Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.
WHY DO MY BOOKS HAVE TO BE COVERED?
For Hardback books, book covers will help preserve the books. These are expensive books, some costing more than $80 each. Keeping a cover on a text book, even if it is old, will help protect it and allow it to last a little longer. For soft-sided books, clear contact paper will help your book last longer as well. These books will be carried back and forth in your backpack on a regular basis, and the clear contact paper will help protect the cover, keep it from tearing and help you to keep it in better shape after daily use.Back to Top
WHY DO I NEED TO MAKE SO MANY FLASH CARDS?
Flash cards are a tool that help us to learn material. We all learn in different ways, and making flash cards helps us to memorize facts and information. For subjects such as language, there are a number of uses for flash cards. For learning a foreign language, they help us to memorize vocabulary and verb structures. For our own native language, we can put vocabulary, parts of speech, and other grammar points for vocabulary words. In subjects such as Religion, Science, and History, flash cards can contain important facts or information you have to memorize. Studies have shown that you will only remember a small portion of what you hear, you will remember more if you see it, and even more when writing it. The process of making flashcards uses all three of the methods of learning material. After writing the words on flash cards, you can then use them to study the material you need to know. Once flash cards are made, they will only help you if you use them -- as a tool is meant to be used. In class we will use flash cards to review and I hope to teach you a variety of ways to study from the cards you have made. I hope that you will be able to see how well they can work for you if you use them. Be sure to put your name/grade on the lower left corner of all cards!Back to Top
HOW DO I MAKE FLASH CARDS FOR SPANISH?
As a general rule, flash cards made for Spanish are primarily vocabulary words. When making vocabulary cards, students should: � cut 3 x 5 cards in half � put Spanish word on one side, English word on the other � use marker/sharpie � print � put name in lower right had corner of the Spanish side of the card � study them daily! When finished, cards should be put in a plastic zip lock bag; bag goes in envelope in the Spanish binder. Put binder in backpack. Bring to school on due date!Back to Top
WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO REVIEW WITH FLASH CARDS IN SPANISH?
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WAYS TO USE THE FLASHCARDS: 1) PUT ALL CARDS IN A PILE SPANISH SIDE UP. GO THROUGH THE PILE, ONE CARD AT A TIME. SAY THE WORD OUT LOUD AND SAY WHAT IT MEANS OUT LOUD. CHECK YOUR ANSWER ON THE BACK. IF YOU ARE CORRECT, PUT THE CARD IN A PILE ON THE RIGHT. IF YOU ARE INCORRECT, PUT THE CARD IN A PILE ON THE LEFT. GO THROUGH THE PILE REPEATING THE SAME METHOD. WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED, GO THROUGH THE PILE ON THE LEFT AGAIN, REPEATING THE SAME PROCESS -- CORRECT ON THE RIGHT, INCORRECT ON THE LEFT. DO THIS DAILY TO REINFORCE AND TO HELP PUT VOCABULARY IN LONG-TERM MEMORY. 2) WITH A PARTNER -- BE SURE YOUR NAME/INITIALS ARE ON YOUR CARDS; MAKE SURE YOU BOTH HAVE ALL THE SAME WORDS IN SPANISH ON YOUR FLASH CARDS. ONE PUT ALL CARDS SPANISH SIDE UP, THE OTHER PUTS THEM ENGLISH SIDE UP. TAKE TURNS PLAYING A MATCHING GAME WITH THE CARDS, ONE PERSON CHOOSES A SPANISH CARD FROM THE LAYOUT, THEN LOOKS FOR ITS "MATCH" ON THE ENGLISH LAYOUT. IF CORRECT, KEEP THE TWO CARDS, IF NOT, PUT THEM BACK. TAKE TURNS MATCHING. THE PERSON WITH THE MOST MATCHES AT THE END OF THE GAME WINS.Back to Top
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