4th, 5th, 6th Grade: February 17, 2016

This week, we began wrapping up our storytelling unit.  I told *my* last story in class.  Next week, students will be working on creating their own stories in Spanish, and on March 2, they'll have the opportunity to share those stories with the class!  (See homework section below for a description of the final story writing project!)

Ask your student:

• Who was the "amiga del día" in Spanish class today?  What is one thing you learned about her?  (This week, our "amiga del día" was a girl who has a cat and a dog.  We learned that the cat likes to sleep on her bed, and sometimes fights with the dog.)  
• What was the silly story about in Spanish?  Could you understand most of it?  (It was about a giant gecko and all of the other characters we have had in our previous stories!)

This week's vocabulary:

• Amigo del Día
• Each week, we'll learn more about our classmates!  
• duerme - he/she sleeps
• la cama - the bed
•  pelean - they fight
• comida de gatos - cat food
• Story Vocabulary (some new, some review)
• ahora - now
• también - also, too
• pero - but, however
• Interrogatives
• ¿Quién? - Who?
• ¿Qué? - What?
• ¿Cuándo? - When?
• ¿Dónde? - Where?
• ¿De dónde? - From where?
• ¿Por qué? - Why?
• ¿Cómo? - How?
• ¿Cuál? - Which?
• ¿Cuánto/Cuánta? - How much?
• ¿Cuántos/Cuántas? - How many?

Homework:

• Complete the story sheet that was handed out in class today.  If you misplaced your sheet from class, you can print a new copy...
• Front Page (worth 1 sticker)
• Back Pages (worth 3 stickers)
• Quia assignment 
• Quia Assignment for February 24 (worth 2 stickers)
• Storytelling Unit Final Assignment:  The final assignment was handed out in class today.  If you misplaced your copy, you can print a new copy here.  Next week (Feb 24), we will have a work day in class.  Please come to class prepared to get right to work.
• Final Assignment
• Verb list 
• Silly Names for Characters
• Previous Quia Assigments
• Week of Jan 6
• Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Jan 13
• Quia Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Jan 20
• Quia Assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Jan 27
• Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Week of Feb 7
• Quia assignment (worth 1 sticker)
• Second Semester Bible Memory
• This semester, we'll be memorizing two short passages in Spanish.  Students received a hard copy of the verses in class.  If your student misplaced the paper, you can print a new copy HERE.
• Verses for January and February
• Yo soy el buen pastor; conozco a mis ovejas y ellas me conocen a mí, así como el Padre me conoce a mí, y yo lo conozco a él, y doy mi vida por las ovejas.  Juan 10:14-15 (Juan diez, versículos catorce y quince)
• Audio version coming soon