Buenos dias a todos,

I want to apologize for note posting last week as I was having trouble with my password and logging on to the blog. It seems to be resolved for right now, so here is the information that you need to catch up on.

Last week we started chapter 3 with a lot of new vocabulary and many, new verbs. We will be studying verbs and how to put them in sentences, how they go along with other verbs, what an infinitive is, how to conjugate a verb by itself, and just knowing how to spot a verb and its various endings. This is a huge chapter with many new concepts, so you will all need to put in a bit more effort to understand and keep up.  This chapter will separate the men from the boys shall we say. I suggest flashcards with Spanish verbs on one side and the English on the other side to study them. Same with the new nouns too!

We are also studying the verbs "to like" and "to want" and how they work with other verbs. We are using pronouns in various situations as subjects and with prepositions such as "with".  We are also using new noun vocabulary, new questions, facts about Texas as our cultural notes and we will be doing some listening activities to round out the week.  Since we are entering our holiday season, we will also be studying various holiday traditions in some hispanic countries and comparing their traditions to ours and with each other. We hope to have a holiday surprise at the end of the week.

For people who were absent last week the homework was a new packet doing pages 18, 21, 23#8, 25, 26 #4and #5, 28, and 29. You will need to use the book or get notes from someone if you are having trouble or stay after school with me on Monday (today), Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday until 3:00. No quizzes this week until we work the vocabulary more. After vacation will be better.

Tarea por esta semana es:

lunes noche: paquete - paginas 27 y 30 (todas las paginas) the whole pages.
martes noche: paquete - paginas 22 (toda la pagina) y 23 #7.
miércoles noche: paquete - pagina 26 # 6 y papel de vocabulario - parte uno.
jueves noche: nada
viernes noche: ¡Buenas vacaciones! nada

Señora Schneider

Buenos dias a todos,

Hope you all had a restful Thanksgiving and enjoyed the extra long weekend! Last week was a short week, but this week we are back on track. We are now finishing up chapter 2 with cultural notes about Puerto Rico, the verb "gustar" = to like, adjectives to describe people and fun things to do, the items that we can enjoy such as movies, books, foods, etc, how to show possession, where you are from, descriptions of items, and relationships of objects using the word "de" which means "of" or "from", how to use various question words such as who, what, where, when, why, which, and how, using the word "because" in a sentence and how everything has to balance in the sentence for singular, plural, masculine, and feminine,  and how to make sentences negative using the word "no". We are having a big test on Thursday and all the above information is on it. We will start chapter 3 next week after we tie up a few loose ends on Friday.

So, with that being said, we will be reviewing and finishing up homework packets, listening activities, vocabulary sheets, essays, dialogs in the book and perhaps seeing the video that goes with the chapter so we can start fresh next week. We have been working in partners with communicative activities and will be working more in groups now that we have changed seats for the new trimester. Report cards go home Friday and most of you should be pleased if you have been working hard and passing in all your work.

This week however is not a good week for me stay after school because my mother is very sick and will need surgery for her back probably Wednesday (tomorrow).She is in a lot of pain and we are hopeful the surgery will take care of that. Luckily she lives close by. I will probably be out tomorrow.

We are having a quiz today as a review for the test, so many of the students will need to study and look over their cultural notes and section 2 notes to prepare themselves. Please do that!

Tarea por esta semana:

lunes noche: finish the packet-toda la pagina 14, pagina 18- ejercicio # 21, y pagina 20v-ej. # 21 Study.

martes noche: finish vocabulario sheet, finish essay with three fotografias 8-10 lines. Study.  

miércoles noche: en los libros ( in the books) paginas 70 y 71 ejercicios 3,4,5, sección una en los cuadernos and finish 4 picture essay on the other side of the three picture essay for collection. Study.

jueves noche: calendario de diciembre - 8 holiday ítems labeled in Spanish with "the" and colored. Numbers are in Spanish, of course!

viernes noche: nada
 Buena suerte - Good Luck - Señora Schneider