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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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

7. 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!

8. 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…

9. 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.

10. ¿Preguntas? Feel free to browse the book!