Welcome to Susan E. Wagner HS September 26, 2019 ¡Vamos a aprender español!

Srta. Castro - Spanish 7 Scholars This is a 4th level Advance Spanish Scholars course. This is a college accredited course with St. John’s University. Students may take this class for 3 college credits in the spring.

Srta. Castro’s Schedule per. 1 - Spa 7S room 216 per. 2 - PREP room 210 per. 3 - Spa 5 room 216 per. 4 - Spa 7S room 216 per. 5 - Spa 5S room 216 per. 6- PREP room 210 per. 7 - Spa 5 room 216 per. 8 - Spa 3 room 216 You may contact me at (718) 698- 4200 ext. 2102 ecastro6@schools.nyc.gov

Graduation Requirements Each student is required to have at least 8 credits in Social Studies to meet graduation requirements Regents Diploma student must achieve a 65 on 5 Regents: 10th grade students- Global History 11th grade students- US History

Grammatical topics covered throughout the year will include: Preterit and Imperfect Tense Compared Future and Conditional Tense Compared Imperative (Commands, Formal and Informal - all forms ) Perfect Tenses including Future Perfect & Pluscuamperfecto Subjunctive & Imperfect Subjunctive

Thematic Vocabulary School / Identity / Family Leisure Activities / Travel / Movies / Medical Food / Restaurants Home / Home furnishings Clothing / Shopping Daily routines

Projects For The Year Projects will vary from teacher to teacher. Some projects will be: Mi diario durante vacaciones / Past El cuento de niños – Children’s book Diálogos / Dialogues with all thematic units ¿Quién soy yo? – Spanish personality Una revista de moda / Clothing & Shopping Las noticias en el mundo El menú de su país hispanohablante

Common Core Standards: All lessons and assignments are aligned to the Common Core Standards through text based evidence in discussion and writing. Common Core projects or dialogues, one per term. Academic vocabulary: teachers address Common Core Standards by integrating academic vocabulary into each unit.

Assignments All assignments will be posted to PupilPath in a timely manner. Homework is written on the board daily and students are responsible to copy it. Classwork is assigned daily. Portfolios will be created by the students and will include contracts, goals and written assessments.

Resources used in this class Situaciones Mastery 3 – Text Situaciones Mastery 3 - Workbook Spanish Three & Four Years - Workbook Any online resources such as: magazines Conjuguemos.com StudySpanish.com

LESSON PRESENTATIONS TECHNOLOGY WORD WALLS ACCOUNTABLE TALK I CAN STATEMENTS STUDENT ENGAGEMENT ASSESSMENTS – FORMATIVE, SELF AND SUMMATIVE RUBRICS AND CHECKLISTS

Grading Rationale: Assessment (Totaling 60%) Project/ Performance Task (25%) Full- Period Assessment (30%) Quiz (5%) *If you do not give quizzes, add the 5% to Full-Period Assessment Class Participation (Totaling 30%) Entrance/ Exit Ticket (10%) HOWL (20%) Homework: 10%