LA CLASE DE ESPANOL Señora Deirdre Bachler Please take a moment to look around the room at the student work and posters! 

Education Background Spanish Bachelor’s degree from The College of New Jersey (formerly Trenton State) Elementary / Deaf and Hard of Hearing Master’s degree from The College of New Jersey Sigma Delta Pi, National Spanish Honor Society and Kappa Delta Pi, National Education Honor Societies Fluent in Spanish and Proficient in American Sign Language Attends numerous Staff College courses each year

Student Resources: Textbooks Realidades 1A 6th / 7th grade book 6th- Cap. 1-3 / 7th- Cap. 4 Realidades 1B 7th / 8th grade book 7th- Cap. 4-6/ 8th Cap. 8-9 Realidades 2 8th grade book Cap. 2-3

Topics by grade 6th grade 8th grade Greetings/Ways to say goodbye Formal and informal Introductions Time/Date/Numbers Spelling and letters Weather conditions and seasons Likes and dislikes Activities and adjectives Location words School schedule and items Food Ways to maintain health Ways to describe food Places to go in the community 8th grade Quick review of 6/7th grade material Talk about and describe things to do and place to visit on vacation Talk about events in the past using preterite of AR/ER/IR verbs Discuss volunteer work and environmental issues Talk about what people say and what people do for others Describe movies and television programs and opinions about them Ask for something and tell what something is used for Explain and describe daily activities done to one’s self Describe a clothing and shopping vocabulary in town shops

Website Information: Notes and other class related information (Project rubrics and/or directions, etc.) Homework Assignment pad!! Helpful Links Availability for extra help OnCourse Website Moodle website (8th graders)

Materials Needed for Class Every Day El Cuaderno Notes, class writing activities Section in AM or PM carpeta For graded assessments Un lápiz o un bolígrafo

Homework Reinforcement of daily school activities Given almost every night No more than 30 minutes- PLEASE! Majority online- print/write/parent note Based on COMPLETION, not accuracy ASSIGNMENT PAD = STUDENTS’ BEST FRIEND! Do not rely on OnCourse alone!

Grading Beware of… TAC (online grading system) updated every two weeks Assessments - (oral and written) quizzes, tests, projects, anecdotal notes Projects – individually graded for neatness, completion of all elements Final grade is based on Total Points System at the end of the year Beware of…

Academic integrity in the World Language classroom Students will be instructed on methods to use in order to avoid these problems and reminded of them throughout the year. Plagiarism of any kind is not tolerated. This includes: Copying homework, answers to tests and quizzes Saying an assignment was completed by oneself, when it was not Using “cheat sheets”, writing notes on hands, desks, etc. Having an older sibling, friend, tutor, family member, etc. make drastic changes to an assignment (i.e. using unfamiliar verb tenses) Using online translators; online dictionaries are acceptable Speaking about an assessment to students who have the class later in the day Guidance counselors and parents will be contacted in the event of any issues of academic integrity.

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