1. Bienvenidos a Español II Acelerada Señora Januszkiewicz

2. Sorry for not being here this evening. I am due to have a baby!

3. Un poco de mí (a little bit about me) CLC graduate (1996) University of Iowa (2000) – B.A. Spanish, International Business Certificate Sevilla, España (2000-2003) – Lived, worked and received CELTA certification National Louis University (2007) – Masters of Art in Teaching 11 th year at Prairie Ridge High School A Spanish fanatic kjanus@d155.org

5. Un poco de la clase The goal- emphasis on performance We will be focusing on “what can they do with the language?” Authentic materials – Students will be using real-life materials in Spanish, not just text book materials. These can be youtube videos, articles from newspapers, tweets in Spanish, etc.

6. Un poco de la clase Grading : 90% summative assessments (essays, listening activties, reading activities, presentations, projects) 10% formative assessmentes class work and practice work

7. What your student can do if he or she needs help… See me: before school, 1 st, 4 rd, 6 th, 7 th and after school. (just give me a heads up ) 5 th hour Spanish resource in library. QUIZLET Wordplay – vocab Conjuguemos – grammar Spanishlistening. Com – listening

8. What you can do to help Encourage your student to… – Study daily and do the practice at home – Never fall behind – Seek help when needed – Use the web-sites to practice and review www.conjuguemos.com www.wordplay.com www.classzone.com – Continue on with Spanish!!

9. Just a few reasons to continue with Spanish Cultural awareness A better insight to the student’s first language Employment opportunities Dual Credit or AP credit Saves money in college It’s fun!!

10. Why take 4 years of foreign languages in high school?

11. How can studying a world language in high school help your student if s/he goes to college? a graduation requirement for world language Usually 4 years of high school or 2 years at university level have a world language entrance requirement. Usually 2 years of high school A student could receive about 8-16 credits if s/he studied a world language for 4 years at high school level. Earn College Credit and MOST COLLEGES Save $3,000 - $20,000 in tuition

12. Some students have received: Iowa State 16 credits 12 credits Northwestern 6 hours Colorado State 8 credits if get a B or C on first course Illinois State –12 credits University of Wisconsin: retroactive credits 12 credits Montana State 12 hours North Dakota 8 hours Bradley –12 credits University of Illinois 5 hours to 8 hours Augustana –2 years to enter –4 years high school language = exemption for graduation requirement of 1 year for college graduation –AP 3 – 6 hours college credit

13. Actividades El Club de Español – Fiestas, Field Trips, Parades, Spanish National Honor Society Tri-lingual Scholarship Senior Leaders

14. La tarea (homework) para mañana Your child has been working with clothing vocabulary. Your assignment is to ask your student what types of clothing s/he likes to wear!

15. ` ¡¡gracias por leer todo esto!! Thank you for reading all of this!