¡BIENVENIDOS! WELCOME! 7/8 Spanish 2 Nicole Toth MY CONTACT INFORMATION Email: nt06bps@birmingham.k12.mi.us* *The best way to contact me is through EMAIL School 50630 Room Class phone: (248) 203-4444 ext. #: 503 Website: www.bcstoth.wordpress.com ABOUT ME •11th year teaching, all primarily at BCS •Bachelor’s in Spanish and Master’s in Curriculum and Teaching, both from MSU •Married 9 years to Chad, a real estate broker and owner Real Estate Gives. •Live in Oxford with our 3 kids; Tyler, 5, and Keegan, 3 ½, and Mia, 1½ months; Baby #4 due November 1st Why SPANISH AT BCS Did BCS Choose Spanish as its focal language? Spanish will be very useful in the upcoming U.S. society, not to mention globally Hispanics made up 16 percent of America’s population in 2009, but that is forecast to surge to 29 percent by 2050, according to estimates by the Pew Research Center. “The language that will be essential for Americans and has far more day-to-day applications is Spanish…Spanish is a practical add-on to your daily life, meshing with whatever career you choose.” Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for The New York Times, says in his article “First learn Spanish. Then study Chinese.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/opinion/30kristof.html 7/8 PACING SCHEDULE Spanish 1b+ Spanish 2a/b •7th graders who passed Spanish 1a in 6th grade Students Who Take this Course •8th graders who passed •8th graders who repeated Spanish 1b in 7th grade the Spanish 1a class in 7th grade •8th graders that perform General Progression to High School (8th graders only) at a high level – HS Spanish 3A •HS Spanish 2A •8th graders that perform at a passing/below passing level – HS Spanish 2A or B The STATE CREDIT MI State Board of Education expects all students to complete two credits of a world language other than English prior to graduation, or demonstrate a two-year equivalent proficiency. For one credit: successful completion of the For a second credit in the same world language: high school’s first year final exam at the Novice Mid level. Usually takes place at the end of level 1b. successful completion of the second year final exam at Novice High level. Usually takes place at the end of level 2b. In STATE CREDIT CON. other words, if your child passes the 1b exam at the end of this year at 80% or higher, they will receive 1 state credit. If your child passes the 2b exam at the end of 8th grade, they will receive 1 more credit. If they pass all of these exams, they will have fulfilled the state requirement before entering high school. That being said, both BPS high schools still require one more year of a language in high school beyond the last completed at the middle school level. Visit http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/WL_Guidelines_FINAL_206 823_7.pdf for more details SPANISH 2 •Our curriculum is based on the National Standards for Foreign Language, which encompasses the 5 C’s of Modern Language Education: • Communications – Understanding and producing the language • Cultures – Practices, products and perspectives of Hispanic countries • Comparisons – comparing Spanish language and Hispanic cultures to English/US • Connections – integrating with other curriculum areas • Communities – using Spanish beyond school setting SPANISH 1B •Curriculum •The Spanish 2 curriculum, created by a committee of BPS Spanish teachers, follows the State GLCE’s (Grade Level Concept Expectations) and the BPS World Language Philosophy. • Here is an overview of the units: 2a (1st and 2nd Quarters) •Review Unit – 1b regular and irregular verbs, 1b various grammar topics •Unit 1 – Discussing technology using the preterite/past tense •Unit 2 – Discussing interests using imperfect/past tense •Unit 3 – Reviewing daily routines with both preterite and imperfect tenses •Unit 4 – Discussing Travel and giving directions 2b (3rd and 4th Quarters) •Unit 1 – Discussing food and healthy lifestyles •Unit 2 – Describing your health and how you feel •Unit 3 – Discussing community events in the future and recent past •Unit 4 – Discussing the environment in the conditional tense SPANISH 1B •Grade Weight Percentages • Assignments – 40% • Quizzes/Tests – 50% • PEP (Preparation/Effort/Participation) – 10% SPANISH 1B •Work/Late Work • If a student has an overall low grade in Spanish, it is sometimes due to missing/late work • Most work will consist of studying for vocabulary and grammar quizzes and unit tests • I accept late homework, but it goes down by 25% each week it is late. SPANISH 1B •Quizzes/Tests • 1 Vocabulary Quiz per unit of 40+ words each • 1 Grammar Quiz per unit • 1 Skills Test per unit consisting of Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking sections SPANISH 1B •PEP (Preparation/Effort/Participation) • 10% of grade is based on PEP • PEP Rubric includes these categories: Preparation and Effort Participation Class Presence Individual Participation Academic Preparedness Partner/Group Participation Accepting Constructive Criticism Spanish-speaking Participation Respect Towards Others Openness to Learn SPANISH 1B •S.O.C Tarea (Spanish Outside of Class) • A way to encourage learning the language and culture outside of our classroom to achieve the standard of “Communities” • Choose from multiple activities (see handout), all worth various points • Need 20 points by Nov 1 (next quarter, it will be 30 points) CLASS RESOURCES My Website: www.bcstoth.wordpress.com Located Digital Copy of Tonight’s Information (Course Outline/PEP Rubric, This Power Point) Weekly Class Schedule and Information Class Documents, Student Homework and Handouts Helpful Links My Contact Information (also see handout) here: CLASS RESOURCES PowerSchool https://powerschool.birmingham. k12.mi.us/public/ Your I child’s grades at your fingertips! keep pretty detailed information on here – see individual student comments CLASS RESOURCES Helpful External Resources: www.studyspanish.com www.quizlet.com (see link on my webpage for our class online vocabulary activities) (there are others listed on the Blogroll section of my blog) CLASS TRIP: MAY 1-2 CHICAGO •Thursday-Friday •$405 •6th trip there, usually 35+ students attend •Visit page on my website for past years’ pics •You can begin signing your children up now! (see handout or visit http://bcstoth.wordpress.com/culture/fiesta- latina-trip-to-chicago/) HERE’S TO AN EXCITING YEAR FOR YOUR STUDENTS! Thank you for coming!