This week we are continuing work on our monster projects.  Please make sure you have made arrangements for your project if you plan on beginning your winter break early!  So far I only have one student who has done so.

While I have not yet entered all the grades for the trimester so far, I have entered 0's for papers which I never received.  Please check your grades, if you want to make sure everything was turned in. 

Thank you and have a great holiday!

I will be out of the building on Tuesday, December 11.

For the last few weeks we have been focusing on adjectives and descriptions in Spanish.  We began with the story Rojo, el sombrero.  Students used their previous knowledge of Spanish to deduce the rules of grammar and how to use adjectives correctly.  Finally, last week, students put on a fashion show in which they described the outfits that they were wearing.  This week we will focus on the formal, written use of adjectives.  We will begin working on our monster projects on Monday, and students will continue working on these over the next two weeks.  We will present on Thursday and Friday December 20 and 21.  If you know you will be absent these two days, please make arrangements ahead of time.

This project should not incur much additional homework as the bulk of the work will be done in class.

This week we are learning one of Aesop's fables.  We will start by learning the vocabulary and build on that until students conclude the lesson by writing a moral for the story.

In Spanish this week we will be reviewing former vocabulary words, and then holding a fashion show to practice our clothing and adjectives.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!  Don't forget there is extra credit today and tomorrow if you bring in your food.  We will be reviewing the work students did last week while I was away for these two days.

Don't forget that there is extra credit available the last two days of the trimester, Monday, November 19 and Tuesday, November 20.  Bring in your Hispanic dishes with enough for your entire class to try some, and get extra credit.  These are the only two days that the project is available.  If you are not planning on being here, you may not bring the food early.

I am out of town for the week.  I am going to San Antonio, Texas for a foreign language teachers' convention.   Ms. Bender will be my sub while I am gone.  She is an excellent teacher, and has been my sub during both of my maternity leaves.

While I am gone, students will be working in small groups on their vocabulary.  They are looking for some of the patterns which we have seen but not explicitly studied as of yet. This work is vital.  If you are not present, you must make this up.

This week we are going back to learning some new vocabulary words.  The words will all fit into our next few stories.  One of the stories involes a frog, while the other one is about a turkey. 

This week we are completing our final edits to the essay "How is learning a foreign language like discovering buried treasure."  We are finishing the skits on the cow and the monkey.  In addition, we will look at the holiday, Day of the Dead.  There will be an assessment this week, so don't be surprised.

I'd like to apologize to everybody for not having my grades more up-to-date at the moment.  The last three weeks have been very fast with little class time or time for me to sit and grade.  I am updating the gradebook as quickly as I have work graded. 

Thank you for your patience!