Saludos y Despedidas

¡Buenos días!

All the classes are learning ways to greet others and to say goodbye to them.  You can ask your child how to greet someone in the evening versus in the morning.  We continue to review our "La Mar Estaba Serena"Song each class (The sea is serene.)  and also the 3 tonguetwisters.  They are saying them very well!

All the students made flashcards for Vocabulary 1.1, and we use them in class to practice the words.  It's important they keep these particular flashcards in their Spanish folder and that they bring all their materials to Spanish class. I have also passed out the Spanish workbooks to the students.  If for some reason your child doesn't have one, please email me about this.  Their Spanish folder should have a spiral notebook, the Spanish workbook and any flashcards we are currently using.

To help with Spanish homework in the Spanish workbooks, I created a vocabulary list that aligns with the workbook since the directions are given in Spanish.  You should see that list either pasted in the front of the workbook, or as a bookmark for the workbook.

• 3rd and 4th grade - Mon. Aug. 28 (workbook p. 5-7)
• 5th grade - Tues. Aug. 29 (p. 5, 6 and bottom of page 7)

When the different grades have Spanish class each week:

• 3rd and 4th grade have Spanish on Mon./ Thurs.
• 5th grade has Spanish on Tues/Fri.

¡Gracias!

Contracts, Tonguetwisters and Spirals

¡Hola!

We've had a lively first week of Spanish.  The students learned a song to sing at the beginning of each Spanish class - it's called "La Mar Estaba Serena" and it means -- "the sea was calm".  The rest of the song is jibberish, intended to have the students practice their vowel sounds in a fun way.  Ask them if they'll sing it for you -- the "u" sound is especially fun.

The students also learned 3 tonguetwisters (trabalenguas) in Spanish. They really took to 3rd one -- and had contests seeing how fast they could say it!

I am speaking primarily Spanish in class.  If the student has a question, they are allowed to ask me in English as long as it is related to what we are learning about, and I will answer them in Spanish or English depending on the type of question.  Although my desire is to use almost all Spanish, I sometimes use English for clarification purposes.  As for basic things like going to the bathroom, or getting a drink of water, the school uses sign language for these sorts of things to facilitate flow of class teaching time so I also have the students use this sign language instead of having them say it in Spanish.

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If you have any questions, please let me know how I can help.  The best way to get in touch with me is by email -- vwatne@archwaychandler.org    I check email daily, and I will get back to you within 24 hours.  If your student has an extra question that takes some time to explain, I would suggest they ask their homeroom teacher if they can come by my office at Lyceum which is at 12:45-1:15pm daily.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNED:

3rd/ 4th grade --- Monday/Thursday classes

• Have all materials bought and in class: Spiral notebook & zip folder (all worksheets should be glued in the spiral notebook by now)
• Have parents sign contract (Due Thurs 8/10)
• Say tonguetwisters to parents and have them sign tonguetwister sheet (Due Mon. 8/14)
• Students will receive the new Quizlet vocab 1.1 and will need to get on quizlet to practice the words or make flashcards for the new vocab words (Due Thurs. 8/17)
• Spiral notebook checked (Due Thurs. 8/17)

5th grade - Tuesday/ Friday classes 

• Have all materials bought and in class: Spiral notebook, zip folder (all worksheets should be glued in the spiral notebook by now)
• Have parents sign contract (Due Fri. 8/11)
• Say tonguetwisters to parents and have them sign tonguetwister sheet (Due Tues. 8/15)
• Get on Quizlet 1.1 and start practicing the new vocab words or make flashcards for the new vocab words (Due Tues. 8/15)
• Spiral notebook checked (Due Fri. Aug. 18)

UP-COMING WEEK

• By this Thurs. or Fri. I will be checking all students Spiral notebooks (and giving a completion grade) to be sure they have their materials and have glued everything, and have their tonguetwister and Quizlet vocab sheet signed.  

QUIZLET LINK: (Look for your grade level and click Vocabulary 1.1 )
https://quizlet.com/ACCSpanish345/classes


Trabalenguas (Tonguetwisters)

RR

Erre con erre, guitarra;

erre con erre, barril:
rápido ruedan los carros,
rápido el ferrocarril.

LL

Llueve todo el día,

Llueve sin cesar,
lluvia deja de mojar,

Para poder jugar.

ñ

Pepe Piña pica papa. Pica papa Pepe Piña.

La mar estaba serena

La mar estaba serena.

Serena estaba la mar.

La mar estaba serena.

Serena estaba la mar.

“A”

La mar astaba sarana,

Sarana astaba la mar.

La mar astaba sarana,

Sarana astaba la mar.

“E”

Le mer estebe serene,

Serene estebe le mer.

Le mer estebe serene,

Serene estebe le mer.

“I”

Li mir istibi sirini,

Sirini istibi li mir

“O”

Lo mor ostobo sorono,

Sorono ostobo lo mor.

“U”

Lu mur ustubu surunu,

Surunu ustubu lu mur.

¡¡Bienvenidos!!

¡Hola! My name is Vanessa Watne and I am originally from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I earned a BA in Spanish Secondary Education at Grove City College. My love for Spanish and learning about other cultures led me to seek out as many opportunities as possible to visit other countries. Following college I lived in Mexico City for over 2 and a half years doing not-for-profit work. Through this experience I was able to more fully develop my Spanish. I’ve kept up with it over the years through friendships and visits to Spanish-speaking countries like Mexico, Chile, Peru, and Costa Rica.

I have always loved learning and education and following my time in Mexico, I completed a Master’s in Counseling at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. After this, I entered back into education as a high school Spanish teacher in Missouri for 2 years, and then 1 year here in town at Corona Del Sol High School, after I married my husband, Jamie.

I am very excited to teach your children with the immersion-style program after 13 years staying at home raising our 4 children: Ana, Bjorn, Daniel and Caleb, who are all now attending Chandler Prep and Archway Chandler.

Some of my personal interests are gardening, traveling, cooking traditional foods, nutrition, reading good books, learning new things, going on hikes, camping with my family and being outside as much as possible, especially in the Southwest winter months!

Sra. Watne

480-855-6474 Ext. 5143

vwatne@archwaychandler.org

Blog: http://accspanish345.blogspot.com/

4th Quarter updates and announcements

Goodness, this quarter really got away from me!  I apologize for not flooding your inboxes with more updates, but the students have been doing a wonderful job.  We are just about finished with Unit 4 in each grade level, and have had a fun time learning the different animals, their habitats, activities, and even some animal sounds and songs.  :)  Our schedule and test dates are below (and the students have known about these dates for a couple weeks now).  The Quizlets are all up to date.

3rd grade -

Monday, May 15 - Finish Unit 4
Thursday, May 18 - Review Unit 4
Monday, May 22 - Unit 4 test (last day of class)

4th grade -

Friday, May 12 - Finish and review Unit 4
Tuesday, May 16 - Unit 4 test (last day of class due to the field trip on the 19th and half days the following week)

5th grade -

Friday, May 12 - Finish Unit 4
Tuesday, May 16 - Review Unit 4
Friday, May 19 - Unit 4 test
Tuesday, May 23 - 5th grade Churros y Chocolate party

PROGRESS REPORTS:

Today (Friday), I will be sending home progress reports with all of the 4th and 5th grade Spanish students.  Third grade's will go home on Monday.  Please sign them and have the students bring them back to me.  It is a list of assignments they have had up to this point, though we will have a few more assignments before the end of the quarter.  For any missing assignments, please be sure to have your child complete them and turn them in before the end of the quarter, so that they may earn partial credit.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

I have accepted a position for the coming school year over at Archway Lincoln.  I will be a math and science specialist in 5th grade, the 3rd-5th grades lead teacher, and I will continue to oversee clubs over at that school.  I have loved my time at Archway Chandler, but this was an opportunity I could not pass up.  I will miss teaching Spanish, and I will especially miss your children.

March 6 - 10, 2017

Good afternoon,

I just found out that we will not be having specials on Friday, due to Field Day, so I will have to make some adjustments.  That's what I get for trying to be organized and planning too far ahead.  :)

3rd grade:  We worked more on telling time on Monday by adding in the time of the day.  We also practiced more with differences with Spanish punctuation.

Thursday 3/9 - review Unit 3 (WB pages 42-43 due)

Monday 3/13 - Unit 3 test (WB pages 45-46 due)

Thursday 3/16 - no class due to the opera

4th grade:  Today we will go over our last verb for this Unit, Jugar, and review Unit 3.  We will still have our test on Tuesday, March 14, since that is our last day of class for the quarter.

Tuesday 3/7 - the verb jugar and Unit 3 review (WB p 43 due)
Friday 3/10 - no class, field day

Tuesday 3/14 - Unit 3 test (WB pages 44-46 due)

5th grade:  Today we went over several verbs and vocabulary words.  I changed their homework to a few pages out of their textbook packet copies.  Next Tuesday, 3/14, we will go over a couple more concepts, work on our work book pages, and also review for the test on Friday, 3/17.  Again, if your student will be absent that day, please let me know in advance so we can make alternate arrangements.  

Friday 3/10 - no class, field day
Tuesday 3/14 - finish up and review Unit 3 (TB pages 98-101)

Friday 3/17 - Unit 3 test (WB pages 45-46 due)

Febrary 27-March3, 2017

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope we have a restful weekend planned.  :)

3rd grade:  This week, along with our vocabulary words and grammar, we learned about Spanish punctuation for different types of sentences.  We also studied several cognates (words that look and sound alike in both languages), and began learning how to say the time in Spanish.  WB pages 33-34, 36-39, and 41 should be completed by this point.  They have also had four worksheets so far this quarter (calendar activities, jugar practice, vocab crossword, and time).

Monday 3/6 - complete Unit 3 (time worksheet due)

Thursday 3/9 - review Unit 3 (WB pages 42-43 due)

Monday 3/13 - Unit 3 test (WB pages 45-46 due)

Thursday 3/16 - no class due to the opera

4th grade:  This week we began learning about different cultural events and how to read information given on a webpage.  We also learned a new verb, venir, which means "to come," and how to conjugate it.  The students should have finished workbook pages 33-43 by next Tuesday.  Next Friday, Mrs. Olsen needs to work with the 5th graders in the morning before Field Day, so 4th grade WILL have Spanish class that morning.

Friday 3/3 - the verb venir (WB p 42 due)

Tuesday 3/7 - the verb jugar (WB p 43 due)

Friday 3/10 - Unit 3 review (WB p 44 due)

Tuesday 3/14 - Unit 3 test (WB pages 45-46 due)

5th grade:  This week we did a little math in Spanish class by looking at money and averages.  They know how much I love teaching math, so it was fun to incorporate the two.  We also studied the question words in Spanish.  The students should have workbook pages 33-39 completed by next Tuesday.  

Friday 3/3 - question words and new vocab (WB p 38 due)

Tuesday 3/7 - learning to talk about different enjoyable activities (WB p 39 due)

Friday 3/10 - no class, field day

Tuesday 3/14 - the verbs ir and venir and talking about friends and classes (WB p 40 and 43 due)

Friday 3/17 - Unit 3 test (WB pages 45-46 due)

Since I am switching with Mrs. Olsen next Friday for field day (5th grade will have music instead of Spanish next Friday morning),  I wanted to make sure they had enough time to learn the material needed for the Unit 3 test, but that means I am going to have to administer it the 1/2 day Friday before Spring Break.  If your child is going to be absent that day, please let me know ahead of time, so that they can take the exam on Wednesday or Thursday.  If, for some reason, the student is unable to take the exam before Spring Break, their Q3 grade will reflect as an incomplete.  It's nothing to be worried about, it just means that they will need to take the exam after Spring Break, and I will adjust their grade accordingly.  Please let me know if you have any questions, and have a wonderful weekend!

February 21-24, 2017

I hope everyone had a wonderful Presidents' Day weekend, even with the rain.  :)

3rd grade:  We have continued learning about how to say that we enjoy doing many different activities.  On Thursday, we will learn more about punctuation that is unique to the Spanish language, and we will also discuss cognates.  Cognates are words that look and sound similar in both languages.  An example that we discuss often is chocolate.  :)  It's spelled the same in both languages, it's just pronounced differently.  In this section of Unit 3, we have already reviewed the cognates: trompeta, fútbol, béisbol, intivo, guitarra, difícil, clase, escuela, and many more!  The third graders should have workbook pages 33-39 done at this point in the quarter.

4th grade:  We have finished up talking about places we go and activities we participate in while on vacation.  On Friday we will begin our last section of Unit 3, by introducing different events that we enjoy attending.  The fourth graders should have workbook pages 33-40 completed already, and 41 was assigned for homework today.

5th grade:  We have completed our review of time and school schedules.  On Friday and today, we talked about the letters j and g, and went over what sounds they make, and when they make them.  It was fun learning a Spanish tongue twister with those letters and sounds.  They have the opportunity to memorize the tongue twister and say it for me to earn an extra credit point on their next exam.  The fifth graders should have workbook pages 33-36 completed so far, and I assigned page 37 as homework today.

Have a great week!