Instructions for Quizlet Practice "Test" - Chapter 5B

Dear Spanish 1 students:

¡Bienvenidos a mi blog! Welcome to my blog! I hope you have taken the quiz below by now!??? Remember it is due FOR EVERYBODY, Monday. No exceptions! If you have problems email me at wwilson@ecseagles.com by 10:00PM for answers or help.

Before taking the Quizlet Test you might want to review the Flashcards for 5B in the other posting below. If you have any difficulty with it on my blogsite just go to Quizlet.com website and search for it there. Just put it the words Realidades 1 Cap. 5B vocabulario or something similar and you should find it there.

To take the quiz or "Test" just double click the link below that says "Link to Quizlet Realidades 1: Cap. 5B Test". This will be good practice for you for those of you who want to take the retake of the vocab quiz for 5B on Tuesday for a better grade. But I want EVERYBODY to take this Quizlet Test.

For preparation for the retake quiz on Tuesday study pages 96-97 of your workbook (PW96-97) and your vocabulary in your book.

I love you guys and hope this helps you all make an A+!!!

¡Dios les bendiga!

Hasta Mañana,
Señor Wilson

Quizlet Realidades 1: Cap. 5B Vocabulary Test

Link to Quizlet Realidades 1: Cap. 5B Vocab. Test

Realidades 1: Cap. 5B Vocabulario

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El Presente Perfecto - The Present Perfect from YouTube

See page 214 of Realidades 3 for details. This video gives some irregular participles as well.

El Pretérito Perfecto - Español 3 - Cap. 5,

 El Pretérito Perfecto

One Way I Might Use Blogs with my Students

In order to further the mission of our school of developing Global students I would have them contact students in a Spanish speaking country and ask them to share what a typical day in school is like. Our school actually takes frequent missions trips to a sister school, in Mérida, Mexico, we have established a relationship with. Our first exchange student from this school just completed a semester of studies with us here. Students can use their Spanish vocabulary to develop relationships with students there in Mexico that are in an English or Spanish class. Daily life and culture in Mexico, from the viewpoint of youth, could be shared with my students while the student practices his Spanish through this correspondence.

How would I know if this was effective or not? To track their correspondence I could possibly designate a particular area of the blog to foreign correspondence. Or, if my students communicate through Facebook or another means, they could cut and paste their weekly exchanges into a post on my blog. I would know if this was effective by the number of posts I receive, amount of comments brought up in class discussion or assignments dealing with culture, and just by the enthusiasm my students display when I bring up the topic in class. Other ways of assessing effectiveness might be to include questions dealing with their reflection upon the values or topics they have learned as a result of their correspondence with partner.

Favorite Ways for Teachers to use Blogs

There were several ways I discovered that blogs can be used by teachers. Most of the ones I have listed have to do with communication between teacher and students, teacher and parents, and from student to student.

1. One blog was used for students to comment on current projects. They can post progress, ask questions to the teachers or other group project members, or comment on what needs to be done. What intrigued me most was that the students shared experiences in class, both successes and failures, positives and negatives. It is a way for the students to voice complaints or concerns that they may not feel comfortable doing in class or would take up class instruction time.This is great to get feedback from students on what they think of your class, new strategy, etc. It is great for an qualitative, evaluation tool.
2. I found where students could post homework assignments. This would certainly cut down on handling papers. This would be great because I could post quick comments on their homework that would give more individual attention to students that need extra encouragement, instruction. On the same note my special needs students could receive more personalized attention too.
3. Another blog shared pictures of a school field trip during National Sports Week in a Middles School in Manchester, England. The pictures were good for both the teacher and the students to reflect upon that special day and remind them of lessons learned experientially. Learning can be extended and deepened after the field trip by having the students do a post-evaluation of an event or experience. And parents can be made more aware of what actually went on during a field trip and thus the child can share the experience with the parent. This helps break the communication gap between the parents and the child's school experience.
4. On Mrs. Wanak's Classroom Blog students were asked to post a one sentence response to thought provoking and revealing questions. Questions like: What is one phobia you have and why/how does it affect you? or If you could have ANY superpower, what would it be and why? This was an effective and succinct strategy to further the classes discussion on psychology and phobias and also enable the teacher to find out more about their students outside the classroom!
5. Finally, I noticed how links can be posted for parents, students, or curious teachers, like myself, to use to extend the classroom learning experience, help students with class assignments, and help to research topics on a deeper level. This saves times for students because the teacher has already done the hard work of screening out unreliable sites and mining the "gold nuggets" of sites that can really be helpful to the students or parents.
6. Another way I saw a blog used was where an English teacher in California (http://www.yourenglishclass.com./) posted videotaped lessons on specific topics. This would be great for students to not miss anything if they were absent, to review a lesson they need help on, or to show their parents a little more about their teacher. It is also helpful for teachers like myself as a source of professional growth by observing another teacher that might be really strong in an area that the teachers need to grow in.