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Email: ageisler @birmingham.k12.mi.us*
*The best way to contact me is through EMAIL
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School phone: (248) 203-4487 ext.
50048
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Room #: 101
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Class Website: Geisler10 (wikis)

A BOUT M E • 11th year teaching at BCS
16th year overall
• Bachelor’s in Spanish
• Bachelor’s in Elem Ed.
• Master’s in School Counseling
• Married 11 years to Dustin who is a home builder in Birmingham and real estate in Detroit
• Live in Wixom with our 3 daughters; Ryan, 9 Sierra, 7, and Savanna 4

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Why 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
16.5% of our current US population are native or bilingual Spanish speakers and we are now the 2 nd largest Spanish-speaking country in the world – only
Mexico has more!
As of the year 2050, we are expected to become the largest Spanish-speaking country, as 31.5% of our population is are expected to be Spanishspeaking.
Good article to read: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/opinion/30kristof.html

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Spanish 1b+ Spanish 2a/b
• 7 th graders who passed
Spanish 1a in 6 th grade
Students Who
Take this Course • 8 th graders who repeated the Spanish 1a class in 7 th grade
• 8 th graders who passed
Spanish 1b in 7 th grade
General
Progression to
High School
(8 th graders only)
• HS Spanish 2A
• 8 th graders that perform at a high level – HS
Spanish 3A
• 8 th graders that perform at a passing/below passing level – HS Spanish 2A or B

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The 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.
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Birmingham has determined that one of these credits MUST be earned at the high school level, leaving one that can be earned at the middle school level.

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In order to earn this credit, students must pass the Spanish 2a Midterm
(created and mandated by the high school) with an 78% or higher.
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The content on the placement test includes material from Spanish 1b and 2a.
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They must also move on to Spanish 3 at the high school (if they move on to
Spanish 2, their credit is voided)
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For more information, visit: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/WL_Guidelines_FI
NAL_206823_7.pdf

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SPANISH 1 B
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The Spanish 1b curriculum follows the
State GLCE’s (Grade Level Concept
Expectations) and the BPS World Language
Philosophy.
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It is based on the Descubre 1 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 1 B
• 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 1 B
Español 1a: Descubre 1
Sixth grade
Lección 1 Hola, Qué tal?
Greetings, #’s, time, basic words, “ser”
Lección 2 En la clase
Lección 3 La familia
Classroom and school vocab, conjugating AR verbs, “estar”
Family vocab, ER/IR verbs, describing, “tener and venir”
Español 1b: Descubre 1
Seventh grade
Lección 4 Los pasatiempos Pastimes vocab, sports, stem-changing verbs, irregular verbs in yo form, “ir”
Lección 5 Las vacaciones Vacation vocab, present progressive, direct object pronouns, “ser and estar”, describing
Lección 6 ¡De compras!
Shopping and clothing vocab, indirect object pronouns, regular preterite (past tense) verbs

SPANISH 1 B
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SPANISH 1 B
• If a student has an overall low grade in
Spanish, it is sometimes due to missing/late work
• Shift of focus – Spanish 1 is a CORE academic class, not a Co-Curriculur. Students should expect to get as much work to do here as in other Core classes, and also that they have to study just as much
• I accept late homework, but it goes down by
25% each week it is late.

SPANISH 1 B
• PEP (Preparation/Effort/Participation)
• 10% of grade is based on PEP
• PEP Rubric includes these categories:
Preparation and
Effort
Class Presence
Academic Preparedness
Accepting Constructive Criticism
Participation
Individual Participation
Partner/Group Participation
Spanish-speaking
Participation
Respect Towards Others
Openness to Learn

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Located here:
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Digital Copy of Tonight’s Information (Course
Outline/PEP Rubric, This Power Point)
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Weekly Class Schedule and Information
Class Documents, Student Homework and Handouts
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Helpful Links
My Contact Information (also see handout)

C LASS R ESOURCES
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C LASS T RIP :
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• Thursday-Friday
• $460
• 7 th trip there, we have some spots open
• Visit page on my website for past years’ pics
• Awesome experience! To sign up your children, see handout or visit the trip info page on my website.

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