Expectations

·                     Treat one another with kindness (cooperative learning groups)

·                     Present your homework on time

·                     Study on a daily basis vocabulary and grammar

·                     Be ready for the Spanish class. Book, dictionary, notebook, pencil, pens, etc.

·                     If you were absent check the school web site and hotline  to obtain the information necessary for your next class.

·                     Speak in Spanish at all times using the expressions and commands posted in class.

·                     Request a pass to stay after school with me.

Classroom Rules:

•          Enter the class and take your binder from bookshelf.

•          Be in your seat when the bell rings.

•          Do activity one posted on the board.

•          Raise your hand and ask in Spanish if you could:

   go to the bathroom

   sharpen your pen

   stand up

   go to the nurse

   go to the office

•          Be respectful with one another.

If you choose to break a rule:

First time: Stop sign and 10 points off.                                           

Second time: Lunch detention and 15 points off.                  

Third time: After school detention with me, parents called and 20 points off. 

Fourth time: Referral written, student sent to the office, and

40 points off.                                                                                 

Assignments

Late homework

 For every day that an assignment is not turned in, I will take 5 points off the total grade. You will have a week to make up any late assignments.

Make up work

If you are absent you are responsible for making up any work that you missed. Upon returning to school you should pick up any handouts that were distributed while you were absent from the file box located at the back of the room.

*If you were sick, forgot your binder at school, or you were absent, make sure that you log into the school's homework hotline where you can find the Spanish homework for the week. In addition, log into my website to search for helpful Spanish websites, for helpful information, or call a classmate and ask for assistance. You can now download the necessary information directly from our web page that will be provided.

*In addition, If you were absent and do not know what to do for the next class, or you missed a quiz or test, make sure you schedule a time to stay after school with me to go over any new material you may have missed. If you missed a quiz or test you will have a week to make up that test. I will assign a time after school for you to make up the test.

Test Corrections

If you are not satisfied with the test grade you earned in the Spanish class, you will have the option of completing “test corrections” in class in order to improve your grade. When doing test corrections follow this criteria:

·                     Study the correct answers for the questions you missed.

·                     Schedule a time after school to do your test corrections

·                     At the after school session, you will be required to copy the question missed and provide the correct answer in full sentences.

·                     Attach your original test/quiz signed by your parents along with the new test corrections. (Tests that have not been signed by your parent/guardian will not receive credit for the corrections)

·                     You will receive 100% of the total score for each correct answer.

Activities

·                     At the beginning of each month of the school year, a song, a rhyme or a tongue- twister will be taught and it will be assigned on a sheet of paper to be completed in class. You will receive an individual score for class participation.

·                     I will give you vocabulary words for every quarter period (1^st to 4^th Q. P.).

                  You should memorize these vocabulary words weekly.  Every Friday you will have                      

                  vocabulary quiz.

·                     During reading activities, you will be working in cooperative learning groups. Each      of you will have specific tasks to fulfill within the group. Each group will work cooperatively to finish the activity. You will receive a group grade.

·                     During speaking and listening activities, you will be working in pairs. One student will practice vocabulary words/expressions/sentences orally while the other student counts how many times each of these were said during the activity. Then, we will switch roles. You will receive individual scores after each activity. You will use the partner score sheet for this activity.

Grading

20% Test / Quizzes (Grammar & Vocabulary)

20% Oral lessons (speaking)

20% Homework (Written essays, projects & workbook pages)

20% Group Participation (Reading)

20% Class Participation and behavior (listening)

total 100%

Communication

Please feel free to contact me anytime.

My phone number at school is 294 2470

My e-mail address is gackert@gcsny.org

The school website is http://www.goshenschoolsny.org