Cantando el alfabeto

Week 2 down, and we were busy this week.  We learned some basic rules of Spanish pronunciation as well as the Spanish alphabet.  Highlight:  singing the alphabet song....go ahead, just ask any Spanish 1 student to sing it for you.  We also learned how to escape from class....or to ask permission to go somewhere--bathroom, locker, office, etc.  And we learned how to ask how to say or spell things in Spanish, as well as how to use the Spanish/English dictionary and how to type Spanish characters on the computer.  On to week 3.

Bienvenidos

Bienvenidos--welcome!!  We all have survived our first week in Spanish class.  I introduced myself to the class, completely in Spanish--Caramba!!!  Students were pretty surprised to find out that they could understand almost everything I said, even though they didn't know much Spanish at all.  So, the first lesson learned was that if you listen carefully, there are many similarities between Spanish and English, and you probably can pick out many words.  We have talked about our classroom rules and procedures (not exactly the most interesting of topics, but a necessary one). We also picked Spanish names and then learned how to introduce ourselves.  Students have also been able to log-in to our class wikipages and navigate around them to see what things are there for them to use.  They have learned how to call in oral assignments by cellphone or leave an online voice message, as well as how to hand in written assignments via an online dropbox.  We are trying to go more green and do more things online.  On to week 2.

Bienvenidos

Welcome to our Spanish 1 blog.  It is our intent to write a weekly post to let you know what we have been up to.  (It is our intent now, anyway, to do this weekly, but as the year goes on and we get busier.....well, you know how it goes.)  We hopefully will also be posting pictures and links to some of our work and projects so you can see for yourself what we have accomplished.  So, we hope you will stop by each week, check us out, and let us know what you think--just leave a comment.  Adios for now.