SPANISH 1 Weekly News/Dos +Word of the

Anteayer Week: An-te-a-yer

Definition: The day before yesterday, two days ago.
Used in a Sentence: Fuimos al museo anteayer. We went to the museum two days ago.

May/2012/Issue #1 of 4 Pas of the Month

Bolivia
Population
10,426,154 (2011) Currency

Boliviano(s) Capitals La Paz and Sucre Largest City Santa Cruz de la Sierra Religions Mostly Roman Catholic Languages Spanish, Quechua, Aymara Ethnic Groups Non-indigenous-38%, Indigenous-62% Independence Day 6 de agosto, 1825 (Spain) President Evo Morales Economy Agriculture, Manufacturing, trading: natural gas, soybeans

Learning (Tarea) this week:

Lunes 1 de Mayo- Finish your family tree and create true/false questions about family. Martes 2 de Mayo- Bring in pictures from a magazine to invent a family tree. Miercoles 3 de Mayo- Finish fake family trees and study vocab and grammar for Quiz on Thursday- abuelo (a), Madre (Mam), Padre (Pap), To (a), primo (a), hermano (a), Madrastra, Padrastro Jueves 4 de Mayo- Read the first chapter of Pobre Ana. Viernes 5 de Mayo- Write a brief description of someone using at least 8 different physical/personality traits. We will translate these into Spanish on Monday.

We are readin g in May:

Pobre Ana (Poor Ana) by Blaine Ray Ana is a 15-year-old California girl who thinks she lives a tough life. Her best friends are very wealthy, and Ana is very jealous. Ana jumps at the opportunity to visit Mexico, but the nice family she stays with is poorer than her own. When Ana returns from her life-changing trip, she sees everything in a different light!

Student of the week:

Monthly News and Parent Dos

May 1st - Brainstorm book report ideas May 5th - Cinco de Mayo party in class May 6th - Field trip Money ($8) due today May 29th - My Birthday, bring flan or I wont let you in the room (estoy Bromeando!)

Meet Mike Smith: Mike le gusta el ftbol americano y pizza con mucho queso. Mike toca la guitarra y sus padres le compraron un coche nuevo, es un Ford Fusion. Mike es muy amable y siempre est contento.

Dos #1: Book Reports - please have your student pick a book for their upcoming book report. Students have th been surpassing my expectations for May 10 - Field trip to Chilangos Spanish reading and we have been Mexican Restaurant (Students Ordering able to read 10 books so far this year. There is a list of acceptable books on en espaol) my class website. Please check the rubric at www. kps12.org/laclase. th May 14 - Pick a country to research Dos #2: Cinco de Mayo donations

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