Spanish 1 - MLA 341-342
August 3: We discussed the open house letter in class today, emphasizing class rules, especially
that phones are required to be in the "safety zone" at the front of the room from bell to bell and
headphones/earbuds are not to be seen at all during the school day. We discussed a change in
grading policy that has been put in place by the county. Where it says 70/30 on the open house
letter, it will be 60/40. We discussed what you will see on this website and Google Classroom.
Please make sure you join the Google Classroom for your class period, the Remind for Spanish
1 and Quizlet for Spanish 1. The code or link for all three of those is available on the home page
of this site.
August 4: We filled out a survey in English that we will eventually use to make conversations
with in Spanish. Please keep these surveys in your notebook. You are asked to keep a 3 ring
binder notebook with the following sections: Vocabulary/Verbs, Notes, Practice (which will
include plenty of paper for practice assignments). We also looked at a short slide presentation
focusing on words we can readily recognize right now in Spanish - cognates and words that
have recognizable patterns. Please join Google Classroom for Spanish 1 6th period, Remind for
Spanish 1 and Quizlet Spanish 1. Use codes and links from the home page on this site.
August 7: We started discussing the Spanish alphabet today. Make sure you review the notes
we took during class. There will be a quiz over this information soon. Notes will also be available
on Google Classroom, but remember you must have those notes available in your notebook as
well in order to complete class activities.
August 8: We continued working with the Spanish alphabet and the sounds of the Spanish
letters. We also started to experiment with spelling words by listening.
August 9: We continued practicing spelling by hearing after reviewing all of the information we
we have discussed this week. Notes are on GC. We will have a quiz over the alphabet and the
sounds the letters make on Friday. Please study this information right away.
August 10: We reviewed the alphabet and letters sounds again and practiced with example
questions for the quiz tomorrow. We continued practicing spelling by hearing.
August 11: We took a quiz over the alphabet and the facts we have been discussing this whole
week. We continued working with the C and G chart that we learned yesterday. We will have a
quiz over that next.
August 14: We practiced the C and G chart syllables and copied the list of the English syllables
which will be on the quiz on Thursday. Make sure you study how I will spell the English and
what Spanish syllable will correspond. You can also study this on the C and G Chart Quizlet
set on the app and on the Quiz assignment on GC. We also continued to practice spelling by
listening. All of these concepts are meant to help us interpret Spanish words better and to have
a much easier time learning, writing and speaking with our vocabulary words.
August 15: We paired up and practiced the syllables on the C and G chart. We will have a quiz
over that tomorrow. Please be prepared. There are no re-takes on quizzes. We also practiced
spelling by hearing.
August 16: We took our quiz over the C and G chart today. We continued to practice spelling
by hearing using individual white boards.
August 17: We practiced a lot with finding and hearing the stress of Spanish words. We used
random words listed on the board and then we practiced those concepts through listening.
August 18: We practiced spelling and finding stress by listening and using words from our
actual vocabulary soon to come this year. We will be taking a test over all these concepts next
week, as well as learning some conversational questions and answers and greetings and
salutations. This will be our first vocabulary.
August 21: We discussed EXACTLY how the test will be presented on Wednesday. On three
answers you only will mark the stress you hear on the word, either with an underline or an
accent mark. (Must know stress rules!) On three answers you will only fix one spelling error in
the given word on the board by listening to how the word is pronounced. (Must know sounds of
letters in Spanish and the sounds on C and G chart!) For the last four answers, you will have to
spell by listening and show the stress either with an underline or accent mark. We practiced
doing each of these tasks.
August 22: We practiced each of the tasks for the test tomorrow again. Make sure you know
your alphabet sounds, the syllables and sounds for C and G chart AND your stress rules. We
also started working with some of our first vocabulary.
August 23: We took our test over phonetics today. We started our first vocabulary list that
includes the things we learned yesterday. We will have quizzes over this list, so start studying
this vocabulary now.
August 24: We continued with our vocabulary today. Please start studying these words right
away. We will have a lot of vocabulary quizzes starting next Monday. See GC for the dates
and what set to study for each date. Study sets are on Quizlet and GC, but make sure you
have joined my Quizlet class through the link on my website to be able to access those
study sets. You will need to learn 10 things a night for a while, so start right away. There will
be 6 sets in all and 6 quizzes starting Monday.
August 25: We finished our definitions for the first two sections of the Greetings and Salutations
vocabulary. We will have a quiz over set 1 on Monday, see GC for all the details about how the
quiz will be presented and what to study. Quizlet sets to study with are on the app and on GC
under the quiz assignment. After that we started practicing with some of the questions and
answers for conversation.
August 28: We studied for five minutes and then took our vocabulary quiz over Greetings and
Salutations 1. We started practicing with asking and answering basic conversational questions
with each other. We started writing a framework for a conversation we will practice tomorrow. Don't forget that we will have a quiz over Greetings and Salutations 2 on Wednesday. Use
Quizlet to study. See GC for details.
August 29: We went over what will be on the quiz tomorrow. Study Greetings and Salutations
set 2. The quiz format will be the same. ALL OR NOTHING...must be exact. We used the
conversation framework we started yesterday to speak with each other today. Everyone will
get a chance to practice that and we will be adding to it as well. Study for your quiz with
Quizlet. See GC for details. Make sure you are on Remind, Spanish 1 Quizlet and Google
Classroom.
August 30: We studied for five minutes to get centered and then took our quiz over Greetings and
Salutations set 2. We practiced a few more conversations. Then we started copying Greetings
and Salutations set 3.
August 31: We continued copying and discussing the next two sets of our vocabulary. Quizzes
will be next Wednesday (set 3 41-60) and Friday (set 4 61-80). Please start studying this
vocabulary right away.
September 1: We finished defining and discussing set 4 of the vocabulary. Your quiz on set 3 is
next Wednesday, Sept 6 and set 4 will be Friday, Sept 8.
September 5: We reviewed vocabulary together. Quiz tomorrow on Greetings and Salutations set 3. See GC for
details. We also started discussing our new unit on Spanish-speaking countries.
September 6: We studied for a few minutes and then took our quiz over Greetings and Salutations 3. We will have
a quiz over set 4 on Friday. See GC for details. Sets available on Quizlet app and on GC, but you need a free
account established to click through and use the whole set from GC. We continued exploring where Spanish-
speaking countries are in the world.
September 7: We reviewed vocabulary first. Remember we have a quiz tomorrow over Greetings and Salutations
set 4. After vocab review, we continued with exploring the different countries that speak Spanish. We started
yesterday with Spain and we finished that today and moved on to Mexico.
September 8: We studied for a couple minutes to get focused and then took our quiz over Greetings and Salutations
set 4. We continued discussing Spanish-speaking countries.
September 11: We continued with our countries, capitals and facts. We covered Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.
The slides we used are on GC.
September 12: We continued with our countries, capitals and facts. The slides are on GC. We did El Salvador,
Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
September 13: We continued with our countries, capitals and facts. The slides will be on GC. We did Panamá,
Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
September 14: We continued with our countries, capitals and facts. The slides are now on GC. We did Bolivia, Perú
Paraguay and Chile.
September 15: We continued with our countries, capitals and facts. We also now have a practice map with every
country listed that you will be responsible for on the summative test and two practice maps that will be exactly the
same as the test except for the number order. Make sure you are studying in the way that you will be tested,
and YES, spelling counts! You must spell the country and the capital correctly to get credit.
September 18: We finished going over the countries, capitals and facts. We used the maps we were given to fill out
the practice test maps today and study for the tests on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Map one will be the
test on Wednesday and map 2 on Thursday. Spelling of the countries and capitals counts as all or nothing. You
must also be able to write one fact about each country. The order in which the countries are placed on the practice
maps WILL NOT be the same order on the test. You must actually know where the countries are.
September 19: Today we practiced with a Kahoot to review the countries and capitals. We will have the test over
MAP 1 tomorrow. This includes Mexico, Central American countries (6) and the three Caribbean islands. Must be
able to spell the Spanish version of the country name and capital name CORRECTLY and be able to write one
fact from the slides we used in class. Those slides are on GC under the test assignment. We will have a test over
MAP 2. on Thursday.
September 20: We studied for a few minutes to get centered and then took the test over Map 1, which included 10
countries, capitals and one fact for each of the slides we used in class. Those slides are on GC under the test
assignment. We will have our second test tomorrow over countries in South America, Spain and Guinea Ecuatorial.
You must spell the countries and capitals CORRECTLY in Spanish, not the English version of their names. So, if
you write Spain instead of España, it will be wrong. Prepare in the correct way. These requirements have been
mentioned each day since we started this on September 5th. See GC for details about the test and other studying
resources, including two different practice test maps.
September 21: We studied for a few minutes to get centered and then took the test over Map 2, which included 11
countries, capitals and one fact from each slide we used in class. After the test, we began copying our next two
groups of vocabulary - Greetings and Salutations, set 5 and 6. Those quizzes will be next Tuesday and Thursday.
See GC for details.
September 22: We finished copying, pronouncing and defining sets 5 and 6 from the Greetings and Salutations
list. Please be ready for those quizzes next Tuesday and Thursday. See GC for details. Quizlet sets are available
on Quizlet and GC. After we finished the vocabulary, we practiced with saying dates using some of our new words.
September 25: We reviewed our two new sets of vocabulary, Greetings and Salutations sets 5 and 6, including
songs for days of the week and months of the year. We will have a quiz over set 5 tomorrow and set 6 on
Thursday. We also started an organized list of questions and answers that we have learned in our vocabulary so
far to be kept in your notebook for conversation practice.
September 26: We studied for a couple minutes to get focused and then took our quiz over Greetings and
Salutations 5. We will have set 6 on Thursday. After the quiz we continued with our questions and answers that
we started yesterday.
September 27: We reviewed the vocabulary for tomorrow's quiz which includes the months of the year by using the
Quizlet flashcards and the song we learned the other day. We copied the numbers from 20-100 by tens and then
discussed how to make the in-between numbers. We will have a quiz over those numbers next Monday. We
practiced with the questions and answers we already have on our list, which came from earlier vocabulary, and
we added some new ones that come from the current vocabulary lists. Please make sure you prepare for the
quiz tomorrow on Greetings and Salutations, Set 6.
September 28: We studied for a couple minutes, then took our quiz over Greetings and Salutations 6. We will have
a new vocabulary list next week. We practiced making dates using our birthdays, and added that question to our
"Preguntas y contestas" list.
September 29: We copied the numbers for the hundreds, thousand and million. We discussed how to make the
numbers in between and then practiced with some. We will have a quiz on Monday over 10-100 by tens,
including both words for 100. We will have a quiz on Wednesday over the other hundreds, thousand and million.
We practiced using our "preguntas y contestas" after that.
October 2: We did some writing activities with weather expressions that also reviewed the Spanish-speaking
countries. After that we practiced with asking ¿De dónde? and with numbers on tomorrow's quiz. We will have the
10-100 even and 100 over plus the combo words for 21-29 tomorrow and 200-2 million on Wednesday.
October 3: We studied for a couple minutes and then took the quiz over numbers 10-100 and 21-29. Tomorrow we
will take the quiz over 200-2 million. See GC for details on those quizzes and Quizlet sets. After the quiz we
practiced using "preguntas y contestas", focusing on asking where different people are from.
October 4: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took the quiz over 200-2 million. We sang through
days of the week, months of the year, big numbers and a weather song. We started working on our next
vocabulary list after we practice a bit with saying when our birthday's are using our "preguntas y
contestas" list.
October 5: We sang through the days of the week, months of the year, big numbers and the weather song. We
practiced with numbers using "preguntas y contestas" and talking about phone numbers. We defined, pronounced
and discussed our new vocabulary and continued copying those. The quiz schedule will be posted for this list
later today. Make sure you start learning them right away. We added new questions and answers to our list that
relate to this new vocabulary.
October 6: We reviewed Unidad 1, set 1 vocabulary and then defined, pronounced and discussed set 2. We added
some new questions and answers to our "preguntas y contestas" list that will use our new vocabulary. After that
we reviewed days, months, numbers and weather.
October 11: We reviewed the vocabulary for tomorrow's quiz. See GC for details, sets on GC and Quizlet. We
copied set 3 and started pronouncing, defining and discussing those words. We will finish set 3 and set 4 after the
quiz tomorrow.
October 12: We studied for a couple minutes for focus. We took our quiz over Unidad 1, set 1. See GC for the
calendar for the rest of sets 2-4 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday next week. After the quiz, we finished defining
set 3 and started set 4.
October 13: We finished defining, pronouncing and discussing the fourth set of our new vocabulary. Quiz Monday on
set 2, then Wednesday for set 3 and Friday for set 4. After we finished the vocabulary, we practiced new questions
and answers using our new vocabulary. See GC or Quizlet app for vocabulary sets.
October 16: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took the quiz over Unidad 1, set 2. After we took
the quiz, we did some practice work using like/don't like.
October 17: We reviewed vocabulary for tomorrow's quiz. We finished our notes over using the verb gusta with
activity verbs. We did a paired practice activity with gusta and activity verbs that we will continue doing tomorrow.
October 18: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took a vocabulary quiz over Unidad 1, set 3. Set
4 will be on a quiz for Friday this week. We continued working on the practice worksheet we started yesterday.
October 19: We reviewed the vocabulary for tomorrow's quiz. We took notes on nouns and articles. Then we
returned to the worksheet on gusta and discussed the answers to 6-10 that we did with a partner yesterday.
October 20: We reviewed the vocabulary and studied for a couple minutes for focus. We took a quiz over Unidad
Unidad 1, set 4. We finished our notes on nouns and articles.
October 23: We reviewed the format you use when writing or speaking with the verb gusta to speak or write about
what you like to do or don't like to do. We continued working with the worksheet we started last week to practice
writing. You will have a test this week that will look like sentences or questions we translated on this worksheet.
We will finish that worksheet tomorrow and then practice with nouns and articles after that. See GC for details
about the test on Friday.
October 24: We finished going over all the answers to the worksheet with sentences we translated using the verb
gusta. Your test on Friday will look just like sentences/questions we translated on this sheet. Be able to do the
same thing for your test. You will need to review your Unidad 1 vocabulary because nearly everything on the test
will come from that vocabulary.
October 25: We reviewed the notes on nouns and articles and then added notes on how to make nouns plural.
After we finished the notes, we started on practice exercises that focus on recognizing the gender of nouns,
putting the correct articles with them and making nouns plural.
October 26: We had to split off to another class today due to an emergency. We will still have the test tomorrow over
writing with gusta. It will look like the worksheet and you need to know the Unidad 1 vocabulary, especially the
activity verbs.
October 27: We took our test over writing with gusta and then worked a little more on the worksheet with nouns
and articles. We will have a test next Friday over the nouns, articles and making nouns plural. Parts of that test
will look like sections 1,2 and 3 of the worksheet.
October 30: We finished all the sections we are able to do so far on the worksheet, everything except for section
4. We will be learning that next. We will start with new vocabulary tomorrow. Please make sure you get the words
if you are absent tomorrow. We will have a test on Friday over nouns, articles and making nouns plural, which will
include sections just like 1, 2 and 3 on the worksheet.
October 31: We finished the last section writing with gusta on our worksheet and then continued on to our new
vocabulary. We will begin quizzes over these words next Monday, November 6. Start learning them right away and
stay ahead of the game. Quizlet sets are on the app and on GC. If you are absent, you must catch up on your
vocabulary by using the Quizlet sets.
November 1: We went over the test on writing with gusta. You need to re-take this test as soon as possible if you
were not successful. We finished set two of Unidad 1 Lección 2 vocabulary. We will have a quiz over set 1 next
Monday, Nov 6 and on set 2 next Wednesday, Nov 8. Sets 3 and 4 will be the following week since we have
Veteran's Day off. We will also have a test on Friday this week over nouns, articles and making nouns plural. Be
prepared by reading carefully through your notes and being able to provide any of the information or use the
information from them. Remember, sections 1-3 of the worksheet we have been working will be on the test also.
Today you were given a review sheet for that test.
November 2: We finished the review for the test worksheet that we received yesterday and then discussed the
answers. Tomorrow will be a test over nouns, articles and making nouns plural. Please see GC for details on the
test assignment.
November 3: We took our test over the information given in the notes on nouns, articles and making nouns plural.
November 6: We studied for a few minutes, then took our quiz over 1-20 Unidad 1, Lección 2 (set one). We also
continued copying the other sets from this list. We will have a quiz over set 2 on Wednesday.
November 7: We finished copying, pronouncing, defining and discussing the rest of Lección 2 vocabulary. Quiz
tomorrow over set 2, Monday for set 3, Wednesday for set 4 and Friday for set 5. See GC for dates and what is
on each quiz, plus Quizlet sets on the app and on GC.
November 8: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then we took our vocabulary quiz over Unidad 1,
Lección 2, set 2. Set three is for next Monday. After the quiz we took notes on how to use several phrases in our
vocabulary - all/every, other, many/more/very and how to use the new adjectives properly with nouns.
November 9: We did practice exercises on a worksheet focusing on the use of different types of adjectives, including
those that describe what someone or something is like (quality adjectives) and others, like all/every, other,
adjectives of quantity and possessive adjectives. Quiz Monday for set 3!
November 13: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took our vocabulary quiz over Unidad 1, Lección
2, set 3. Set 4 will be on Wednesday. After the quiz, we continued working on the exercises we have on our
worksheet to practice with adjectives and certain phrases from our new vocabulary. We stopped periodically to
check the answers together.
November 14: We continued working with matching adjectives to nouns and where to put different adjectives with
the nouns they describe using the exercises on the worksheet we started last Friday. We discussed the correct
answers. We will have a quiz over U1L2, set 4 tomorrow.
November 15: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took our vocabulary quiz over Unidad 1, Lección
2, set 4. We will take a quiz over set 5 on Friday. We continued working on the practice exercises on the
worksheet, practicing numbers and starting the section with all/every.
November 16: We worked on the exercise with all/every phrases. We started working on the phrases and sentences
in the next section that use mucho, más and muy. Be ready for your vocabulary quiz tomorrow over Unidad 1,
Lección 2, set 5.
November 17: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took our vocabulary quiz on U1L2, set 5. We
worked on finishing the last section of our practice worksheet focusing on mucho, más and muy.
November 27: We finished discussing the answers to the worksheet section focusing on mucho, más and muy.
We took notes on where different types of adjectives go with the nouns they describe and how they match. We will
have an assessment putting nouns together with the adjectives we have had in this unit on Friday of this week.
November 28: We practiced further with different adjectives - placing them correctly and making them agree with
the nouns they describe.
November 29: We finished three of the sections of our new practice sheet today. We will finish the other two
sections tomorrow and the test over noun/adjective agreement will be Friday.
November 30: We finished the rest of our practice sheet today to get ready for our test tomorrow. See GC for
details on the test.
December 1: We took our test over nouns and adjectives. We started notes on how to conjugate verbs.
December 4: We started learning how to conjugate a Spanish verb today. We learned the conjugation of the verbs
ser and estar in order to use those verbs with the adjectives we have just learned.
December 5: We finished our notes on how to conjugate regular verbs in Spanish. We practiced with this a little bit.
Our first two verb conjugations are actually irregular, ser and estar, but we need these to work more with our
adjectives. We started notes on the differences between these verbs. We will finish those tomorrow and practice
with all of this.
December 6: We reviewed the subject pronoun framework that sets up our verb conjugations and the conjugations
of ser and estar. We finished our notes on the differences between ser and estar. We have a worksheet to practice
figuring out when to use which verb.
December 7: We reviewed the subject pronoun framework, conjugations of ser and estar and the differences
in how we use these two verbs. We worked a little more with the practice sheet we had yesterday and we also
started using a second practice sheet. Both of these sheets and the notes are on GC.
December 8: We continued working with the two practice sheets we have that focus on deciding whether to use
ser or estar with certain adjectives or in certain sentences. We will finish those on Monday. Everyone has a
vocabulary packet to practice for the exam. Write the words correctly in the boxes and turn the packet in for a
grade by the day we have our exam.
December 11: We finished the two practice sheets we had been using to work with ser and estar. Everyone has a
vocabulary packet to review for the exam and a copy of the review guide for the exam. Our exam is next Tuesday,
so you have more than a week to review those things. We discussed everything on the top section of the sheet in
class and the rest of the sheet is just examples of practice items.
December 12: We started watching a video that shows Christmas traditions in certain areas of Mexico. We had a
guide sheet to make sure we have all the vocabulary that was essential from the video and a list of dates for the
events that were described in the video. On your exam, there will be true/false questions about Day of the Dead
traditions and these Christmas traditions from the video. There will also be a matching section for dates and the
celebrations that happen on those dates. We will finish the video tomorrow and we will go back over everything.
December 13: We finished the Christmas video and reviewed all the essential information. Remember, you will
see these things on the exam in the culture section as described above. If you were absent for any or all of this,
you can find a sheet attached to the exam assignment on Google Classroom with all the information.
December 14: We used time in class to review and study. Time was given for asking any necessary questions and
even making up missing grades. Use the study guide and video notes to be ready for the exam on Tuesday.
December 15: We didn't have class today.
December 18: Anyone who showed up during class today spent the time getting ready for either our exam or for
the seventh period exam.
December 19: We took our exam today. Happy holidays!!
January 4: We discussed our holiday break. We started a new list of vocabulary focusing on time-telling, which we started before the break, and school/classroom related vocabulary. We will start quizzes over these words on
Monday, January 8. See GC for quiz schedule and start studying the first lists right away.
January 5: We practiced with time telling today in Spanish. We reviewed how to say the hours and the different
phrases, e.g. before a time, after a time, etc. Those phrases are also on our quiz for Monday. We finished our
notes on telling time in Spanish by adding what to do with minutes. We will practice that more next week. After
that, we finished defining the words for quiz 2 on Wednesday and we started copying the words for quiz 3 next
Friday.
January 8: We studied for a couple minutes to focus and then took a vocabulary quiz over set 1 of Unidad 2. We
practiced with time-telling, reviewed the differences between ser and estar and the conjugations of both verbs.
January 9: We finished reviewing ser and estar and then we worked in pairs on a practice sheet with time
expressions. Don't forget the quiz tomorrow over set 2 of Unidad 2 (#23-44).
January 10: We studied for a couple minutes and then took the quiz over set 2 of Unidad 2. We will have a quiz over
set 3 on Friday. We finished the time practice sheet we started yesterday. We copied the words for set 4 and
started defining them. We will finish sets 4 and 5 tomorrow.
January 11: We finished copying the Unidad 2 vocabulary, sets 4 and 5, which will be on quizzes next Wednesday,
January 17 and next Friday, January 19.
January 12: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took a quiz over Unidad 2, set 3. We will have a
quiz over set 4 on Wednesday, January 17. Sets available on GC and Quizlet. We practiced with using time
expressions and memorizing positional prepositions. We also reviewed the conjugations of the verbs ser, estar
and added tener. We reviewed the differences in using ser and estar.
January 16: We reviewed ser and estar: the differences in how they are used and how to conjugate them with the
subject pronoun framework. We also reviewed which box on the chart to choose for other subjects. We added a
new conjugation today for the verb tener. We have been working with some parts of this verb for a long while, but
now we can use with any subject. We practiced with the verbs after reviewing and adding tener. Remember your
quiz tomorrow on Unidad 2, set 4. Set 5 will be on Friday.
January 17: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took the quiz over Unidad 2, set 4. Set 5 will be on
Friday. We started practice exercises using ser, estar and tener.
January 18: We reviewed ser, estar and tener using the first section of the practice sheet we did yesterday. We
discussed the answers for the practice exercise in the second section. Don't forget our quiz over set 5 tomorrow.
January 19: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took our vocabulary quiz over set 5. We played a
game on Blooket for practice with ser, estar and tener.
January 22: We continued with the second practice sheet we started on Thursday focusing on writing with ser, estar,
and tener. We discussed the answers at short intervals to check progress and answer any questions/clear up any
confusion.
January 23: We were supposed to finish the worksheet we were working on yesterday and complete a new one
while split into different classrooms today, since the AP Spanish mock exam was going on in our classroom.
January 24: We discussed the answers to the practice exercises we have been working on this week.
January 25: We practiced more with ser, estar and tener today. We will have a test over writing with these verbs on
Tuesday, January 30 (next week). See GC for details that will be posted today.
January 26: We practiced more with ser, estar and tener today. We will have a test over writing with these verbs on
Tuesday, January 30. See GC for test details.
January 29: We finished the practice sheet we started on Friday. We studied for our test tomorrow.
January 30: We practiced a little more for our test and moved the test to tomorrow.
January 31: We took our test over ser, estar and tener today.
February 1: We discussed the test from yesterday. Make plans to re-take this test as soon as possible if you did not
have a passing grade. We wrote two sections of a list of verbs we will review as we learn how to conjugate all
verbs. We will finish the third set tomorrow. Quizzes are next week: Mon, Weds, Fri. See GC for details.
February 2: We finished the verb list and took notes on how to conjugate all verbs in Spanish. This is what we will
do for the rest of the year. It's important that you know this material. Please review and study these notes and the
review verbs. Set one quiz is Monday.
February 5: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then we took our vocabulary quiz over Review Verbs,
set 1. We will have quizzes over set 2 on Wednesday and set 3 on Friday. See GC and Quizlet for the sets. We
reviewed the notes we wrote down on Friday on how to conjugate all regular AR, ER and IR verbs. We practiced
some conjugations on a worksheet.
February 6: We did the next 8 conjugations for our review verbs on the sheets we received yesterday as a
warm-up. We will be doing this every day until we finish all of our review verbs. After that, we started practicing
with conjugating through oral practice, trying to put verbs together with different subjects.
February 7: We did the next 8 conjugations for our review verbs on the charts we received on Monday. We studied
for a couple minutes for focus, after the tornado drill, and then took our vocabulary quiz over set two of the review
verbs. Set 3 will be on Friday. Because of the tornado drill, that's really all we accomplished today.
February 8: We did the next 8 conjugations for our review verbs on our chart pages. After that we practiced with
finding the right verb for subjects given. We will have a quiz over set 3 review verbs tomorrow.
February 9: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took our quiz over set 3 review verbs. We
completed the next row of conjugations on our charts. We continued working on the practice exercise off the board
matching verbs to subjects.
February 12: We conjugated the next row of verbs on our charts. We finished the rest of our practice work on the
board focusing on matching verbs to subjects given.
February 13: We used the laptops today to do a blooket game focused on verb conjugations.
February 14: We used the laptops again today to do Kahoot activities focusing on verb conjugation.
February 15: Several people were out of the room for incentive day. We worked in pairs for more practice with verb
conjugation and making the subject and verb agree. We will have a test next Wednesday over conjugating verbs
and making them match the subject. See test assignment on GC for details.
February 20: We had a choice of how to prepare for our test tomorrow. You could study on your own online using
one of the following: studyspanish.com verb drills, the Kahoots linked on our Google Classroom or Quizlet to make
sure you know your verbs. Another choice was to work with individual white boards to practice with examples
given of subjects and verbs. We will have our test over conjugation tomorrow. See GC for what is required.
February 21: We took our test today over matching subjects and conjugations of our activity verbs and writing the
chart of verb endings for AR, ER and IR.
February 22: We began copying our new vocabulary list focusing on parts of the house, furniture, kitchen items,
chores, etc. The first quiz will be next Monday, February 26 and the other quizzes will follow on Weds and Fri of
next week and the week after, plus the Monday following that. See the schedule for what set and what date for
each quiz on GC. Sets are also available on Quizlet. You should start memorizing words today!
February 23: We continued copying, pronouncing and defining the new vocabulary. Remember that quizzes start
on Monday. The whole quiz schedule is on GC. We started conjugating the new verbs on our list.
February 26: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took our vocabulary quiz over Unidad 5, set 1. The
next quiz will be Wednesday over set 2. See GC for quiz schedule. After the quiz, we copied the fifth set of our
vocabulary, pronounced and defined the words. We also conjugated the new verbs from this list on our charts.
February 27: We finished the last vocabulary section of Unidad 5 and the conjugations of the new verbs from the
list. We used the laptops to play Quizlet live with our review verbs and new vocabulary for review.
February 28: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took the quiz over Unidad 5, set 2. Set 3 will be on
Friday. We started creating a "sentence building" organizer that will help us to elaborate more when we speak or
write and to put the vocabulary we have together in meaningful ways.
February 29: We worked on sentence building in speaking practice today and then we continued creating our
sentence building organizer.
March 1: We studied for a couple minutes and then took the quiz over Unidad 5, set 3. Set 4 will be next Weds.
Being a half day, this is all we did in class today.
March 5: We continued creating our sentence building organizer. Then, we did an activity creating detailed
sentences with chores and rooms of the house. We will have a quiz tomorrow over Unidad 5, set 4.
March 6: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took the quiz over Unidad 5, set 4. We continued with
the activity we were working on yesterday.
March 7: We continued making our organizer. Then we continued the activity we started on Tuesday.
March 8: We worked on finishing the last page of our organizer using Quizlet to fill in the words. We finished the
practice sheet we have been doing all week and a new practice sheet that focused on reading and answering
questions using house related terms. We will have the quiz over set 5 on Monday and 6 on Wednesday next
week.
March 11: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took the quiz over Unidad 5, set 5. We will have the
quiz over set 6 on Wednesday. We discussed answers to the practice we had been working with all last week and
the new practice we added on Friday.
March 12: We finished discussing the worksheet from last week. We moved on to a new practice focusing on
asking questions. Part of fluency is being able to ask as well as answer questions. We only began that practice
today and will continue with it tomorrow. We will also have our quiz over set 6 of Unidad 5 vocabulary tomorrow.
March 13: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took the quiz over Unidad 5, set 6. We continued
working on our new practice making questions.
March 14: We finished our practice with creating questions. We will have a test next week doing this. We will
practice more tomorrow.
March 15: We worked collaboratively on a practice exercise with creating detailed sentences. We also made
questions related to the information included in our sentences.
March 18: We discussed what each group had finished on Friday. We continued working on the assignment
collaborating in groups.
March 19: We continued working in groups with our activity and we will have a test over this on Thursday, March
21. See details on GC.
March 20: We continued working in groups with the first activity and some people were able to start on the second
practice activity finally. We will not have the test tomorrow. It will likely be Monday.
March 21: We worked on the second practice activity today in groups. One half of the test will be like activity 1 and
the second half of the test will be like activity 2. The test will be Monday. See GC for details.
March 22: We finished the question making practice sheet. We used laptops to play Quizlet Live for reviewing
review verbs and Unidad 5 vocabulary.
March 25: We took a test over creating detailed sentences and making questions.
March 26: We finished the test we started yesterday. We had a shortened period due to intruder drill earlier in the
morning yesterday, so we did not have the full period to finish our test.
March 27: We started notes on irregular yo verbs and stem-changing verbs. We have already had some of these
on our verb charts, so this is just more explanation on them, and we will focus more on them. We also copied a
list of verbs with irregularities that we will have quizzes on next week. We will define them tomorrow.
March 28: We reviewed the notes we took yesterday on stem-changing verbs. We took notes on groups of
irregular yo verbs and defined the list of verbs with irregularities that we copied yesterday. We will have a quiz
on Monday over verbs 1-15 and on Wednesday for verbs 16-30. The irregular yo verbs can be used for bonus
points on those quizzes. The notes and list of verbs are on GC.
March 29: We added a few things to our vocabulary list of verbs with irregularities and then we discussed cultural
traditions connected with Easter in Guatemala and watched a video about those.
April 1: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took a quiz over the first set of Verbs with Irregularities,
set 1. We used our blank conjugation charts to conjugate the new verbs from that list. We will have the second quiz
on Wednesday over set 2. We finished coloring the squares for the poster on Semana Santa.
April 2: We did an exercise with irregular yo verbs. This practice is what you will see for irregular yo verbs on our
next summative test.
April 3: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took the quiz over Verbs with Irregularities, set 2. After
the quiz, we used our blank conjugation charts to conjugate the new verbs from this list. Then we started a
practice sheet that includes stem-changing verbs, irregular yo verbs and a review of noun/adjective placement
and agreement. We will continue with that practice tomorrow.
April 4: We continued working on the practice sheet received yesterday.
April 5: We continued working on the practice sheet today.
April 16: We reviewed stem changing verbs and irregular yo verbs and continued practice with them.
April 17: We finished the practice sheet that we started yesterday on using stem changing verbs. Tomorrow we will
do a Kahoot with them.
April 18: We did a Kahoot to practice with stem changes.
April 19: Students who still were not confident in conjugating stem-changing verbs worked on studyspanish.com
with verb drills. Students who felt confident with that worked on Padlet posting sentences using the stem-changing
verbs.
April 22: We practiced stem-changing verbs on Quizizz today.
April 23: We practiced one more day before our test with stem-changes and irregular yo verbs. Every irregular yo
verb will be on the test. You have to know how it is spelled and what it means in English. Every stem-changing
verb we have will be on the test. You have to know what the whole verb is, what the stem changes to, if it is a boot
or ankle boot verb and how to conjugate it that way to match a given subject. Make sure you know all of this for
the test tomorrow. Additionally there will be a question writing section with one sentence to ask questions about.
April 24: We took a test over the irregular yo verbs and the stem changing verbs today.
April 25: We did an exploratory activity trying to put two verbs together in the same phrase. After that we checked
how accurate those answers were and took notes over how to make infinitive phrases. Most everyone was on the
right track before we took notes. We will finish notes tomorrow.
April 26: We finished our notes on infinitive phrases. We will have a quiz next Tuesday over the 15 phrases in our
notes. The others listed on the Quizlet set are bonus. We practiced using those phrases by sharing sentences we
created with some of them.
April 29: We worked on an activity that organized our infinitive phrases from our notes into groups that need a
certain word in the middle of the two verbs and those that don't. The activity also included practice sentences
using each of the infinitive phrases from your notes. We will have a quiz tomorrow over those 15 phrases. There
are two bonus phrases on the Quizlet set. Anyone absent due to testing, be ready to take that quiz as soon as
you return to class. Being in testing will NOT be an excuse for not knowing these phrases when you come back.
April 30: We studied for a couple minutes for focus and then took our quiz over the infinitive phrases from our
notes. If you were out of class, be ready to take that quiz the day you return. We finished the worksheet we
started yesterday practicing with the infinitive phrases.
May 1: We reviewed the infinitive phrases from our notes. We did a new practice exercise with infinitive phrases
and discussed the answers.
May 2: We did a new exercise with infinitive phrases today working in pairs. We will continue working on those
tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, we will take a test over infinitive phrases. The details of what
to study and what to be able to do are on the test assignment on GC.
May 3: We worked in pairs again today on more practice with infinitive phrases. We finished discussing the exercise
from yesterday.
May 6: We finished the worksheet we started on Friday and went over all the answers. We will do a Kahoot
tomorrow and then take our test over infinitive phrases on Wednesday. Please check the test assignment on GC
for how to prepare.
May 7: We did a Kahoot using the infinitive phrases today. Tomorrow is the test. See GC for details.
May 8: We took our test over infinitive phrases today. After that we learned demonstrative adjectives. We will not
have a test or quiz over these, but they will be on the exam.
May 9: Review for exam, make ups and re-takes.
May 10: Review for exam, make ups and re-takes.
May 13: Review for exam, extra help, make ups, re-takes.
May 14: Review for exam, extra help, make ups, re-takes.
May 15: Review for exam, extra help, make ups, re-takes.
May 16: We reviewed for the exam, got more review activities. We did make ups and re-takes.
May 17: Those who were here did review activities for the exam. Remember everything is posted on GC and all
Quizlet sets are available on the app as well.