7/8 Spanish 1b

Nicole 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•12th year teaching, all

primarily at BCS

•Bachelor’s in Spanish and

Master’s in Curriculum and

Teaching, both from MSU

•Married 10 years to Chad, a

real estate broker and

owner of Real Estate Gives.

•Live in Lake Orion with our

4 kids; Tyler, 6, and Keegan,

4, and Mia, 2, and Taelyn,

10 months

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 globallyHispanics made up 16 percent of America’s

population in 2009, but that is forecast to surge to 29 percent by 2050, according to estimates by the Pew Research Center.

“The language that will be essential for Americans and has far more day-to-day applications is Spanish…Spanish is a practical add-on to your daily life, meshing with whatever career you choose.” - Nicholas D. Kristof, a columnist for The New York Times, says in his article “First learn Spanish. Then study Chinese.” 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; therefore, only one can be earned at the middle school level

STATE CREDIT CON.In order to earn this credit, students

must pass the district placement test in January of their Spanish 2 year with an 80% or higher

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

For more information, visit: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/WL_Guidelines_FINAL_206823_7.pdf

SPANISH 1B

•Curriculum•The Spanish 1b curriculum follows the State GLCE’s (Grade Level Concept Expectations) and the BPS World Language Philosophy. •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.

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SPANISH 1B•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 1BEspañol 1a: Descubre 1

Sixth grade

Lección 1 Hola, Qué tal? Hi, How are you?Lección 2 En la clase In the classroomLección 3 La familia FamilyLección 4 Los pasatiempos Pastimes

Español 1b: Descubre 1

Seventh grade

Lección 4 (review) Los pasatiempos Pastimes Lección 5 Las vacaciones VacationsLección 6 ¡De compras! Going shoppingLección 7 La rutina diaria Daily Routine

SPANISH 1B

•Grade Weight

Percentages

• Assignments – 40%

• Quizzes/Tests – 50%

• PEP

(Preparation/Effort/Participation)

– 10%

SPANISH 1B•Work/Late Work• 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 1B•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 1 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 RESOURCES

PowerSchoolhttps://

powerschool.birmingham.k12.mi.us/public/

Your child’s grades at your fingertips!

I keep pretty detailed information on

here – see individual student comments

CLASS TRIP:JAN 14-19

PUERTO RICO

•$1860 per student

•Capacity – 40 students, still some spots

available

•Visit page on my website for past years’ pics

•You can begin signing your children up now!

(see handout or visit

http://bcstoth.wordpress.com/culture/fiesta-

latina-trip-to-chicago/)

HERE’S TO AN EXCITING YEAR FOR

YOUR STUDENTS!

Thank you for coming!