1. La sala de clases

2. Nouns refer to people, animals, places, things, and ideas. In Spanish, nouns have gender. They are either masculine or feminine. Most nouns that end in -o are masculine. Most nouns that end in -a are feminine. Nouns

4. The definite articles el and la also point out if a word is masculine or feminine. They both mean “the.” Spanish nouns that end in -e or a consonant must be learned as masculine or feminine. You should practice them with their definite articles, el or la. Nouns

5. La sala de clases Student (m) Teacher (m) Teacher (f) Student (f) Student Desk (m) pen (m) Notebook (m) Folder (f) Sheet of paper (f) Book (m) Pencil (m)

6. chair (f) La silla La mesa Table (f) Las tijeras Scissors (f) El borrador eraser (m) La ventana La puerta El escritorio window (f) door (f) Desk (m)

7. Práctica Con un compañero Think about tres school items you cannot live without that we just reviewed. Turn to your elbow partner and ask "como se dice" to practice saying the items in Spanish. The partner will respond "se dice..." Make sure each partner shares the tres items they can't live without.