The last couple of weeks, my classes did some fun and engaging lessons.  The students completed Capítulo 5 - En el Café.  They had an opportunity to create and design their own restaurant menu in Spanish.  They also wrote their own restaurant skits using vocabulary learned in chapter 5.  I was very impressed with the hard work and creativity put into those skits.

In the coming weeks, my classes will be drawing up their dream house (La Casa de Mis Sueños).  This project will incorporate vocabulary learned in Capítulo 6 - La Familia y Su Casa.

The past couple of weeks my students have been learning how to conjugate -ar verbs in the present tense.  

-ar verb endings

yo = o

tú = as

él, ella, usted (ud.) = a

nosostros = amos

ellos, ellas, ustedes (uds.) = an

Last week, students played the role of newspaper reporter and interviewed the "new foreign exchange" student at our school.  I was quite impressed with the creative questions and responses of the student's.

Next week, students will create an invitation to the Spanish Club Fiesta.  Students will use vocabulary learned from Capítulo 4 - En la Escuela.

When we return from Christmas break, we will begin Capítulo 5 - En el Café.  Students will have the opportunity to design/create a restaurant menu and write a restaurant skit. 

This week the students are learning how to describe someone in Spanish, conjugate the verb ser (to be) and identifying articles (definite and indefinite) in a sentence.

Hola!  Welcome to Spanish class.

The first couple weeks, students learned greetings and farewells. 

Greetings and Goodbyes Vocabulary Hola	hello
Buenos días	Good morning
Buenas tardes	Good afternoon
Buenas noches	Good evening, night
¿ qué tal?	How's it going?
bien	fine
muy bien	very well
gracias	thanks
señor	Mr, sir
señora	Mrs. , ma'am
señorita	Miss, ma'am
¿ y tú?	and you
Adiós	good-bye
Chao	bye
Hasta luego	See you later
Hasta pronto	See you soon
Hasta mañana	See you tomorrow
How are you? (formal)	¿Cómo está Ud?
How are you (familiar)	¿Cómo estás?
And you? (formal)	¿Y Ud?
What's your name? (formal)	¿Cómo se llama Ud? (formal)
His name is...	Se llama....
Her name is...	Se llama...
My name is...	Me llamo...
Until soon!	¡Hasta pronto!
Until tomorrow!	Hasta mañana
Until later!	¡Hasta luego!
What's your name? (informal)	¿Cómo te llamas? (informal)

Students then discovered how to say the days of the week, months of the year and the seasons. 
Days of the Week

In Spanish-speaking countries, the week begins on Monday.

lunes........................ Monday
martes ..................... Tuesday
miércoles ................. Wednesday
jueves ...................... Thursday 
viernes ..................... Friday 
sábado..................... Saturday
domingo .................. Sunday

Notice that the days of the week are not capitalized.

Months, Seasons, and Dates 
Here are the months in Spanish. Note that, like the days of the week, they are not capitalized.
enero .......................January
febrero ..................... February
marzo ...................... March
abril .........................April
mayo ....................... May
junio ........................June
julio .........................July
agosto .....................August
septiembre ............... September
octubre .................... October
noviembre ................November
diciembre .................December 


Here are the four seasons. Las estaciones del año
la primavera .............spring
el verano ..................summer
el otoño ................... autumn
el invierno ................ winter