Welcome back everybody!  I hope that everybody had a fantastic three day weekend!

Before I talk about what is coming up this week in Spanish, I'd like to address two recent grades.  The first of which was a timed essay which students wrote in March.  These essays were in preparation for the district assessment essays which students will be asked to write in mid-May.  (Please see my calendar for all upcoming deadlines.)  I have entered the scores in the gradebook, but have opted to not calculate their overall grade with this score included at the moment.  I am also asking students to revise their essays based on the feedback I have given them on their originals.  These new essays will be graded and *that* second score will be entered and calculated as part of their grade.  Students will be writing their updated essays in class on different days this week and next (period two wrote theirs last week.)  I am in meetings at different times of the days over the next two weeks, and students will work while I am out of the room.

Similarly, there was a recent quiz on the verb gustar.  This is the second assignment I wanted to talk about.  The average score on this quiz was quite low.  I retaught the concept in class, and gave a second quiz which entirely replaced the first grade.  If you noticed a drastic change in the grades posted recently, that may be the reason why.

This week, we are continuing to look at some common verbs both in class and for homework.  Homework is assigned on Monday and on Thursday and is due on the next day that homework is assigned.  This allows one class period prior to an assignment being due, in case there are any questions.  Please take advantage of this!  Homework should not take more than five or ten minutes per page, these are designed to practice concepts that have been introduced in class.

We will also continue with free reading, reading logs, dictation and skits.  There will be a short quiz sometime this week that will focus on recent grammar and story concepts.  We continue incorporating sports vocabulary into our stories.