Welcome to the 2013-2014 School Year!

Hola!  Welcome to the 2013-2014 school year at (HC)2!  I'm excited about some of the fun things we have planned in Spanish this year.  CLICK HERE for a special hello from Pedro and me.

2/3: April 24, 2013

Notice:  On April 30, Posterous will be shutting down.  I'm in the process of moving all of the content to the new (HC)2 Spanish Blog.  

We're finishing up the year by spending a few weeks talking about the most popular sport in the Spanish speaking world, fútbol!  

Ask your student:

•  Did you participate in the number challenge?  How did you do?  (To finish practicing numbers, students had the chance to "guess my number" in as few guesses as possible.)

This week's vocabulary

• el portero ~ the goalie
• el campo ~ the field
• el balón ~ the ball
• mete un gol ~ to score a goal.

Homework:

• Practice our vocabulary words HERE.
• Optional:  HERE are some soccer related words we won't have a chance to learn in class, but if you love fútbol, you might enjoy learning them. 
• Extra Opportunity!  FINDING NEMO in SPANISH!  Come the HCHS auditorium on Friday, May 3 at 7pm to see Finding Nemo in Spanish with English subtitles.   Donations of $2 for adults and $1 for children 12 & under.  Crazy Carnival Cravings will sell snacks - come hungry.  All proceeds go to HCJB Global's work in Shell, Ecuador where HC students will travel this summer.   

4/5/6: April 24, 2013

Notice:  On April 30, Posterous will be shutting down.  I'm in the process of moving all of the content to the new (HC)2 Spanish Blog.  

Today in class, we finished learning the vocabulary in the song "Yo no camino solo".  Students also presented their final skits.  

Ask your student:  

• Did you present a skit today?  How did it go?

This week's vocabulary :

Homework:.  

• Be ready to turn in your pegatinas!!
• Listen to the song "Yo no camino solo".  Can you do all of the actions that we learned?
• Practice our Bible memory verse:  The Lord's Prayer
  
  • You can find the prayer typed out HERE.
  • Quia Games to practice the vocabulary:  Flashcard Game, Put everything in order Game
  • Practice with THIS video.
  • Next week will be your last chance to say any part of the prayer to earn stickers!
• Extra Opportunity!  FINDING NEMO in SPANISH!  Come the HCHS auditorium on Friday, May 3 at 7pm to see Finding Nemo in Spanish with English subtitles.   Donations of $2 for adults and $1 for children 12 & under.  Crazy Carnival Cravings will sell snacks - come hungry.  All proceeds go to HCJB Global's work in Shell, Ecuador where HC students will travel this summer. 

Under Construction

Welcome to the NEW (HC)2 Spanish blog!  There will be a lot of activity over the next few weeks as I move over old content and get things organized.

Check back some time in May for a list of activities/websites you can check out to practice Spanish over the summer!

4/5/6: March 20, 2013

Today in class, we continued to look at a painting by Carmen Lomas Garza.  She painted a picture of her family making cascarones...Mexican easter eggs.  We also watched a few short videos about cascarones.  If you're interested in learning a little more, I have some extra links in the homework section...

Ask your student:

• What are cascarones?  How do you make them?  (They are egg shells filled with confetti.  You make them but carefully making a small hole/taking a little bit of the top of the egg off, pouring out the white and yolk, cleaning the shell, filling it with confetti, and decorating it!) 

This week's vocabulary (it seems a little random, but it will make sense when we read Carmen Lomas Garza's description of the painting after break!)

• íbamos a nadar~we would go swimming
• rompíamos~we would break
• comíamos~we would eat
• sorprendíamos~we would surprise
• sacábamos~we would take out
• después de~after 

Homework:.  

• Practice our vocabulary words HERE.  Also, you can practice verb forms HERE.
• Quia Assignment
• Extra~Read about the history of cascarones:  Article #1, Article #2
• Extra:  How to make cascarones.
• Book idea:  The Dance of the Eggshells/El Baile de los Cascarones by Carla Aragón. (Unfortunately, this book is not available through the Herrick Library.  I have put in a request for it...so maybe soon!) 
• Practice our Bible memory verse:  The Lord's Prayer
  • You can find the prayer typed out HERE.
  • Quia Games to practice the vocabulary:  Flashcard Game, Put everything in order Game
  • Practice with THIS video.
  • You should have the entire prayer memorized by May.  Right now, focus on the first 8 lines.  (Through "hemos perdonado a nuestros deudores")