1. Señora Thompson SPANISH I
Gracias por venir a la clase y apoyar los estudiantes
(Thank you for coming and supporting your students)

2. MY BLOG Add me as a FAVORITE to your “favorites bar.” 
From my Blog you will find many things-
Notes, my PowerPoints
Review sheets, practice sheets, study guides, practice sites, songs and more
Test & Quiz dates, web sites for practice….

3. IMPORTANT! Spanish is a high school course
If your student passes semester 1 with a 70% or higher, and semester 2 with a 70% or higher, your child will take Spanish II next year and they will recieve high school credit
Students who fall below the required average of 70% in the first semester will not receive high school credit for that semester, will go to Reading the next semester, but will have the opportunity to retake that semester in high school.

4. Test, Quiz Dates & Test Topics
Are on my Blog- link is on the site under faculty, 8th grade and my name

5. Grading: 10% 50% 40% Homework Quizzes/oral participation
Tests (4 in the 1st semester
Second semester
Final Exam (1p semester)

6. Homework 10%
Students begin each quarter with 100% as a homework grade. Each time a student does not do a homework assignment, the grade is dropped five points. If a student makes up the assignment by the next school day, s/he earns three of the five points back. In the case of excused absence, all five points are replaced
Graded based on completion
If it’s complete, the student receives a stamp on their homework
They (usu) have 5+ min. to start with me

7. Quiz
Quizzes are 99% multiple choice and are questions/matching/pictures
If your student missed a quiz, s/he will receive a zero until it’s made up
To make up, you student needs to ask their homeroom teacher to come down to my room during homeroom and make it up
They only take a few minutes to take
Once it’s made up, I’ll change the grade
I only have class sets, I do not hand back out the set with the quiz
If a student wants to see what was missed, the student can come in during homeroom

8. Oral Exams (Quiz Grade)
Students have the questions and the answers as they are the homework and become the test questions
Students need to answer in a complete sentence in Spanish
I draw 5 random numbers from a jar

9. Tests 40% Tests are always written I hand-correct the errors
Missed a test? Your student needs to see me and set up a time

10. Extra help?? Every Tuesday at 8:20 I have a help session
I will have review sessions at 8:20 the day before every exam
These are for students that have studied, but still don’t understand
Study guides and practice sites are on my Blog

11. Questions/Comments/ Concerns
The easiest way is to me
There is also a link on the page under my name for

12. May the non-stop singing continue!
Let’s have a great year!
¡Muchas Gracias!
May the non-stop singing continue!