1. Bienvenidos a (honors) Español III Señora Januszkiewicz

2. Sorry I am unable to be there 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 What can they do with the language? Working with more authentic materials. Video clips from youtube in Spanish, real songs in Spanish that are popular now, infografías, articles, tweets in Spanish Reading Novels

6. Un poco de la clase Grading : 90% summative assessments (essays, presentations, projects) 10% formative (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 (lunch) and after school 5 th hour Spanish resource in library.

8. What you can do to help Encourage your student to… – Study daily – Seek help when needed – Use the web-sites to practice and review www.conjuguemos.com www.wordplay.com www.classzone.com www.quizlet.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 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. Dual Credit See Dual Credit Power point on my website to find out more about this exciting opportunity.

14. Actividades El Club de Español – Fiestas, Field Trips, Parades, Spanish National Honor Society Peer Tutor Program Senior Leaders (next year)

15. La tarea (homework) para mañana Your child has been working with the vacation vocabulary and has recently read an infographic from Mexico and given a speech on vacations. Your assignment is to ask your student to present to you their speech!

16. ` ¡¡Gracias por leer todo esto!! Thank you for reading all of this.