…a la clase de español!

abailey@kyrene.org480.783.1314

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sheet on the desk and return to me at the end of “class” .

La Señora BaileyFormer “Kyrene Kid”Graduated from ASU (Go Devils!!) with a degree in bilingual education

Fifth year at Altadeña

Taught two years of Dual-Language/reading intervention in the Creighton District in Phoenix

Teach 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Spanish

Cheer sponsor, track coach and Minitown Advisor

6th grade Spanish (1 semester)…• Most receive A’s and B’s…grades are based largely upon

work completion, participation, and effort.• No homework • Only a few quizzes throughout the semester

7th/8th grade Spanish (full year)…• Nightly homework• Weekly quizzes and tests• Midterm and a final• Passing the 8th grade final exam gives the student credit

for Spanish 1-2 in the TUHSD

• There is NO beginning Spanish class offered in 8th grade!

7th Grade

• 1st quarter• Build vocabulary• Develop general

conversation skills• Gender and plurals of

nouns

• 2nd quarter• Questions• Adjectives/agreement• Verb conjugations

• 3rd quarter• Listening/Speaking

skills• More verbs• Negatives

• 4th quarter• Irregular verbs• Possessive adjectives• Weather

8th Grade

• 1st quarter• Review 7th grade• Irregular verbs• Talking on the phone• Family vocabulary• Extending/accepting/

declining invitations

• 2nd quarter• Present progressive• Stem changing verbs• “Tener” expressions• Food vocabulary

• 3rd quarter• Ordering in a restaurant• Making polite requests• Indirect object pronouns• Making comparisons

• 4th quarter• Giving directions• Clothing and shopping• Preterite (past tense)• Review packet/final

Textbook and Workbook

7th grade 8th grade Adelante (yellow) En Camino (orange)

• Not very grammar driven, but does a great job of review…I will provide supplemental material and instruction

• Textbook will soon be accessible online!

Differences between 6th grade Spanish and 7th/8th grade

Spanish…• Homework…and it is NIGHTLY!!!

• Students will keep a separate Spanish homework log. Please check your child’s log regularly to see if they are caught up with all of their assignments.

– 5 points per assignment– Always due the next Spanish day, unless that day is a

Wednesday– A “stamp” = complete, on time, and looks to be 80% correct– A signature = complete, but late– Nothing = I have not seen the assignment– Extra credit is given for completing all assignments on the log

• Homework should not take hours to complete!

• Homework directly correlates to student success!

WRAC: Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum

I use the district foreign language equivalent of “6 Trait” standards in grading writing assignments:

• Comprehensibility• Vocabulary• Language Control• Mechanics• Content

• Writing pulls many concepts together, and makes the students better writers in English and Spanish!

Quizzes and Tests

• Weekly tests and quizzes

• Missed quizzes/tests must be made up within ONE WEEK of the quiz/test being given, or the student will receive a ZERO!!!

• Midterm (late January/early February) and a Final Exam (last two weeks of school)

• I do my best to get grades posted online in a timely manner !

Review for the TUHSD final exam for high school credit…

• About 1 month prior to the test

• Students are given the writing and speaking prompts roughly 2 weeks before the exam.

• Review sessions are held everyday after school (except Wednesdays) for the two weeks leading up to the final…even Saturdays!

TUHSD 8th grade exam for high school credit for Spanish 1-2

• Multiple choice, speaking, writing, and listening sections

• District average…72%

• Altadeña’s average…97% (2010)

• Of that number, over 1/3 of Altadeña students make honors

How can you help your child???

• Check your child’s homework log daily.

• Encourage shorter, more frequent study sessions…10 minutes each day, rather than 2 hours one day.

• Quiz your child with their flashcards, and have them write out the Spanish.

• Expect them to work hard and to be successful.

How can you help your child???• www.conjuguemos.com

– Great reviews specific to our curriculum– Click on “demo version”, Spanish by book,

Adelante (7th grade), En Camino (8th grade)

• www.studyspanish.com– Good explanations of grammar concepts

followed by review quizzes.

• www.quia.com – Students can type in their own vocabulary

words and create many different review activities…concentration, word searches, Battleship, etc.

Reflection Policy

• 1=Warning• 2=Parent contact is made• 3=Parent contact and one lunch

detention

• If your child receives a reflection paper, please sign and return the next day he/she has Spanish.