Welcome!
Lauren O’Malley
Spanish 1A & Spanish 1B
Rooms 1, 2, 3, 38
New Paltz Middle School
Contact Information
• Voice Mail:
845-256-4000 ext. 69729
• e-mail:
lomalley@newpaltz.k12.ny.us
• Website:
New Paltz School District Homepage →
Middle School → Teachers → O’Malley, Lauren
Spanish
Students will practice listening, speaking, reading and writing in Spanish to become
proficient in the following topics of conversation:
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Classroom
Personal identification
House
Family
Numbers
Time
Weather
• Seasons
• Clothing
• Community &
Neighborhood
• Health & Welfare
• Shopping
• Meal-taking
In June 2015, Spanish 1B students
will take the Proficiency Exam in Spanish!
Typical Class
~Pause at the table – check the “Take One” tray.
~Read directions for the “Do Now” & get started!
Examples of “Do Now” activities: Scrambled sentences, draw & label, solve a problem, read a story,
write a journal entry, etc.…
~Practice vocabulary and phrases for the day’s objective(s) / goal(s) through:
• short stories or situations: creating, asking, participation, and reading;
• modeling & repetition (flashcards, slideshows);
• conversation with a partner;
• reading novels;
• activities: songs, games, etc…;
• media: Youtube, websites, newsclips, etc…;
• movies followed by discussion.
~Prep Tasks are assigned as reinforcement of weekly objectives, each night except
Fridays for Spanish 1B, every (other) night for Spanish1A in preparation for Quizzes.
Prep Tasks are not optional. They must be done. They may be corrected and marked
to indicate the number correct. If they are marked, this number will show, but it will
not affect the average. If prep tasks are not completed, students may go to GOAL in the
library after school to complete all unfinished prep tasks.
Use my website!!!!!
check when
absent!
Has links
to handouts ,
etc…
Sp 1B / gr7
= Blue
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Sp 1a / gr 6
= red
CALENDAR!!
Parent Connect
ABSMU – student was
absent…needs to make up
--/100 (or any number)
means the score
has not been entered yet
(not a “zero”)
Students can re-take failed
quizzes, but need to
stay for extra help and
come to me before the next quiz.
Please e-mail or call me
if there are any questions!
Extra Help and Enrichment
• Extra Help after school as needed
• Electronic Flashcards on my website
• Apps and websites – Links on my website
to: Duolingo, Spanish 411, 123 Teach Me
Spanish…
• Enrichment – actividades en español para
hispanohablantes