1. 7/8 Spanish 2 Nicole Toth ¡B IENVENIDOS ! W ELCOME !

2. M Y C ONTACT I NFORMATION Email: NToth@birmingham.k12.mi.us* NToth@birmingham.k12.mi.us* *The best way to contact me is through EMAIL School phone: (248) 203-4444 ext. 50630 Room #: 503 Class Website: www.bcstoth.wordpress.com www.bcstoth.wordpress.com

3. A BOUT M E 13th year teaching, all at BCS Bachelor’s in Spanish and Master’s in Curriculum and Teaching, both from MSU Married 11 years to Chad, a real estate broker and owner of Real Estate Gives. Live in Lake Orion with our 4 kids; Tyler, 7, and Keegan, 5, and Mia, 3, and Taelyn, 1

4. S PANISH AT BCS Why Did BCS Choose Spanish as its focal language? Spanish will be very useful in the upcoming U.S. society, not to mention globally 16.5% of our current US population are native or bilingual Spanish speakers and we are now the 2 nd largest Spanish-speaking country in the world – only Mexico has more! As of the year 2050, we are expected to become the largest Spanish-speaking country, as 31.5% of our population is are expected to be Spanish- speaking. Good article to read: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/opinion/30kristof.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/opinion/30kristof.html

5. 7/8 P ACING S CHEDULE Spanish 1b+Spanish 2a/b Students Who Take this Course 7 th graders who passed Spanish 1a in 6 th grade 8 th graders who repeated the Spanish 1a class in 7 th grade 8 th graders who passed Spanish 1b in 7 th grade General Progression to High School (8 th graders only) HS Spanish 2A 8 th graders that perform at a high level – HS Spanish 3A 8 th graders that perform at a passing/below passing level – HS Spanish 2A or B

6. S TATE C REDIT The MI State Board of Education expects all students to complete two credits of a world language other than English prior to graduation, or demonstrate a two-year equivalent proficiency. Birmingham has determined that one of these credits MUST be earned at the high school level, leaving one that can be earned at the middle school level.

7. S TATE C REDIT C ON. In order to earn this credit, students must pass the Spanish 2a Midterm (created and mandated by the high school) with an 78% or higher. The content on the placement test includes material from Spanish 1b and 2a. They must also move on to Spanish 3 at the high school (if they choose to repeat Spanish 2, however, their credit is voided and they must take 2 consective years of a language in high school) For more information, visit: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/WL_Guidelines_FI NAL_206823_7.pdf http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/WL_Guidelines_FI NAL_206823_7.pdf

8. SPANISH 2 Curriculum The Spanish 2 curriculum follows the State GLCE’s (Grade Level Concept Expectations) and the BPS World Language Philosophy. It is based on the Descubre 1 and 2 program by Vista Higher Learning. We have a classroom set of textbooks for use in class, and each student will have access to the online textbook (Vtext) and Supersite, a website full of study tools, activities, and much more.

9. SPANISH 2 Our curriculum is based on the National Standards for Foreign Language, which encompasses the 5 C’s of Modern Language Education: Communications – Understanding and producing the language Cultures – Practices, products and perspectives of Hispanic countries Comparisons – comparing Spanish language and Hispanic cultures to English/US Connections – integrating with other curriculum areas Communities – using Spanish beyond school setting

10. SPANISH 2 Español 2a: Descubre 1 1 st semester REVIEWLessons 2/3, 4-6 (All verbs in the present tense, object pronouns, starting to speak in the past/preterite tense) Lección 7La rutina diariaDaily routine Lección 8La comidaFood Lección 9Las fiestasParties/festivals MIDTERM Large, cumulative test mandated from the high school; Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking, Grammar and Vocabulary parts Español 2b: Descubre 2 2 nd semester Lección 1En el consultorioIn the doctor’s office Lección 2La tecnologíaTechnology Lección 3La viviendaHousing FINAL Smaller than the Midterm, still high-school mandated, but only Grammar and Vocabulary section.

11. SPANISH 1 B Grading ALL BASED ON POINTS Test questions are usually worth double points

12. SPANISH 2 Work/Late Work If a student has an overall low grade in Spanish, it is sometimes due to missing/late work Most work will consist of studying for vocabulary and grammar quizzes and unit tests I accept late homework, but it goes down by 25% each week it is late.

13. SPANISH 2 PEP (Preparation/Effort/Participation) 10% of grade is based on PEP PEP Rubric includes these categories: Preparation and Effort Participation Class PresenceIndividual Participation Academic PreparednessPartner/Group Participation Accepting Constructive CriticismSpanish-speaking Participation Respect Towards Others Openness to Learn

14. C LASS R ESOURCES My Website: www.bcstoth.wordpress.com Located here: Digital Copy of Tonight’s Information (Course Outline/PEP Rubric, This Power Point) Weekly Class Schedule and Information Class Documents, Student Homework and Handouts Helpful Links My Contact Information (also see handout)

15. C LASS R ESOURCES Our Online Descubre Textbook and Supersite: www.vhlcentral.com LOTS of practice activities of all types (vocabulary, listening, grammar, reading, speaking, etc.) Online PDF version of textbook

16. C LASS T RIP : A PRIL 22-23 C HICAGO Thursday-Friday $460 7 th trip there, we have some spots open Visit page on my website for past years’ pics Awesome experience! To sign up your children, see handout or visit the trip info page on my website.

17. H ERE ’ S TO A N E XCITING Y EAR FOR YOUR S TUDENTS ! Thank you for coming!