Week of Monday, October 8th

6th grade classes: A Day will meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of this week. They will be learning about German colors on Monday, German family and body part vocabulary on Wednesday, and culture on Friday. Study concepts daily using Quizlet.com. Pages 1-6 should be complete by the end of the week. A project will be assigned on Google Classroom at the end of the week. B day will meet on Tuesday and Thursday of this week. They will learn about German days and months on Tuesday and German colors on Thursday. Pages 1-7 should be complete by the end of the week. Answers for pages 5-7 are posted on Google Classroom. Check planner for daily assignment completion and (if applicable) change of plans. Check Parent Connect to see if students have been completing homework and participating. Students with a C- or below will be receiving a progress report soon.

7th & 8th grade Conversational Spanish: Students will be learning about colors, shapes, and animals this week. 2.1, 2.2 and possibly 2.3 notes should be complete by the end of the week. Students will also be memorizing questions to present in front of the class. Use Quizlet.com to study vocabulary. When there is homework, it will always be posted on Google Classroom on a daily basis. Check planner daily! Check Parent Connect to see if students have been completing homework. Students with a C- or below will be receiving a progress report soon.

8th grade Yearlong: The quiz on the Spanish verb “ser,” using “no with ser” and punctuation with accent marks will be on Friday’s half day (October 12th) . Please make sure they study their own notes, compare their notes on Google classroom, look over bell work, preview the pages on Google classroom, and use Quizlet.com (Ch. 1 Ser) as a study tool. The Chapter 1 Summative Test will be the following week. Check planner and Google Classroom daily for homework assignments as well as Parent Connect. Muchas gracias 🙂 Students with a C- or below will be receiving a progress report soon.

Week of Monday, October 1st

6th grade classes: A Day will meet on Tuesday and Thursday of this week. They will be learning about German numbers on Tuesday and German days and months on Thursday. Study concepts daily using Quizlet.com. Pages 1-3 should be complete by the end of the week. B day will meet on Monday, Wednesday & Friday of […]

Week of Monday, September 24th

6th grade classes: B Day will meet on Tuesday and Thursday of this week. They will be playing Jeopardy on Tuesday to prepare for the Spanish test on Thursday. They must know Spanish greetings, numbers 1-10, days & months, colors, culture and how to ask about family. Students should study the questions on each page. I […]

Week of Monday, Sept., 17th

All Classes: Please make sure the “blue” Remind.com form on Google Classroom is complete by now. All information must be checked with your parent. All supplies should be purchased by now. Some classes still have a “Who are you?” form to complete on Google Classroom. Please work on those if not complete. 6th grade classes: […]

Week of Monday, September 10th

All Classes: Please make sure the “blue” Remind.com form on Google Classroom is complete by now. All information must be checked with your parent. All supplies should be purchased by now. Some classes still have a “Who are you?” form to complete on Google Classroom. Please work on those if not complete. 6th grade classes: A […]

Week of Tuesday, September 4th

All Classes: Please make sure the “blue” Remind.com form on Google Classroom is complete by now. All information must be checked with your parent. All supplies should be purchased by this week. We will be using our notebooks almost daily (7th & 8th graders). Some classes have a “Who are you?” form to complete on […]

Google Classroom Codes

Depending on the hour that you belong to, please visit Google Classroom and type in the following code to join my class: A2: ovwd0q5 1st Hour A Day: bdf6ij 1st Hour B Day: h0emcn 3rd Hour: slxb6h 4th Hour: 0awe1lz 5th Hour: yltwh1y 6th Hour: tm2m9c

Week of Monday, August 27th

Witamy! Bienvenidos! Wilkommen! Bienvenue! Greetings and welcome to Smith’s Foreign Language Blog. During the first week of school, we will be getting to know each other, going over Smith’s PBIS procedures, dress code policy, classroom expectations, and getting our supplies gathered. Please click on the SYLLABI link on the top of the blog to view […]

Week of Monday, June 11th

6th grade classes: B Day will be going over ASL concepts on Monday. On Wednesday, they will have their cultural food day. They can bring in sample sizes of Spanish, German, French or Arabic dishes. They will also take their ASL test which will be a shortened version because of the field trip this week. A […]

Summer Learning

Please read the following about summer learning this year: Dear Parent/Guardian,       According to Johns Hopkins University, the effects of summer learning loss can result in nearly a three-month loss in grade-level equivalency in math and a two-month loss in grade-level equivalency in reading.  In order to close the summer learning loss gap in reading and […]