1. ¡Hola! Hoy es el 18 de agosto.
Trabajo del timbre:
Abran sus carpetas de argollas (la tarea).
Open your binders, so Sra. M. can check out your tabs – the organization was HW!
Set out your “First Week of School Success Criteria” yellow sheet & your syllabus sheet (top ½ of p.3).
Terminen las preguntas de la hoja verde de la última clase, por favor.
Complete the questions on the green
sheet from last class, please, while Sra.
M. checks in everyone’s HW.
This means bell work
To be successful, start before the bell rings! 15

2. ¡Hola! Hoy es el 21 de agosto.
Trabajo del timbre:
Abran sus carpetas de argollas (la tarea).
Open your binders, so Sra. M. can check out your tabs – the organization was HW!
Set out your “First Week of School Success Criteria” yellow sheet& your syllabus sheet (top ½ of p.3).
Terminen las preguntas de la hoja verde de la última clase, por favor.
Complete the questions on the green
sheet from last class, please, while Sra.
M. checks in everyone’s HW.
This means bell work
To be successful, start before the bell rings! 15

3. Las metas Para tener éxito
I am learning to…
present findings from research
evaluate how we can use the similarities between English & Spanish to our advantage to decode new vocabulary
reflect on my knowledge & skills
identify and correctly pronounce the sounds of the Spanish alphabet
I’ll know I’m successful when we can …
discuss what we learned in the stations
analyze common “rules” of cognates and identify several examples of these types of words in a game
Complete the “Semester 1 Standards Portfolio” and Unidad 1 “I can…” sheet
say/sing/chant the ABCs correctly

4. Words in 2 or more lang. that look, sound, and mean the same!
¿Te gusta? Do you like…?
Sra. M. will say a bunch of cognates one by one to the class.
Think about what the English meaning is!
Based on your personal preferences, move to the area in the room that matches each one.
Words in 2 or more lang. that look, sound, and mean the same!
Yes! I like it a lot!
I like it a little…
I like it…
No, I don’t like it!
Sí, me gusta mucho…
Me gusta un poco…
Me gusta…
No, no me gusta… 10

5. Las Estaciones de investigación Las preguntas esenciales
What patterns exist between the Spanish & English language?
How does knowing Spanish benefit us?
Is it a necessity to be bilingual in today’s society?
Factual
Conceptual
Debatable 10
Discuss your responses to the three essential questions with your tablemates.
Try to make connections with what you learned in each station.

6. La Reflexión Hagan una reflexión de tus habilidades.
Self-assess your knowledge & skills on “Semester 1 Standards Portfolio”.
Fill out the top portion.
Read each unit’s standards.
Circle the standards’ numbers (ex. 1.1) for any you can do WELL right now!
This will stay in 203! A copy is on our website! 10

7. Self-assess your knowledge & skills on this 1st unit’s
La Reflexión
Hagan una reflexión
de tus habilidades.
Self-assess your knowledge & skills on this 1st unit’s
“I can…” sheet.
Read each statement.
Circle the qualifier
(“somewhat”, “well”, or “It’s my goal”) that matches your ability to do each task as of right now.
This will stay in your binder! A copy is on our website! 5

8. Los cognados – İnuestros amigos!
Cognates are…
They share roots from the ____ languages.
The patterns help us decode words:
Patterns that stay the same:
Patterns that change:
-al stays –al (hospital)
-or stays –or (doctor)
-m/-ma stays –ma (programa)
-sion only adds accent – sión (expresión)
-tion to –ción (participación)
-ic/ics to –ico/ica (sarcástico)
-ity to –idad (universidad)
-ous to –oso (famoso)
-ace to –acio (palacio)
-ine to –ina (disciplina)
- ism to –ismo (turismo)
-ure to –ura (literatura)
-y to –ía (biología) 10

9. El abecedario/alfabeto15
26 letters in the English alphabet
27 letters in the Spanish alphabet
5 major changes have taken place:
2 of these are no longer “letters”
3 of these letters changed it’s sound in 2014

10. Closing Procedures
Write HW assignment in your portfolio when Sra. M. does.
Write HW assignment again in your agenda when Sra. M. does. 5

11. Our Mindful Moment Strategy: “Tune in!” How it works:
Sit up, hands at side, eyes closed
Let the sounds around you drift in and out of your mind
Try not to “think” - when your mind wanders, bring it back to just listening 5