Hola a todos mis estudiantes!  Soy muy feliz ser su maestra...es un honor!

This week for 8th Grade...we are in Unit 1 "Hola, que tal".  Today we worked in the book doing practice on sections "Contextos" and "Fotonovela".  We will continue this in class tomorrow.  Quiz on Friday on vocabulary/phrases covered.

This week for 6th/7th Grade...we have been learning more about Spain and it's culture as well as begin talking about Hispanic Heritage Month.  Weekly quiz will be on Friday of the vocabulary we are covering.  A study guide will be given tomorrow.

We are looking for guest speakers that are hispanos in our community and are making a difference and want to share something with our class about their culture/language.  Applications will be available on Friday.

Also, progress reports were sent home today.  I will be updating/adding more grades during Fall Break so keep checking on ParentVue/StudentVue for updates on your grades.  Make sure you're studying at home for the weekly quizzes/tests.  Also, make sure you're keeping up with the warm-up sheets which will be another assignment that will be turned in on (this) Friday for a grade.  If you're missing any grades, come see me to make them up asap!!!

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!

Buenas Noches,

Srta. Nelson :)

Tarea...Review your Vocab!

Hola!

Homework for 6th and 7th Grade:  Keep reviewing your map of Spain.  (Physical and Political).  You will be tested on the regions and physical features on Friday.  They are listed below for your convenience.

Physical Features:

Pirineos

Cordillera Cantábrica

Islas Canarias

Islas Baleares

Mar Mediterráneo

Mar Cantábrico

Océano Atlántico

Estrecho de Gibraltar

Península Ibérica

Mapa Político:  (17 Regiones)

Baleares

Canarias

Aragón

País Vasco

Galicia

Navarra

Rioja

Castilla y León

Castilla La Mancha

Extremadura

Valencia

Madrid

Asturias

Cataluña

Cantabria

Murcia

Andalucía

Homework for 8th Grade:  Review the Useful Expressions that you copied in class.  They are listed below for your convenience.  Students will be tested on these on Thursday.

Expresiones utiles (Useful Expressions)

¿Cómo se dice… en español:   How do you say… in Spanish?

¿Cómo se escribe…:  How do you spell…?

¿Comprende(n)?:  Do you understand?

Con permiso:  Excuse me.

De acuerdo:  Okay

De nada:  You’re welcome.

¿De veras?:  Really?

¿En qué página estamos?:  What page are we on?

Enseguida.:  Right away

Más despacio, por favor.:  Slower, please.

Muchas gracias:  Thanks a lot.

No entiendo:  I don’t understand.

No sé.:  I don’t know.

Perdone:  Excuse me.

Pista:  Clue

Por favor:  Please

Por supuesto:  Of course.

¿Qué significa…?:  What does…mean?

Repite, por favor.:  Please repeat.

Tengo una pregunta.:  I have a question.

¿Tiene(n) alguna pregunta?:  Do you have questions?

Vaya(n) a la página dos.:  Go to page 2.

Un abrazo,

Srta. Nelson :)

8th Grade HW for the week

Homework for 8th Grade Spanish students is posted on the online textbook site.  All assignments are due by 11:59pm this Thursday night 9/8/16.  Students created their usernames and passwords with Mrs. Speir in the Media Center a few weeks ago.  Unless otherwise told, students' username is as follows:  firstname.lastname@students.cobbk12.org.  Passwords were created by students, but they were encouraged to (1) write the password down and (2) to use the same password that they use to login on the school computers.

Website is https://www.vhlcentral.com/home.

Europa HW/Countries and Languages (6th Grade)

Here are the countries of Europe and their matching languages from the HW sheet last weekend.  Check your answers below.

espana:  espanol (castellano), vasco, catalan, gallego
francia:  frances
belgica:  ingles, frances, aleman neerlandes
reino unido: ingles
alemania:  aleman
polonia:  polaco
ukrania:  ucraniano
rusia:  ruso
italia:  italiano

lenguas romances:  espanol, catalan, gallego, frances, italiano
lenguas esclavas:  ruso, polaco, ucraniano
lenguas alemanas:  aleman, ingles, neerlandes

***Vasco:  possibly originated from Asia