viernes, el treinta y uno de octubre del dos mil ocho

¡Feliz Halloween! / ¡Feliz Día de Brujas! (Witches)

Español Uno (1):

Announcements: We will sing our song on Monday.

Today’s Learning Objectives:

1. Continue to work on Wednesday’s Dice Game for ten minutes. If you didn’t finish, do so for homework.

2. Practice our gestures.

3. Kindergarten Day for the book No tengo miedo (I don’t have fear)

New words that came up in this story:
**While many of the words are fun for Halloween, many are not core words you’ll need to know this year. Only the bold words below are important words for Español 1.

--miedo (fear)
--disfraz (costume)
--debo ser (I should be)
--payaso (clown)
--pirata (pirate)
--robot (robot)
--no veo nada (I don’t see anything)
--vampiro (vampire)
--lobo (wolf)
--conejito (bunny)
--serpiente marina (sea snake)
--mago (magician)
--calabaza (pumpkin)
--momia (mummy)
--superhéroe (superhero)
--Superperro (Super Dog)
--¿Qué es eso? (What is that?)
--fantasmas (ghosts)

4. (1st period only): Due to a lack of meaningful participation in Kindergarten Day from too many students, 1st period was assigned silent book work for the rest of the period. Only 1st period needs to complete workbook pages 1-2, 1-3, 1-6 and 1-7 with English translations for everything. Let’s choose to be more engaged on Monday!

(2nd period only): Enjoy watching a bit of “La Noche de Brujas de Garfield.” Isn’t it amazing how much of our Spanish is appearing in the subtitles? I would estimate that 30-40% of the words used in the subtitles are words you have learned over the last two months. Amazing! Good job catching new phrases like "truco o trato" ("trick or treat") and "¡Qué se diviertan!" ("Have fun!).

Homework: (1st and 2nd): If you didn’t finish the Dice Game, it’s due Monday.
(1st period): 1-2, 1-3, 1-6 & 1-7 with everything translated.

Español Dos (2):

Announcements: We will watch the music video to "Me pregunto" on Monday if I can ge it to load. I had no luck today!

Today’s Learning Objectives:

1. Read "El primer Halloween de Clifford" during our "Kindergarten Day" activity. It is so amazing how far we have come in a couple months! I needed to simplify less than 5% of the original text for you to follow along. I am so impressed!

2. Watch "Garfield's Halloween Adventure" with Spanish subtitles. Good job following along with the subtitles. Many of you reported understanding 60-80% of the subtitles intended for native speakers!

Homework: Enjoy your weekend.