5th grade Spanish Quiz on Fri. 1/19

¡Hola!  The 5^th grade students have begun Unit 3 in Spanish.  They will have a vocab/verb quiz on Fri. 1/19 related to the words for Unit 3.1

 https://quizlet.com/182353145/grade-5-vocabulary-31-las-clases-flash-cards/

They need to be able to write the English or Spanish for any of the words related to school, classes, or school materials.  They also need to know how to conjugate the verbs aprender and llevar and know what they mean in English. 

I will also be checking their workbook p. 33-35 on Fri.  These have been assigned over the last 2 weeks. 

During this unit, they are learning vocabulary related to school classes and materials, how to tell time, and words to describe their classes.  The workbook pages related to this unit are found on the blue bookmark that I gave the students at the beginning of the Unit.  The pages will not necessarily be assigned all at once; it will depend on what material is covered during a given class.  Quizlet for this Unit is ready to go.  I continue to encourage students to use this resource for practicing their vocabulary at least weekly.

Workbook pages all levels; 5th grade spelling quiz

3rd graders: p. 22-24 are due Mon. 12/4
https://quizlet.com/164726847/grade-3-vocabulary-22-lugares-y-personas-de-mi-comunidad-places-and-people-from-my-community-flash-cards/

Will be finishing up the rest of Unit 2 by winter break.
Workbook pages: 25, 27, 29, 30 due Mon. 12/11   (Pages 31, 32 for extra credit)


https://quizlet.com/169138437/grade-3-vocabulary-23-la-ropa-y-la-moda-clothing-and-fashion-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/169140126/grade-3-vocabulary-24-flash-cards/

4th graders:  p. 22-24 are due Mon. 12/4
Workbook pages for Chapter 2.3 will be optional p. 25-27  (for extra credit)
Workbook pages for 2.4 will be p. 28-30 (Due Mon. 12/11)
https://quizlet.com/172056980/grade-4-vocabulary-24-la-comunidad-flash-cards/

Students will write a dialogue in Spanish during class next week and be graded on their presentation and pronunciation.

5th graders: p. 25-27 due and spelling quiz on the following words
el campo
la ciudad
el pueblo
el cine
la panadería
el parque
la plaza
el supermercado
el pan
la película

Quizlet 2.3
https://quizlet.com/172073809/grade-5-vocabulary-23-flash-cards/

3rd and 4th grade spelling quiz

The students have a short 10 point spelling quiz tomorrow. The students were given the exact list last  Thurs. in class.

Up-coming Test for 4th/3rd and Writing assignment for 5th

¡Hola!

The students have been preparing for their Spanish test tomorrow.  Hopefully you have seen their Spanish folders and the study guide the students completed in preparation for it.

3rd grade needs to know:  

https://quizlet.com/150466284/grade-3-vocabulary-13-los-amigos-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/151385423/grade-3-vocabulary-14-flash-cards/

4th grade needs to know the material from: 

https://quizlet.com/151387979/grade-4-vocabulary-13-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/151391674/grade-4-vocabulary-14-flash-cards/

5th grade is rewriting a letter in Spanish that we began in class last Tues.  The rewrite is due this Tues.   The final draft will be for following Tues.  This letter takes the place of a test for this material.


All grade levels will begin Unidad 2 (Unit 2) this week.  The students will be learning about where they live, their communities and the places and people found in their communities.  They will also learn about clothing and the rooms in their house.

For this material, all 4 quizlets are already posted for
Unidad 2 -- 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4  according to each grade level.

These numbers correspond to how the textbook/workbook divide the material.  They divide them into "semanas" or weeks.

For example, the workbook pages that the students will be working on from now until the end of the quarter are the following, so you can ask your student which "semana" they are on throughout the quarter.

Unidad 2:
Semana 1 - p. 19-21
Semana 2 - p. 22-24
Semana 3 - p. 25-27
Semana 4 - p. 28-30
Repaso - p. 31-32  (review)

¡Gracias!

Unidad 1, Semana 4 (Unit 1, Week 4) (Vocabulary 1.4)

Hola Padres,  (Hello Parents)

We will be finishing up Unit 1 in the next few Spanish classes.  We are currently working on Vocabulary 1.4 in quizlet, according to each grade.  Grades 3 and 4 will probably have a test on the 1.3 and 1.4 vocabulary content around the end of next week.  Grade 5 will be having a different sort of assessment due to the many breaks we've had on Fridays which have reduced our total number of Spanish classes last quarter and this quarter.  I'll send more information home later this week about the tests and 5th grade assessment.

Homework for this week:

3rd Grade: (Mon/Thurs)

p. 15A (Due Mon. Oct. 23)

rest of p. 14-16  (Due Thurs. Oct. 26)

4th Grade: (Mon/Thurs)

p. 15C, 16A (Due Mon. Oct. 23)

rest of p. 14-16 (Due Thurs. Oct. 26)

5th Grade: (Tues/Fri)

p. 12-13 (Due Tues. Oct. 24)

Clarification on p. 12 part A -- the students need to correct the punctuation.  Questions and exclamations have an up-side down question mark or exclamation mark at the beginning of the sentence in addition to the end of the sentence. There is no extra punctuation for declarative sentences.  

p. 13 part A - The students need to circle the cognates (any words that look similar to English). 

Part B - The students write sentences describing themselves using the guide given. 

Yo soy...  (I am...)     then, Yo tengo.... (I have...)

If your student has questions about the content, please encourage them to come see me during Lyceum.  Also, I continue to encourage the students to utilize quizlet for their vocab practice.  They would benefit from continuing to review past vocab lessons after they've learned their current vocab.

Remember to sort by:   ( "alphabetical", instead of "latest" )

3rd grade quizlet Vocab 1.4
https://quizlet.com/151385423/grade-3-vocabulary-14-flash-cards/

4th grade quizlet Vocab 1.4
https://quizlet.com/151391674/grade-4-vocabulary-14-flash-cards/

5th grade quizlet Vocab 1.4
https://quizlet.com/151396291/grade-5-vocabulary-14-flash-cards/

Vocab 1.3 all levels

¡Hola!

We finished the first test and all of the tests have been given back to the students.  We started the next chapter this week.  We'll spend a few class periods on these words and then be moving onto Vocab 1.4 pretty soon.  I recommend the students spend time this week studying the new words with the flashcards that we cut out last class period and/or getting on quizlet.   Also, you can check their Spanish folders to double check they have their current Vocab list glued into their spiral notebook, and that they have their flashcards from this vocab cut out.  3rd grade cards are red, 4th are green, and 5th are blue.  I have started giving students notes in class for them to write down in their spiral, so you can also look in their spiral to see what notes they took in class.

Homework for each grade level:

• 3rd grade:  Workbook (WB) p. 11,12, 13 Due Mon. Oct. 2   They will have some class time to start the homework today.  (They also have notes in their spiral that will help them with it. They can also come see me during Lyceum for help with it.)
• 4th grade: Workbook (WB) p. 11, 12, 13  Due Thurs. Oct. 5
• 5th grade: Because of the 1/2 days this Fri. and next Fri. I won't be seeing the students as much. WB p. 11 Due Tues. Oct. 3 

First Test on Greetings and Family

¡Hola!

We are wrapping up our chapter on the family and are getting ready for our test next week.  They have already received or will receive tomorrow a 2 page practice packet that is to be completed over the weekend.  I've encouraged them to also get on quizlet vocabulary 1.1 & vocabulary 1.2 if possible. If they need extra help I am available during the Lyceum time from 12:45-1:10.

3rd grade & 4th grade:

• Review on Mon. (Correct practice test)
• Test Thurs. 
• 3rd grade: https://quizlet.com/join/Js6J8989K     (to "join" the class on quizlet)
• 4th grade: https://quizlet.com/join/y8ApQuF4n    (to "join" the class on quizlet)

5th grade:

• Review Tues.  (Correct practice test)
• Test on Fri. 
• https://quizlet.com/join/jTJ3kXwng  (to "join" the class on quizlet)

Students should have all the following homework completed by now - you can check your students materials to see if they are completed or not. 

Chapter 1:

• WB p. 5-7 
• flashcards for 1.1 vocab

Chapter 2:

• matching cards for 1.2 vocab
• WB p. 8 & 10 (3rd & 5th)
• WB p. 8 & 9 (4th)

Structure of the test:

• Listening section
• Multiple choice vocabulary section
• Answering questions
• Reading a family tree & filling in the answers (Spanish word bank provided)
• Oral section -- students will read out loud a few words from our vocabulary to check their pronunciation

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