be having a QUIZ on Dec 8 or Dec 9 (depending on your home room class. This quiz will be on all the vocabulary and grammar from unit II. 5th graders should take their Spanish binder home that week to study. I will also have a practice quiz on my quia site (www.quia.com/profiles/rbagnall15). And since it is Christmas time we are signing some Christmas songs in Spanish. You can practice these songs by clicking on the link on the upper right hand side of the blog that says “Spanish Class Songs”. You will be directed to a site with all videos of our songs, for the Christmas ones select NAVIDAD. Feliz Navidad everyone!

Sexto grado (6th): The 6^th graders have just added a new verb to their vocabulary. The verb they have learned is “querer” which means to want. They are using it in more complex sentences to say what they want to do, such as “Quiero jugar videojuegos” (I want to play video games) or “Quiero domir porque estoy cansado” (I want to sleep because I am tired). They also completed their first “free write” in Spanish where they had fifteen minutes in class to write a story all in Spanish. The stories they came up with were great and it was amazing to see how they could put together what they know! The most exciting thing happening, however, is writing to our 1^st grade buddies at Cesar Chavez Elementary School. The students there are learning English and we will be writing to them and visiting them before Christmas break. The 6^th graders seem excited to start this relationship and practice their Spanish with native speakers!

Séptimo Grado (7th): We are wrapping up our unit on health in 7^th grade Spanish. Everything that we have done thus far with vocabulary and grammar has led us to our Home Remedies Project. Each 7^th grader will create a presentation all in Spanish on a home remedy that they use/learned about from their home and family members. It will be a great way to put together everything that we have learned about the body parts, giving advice, and medical solutions. We will also be taking a quiz on this unit on 14^th/16^th of December (depending on your home room). Students can practice for this quiz on quia, so check it out at www.quia.com/profiles/rbagnall15

Octavo Grado (8^th): The 8^th grade weather videos turned out great! Check out the blog where I posted a couple of example ones. They 8^th graders also took a quiz in class last week on their computers. They were able to take the quiz up to 3 times in order to fix their mistakes and improve; most students took advantage of this and scored very high! We are moving on now in class with the verb ESTAR (to be) and its different uses. We are currently studying how it is used in the verb form of the present progressive (the “ING” verb). We will have a quiz on this information before Christmas break sometime, be sure to check net classroom for updates on assignments and assessments. Most excitingly, we received letters back from our pen pals in Honduras. We wrote them back and are now practicing Christmas carols in Spanish so that we can Skype Carol them before break!

Adiós y hasta luego,

Sra. Becky Bagnall

bbagnall@grcs.org

616 574 6343