It was a pleasure to meet those of you who were able to attend open house!

Ms. Sbeity and Miss Yandura’s Language Arts 3 Class:

Our Agenda:

• We added entries into our grammar glossaries. doc20130925092559
• We completed today’s bellwork (#3). doc20130925093948
• We finished our two-column notes with our story “My Left Foot”.

Ms. Sbeity’s Spanish Class:

Spanish 2: 

***Test tomorrow on vocabulary and the use of ser and estar.

• We completed our bellwork.
• We reviewed the vocabulary.
• We corrected yesterday’s homework (worksheet)
• We applied the use of ser and estar with activities

Spanish 3/4:

***Test tomorrow on chapter 6.1 (imperfect, reciprocal actions, vocabulary)

• We completed our bellwork.
• We corrected yesterday’s homework
• We reviewed the chapter with worksheets p. 51-53 doc20130925092718doc20130925092655doc20130925092631

We are looking forward to meeting you tonight at open house!

Ms. Sbeity and Ms. Yandura’s Language Arts 3 Class:

Our agenda:

1. Book Log Bingo Assignment #1 was collected today.  Next one is due October 8!
2. We read further with our SSR books.
3. We set our long term and short term goals for this card marking.Goals challenge[1]
4. We continued our two-column notes with the short story, “My Left Foot”.  Anyone who is absent will need to check out a textbook upon return.

Ms. Sbeity’s Spanish Class:

Spanish 2:

• Bellwork
• Practice vocabulary
• correct worksheet p. 201 Exercises #8,9,10
• Complete worksheet p.33-34; 52-53 doc20130924102022doc20130924102042doc20130924102104doc20130924102127
• Test Thursday on ser vs. estar and vocabulary 6.1

Spanish 3/4

• Bellwork
• Practice vocabulary
• correct p.214-215 #14,15,16
• complete for tomorrow worksheets p. 64-66doc20130924102615doc20130924102636doc20130924102700
• Test Thursday on chapter 6.1:  Vocabulary, imperfect tense, reciprocal actions with nos, os, se

OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD TOMORROW EVENING!!!
Ms. Sbeity and Miss Yandura’s Language Arts Class:

1. Copied entries into our grammar glossary
2. Completed our Daily Language Practice (bellwork)
3. Received our progress reports
4. Learned how to make short term and long term goals and wrote them in our goals packet which will be visited weekly

****  Book Log Bingo assignment due tomorrow!

Ms. Sbeity’s Spanish Class:

Spanish 2:

1. Bellwork
2. Chart the uses of ser and estar
3. Apply the uses to p. 200-201
4. *** Test Thursday on vocabulary and the uses of ser and estar

Spanish 3/4:

1. Collected the questions to “Extra”
2. Bellwork
3. Learned when to use ” nos, os, se” when talking about reciprocal actions
4. We applied the pronouns to activities on p. 214-215 doc20130923122809doc20130923122838

Ms. Sbeity and Miss Yandura’s Language Arts 3 Class:

Reminder:  Open House will be held Tuesday evening. 

Our Agenda:

• We started class with SSR.
• We read p. 169-171 of “My Left Foot”. While we read, we took two-column notes.  The left column shows citing the actual text, and the right side shows our response to that quote.
• ***Book Log Bingo Assignment #1 is due Tuesday at the beginning of class!doc20130920125334

Ms. Sbeity’s Spanish Class:

Spanish 2:

• After bellwork, we took a test on the verbs “ser” and “estar”. 
• Have worksheet p. 51 completed for Monday. doc20130920130101
• Study your vocabulary list since you will be tested Thursday.doc20130920130940

Spanish 3/4:

• Bellwork
• Watched “Extra” and answered questions for listening comprehension(Finish the questions this weekend.)
• Study vocabulary(doc20130920131459) and the notes on the imperfect tense. **Test Wednesday!

Ms. Sbeity and Miss Yandura’s Language Arts Class:

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We started set #2 of bellwork today.  We saw a video clip from the short story, “My Left Foot” and read the Prepare to Read on p. 166-167.  The author, Christy Brown, experiences an epiphany in his life so we discussed the meaning of “epiphany” and wrote a paragraph describing a time when we had one.

Ms. Sbeity’s Spanish Class:

Spanish 2:

The tenth graders attended the anti-bullying assembly.  Project due and quiz tomorrow!

Spanish 3/4:

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• Bellwork : Ask your partner if he/she liked to do 5 specific activities when he/she was little.
• Complete p. 212-213 #10,11,12
• Project due tomorrow!

Ms. Sbeity and Miss Yandura’s Language Arts 3 Class:

Today we took our first grammar test and we finished our stations from yesterday (please see yesterday’s blog).  We ended class with SSR. 

Ms. Sbeity’s Spanish 2/3/4 Class:

Spanish 2:

We reviewed vocabulary and took a pretest on “ser” and “estar” (The test is Friday).  We also worked on our mini-projects (due tomorrow at the end of class).

Spanish 3/4:  doc20130918090048doc20130918085831

We reviewed vocabulary in context, and we had conversations with three classmates.  Then we worked on p.209 #4,5 and p.211#7,8 along with our mini-projects (projects are due Friday).

Close & Critical Read(1)  Attachment

Ms. Sbeity and Miss Yandura’s Language Arts 3 Class:

We finished sharing as a class our “Talking to the Text” with our article on cerebral palsy.  We then split up into 4 stations according to the four “Close and Critical Reading” squares (attached).  We are using that strategy also with the article. 

**Tomorrow there will be a grammar test on the bellwork and grammar glossary. 

Ms. Sbeity’s Spanish Class:

Spanish 2: 

After bellwork, we used the verb “estar” to describe one’s feelings and location(Complete exercises A-D)

We are using our vocabulary to create and label a place setting with foods. *Due Thursday

It must include : all utensils, beverage, appetizer, main dish, 1 side dish, 1 dessert

** Friday there will be a quiz on applying “ser” and “estar”.

Spanish 3/4:

After bellwork, we completed a listening comprehension activity involving the vocabulary.

We started to create a poster that tells a visual story of our childhood activities. 

It must:

• include eight pictures or drawings with a caption using the imperfect tense and current vocabulary.
• be neat and colored.
• be prepared and ready to present on Friday.

Ms. Sbeity and Miss Yandura’s Language Arts 3 Class:

Here is our agenda:

1. Identify and correct commas, apostrophes, and run-on sentences in our bellwork. 
2. Turn in bellwork series #1 (There are five entries).
3. We read an article on cerebral palsy and used the reading strategy “Talking to the Text”.  Then each group reported back to the class on each assigned section of the reading.  Friday we are going to be reading the short story “My Left Foot”, which was written by Christie Brown who had cerebral palsy.

*** Grammar Quiz Wednesday:  Study grammar glossary and bellwork.

Ms. Sbeity’s Spanish Class:

Spanish 2:

• Completed bellwork:  Preguntas Personales
• Reviewed Vocabulary in context
• Checked our homework: Ser packet exercise I and the vocabulary packet
• Completed the worksheet on vocabulary from the book p.199
• **** Quiz Friday on Ser/Estar

Spanish 3/4:

• Completed bellwork:  Preguntas Personales
• Reviewed vocabulary and shared what we used to do as children and what we dreamt of being in the future
• Checked our homework:  Exercise G, H in the imperfect packet and vocabulary packet
• Homework: Study vocabulary and complete exercises 2,3 on the vocabulary worksheet

Ms. Sbeity’s and Miss Yandura’s Language Arts 3 Class:

Today’s agenda: 

1. We added an entry on comma usage.
2. We completed our bellwork. (correcting common grammar mistakes)
3. We looked at our results from last week’s preassessment on grammar, reading, and writing.  We expect to see improvement later this semester on the progress test.

Ms. Sbeity’s Spanish Class:

Spanish 2 needs to do the following for Monday:

1. Complete vocabulary packet
2. Study vocabulary by making flashcards or using the website quizlet
3. Do exercises “I” in the “ser” packet

Spanish 3/4 needs to do the following for Monday:

1. Study vocabulary by making flashcards or using the website quizlet
2. Finish the vocabulary packet
3. Do exercises G,H in the “imperfect” packet

Ms. Sbeity and Miss Yandura’s Language Arts 3 Class:

We accomplished the following today:

• Grammar Glossary with two entries on comma usage
• Bellwork on grammar
• Passed out the book log bingo sheet and explained that each square represents an assignment that will be due every other Tuesday in response to the SSR reading.  (SSR book is required and must be brought everyday)
• Finished the 911 hero article and Talking to the Text

Ms. Sbeity’s Spanish Class:

Spanish 2 accomplished the following:

• Fill out DPS anti-bullying survey
• Answer common conversational questions (bellwork)
• Review Vocabulary 6.1 on foods and ordering in a restaurant.  Page 1,2 of the packet needs to be finished for tomorrow.
• Applied the verbs tener que and ir a to talk about what you’re going to do and what you have to do.  Corrections need to be made to the calendars and turned back in.
• Ser was revisited to describe things

Spanish 3/4 accomplished the following:

• Fill out DPS anti-bullying survey
• Answer common conversational questions (bellwork)
• Turned in practice sheets on the imperfect
• Turned in and corrected page one of the vocab practice sheets
• Complete the vocab sheets for tomorrow