Bagnall Blurb
#2
Octubre
Padres y
Amigos,
This is a great time of year! I absolutely love the different
colors outside on the trees and the crisp air that comes into my classroom when
we crack open a window. I also enjoy now being into a “rhythm” at school. It
always takes awhile to get used to the schedule and pace of life, but I think
that both myself and the students have adjusted well. I am also (anxiously)
awaiting the arrival of our first baby… the due date is one week away! The
students have been very curious about this baby, and I’ve promised to come back
and visit before Christmas. Before I take my maternity leave I wanted to update
you on what has been happening in my classroom!
Quinto Grado
(5th): We
finished our first unit of “mis amigos”. The video dialogues went well and
students impressed me with their great Spanish accents and knowledge of the
questions and answers! We are now in our second unit “En clase” (In class). We
are learning classroom and school related vocabulary with the verbs
tengo/necesito (I have/I need). Please use quia to practice these new words
(There is a link to quia on the upper right hand side of the blog)! We are also
learning a new praise song in Spanish, “Demos Gracias al Señor” which expresses thanks and praise to our heavenly
Father for all that He blesses us with. Feel free to practice this song at home
by listening to the video on the blog as well.
Sexto grado (6th): We just
finished a great assigned by researching a famous Hispanic person. Each student
created a profile on their assigned person all in Spanish using the vocabulary
and verbs that we have been practicing in class. We are now moving on to study
how other verbs work (and conjugate). We are starting with the verbs comer and
beber (to eat and drink).
I also want to make you
aware of my quiz policies, and that is that if a student/parent is disappointed
with a quiz result they may take their quiz home with them and fix any
mistakes, return the quiz, and earn ½ of each point that was taken off back. It
is the students’ choice to do so, and he/she must be responsible for
remembering to turn it back in… but I thought it might help if you all also
knew about this nice bonus!
Finally, in conclusion
of our first unit we have memorized the bible verse I Juan 3:1 “!Fijense que gran amor nos ha dado el Padre, que nos llama
hijos de Dios! Y lo soy! (See what
great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of
God! And that is what we are!) , perhaps you could ask your student to say it at home before
dinner or bed sometime in the upcoming weeks!
Séptimo Grado
(7th): In 7th
grade we are about to finish our first unit. Before we end, we have two big
things to accomplish. The first, being our end of the unit final quiz. A review sheet was done in class this past
week and there are review games on quia for students to practice with. The
second, next week we will be starting a project that required students to make
a family tree in Spanish. Students can choose to use real family pictures and
relatives, or create an “imaginary” family with cartoons and celebrities.
Please ask your students about these two big graded assessment pieces and look
on net classroom for grades to be posted.
Coming up will be our second unit “el cuerpo” (the body). Our
vocabulary will include all body parts, how to describe pain, and how to give
advice. We will also being asking students to share (in Spanish) a home remedy
that they may have in their family (for example, putting tooth paste on a bee
sting or taking a tablespoon of honey for a sore throat). So look for more
information on that to come!
Octavo Grado (8th): As the weather is changing outside, our eighth
graders are learning how to talk about the weather in Spanish! Putting
vocabulary, grammar, and culture together… students are creating their own
weather forecast videos reporting from various Spanish speaking cities. The
scripts have been written and the videos have been recorded. The videos are due
on Tuesday, October 16tth. I will attempt to post some of the videos that
turned out well on the blog, so be sure to check back for those. We will be
wrapping up our first unit with a final quiz that will be on Tuesday, October
23rd. A review sheet for this quiz was sent home today and is a
homework assignment due next week. Lastly, be sure to check out the Spanish
assignments and grades that are posted regularly on net classroom.
For everyone, … I will continue to pray for all of my students and classes as
I am at home with the new baby Bagnall. I am sure that time will pass quickly
and I will be back at it in early January. Until then, please direct your
questions and communication to Kim Knoester (kknoester@grcs.org) who is my maternity substitute. Please schedule a time during
parent teacher conferences to visit with her and hear more about Spanish here
at GRCMS! Adiós y hasta luego,
Sra. Becky Bagnall
616 574 6343
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