7/8 Spanish 2Nicole Toth

¡BIENVENIDOS!WELCOM

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MY CONTACT INFORMATION

Email: NToth@birmingham.k12.mi.us*

*The best way to contact me is through EMAIL

School phone: (248) 203-4444 ext. 50630

Room #: 503

Class Website: www.bcstoth.wordpress.com

ABOUT ME•13th year teaching, all at

BCS

•Bachelor’s in Spanish and

Master’s in Curriculum and

Teaching, both from MSU

•Married 11 years to Chad, a

real estate broker and

owner of Real Estate Gives.

•Live in Lake Orion with our

4 kids; Tyler, 7, and Keegan,

5, and Mia, 3, and Taelyn, 1

SPANISH AT BCSWhy Did BCS Choose Spanish as its

focal language?

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 2nd 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 Spanish-speaking.

Good article to read: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/opinion/30kristof.html

7/8 PACING SCHEDULE

Spanish 1b+ Spanish 2a/b

Students Who Take this Course

•7th graders who passed

Spanish 1a in 6th grade

•8th graders who

repeated the Spanish 1a

class in 7th grade

•8th graders who passed

Spanish 1b in 7th grade

General Progression to High School (8th graders

only)

•HS Spanish 2A

•8th graders that perform

at a high level – HS

Spanish 3A

•8th graders that perform

at a passing/below

passing level – HS

Spanish 2A or B

STATE CREDITThe 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, leaving one that can be earned at the middle school level.

STATE CREDIT CON. 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.

The content on the placement test includes material from Spanish 1b and 2a.

They must also move on to Spanish 3 at the high school (if they choose to repeat Spanish 2, however, their credit is voided and they must take 2 consective years of a language in high school)

For more information, visit: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/WL_Guidelines_FINAL_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.

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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 2Español 2a: Descubre 1

1st semesterREVIEW Lessons 2/3, 4-6 (All verbs in the present tense, object

pronouns, starting to speak in the past/preterite tense)Lección 7 La rutina diaria Daily routineLección 8 La comida FoodLección 9 Las fiestas Parties/festivalsMIDTERM Large, cumulative test mandated from the high school;

Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking, Grammar and Vocabulary parts

Español 2b: Descubre 22nd semester

Lección 1 En el consultorio In the doctor’s office

Lección 2 La tecnología Technology

Lección 3 La vivienda Housing

FINAL Smaller than the Midterm, still high-school mandated, but only Grammar and Vocabulary section.

SPANISH 1B

•Grading

•ALL BASED ON POINTS

•Test questions are

usually worth double

points

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 here:

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)

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 TRIP:APRIL 22-23

CHICAGO•Thursday-Friday

•$460

•7th 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.

HERE’S TO AN EXCITING YEAR FOR

YOUR STUDENTS!

Thank you for coming!