viernes, 29 de enero

Wonderful job on the skits! It was a lot of fun to see you all act out the problems in your restaurant. I am excited to look over your colorful menus over the weekend.

Way to go Hati on getting the word of the week!

HW: La Comida Hispánica - answer the questions in Spanish, of course. Remember to call if you have a question!

Have a great weekend!

Paz,

Profe Laura

jueves, 28 de enero

Today we took a quick quiz on the food with a reading, writing, and listen component. Every did a WONDERFUL job!! yea! Everyone received a 100% on the listen part, which was very exciting. Tomorrow students will have 10 minutes to get their skits together and then they will be presenting and turning in their menus. Great work! I am excited to see what everyone came up with--I have a feeling they will be very entertaining!

Also, Ariel, Troy, and Shay received wolf bones for coming in on their own during reading and work time to quiz themselves in preparation for the quiz today. Way to take responsibility for your learning, ladies!

Paz,

Profe Laura

martes, 26 de enero

Quick post! Still working on the menus and skits (plan is to have them due on Friday, though you will get 10-15 minutes of work time with your group that day to practice). Quiz on Thursdays and then there will be work time. The homework is the food vocab worksheet. Have a great night!

Paz,

Profe Laura

lunes, 25 de enero

Working on our restaurant menus and skits project in class this week. Will set a finalize due date tomorrow. Remember to study for the quiz on Thursday! I have tutorial tomorrow for anyone who would like extra help (or you can always come in early in the morning).

HW: Table setting worksheet

Have a great night!

Paz,

Profe Laura

viernes, 22 de enero

We started working in our groups on the Menus project which will carry over into the skit project. The homework for the weekend - read the conversation and answer three of the seven questions (of your choice) in Spanish.

Yea to Kai who got the phrase of the week! She earned her peso.

If you would like to work on your menus, don't let me stop you!

Remember to keep reviewing your notes -- the quiz is on the 28th.

Have a great weekend!

Paz,

Profe Laura

jueves, 21 de enero

Just a reminder - if you didn't finish the three sentences about the foods you like, please have it ready for the start of class tomorrow!!

We will start the menu and restaurant group project tomorrow as well.

Paz,

Profe. Laura

martes, 19 de enero

We continued to work on new food vocabulary and then played BINGO for pesos. It was fun and competitive. There was no homework.

Upcoming - we will form groups and work on more restaurant vocabulary and start to create menus.

Please continue to study your vocabulary and notes so that you are ready for your quiz on January 28th.

Paz,

Profe Laura

Silly internet

Of course when I try to be on top of the blog and post right after class, the internet was fishy :(

So, here is the recap:

-Two students need to re-do their Central Plaza homework and two need to turn it in on Tuesday (remember, lunch detention until it is finished)

-All students need to read about Hispanic Foods and write a 5 sentence summary (in English) for Tuesday

-We will continue with vocabulary on Tuesday. Two students who missed class due to stepping need to come in on Tuesday morning to get the notes that they missed and turn in their ¡ya!

Finally, remember our new policy - line up outside the door, place all coats, bookbags, etc in the back and only take your Spanish folder, agenda book, and a pencil to your new assigned seat. Students may only use the bathroom during independent work time, and students who do not complete their homework must spend lunch detention with me until it is completed.

These policies have been put in place due to the lack of responsibility that students have been taking for their learning and actions (referring to Guiding Principle #3). These procedures will remain in place until all students start taking responsibility for their learning.

Have a safe and wonderful three day weekend. As always, call if you have any questions.

Paz,

Profe Laura

¡Vamos al restaurante!

First of all, a big ¡GRACIAS! to Dakota's dad and Shay's mother for driving us all to Mi Barrio, a family-owned Mexican restaurant on Memorial and Boulevard. Second of all, I am very proud of all of the students. They did a great job, tried to use their Spanish, took some risks, and were extremely mature and polite. We had a blast, eat some wonderful food, and then talked about things we would like to learn during our next unit: ¡Vamos al restaurante!

*Tarea: finish La Plaza Central reading -- due at the beginning of class on Friday.

Paz,

Profe Laura

Getting back into the swing of things...

I apologize for not posting - it's been a bit crazy getting back into the swing of things specially with even more unexpected days off! Here is what's going on as we wrap up unit 3:

1/12 - To Hire or Not to Hire due to complete the hiring process we began before break.

Students will have a chance to revise unit 3 exams.

1/14 - La Plaza cultural reading and questions due

1/14 - Mi Barrio Field Trip! We will meet in the cafeteria at 11:45.

Remember - tutorial is Tuesday 4-5 pm

Paz,

Profe. Laura