- Class web site: http://mrstmrose.blogspot.com/ Each site below is tailored for that particular class. You will be able to find all the class documents, agendas, and help sections as needed.
- Spanish I http://espanol-con-rosa.blogspot.com/
- Exploratory Spanish http://expspn.blogspot.com/
- Choose to Lead http://pathfinderctl.blogspot.com/
- TeacherEase: You will be able to see if your student is missing an assignment, or has turned in a project. I will put in assignments for the week on Monday so that you will be able to see what is going to be assigned for the week. Assignments will also be available for downloading in case the page is either lost, or forgotten at school at the class web site. Teacherease will be updated on Tuesdays.
Course Description: This is an introductory Spanish class that will incorporate listening, speaking, reading and writing. We will be using group and individual activities, conversation, demonstrations, vocabulary study, cultural study, and research. Students will be learning Spanish in a hands on environment and will be expected to use Spanish as much as possible in conversation during class.
Course Requirements: In order to be successful in learning Spanish you will need to do the following:
- Homework - Approximately 1-2 homework assignments will be given each week. When homework is not assigned, students are expected to study their notes (10-15 minutes per night), and vocabulary. No homework will be given over the weekends nor breaks, unless absolutely necessary.
- In-class activities
- warm-ups: Each class will start with a warm-up of the day. You are required to write down the prompt and the correct answer. Everyone is required to try the warm-up daily. We will go over these warm-ups daily. You will receive a grade at the end of the week for completing this. These will also be your study guides for quizzes and exams.
- partner/group activities: You will be required to complete various partner/group activities in this class. One component of the class is speaking and listening and you will be required to practice with others in the class.
- Notes
- quizzes/tests: There will be one SHORT quiz per week to determine students’ progress. These quizzes are usually on Fridays and cover the week’s materials.
- projects: Each student will be required to complete a project at the end units. This project will require students to use the Spanish language skills that they have learned during the course of the unit. Students will be given time in class to work on the project so that I can help with any questions. Students will still need to complete a portion of the project at home.
Feedback to students: All homework assignments, and some quizzes, will be graded in class. All other assignments will be graded and returned to students as soon as possible.
Grading:
- Late work is accepted up until the end of the quarter. All homework assignments are worth 1 point and will be given full credit if turned in. It is the student's choice to complete the work as it is not counted against their final grade (the student will not receive a zero for missing work.) If a student wants to re-take a quiz though, all homework assignments for that unit MUST be completed.
- All late work will be graded as soon as any current work is graded. If you fix it or share it with me, you will need to e-mail me to let me know that you placed it there. I do not routinely check for late work.
- Any student who does not pass a quiz will be required to re-take the quiz. The student will need to complete all quiz corrections, and previously missing homework assignments for that unit.
Classroom Rules:
- Please arrive to class on time and prepared. (See late policy in handbook.)
- Respect each other.
- Please attempt each assignment. Remember that learning a foreign language is difficult. If you do not understand something when you are at home, please email me or come in before school (when you get off the bus is fine) and ask for help. You should under no circumstance use a translator for assistance on your work. If you are caught using this, you will receive a zero on the assignment.
- If you have a question, ask. If you think something is confusing, someone else probably does as well.
- Please do not speak over someone else. Wait your turn.
- Please try to speak in Spanish. Even if you only know one word of Spanish in the sentence you are saying, please use it!
- folder
- optional: dry erase marker and old sock. (We use individual dry erase boards in the room. We will use them more frequently if students have their own marker, and a sock is a great way to store the marker in the binder and use as an eraser.)
- Make flashcards. Place them in a recipe box. Create dividers for "I know", "I kind of know" and "I don't know." Go through the cards that you don't know at all every night, the words that you kind of know every other night, and the words that you know once a week or less. Move the cards through the box as needed.
- Or go on Studyblue.com and study the words there!
- Use the "HELP" section of the class web page to assist you on different subjects. (If you need help on a topic that is not there, let me know and I will create it.)
- Practice - Ask a stuffed animal questions, tell your stuffed animal the story that we are working on, put on a puppet show, practice with a friend, teach your parents...
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