This is a good informational site for terms and expectations for the upcoming year.

For homework --check HOUSE   8-1 webpage---click Mr. Demarest., as this year W.L. are assigned to a house.

¡Bienvenidos a la clase de Español!

¡Vamos a pasar un año fantástico juntos!

Welcome to Spanish class.

We are going to have a fantastic year together.

I am excited to meet and teach you all this year and look forward

to a year of laughs, hard work and learning!!

Please come to the website to view your homework assignments, check on due dates for projects,

to confirm when the next test or quiz is and what is on it and finally to check for upcoming events.

Here are some handy words to recognize and learn as they will appear often on the website.

tarea: homework

hoy: today

mañana: tomorrow

Days of the week(starting with Monday)   lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado, domingo

Examen: test

examencito/prueba: quiz

papel: paper/worksheet

trabajo:   work

escribe: write

frases/oraciones: sentences

párrafo: paragraph

completa: complete

proyecto: project

termina: complete/finish

lista de vocabulario: vocabulary list

defina: define

actividades: activities

página(s): page(s)

texto/libro: text/book

Extra Help: Please be sure to come see me Flex periods for extra help/extra work:-)/and for questions.

Parents: Please leave a phone message and I will return your call or email me (title message with your

childs name so I don't think it is junk mail) kdemarest@wtschools.org. I have time to return calls

1st period of the day: 8:57--9:35 approx. otherwise I will have to return your calls at the end of the day or as soon as possible.

Supplies: Dedicated 1 subject notebook/folder and/or 1" binder/Dry erase marker(dark color)/used dryer sheet/sock for

erasing/colored pencils/markers and or crayons-helpful/scissors/pens and/or pencils as required by other classes.

Dictionary: good resource for home use.

Videos

During the course of the school year we will be viewing several cultural and language structure(grammatical) videos.

Videos will depict countries such as Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Argentina, Ecuador, and the Carribean, art,sports, activities, music, food and drink, found in these countries, some of which may be seen as "gross" "strange" "funny" or "cruel"-in the case of bullfighting. All is tastefully done with the purpose of educating and exposing the students to life as it exists in these countries. Grammar videos have been produced by Standard Deviants and Quack.

Videos can be previewed with advance noticed should you have any questions. These are typically shown in varying time limits from as short as 12min. to a period's length of time.

We will also finish the school year watching a feature film in Spanish and/or Spanish subtitles such as

Finding Nemo/Toy Story 2/The Incredibles over the course of several days.