¡BIENVENIDOS!
WELCOME!
7/8 Spanish 2
Nicole Toth
MY CONTACT INFORMATION
 Email:
NToth@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
•12th year teaching, all
primarily at BCS
•Bachelor’s in Spanish and
Master’s in Curriculum and
Teaching, both from MSU
•Married 10 years to Chad, a
real estate broker and owner of
Real Estate Gives.
•Live in Lake Orion with our 4
kids; Tyler, 6, and Keegan, 4,
and Mia, 2, and Taelyn, 10
months
 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.
 Birmingham has determined that one of
these credits MUST be earned at the
high school level; therefore, only one can
be earned at the middle school level
STATE CREDIT CON.
 In
order to earn this credit, students
must pass the district placement test this
coming January with an 80% or higher
 The content on the placement test
includes material from Spanish 1b and 2a.
 For more information, visit:
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/WL_Guidelines_FI
NAL_206823_7.pdf
SPANISH 2
•Curriculum
•The
Spanish 2 curriculum follows the State
GLCE’s (Grade Level Concept Expectations)
and the BPS World Language Philosophy.
•It
is based on the Descubre 1 and 2
program by Vista Higher Learning. We have
a classroom set of textbooks for use in
class, and each student will have access to
the online textbook (Vtext) and Supersite,
a website full of study tools, activities, and
much more.
•
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 2
Español 2a: Descubre 1
1st semester
Lección 7 (review) La rutina diaria
Lección 8
La comida
Lección 9
Las fiestas
Daily routine
Food
Parties/festivals
Español 2b: Descubre 2
2nd semester
Lección 1
Lección 2
Lección 3
En el consultorio
La tecnología
La vivienda
In the doctor’s office
Technology
Housing
SPANISH 2
•Grade Weight Percentages
• Assignments – 40%
• Quizzes/Tests – 50%
• PEP (Preparation/Effort/Participation)
– 10%
SPANISH 2
•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 2
•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
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
Our Online Descubre Textbook
and Supersite:
www.vhlcentral.com
LOTS of practice activities of
all types (vocabulary, listening,
grammar, reading, speaking, etc.)
Online PDF version of textbook
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 TRIP:
JAN 14-19
PUERTO RICO
•$1860 per student
•Capacity – 40 students, still some spots available
•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/fiestalatina-trip-to-chicago/)
HERE’S TO AN
EXCITING YEAR
FOR YOUR
STUDENTS!
Thank you for
coming!