Welcome to 8th Grade Spanish! I am so excited to once again be your teacher as you continue exploring this wonderful language. Here you will find all important information and assignments pertaining to 8th grade Spanish. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at aragauskis@qrcougars.org. I know that Spanish is not an easy language to learn, so please contact me if your student would like help with homework/studying before/after school.
Students will be using the online Voces Digital textbook for Spanish 1 this year. The book can be found using the following link: https://www.vocesdigital.com/index.php. We hope to finish most of this Spanish 1 book by the end of the year. There is a hard copy of this book in my classroom, which students know they are welcome to use during class if need be. Student log-in information is the following and was explained to students during the first couple days of class: Class ID: QRSPANISH User ID: lowercase first initial, lowercase full last name, QR graduation year (i.e. 8th grader Joe Smith is jsmith2020).
Below you will find a tentative assignment/weekly schedule. This is subject to change, so please check in with your students in regards to their homework. Schedules will be updated every Sunday night. Let's have a great year! Miss Ragauskis
August 19th-23rd Monday: Review rules and expectations in class. Signed forms due Wednesday. Tuesday: Review saludos (greetings) and begin writing conversations with partners. Wednesday: Conversation-writing. Thursday: Conversation presentations and begin review of last year's concepts. Friday: Continue review
August 26th-August 30th: Monday: Begin learning about the preterit (past) tense. Voces Chapter 6 Activities 10 and 15 due Wednesday. Tuesday: Learn translation strategies and begin translating a passage in class. Wednesday: Voces homework due. Continue translation activity. Thursday: Sentence-writing in class. Friday: Study guide on saludos (greetings), ar/er/ir verb endings, and the preterit tense due Wednesday 9/4
September 3rd-September 6th: Tuesday: In-class review activities. Wednesday: In-class review activities. Study guide on saludos, ar/er/ir verbs, and weather/the preterit tense due today Thursday: Quiz on saludos (greetings), ar/er/ir verbs, and weather/the preterit tense Friday: In-class video translation activity
September 9th-September 13th: Monday: Weather project introduction. Tuesday: Voces Chapter 8 Activity 5 and worksheet due Thursday Wednesday: In-class sentence-writing activity Thursday: Voces homework due Friday: Project work day
September 16th-September 20th: Monday: Translation activity and project work day. Diet and nutrition study guide due tomorrow for homework. Tuesday: Scavenger hunt activity. Wednesday: Whole-class activity on the food pyramid (in Spanish) Thursday: In-class review day Friday: Quiz on diet and nutrition vocabulary
September 23rd-September 27th: Monday: Begin learing comparatives and superlatives. Voces Chapter 8 Activity 11 and worksheet due Wednesday. Tuesday: In-class note-taking on comparatives and superlatives Wednesday: Voces homework due today. In-class sentence-writing activity Thursday: Translating activity and project work day Friday: Project work day (weather forecast project due Monday 9/30)
September 30th-October 4th: Monday: Translating activity and begin project presentations. Weather forecast project due today. Tuesday: Continue project presentations. Test 1 Study Guide Parts 1 and 2 due tomorrow for homework Wednesday: Test 1 Study Guide Parts 3 and 4 due tomorrow for homework Thursday: Review day Friday: Test 1 on saludos, weather/the preterit tense, diet and nutrition, and comparatives and superlatives
October 7th-October 11th: See email sent through PowerSchool on 10/4
October 15th-October 18th: Tuesday: Checkpoint 1 for the Day of the Dead project due (name of person and three facts). Wednesday: Voces Chapter 8 Activity 15 due today. Writing present progressive partner conversations in class Thursday: Day of the Dead project work day Friday: Present progressive study guide due Monday (quiz 10/23)
October 21st-October 25th: Monday: Checkpoint 2 for the Day of the Dead project due (shoebox altar blueprint/sketch) Tuesday: Watch Day of the Dead video in class Wednesday: Quiz on the present progressive Thursday: No class-11:30 dismissal Friday: No school
October 28th-November 1st: Monday: Checkpoint 3 for the Day of the Dead project due (answer questions on project info sheet on a regular-sized piece of paper) Tuesday: No Spanish-Chastity Presentation Wednesday: Finish Coco in class, begin Coco writing activity Thursday: No class-Halloween parties Friday: Day of the Dead project due!! Set up in Room K
November 4th-November 8th: Monday: Finish Coco paragraph in class Tuesday: Finish Coco paragraph in class Wednesday: Begin learning irregular verbs. Voces Chapter 9 Activity 10 due Friday. Thursday: In-class conversation translation. Friday: Voces homework due. In-class conversation writing
November 11th-November 15th: Monday: Continue working on partner conversation in class Tuesday: Conversation presentations. Complete irregular verb study guide for homework Wednesday: In-class review and finishing conversation presentations Thursday: In-class review game for quiz Friday: Quiz on irregular verbs
November 18th-November 22nd: Monday: Notes on past tense in class Tuesday: Continue past tense notes. Complete past tense worksheet for homework Wednesday: Scavenger hunt verb conjugation activity Thursday: Partner sentence translations Friday: Thanksgiving Spanish activity
November 25th-November 26th: Monday: Continued Spanish Thanksgiving activity Tuesday: Continued Spanish Thanksgiving activity
December 2nd-December 6th: Monday: Test 2 Study Guide Part 1 for homework Tuesday: Test 2 Study Guide Part 2 for homework Wednesday: In-class review Thursday: In-class review Friday: Test 2 on Funny Bones, the present progressive, irregular verbs, and the past tense of ser/estar and ar/er/ir verbs
December 9th-December 13th: Monday:Our Lady of Guadalupe activities Tuesday: Our Lady of Guadalupe activities Wednesday: Our Lady of Guadalupe activities. Thursday: Spanish Christmas writing activity Friday: Spanish Christmas writing activity
December 16th-December 20th: Monday: Finish Christmas writing activity Tuesday: Spanish Christmas movie and worksheet completion Wednesday: No class-Christmas concert at 1:00 Thursday: Continue Spanish Christmas movie and worksheet completion Friday: Continue Spanish Christmas movie and worksheet completion
January 6th-January 10th: Monday: Voces Chapter 7 Activity 13 and 15 due Thursday Tuesday: partner translation activity Wednesday: Project introduction Thursday: Voces homework due Friday: Project work day
January 13th-January 17th: Monday: Notes on stem-changing verbs Tuesday: Continued notes on stem-changing verbs. Voces Chapter 10 Activities 8 and 12 due Thursday. Wednesday: Partner sentence practice Thursday: Voces homework due today. View Spanish food critique samples Friday: Food critique project work day in class
January 20th-January 24th: Monday: No school Tuesday: Stem-changing verb study guide for homework Wednesday: In-class review Thursday: In-class review Friday: Quiz on stem-changing verbs
January 27th-January 31st: Monday: No class- pajama and movie day Tuesday: No class- talent show Wednesday: Food critique project presentations Thursday: Food critique project presentations continued Friday: No class- eighth grade versus teacher volley ball game
February 3rd-February 7th: Monday: Voces Chapter 11 Activity 12 and Activity 13 (workshseet) due Friday Tuesday: Partner sentence writing Wednesday: Partner sentence translating Thursday: No class- science fair Friday: Continued partner activities
February 10th-February 14th: Monday: Complete reflexive verb study guide for homework Tuesday: In-class review Wednesday: No class- 11:30 dismissal Thursday: Reflexive verb quiz Friday: No class- Non-student attendance day
February 17th-February 21st: Monday: No school Tuesday: Introduction to daily routine vocabulary Wednesday: Partner conversation writing Thursday: Partner conversation writing continued Friday: Concversation presentations
February 24th-February 28th: Monday: Test 3 Study Guide Parts 1 and 2 due tomorrow Tuesday: Test 3 Study Guide Parts 3, 4, and 5 due tomorrow Wednesday: In-class review Thursday: In-class review
Friday: Test 3 on preferences, stem-changing verbs, reflexive verbs, daily routine vocabulary, and text-related question responses
March 2nd-March 6th: Monday: In-class reading activity Tuesday: In-class reading activity continued. Finish translating story for homework (quick English summary next to each paragraph) Wednesday: In-class listening and writing activities Thursday: In-class speaking activity Friday: End-of-book celebration
March 9th-March 13th: Monday: Voces Book 2 Chromebook scavenger hunt Tuesday: In-class partner translation activity Wednesday: Review scavenger hunt and translation activity Thursday: Notes on prepositions and obligations. Friday: Complete Voces Chapter 12 Activities 9 and 12 (as worksheets) in class
March 16th-March 20th: Monday: Complete prepositions/obligations study guide for homework Tuesday: In-class partner conversation Wednesday: In-class review Thursday: Prepositions/obligations quiz Friday: Partner conversation presentations
Dear Parents and Guardians, (letter sent home 12/20)
This letter is to notify you of the required Spanish assignments for grades 5-8 that are part of our emergency school closing day plan this year. On the first emergency school closing day, no assignment completion is required as the school will be making that day up on February 14, 2020. However, upon the second emergency school closing day, the students must choose one of the three options below:
5th grade: saludos (greetings), the alphabet, numbers 0-1,000, and telling time 6th grade: saludos (greeting), holidays and celebrations, food and restaurant, family, house, the verb “gustar,” and the verb “estar” 7th grade: saludos (greetings), Funny Bones (story), the verb “tener,” demonstrative adjectives, question words, and the verb “ir” 8th grade: saludos (greetings), Funny Bones (story), regular ar/er/ir verbs in the present tense, irregular verbs in the present tense, the past and present tenses of “ser” and “estar,” regular ar/er/ir verbs in the past tense, and the present progressive tense.
Should you have any questions about the above assignment options, you may email me at [email protected] either before the emergency school closing days or during the hours of 9 am and 3 pm during the second and subsequent emergency school closing days.
Thank you,
Miss Ragauskis
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