All assignments will be posted in Google Classroom. This site is just for additional information about this course.
¡Bienvenidos a la clase de español! Welcome to 8th grade Spanish I! Please note that this is your high school Spanish I class, so this is an academic class required for college entrance. If you are successful this year in Spanish 1, then you will begin high school at Spanish 2, and will be able to take AP Spanish for college credit in high school. This semester we will continue our skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish as we learn about the countries where Spanish is spoken and how to communicate with speakers of Spanish. We have already covered much of the vocabulary in previous classes, and now we have a lot of grammar concepts to learn to form original sentences in Spanish for real communication. If you have any questions or concerns, you can email me directly from the contacts page on Weebly.
Materials needed for class:
spiral notebook
pens/pencils
digital device & earbuds optional
Topics we will learn to talk about this semester: I. Unit I - Review - greetings, numbers, calendar, Spanish speaking countries 2. Unit 2- My friends and I (our interests and activities) 3. Unit 3 - My life at school (describing my school day, things we do at school, things we have to do, conjugating verbs) 4. Unit 4 - My life outside of school (our activities, places we go, making plans, eating in a restaurant, more verb conjugations, stem changing verbs) 5. Unit 5 - My family (family members, house, chores, family responsibilities, comparative and superlative descriptions)
Join our class QUIZLET with this link. There are several lists already there for you to review and see what you remember. - https://quizlet.com/join/dbSYXPV4N Please use your real name in your Quizlet account so I can tell who you are to give you credit for your activities. You may add other things to it, but I need a portion of your first and last name. You can also join by searching for me srajerread, and under TYPE, find your class.
Grading Scale How am I graded in Spanish class? Remember we are on a journey to communicate and connect with real people who speak real Spanish. For this reason, I will grade you based on your proficiency in communicating in the language. We will assess/grade our performance based on proficiency levels that tell us what we CAN do with the language. Final grade is calculated as Q3x40% + Q4x40% + FinalExamx20%.
1. Major assessments (Proficiency checks / Tests / Projects) – 50% (Test category in Powerschool) 2. Minor assessments (Quizzes / Proficiency practice) – 30% (Quiz category in Powerschool) 3. Classwork / Homework – 20%(Classwork category in Powerschool)
Visit the 7th grade page above, and go to the links at the bottom to review some basic vocabulary.
Tips from former students for success in spanish I:
Do your assignments on time! You will find that you learn much better if you do your homework each night. Homework is meant to be practice, so you can see if you are understanding.
Pay attention in class, and take neat notes.
Utilize the extra help websites above if you struggle with any grammar concepts we are learning.
Ask for help if you are lost. I can help you during your lunch/recess time.