Philip started Chapter 2 vocab. today on classroom items and people. We worked on learning the vocab. only in textbook images for now, with Philip drawing the word he heard me call from the text after he searched for it. In our yellow week period 5, we took his drawing and walked around school and again, I called the word in Spanish and he found the item around the school.

We viewed and discussed a video on the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, its role, architecture and that of typical plazas in colonial Spanish towns (like Taos, NM). For the Panorama end of chapter info, we looked up and discussed the map and statistics of Spanish-speakers in the United States and specific states and read the section in Spanish on the Hispanic influence on American food.

Phillip and I discussed what worked well and what did not for his Spanish learning last semester and what we would want to adjust/focus on this semester. I explained the input and output concepts of language learning and how students gradually acquire LOTE to help him understand my teaching methods. We went back to Chapter 1 material and reviewed last semester's material of greetings, numbers up to 60, subject pronouns, ser and time.

We went over the lesson one more time by viewing textbook video on topic and Philip did a practice listening exercise to identify if time shown on a clock was correct or not. Then, we moved to cultural videos/discussion on how the winter holidays are celebrated in Spain and throughout Latin America, comparing to U.S. traditions. Second session- holiday activity participation.

Today, we reviewed yesterday's lesson on telling time and implemented in quick games where Philip used his clock to show me the time that I called out and then we switched and he called out times in Spanish which I would record. Orange week break- shorter session.

We started class by revisiting how ser is used with de for origin, possession and then I added in how we use ser without an article to express someone's profession. Philip did workbook practice exercises on these topics (orally) and in our second session, I introduced our final chapter lesson 1.4 on telling time in Spanish with the video and a fellow student's class clock.

Today we reviewed some vocabulary and grammar for his Spanish class.

Our first session started by helping Philip run through the subject pronouns and the conjugation of ser and working to have it memorized. Then I discussed the preposition 'de' (of/from) and how to use with ser to express and ask where someone is from. Green week break. In our second session, we continued to understand how to use ser with de since there is no apostrophe in Spanish to express ownership. We did an oral practice exercise on origin. We took a break from grammar to explore/identify Spanish-speaking countries on the world map to conclude class.

We went over the idea of the subject pronouns and the conjugation of the verb 'ser' as part of the process of him completing his activity.

Today, we went through the final little points for the lessons on articles and on numbers which included how to say "there is/are", how to ask how much/many, how to make a noun plural and how to say "a/an/some" (indefinite article) versus "the" (definite article). Phillip is doing a great job on pronunciation, recall especially of his numbers, and in his exercise on switching back and forth between singular and plural for nouns with definite and indefinite articles.