Beginner’s Spanish
Ms Soderlund: csoderlund@vsb.bc.ca
www.soderlund.yolasite.com
Responsabilidad
Respeto
Resultas
Welcome to Ms Soderlund’s Spanish Class! I am very pleased to have you as my student! Before we begin to learn Spanish, let’s examine the three R s.
As your teacher, it is my RESPONSIBILTY to...
Behave in a way that shows RESPECT for myself, others, the
environment, property, time, and rules.
Behave in a way that encourages positive RESULTS.
Provide a physically and emotionally safe learning environment.
Design appropriate academic tasks.
It is your RESPONSIBILITY to behave in a way that shows
RESPECT for..
Yourself… Be intellectually honest; Do quality work; Speak up if you have concerns or needs; Set appropriate boundaries
Others…Honour diversity ; Honour space
Time… Honour yours, mine, and ours
Property… Take care of things (whether they belong to you, to your neighbour, to me, or to our school)
Rules…Know the rules for both our school and our class
The Environment…Reduce, reuse, recycle and repair!
In this class we will be telling a lot of stories together. During these stories it is your RESPONSIBILITY to behave in a way that encourages positive RESULTS by...
• Sitting up
• Keeping your eyes up front
• Writing down EVERYTHING that you see on the board
• Responding with enthusiasm to the story!
OBJECTIVES:
Co-create stories together as a class
Use language expressions within the context of the stories and then expand usage of such to readings
Extract information from a story and respond to questions orally
Participate in story paraphrasing
Give some commands
Interact spontaneously in Spanish
Read a novel in Spanish
ASSESSMENT:
Tests, quizzes and projects 60%
In class writing assignments 40%
A couple of house rules:
1) Don’t be late!!! If you are late, you must fill in a late slip and hand it to me. And I really don’t like getting late slips for no good reason!
2) You are NOT ALLOWED PHONES IN THE CLASS unless you want them taken away.
Text books:
Pobre Ana by Blaine Ray