el 6 de abril

Researched ideas for Frida Kahlo lesson....
http://www.pbs.org/weta/fridakahlo/worksofart/index.html
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3233809177/

The pbs site is just wonderful~ appropriate Frida paintings with interesting points of interest about each one.

The imdb website has the link to the trailer for Frida, the movie. I will show this trailer and the pbs website on Friday. I think that the trailer will suffice (instead of viewing the movie) to give students an interesting introduction into her life.

I also analyzed the results from the 5B listening secion of the exam --- about 80% mastery. I will continue to work on improving students' listening skill ~ working towards my smart goal.

el 6 de abril

el 5 de marzo

Reviewed test results from 4B exam
--- Students did really well on listening; students needed the last listening question played a second time.

Reviewed La Familia project that Span. I will begin next week

Looked at phschool.com songs for this and upcoming chapters --- Listening to a song will be good listening practice :)

2/2/09

-Finished third quarter curriculum planning & template
-Began organizing information for 4th quarter planning
- worked on 4a listening activities and listening assessment

Smart Goal

Spanish I SmartGoal:

100 % of students will demonstrate 80% mastery of listening skills on summative exams during third quarter.

- Students will complete at least three listening activities per chapter. These activities will be reviewed in class on the overhead/whiteboard, which will allow students to self-assess or, these activities will be graded by the teacher as a formative assessment.

- Students will practice listening strategies in class. Examples of these listening strategies include: taking notes during speaking activities, listening for key verbs and verb forms (yo, tu, etc.), and reviewing a copy of the script before listening.

el 14 de enero

Today I ...

-Reviewed results of 7th period's mid term essays (this is the only class that I have graded thus far). Students did very well -- the one reoccuring problem was that students used ser instead of estar for location. I am going to go back over location (ex: The clock is under the flag) next semester.

- Reflected on how to incorporate first semester's skill sets into second semester's ---- decided to review certain problem areas (location, agreement) but with new vocabulary.

- Looked ahead to next semester --- I would like to have students speaking more in a non-scripted manner ... maybe just give them general topics to generate ideas about and then go around and ask them specific questions individualy.

- Reviewed WAVA book --- I would like to start utilizing this resource more. I just wasn't sure how to use it to its full advantage during first semester.

Smart Goal update:

After I receive and analyze the results/data from my Spanish I mid term I will create my Smart Goal.

el 8 de diciembre

Reviewed test results from 11/24 -- contacted tech dept. about how to find out specifically which questions students missed ... I would like students who received a C or below to make test corrections.

Worked on present tense conjugation activities - games, verb drills, etc.

Looked over curriculum map ... thinking ahead about timing w/ winter break