¡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?
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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.
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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)
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here:
CLASS RESOURCES
PowerSchool
https://powerschool.birmingham.
k12.mi.us/public/
 Your
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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)
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(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!