martes, el veintitrés de septiembre del dos mil ocho

Español Uno (1):

Announcement: Thanks for sharing all the positive feedback about Curriculum Night. It really made my day to hear your kind words!

Today's Learning Objectives:

1. Complete our "Para empezar" ("In order to begin") warm-up. Can you recognize our numbers by sight? Challenge yourself to see if you can write these numbers without their pronunciation.

1. catorce, tres, cero, once
2. dieciséis, seis, nueve, uno
3. trece, dos, cinco, dieciocho
4. quince, diecinueve, cuatro, siete
5. ocho, diecisiete, diez, doce

2. Discuss essential questions relating to the day of the week and the weather.

3. Discuss the significance of our new song of the week, "Las mañanitas." "Las mañanitas" is a traditional birthday song sung in Mexico. It is traditionally serenaded in the early morning to a loved one on his/her birthday.

**Good job catching the first three missing words of the story: son, hoy, mira.

4. Finish reading "Jaime y Pepe, dos muchachos con un secreto." 2nd hour: We will finish the last couple sentences tomorrow.

New Vocabulary:
--su (their)
--escuela (school)
--señora (Mrs.)
--señorita (Miss)
--mochilas (backpacks)
--un millón de dólares (a million dollars)
--No quieren andar (they don’t want to walk)
--les dan (they give to them)
--señalan (they point)
--abre (s/he opens)

Homework: None.

Español Dos (2):

Announcement: Thanks for sharing all the positive feedback about Curriculum Night. It really made my day to hear your kind words!

Today's Learning Objectives:

1. Complete our "Para empezar" warm-up: PD-5 in the workbook. Review of last year's possessive adjectives: mi/mis ("my"), tu/tus ("your"), su/sus ("his/her/your--formal"), nuestro/nuestra/nuestros/nuestras ("our") and "su/sus" (their, "your-all's).

Quick extension: How could we use that new word for "his/her/their" from our story to rephrase #'s 3 and 5? [Answers: #3: "su hija-->la hija suya" #5: "sus primos-->los primos suyos."

2. Discuss essential questions relating to the day of the week, date, time and the weather.

Quick discussion of the 2 ways to express time in Spanish.

Example:
11:46 Son las once y cuarenta y seis. OR Son las doce menos catorce.

3. Discuss the significance of our new song of the week, "Las mañanitas." "Las mañanitas" is a traditional birthday song sung in Mexico. It is traditionally serenaded in the early morning to a loved one on his/her birthday.

**Good job catching the first three missing words of the story: ser, cantamos, cantan.

Quick discussion of the meaning of cantaba ("s/he used to sing") versus cantó ("s/he sang"). What would miraba, andaba, agarraba, le gustaba and estudiaba convey? [Answer: s/he used to look at, s/he used to walk, s/he used to grab, it used to please him/her, s/he used to study]

4. (4th period): Start on the group story, using 15+ target vocabulary structures in a story of 100+ words. Good job using your time efficiently. You will finish in class tomorrow.

(5th-6th periods): Finish the group story. Due at the end of class.

Homework: None.