Tuesday, September 21, 2010

el 22 y 23 de septiembre

Wednesday, Red day and Thursday, White day
  • Finished socratic seminar
  • Wrote reflection
  • Started new story in class.

el 20 y 21 de septiembre

Monday, Red day and Tuesday, White day
  • Began socractic seminar on immigration.
  • Students read too articles, answered questions, and discussed the topic as a class.
  • They will be graded on their discussion, how thoughtfully they answered the questions, and on their reflection of the seminar.

el 16 y 17 de septiembre

Thursday, Red day and Friday, White day
  • Reviewed color.
  • Read the Hungry Catepiller in Spanish.
  • Role played the Mexican War of Independence.
  • Began talking about immigration and took a Citizenship test.

el 14 y 15 de septiembre

Tuesday, Red day and Wednesday, White day
  • TPR--total physical response to Spanish actions
  • Read story from text and answered questions
  • More PQA and another short story told in class.
  • Finished Mini-cuento 2

el 10 y 13 de septiembre

Friday, Red day and Monday, White day
  • Got books from the library.
  • Got familiar with texts--no writing in them because they will be reused.
  • Complete Mini-cuento one in text.
  • PQA--question and answering in Spanish with cuida, grita, and le pone
  • Students told a short story with me asking it.

el 8 y 9 de septiembre

Wednesday, Red day and Thursday, White day
  • Finished up writing and telling story.
  • More practice with actions.

el 3 y 7 de septiembre

Friday, Red day and Tuesday, White day
  • Practiced old vocabulary and learned some new.

abre, cierra, come, llora, emotions: triste, contento, enojado

  • We told another story today in class.
  • We also spoke together as a class in Spanish.