Syllabus+Spanish+1B


 * Spanish 1B** **COURSE SYLLABUS**

E-mail:yolanda.breeding-hale@jefferson.kyschools.us Class Website: **http:/varadero.wikispaces.com/** 1. Be prepared - ready to start, with all materials in class 2. Bring a positive attitude with you to class. 3. Respect others - Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself. 4. Each student should be in his/her seat when the bell rings. 5. Follow directions no side conversations. 6. Leave personal grooming and eating outside the classroom. 7. Keep classroom clean. 8. Academic honesty is essential! (*see below) Ö 3 Ring Binder (With sections for Warm-Ups, Classwork, Exit Slips, Quizzes and Performance Assessments) This is **__absolutely essential__** in order to ensure you are prepared, organized, and successful in this class! Ö Notebook **required.** Ö Pens and/or Pencils
 * __Course Introduction__**
 * ¡//Bienvenidos//!** I am lucky to have you in my class this trimester and I am excited to get started. This trimester we will learn Spanish through a focus on **//language and culture//**and a strong emphasis on **//listening, reading, writing, and speaking//__.__**
 * __I__** __**have extremely high expectations for you**__, and you should expect that I will push you to achieve your maximum potential in this class. I look forward to working with each and every one of you throughout the trimester so that you are empowered to take charge of your own education and experience success not only in Spanish, but in other classes and outside of school – as well
 * __Class Rules: The Expected Behaviors__**
 * Each student is responsible for his/her own learning. All work should be completed independently unless otherwise notified. Cheating will result in the grade of a zero.
 * __Class Materials__**
 * I also require that you buy an English-Spanish/Spanish-English dictionary for your use throughout this course and throughout your life as a speaker of Spanish! __This is required__.**

The verb ir (to go), Gustar +nouns, Comparatives and stem-changing verb. noche? (Hanguing out) A variety of formats and scoring guides will be utilized to evaluate student performance in specific areas related to functional proficiency. Below is a listing of the areas that will comprise student grades with a listing of the percentage each area counts toward the overall grade. Daily homework, warm up activities and course-work serve to address the language skills of listening,speaking, reading and writing in Spanish. A system of checks, credit and letter grades will be used to evaluate performance. At the start of each class students will respond a prompt related to current material. At the end of each week these prompts will be collected for evaluation. Quizzes serve as periodic mini assessments of vocabulary and grammar acquisition and are most often announced beforehand, but you can expect some pop quizzes as well. Pop quizzes generally cover information learned that week in class. Performance assessments for this course can be defined as achievement tests with a proficiency orientation that measure student performance in the language skills of listening, reading and writing. Performance speaking and projects for this course can be defined as achieved with proficiency, went the students are able to communicate a message in the target language. Student oral participation will be assessed daily. Each student is expected to participate in group activities stays in the target language every day. Blog will be used to do group projects and classroom discussion.
 * Core Academic Content: **Vocabulary related to units of study, all present tense verbs -ar,-er and-ir,
 * Units of Study: **1.Mi comida favorita, 2. En mi familia, 3. ¡Vamos de compras! 4. ¿Qué hacemos esta
 * Forms of assessment/grading scale: **
 * Class work, Sponge Activities, HW and Participation 40% **
 * Formative Assessments (Tests & Quizzes) 20% **
 * Performance Assessments (20%) **
 * Presentational Speaking/ Projects/ WIKI (20%) **

= *Students and parents will be able to track individual = = grades and messages online through Parent Portal IC. = =**__Classroom Policies & Procedures__**= **Make a genuine effort to succeed and to speak Spanish**
 * 1) **__Work Bell to Bell__****:** Learning time is precious and cannot be wasted. I expect you to work from the ringing of the first bell through the ringing of the last bell.
 * 2) The **Esponja** must be completed //__in its entirety__// in the first **10 minutes** of class or you will receive NO CREDIT.
 * 3) **__Using the Restroom__****:** You are permitted to use the restroom only in cases of emergencies. You are responsible for all missed classwork during that time.
 * 4) **__Absences__****:** If you are absence, it is **__your responsibility__** to make up work that was assigned. You may also go to the classroom website at home to print off the assignments for yourself (**http://varadero.wikispaces.com/****).** If you miss a test or quiz, you are expected to speak with Ms. Mustelier __the day you return to class__ to arrange a time to make it up after school, or else you will receive a __zero__, for handout you will check the wall “Absent look here” in front of the class.
 * 5) ** RE-TEST: ** If you make a low score on a test or a quiz you may come to tutorials the very next week to re-do the quiz or test. (after school)
 * 6) **__Electronics__**: There are to be **__absolutely__** no electronic devices visible or used in the classroom.
 * 7) **__Cursing:__**There is to be no profanity or any other inappropriate language or behavior in the classroom. The classroom is a safe environment and no one should ever be made uncomfortable by someone else’s words or actions.
 * You have to keep this document in your Spanish binder.**