Oct. 15 Update

We will be out of class for a few weeks, but we will still be following Easy Peasy as usual. If you’ve had trouble learning vocabulary thus far, I recommend creating flash cards and maybe practicing with your buddy. Call them!

If you have no power, perhaps a trip to the library would help or just catch up whenever you can. ❤️

Schedule:
Week of Oct 15-19: Days 30 thru 35

Oct 22: Day 36
Oct 23-26: Days 37 thru 41 (Prepare a presentation about your school life—“Vida Escolar”—due Nov 1)

Oct 29: Day 42
Oct 30: Day 43 (conversation due in class Nov 1)

Due in our next class on November 1:
1. Vida Escolar presentation

2. Day 43 conversation.

3. We will have a brief vocabulary quiz on all new vocabulary you are learning Day 30 and after.

I will be giving grades after Nov 1 class based on the work up to that point for those that want a grade.

Praying you all recover well from this storm and that the Lord continues to help you learn. I am SO enjoying this class with you. I miss you all!!!

Buddy Assignments due Oct. 11

Buddies are to contact each other at any point this week before class. You are to pick 3 questions each for a total of six questions and practice asking each other the questions and answering the questions.

In class on Thursday Oct. 11, you will ask each other the questions you chose in front of the class.

The point of this exercise is to review the interrogative questions you’ve learned and reinforce what you’ve learned by using them in real life.

Day 26: Cultura

We did Day 25 in class, but you can watch the video on Day 25 to reinforce what we learned.
Today is Day 26. You should be watching the culture video on the tango. Next week you are working on a writing assignment describing yourself in 5 sentences. Just follow the instructions. If you have any questions about the assignment after you read the instructions, let me know. YOU WILL READ YOUR ASSIGNMENT OUT LOUD TO THE CLASS NEXT WEEK FOR POINTS!!! Keep studying the other vocabulary words we’ve learned so far so you don’t forget them.

We found this video to be adorable. Tango is a famous Spanish dance popular in Argentina.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x_DiEjZC24

OMG! You GOTTA see THIS one!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjHnWz3EyHs

Day 18: Los Artículos Definidos

Sample Notes:

Day 16-17: Vocabulario – Los Adjetivos y Nacionalidades Los Adjetivos y Los Números

Today is Day 17. You should have a long list of vocabulary words copied into your notebook or on flashcards—whatever helps you learn best. This applies to Days 18 & 19 for definite and indefinite articles.

This week, there will have a very brief quiz on the new words in Days 16-19. Study and be ready! We will also go over last week’s quiz (which was more like a test, but that’s okay). This is a chance for anyone who didn’t do as well as they would have liked to on last week’s quiz to bring their grade up. It will be an oral quiz to allow those of us who work better orally to shine

We will skip Days 20-24.
(I think I can hear the roar of 16 people celebrating

We will learn Day 25 in class this Thursday.
There will be a presentation based on Day 27 (a description of yourself in Spanish) due Oct 4 which we will discuss in class this Thursday.

Looking ahead, there will be NO CLASS OCTOBER 18 & 25 during which you will be working with a buddy online or over the phone on Days 30-44–helping eachother study, practicing with eachother, etc.

Nov 1: Quiz#3 and two assignments from Days 37-41 and Day 43 are also due.

First Quarter Grades will be available Nov 8.

Again, I want to congratulate you brave people who are learning this new language for the first time!!! I know this has been a challenge and you have risen to that challenge
Remember, you goal is to LEARN SPANISH so you can USE IT in the future for whatever circumstance God might have in store for you. See you Thursday.

Sample Notes:

Day 15

Do the quiz and matching activity. No new notes.

We will have our first in-class quiz this Thursday on everything we’ve learned in these 3 weeks. Don’t panic. Just study your notes and you will do just fine!

Day 13: Palabras Interrogativas & Day 14

You can do both of these (Day 13 & 14) on Tuesday.  They are brief and no note-taking is necessary.

Day 12: La Hora

From this link in the Day 12 curriculum:

https://studyspanish.com/grammar/lessons/time

Sample Notes:

Days 11-15 General Info

In class I stated that I didn’t like the worksheets and quizzes in this curriculum because they sometimes expect you to know things you haven’t learned yet. However, I’m taking a look at this week’s worksheets and quizzes and they seem to be quite helpful. I recommend you go ahead and do them (as your internet service allows) as a way to practice and test yourself to see if you’ve learned the material. Disregard the questions that require you to know something you haven’t learned yet.

Day 11: Los Saludos

Sample Notes:

Day 10: Palabras Interrogativas

Sample Notes:

Day 9: Los Acentos

Sample Notes:

Day 8: La Hora

Watch this video as well for Telling Time. 
It also teaches how to say the time of day.

https://youtu.be/PvPh6-9BgQU

To tell time in Spanish, you need to know how to say the numbers above 30. Here is a video that reviews how, in addition to some very important conversational questions and answers on how to use numbers regarding cost, your age, phone number, and address. Please take notes carefully with this video. We will practice these questions and answers next time we are in class.

Once you’re proficient in counting to the higher numbers, use this video to practice telling time. Pause and answer to give yourself a chance to think and really test yourself.

https://youtu.be/YI0Rc-8WsQo

Sample Notes:

Day 7: Los Saludos

Sample Notes:

Day 5: Los Números

The day number 5 assignment can be printed out or you can just number a piece of paper from 1-10 and write the answer in SPANISH. So if the answer is 1, write “uno”.

In GA, you can get a learner’s permit at 15, and there are 9 innings in a regular baseball game.

Quiz question 3 translation:
“Which is the day traditionally for resting or going to church?”

Question 5 tip:
“Todos” means “all” or “every”

We will go over this in class and play a game like this.

The quiz asks you about the seasons, which you haven’t learned yet. Here they are:

The Seasons = Las Estaciónes

Winter = invierno

Spring = Primavera

Summer = Verano

Autumn = Otoño

It helps me to remember the root words of three of the seasons come from the Latin “ver” as in “verde” which means “green”:

INvierno=NOT green

PRIMAvera=first green

Verano= green

And check out this article on the etymology of the word, “otoño”—very close to the word “autumn.”

https://spanishetymology.com/otono-and-autumn/

Looking forward to our class this Thursday at 2:30PM. I have a fun surprise for everyone!

Sample Notes:

Day 4: La Fecha

I LOVE this video!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx4r1noR3a0

Sample Notes:

Day 3: Los Números

Today is Day 3–Los Numeros
I played the youtube video and honestly, the music annoys me and the pace is too fast. But the good thing about it is it gives a good visual of the numbers and how they are written. I recommend you pause at each number and read it out loud.

The games are ok. I preferred the flash cards and matching.

I think the most HELPFUL link for Day 3 is the one that says, “Numbers 1-30” because it lets you learn each number at your own pace and it says the numbers so you can hear how they are pronounced.

If this helps you, remember that
11-15 end in “ce”
16-19 are like addition problems.

The word “y” in Spanish means “and” or “plus”.
So diez Y seis literally means...
     Ten plus six!
The y becomes and i in “dieciseis”
Hopefilly that will help you remember 16-19. This applies to 21-29 as well.
Veinte y uno (21) means twenty plus one.

Here’s another helpful youtube video I liked for learning numbers
https://youtu.be/EpiqZsdTW0s

Have a blessed day!

Sample Notes:

Day 2: El abecedario

Spanish Alphabet Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lCNAvqBQGQ\

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LT9ltzFJTQ


Sample Notes:

Day 1: La pronunciación

Good morning! Buenos días!

Bienvenido a dia numero uno de Español!
Welcome to day one of Spanish!

SUCCESS TIP:
Please take notes in your notebook on EVERYTHING you learn in this class and bring your notebook to class so you can have a visual reminder to refer to when we review the material in class. 👀 Also, say the words out loud. The purpose of language is to SPEAK IT, so say the words OUT LOUD as you’re learning them. They will stick better in your brain🧠
Let me know if you have any questions.


Spanish Pronunciation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh7MLrbxH2E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J8_JM7Qiss

Study Tips & Motivation

I’ve started the course with my kids and it’s been helpful to learn by the following procedure: 
1. Watch and listen to the video 
2. Watch, listen and SAY the words OUT LOUD along with the video. (Muscle-memory learning happens then!)
3. Mute the video and try saying the words, pausing when necessary to give yourself a chance to remember.

 Another great way to success is MOTIVATION...to remember WHY you’re learning Spanish. This video may help you get in touch with the value of learning how to speak Spanish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-Jbo1cVXM8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3xvmc1gVVE

 Dustin Luke is a cool youtuber who learned how to speak Spanish and moved to Argentina. Eventhough you will not understand what he’s saying, I think it would be beneficial to watch one of his videos every day just to hear what the language sounds like. I think it will help you become more comfortable pronouncing Spanish words as you learn them. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzYguA1r5cc

Intro

Many parents have shared that they have done some online and book study with Spanish, but felt that learning was hindered by lack of opportunity to PRACTICE and utilize what they had learned in REAL LIFE, so our plan is to have learning time AT HOME EACH DAY BEFORE CLASS, so our class time together will be spent REVIEWING, and REINFORCING what has been already learned. There will be weekly written quizzes IN CLASS for accountability, and we will practice what we’ve learned in CONVERSATIONS with each other.

I know many of us pay lots of money on curriculum, so I was hoping to find the most cost-effective learning materials...and I found something that’s FREE AND ONLINE, with great videos and games that I wish had been available when I took Spanish in school! I’m loving this technology!!!

Here’s the link to the free Spanish 1 curriculum. 

https://allinonehighschool.com/spanish-1-2018/

So...your first day of Spanish LEARNING should be at home on August 27 to give yourself enough time to learn Days 1-6 BEFORE OUR SEPT 6 class. THERE WILL BE A QUIZ IN CLASS ON THIS MATERIAL, SO BE READY!!!!

Supplies needed for this course:
Computer, Tablet, IPOD, etc
A notebook 
Index cards
Folder 
A printout of the Grade Sheet for each student to track their progress as they complete online assignments.