We reviewed our lesson from last class. David was able to remember several components and technical vocabulary such as conjugation and what it means.

We spoke about Spanish conjugations. We gave examples of conjugations in English and Spanish. David exhibited a solid understanding of the basic concept of conjugating through the questions that he asked and comments that he made during our lesson.

David was given two opportunities (total of ~3 min) to practice the alphabet in Spanish in class. Today he would have received a 100% on all the letters except U, and J.

We checked the homework that was due today - giving specific notes to the student regarding any corrections that should be made.

David appeared to have practiced on his own. However, had not made a video or audio recording prior to the start of class which will be reflected in his homework grade.

We translated a sentence that we use for navigating the segments of our class. We highlighted how quickly the information that is being learned will be implemented into our daily process. This was a pertinent example as the majority of the sentence translated was already in David's glossary. He did not immediately recognize the already written terms. So, I invited him to watch for them in the future.

We then read the book title, chapter title, and 1st paragraph of the supplemental text. We worked together to form functional translations of each of them.


We then introduced the concept of verb conjugation giving examples in both Spanish and English.

We discussed how the verbs in Spanish are the keys of the language and how much of our efforts while studying Spanish will be vocabulary acquisition and verb conjugation.

We checked the homework that was due today - giving specific notes to the student regarding any corrections that should be made.


Kaitlin did a great job turning in the assignment on time, complete, and with the extra credit included.

We translated a sentence that we use for navigating the segments of our class. We highlighted how quickly the information that is being learned will be implemented into our daily process.

We then read the title, chapter title, and 1st paragraph of the supplemental text. Kaitlin was able to give a wonderful functional translation of each part of the text.

We then introduced the concept of verb conjugation giving examples in both Spanish and English.

We discussed how the verbs in Spanish are the keys of the language and how much of our efforts while studying Spanish will be vocabulary acquisition and verb conjugation.

Kaitlin copied down Ser verb Chart.

David briefly reviewed the material that we covered last class by naming the elements that he remembered. He was given time in class today to practice his alphabet sounds. He took a practice test and was scored at a mid B to low B letter grade mainly due to skipping some of the letters accidently. He has a strong foundation for his -rr sound. I encourage him to practice it frequently. He built a glossary in the back of his notebook adding the following words and phrases: repaso, vamos a, tarea to aid with navigating his daily conversations. We discussed the process of accessing a new language and adding layers of understanding through repetition. We then reread the paragraphs from yesterday.

Kaitlin briefly reviewed the material that we covered last class by naming the elements that she remembered.

She was given time in class today to practice her alphabet sounds. She took a practice test and was scored at a high B low A letter grade.

I encourage her to practice her -rr sound frequently.

She built a glossary in the back of her notebook adding the following words and phrases: repaso, vamos a, tarea to aid with navigating her daily conversations.

We discussed the process of accessing a new language and adding layers of understanding through repetition. We then reread the paragraphs from yesterday.

Today David reviewed the key points of last class. He was on his own able to recall multiple key points and vocabulary translations when prompted to in Spanish.

We then read an excerpt from an article put out by the The Argentine Academy of Letters on the current official letters of the alphabet. We discussed some of the value of using authentic and authoritative sources when accessing Spanish.

We set expectations for typical high school curriculums and gave examples of how to meet and exceed those expectations.

We practiced the alphabet together. An oral test on the subject was announced.

We discussed other important phonemes and the politics of language.

Today Kaitlin reviewed the key points of last class. She was on her own to recall multiple key points and vocabulary translations when prompted to in Spanish.

We then read an excerpt from an article put out by the The Argentine Academy of Letters on the current official letters of the alphabet. We discussed some of the value of using authentic and authoritative sources when accessing Spanish.

We set expectations for typical high school curriculums and gave examples of how to meet and exceed those expectations.

We practiced the alphabet together. An oral test on the subject was announced.

We discussed other important phonemes and the politics of language.

We reviewed the material of today's class.

Today David and I used a mix of Spanish and English to communicate a number of things and set the expectations for the year.

We discussed his current understanding of and comfort level with Spanish. We discussed his current level of investment in the language and preferences for different learning tools. He seems motivated to learn the language.

We explored the books we will be using and made some notecards from the vocabulary used today.

David did an excellent job of focusing on the Spanish words that he did know during our conversation and combined that with context clues to understand what was being communicated.

Today Kaitlin and I used a mix of Spanish and English to communicate a number of things and set the expectations for the year.

We discussed her current understanding of and comfort level with Spanish.

We discussed her current level of investment in the language. She seems very motivated to learn the language for a variety of reasons including future business ventures, tennis camps, and the like.

We explored the books we will be using.

We briefly visited some more advanced topics as well such as the influence of language on thought.

She made some notecards from the vocabulary used today.

I had Hudson make his chart for his Spanish exam. Then we practiced the use of ser or estar and the present progressive. I suggested Hudson use the acronyms DOCTOR and PLACE to remember the uses of the verb to be. We also practiced conjugating verbs in the preterit.