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Learning the Los Meses del Año (Months of the Year) and saying the dates

Posted by Kenny Nguyen in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
All the months in español are similar to the months in English and is fairly easy to learn. This guide will make you learn the months easily. Everything is simplified for beginners. The pronunciations will be shown after the months in español. A song of the months will also be included in this guide.

January enero                  e-ner-o
February febrero                fe-brer-o
March marzo                  mar-zo
April abril                     ab-ril
May mayo                   ma-yo
June junio                    ju-ni-o
July julio                     ju-li-o
August agosto                 a-gos-to
September septiembre          sept-ti-em-bre
  
October octubre                oc-tu-bre
November noviembre            no-vi-em-bre
Decembre
deciembre            de-ci-em-bre


*All the months in español are lower-cased. Another thing to keep in mind is that the j is always silent in the months. For example, junio and julio would be pronounced as who-ni-o for the month junio and julio would be pronounced as who-li-o.


* All the months are somewhat similar to the English months, but the only month that is different than the rest of them are January. January in español is enero. That's the only difference. The rest of the months are similar in English and in español.




Here is a song of the months in español. ENJOY!!

La marcha de calendario by Luz Welmans











Saying the dates......
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In Spanish the way to write the date is, day-month-year, and in the American way it's month-day-year.

 Example: el 15 de agosto de 2011
               15-8-2011



Here's a video of a Hispanic student asking another Hispanic student what the date for today is. (Discuple means excuse me).

"What Time is it?"

Posted by Chris Tran in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Imagine a time where your really late to school, but then you don't know the time. You see a spanish speaking person and you don't know how to ask for time. Here in this lesson I'm going to teach you how to ask for time and how you answer it. So the phrase for asking time in english is "What time is it", but in spanish it is "¿Qué hora es?","¿Qué hora son?",  or "¿Qué hora tiene(s)?". Well when you answer it is really simple. The phrase is Son las.. which means It is.. 
Well when you answer for 12:00 pm or am there is also phrases for those too. For 12:00 pm in the middle of the day it is " es el mediodía". For 12:00 am it is "es la medianoche". Well in spanish when you say one o'clock its not " son las uno" that is not the right way to say one o'clock.The correct way is "es la una punto". Well "punto" means "on the dot", so if i say "son las dos punto". It means 2 o'clock on the dot. Well there are also phrases for in the morning, afternoon, and evening. In the morning is "de la mañana".For afternoon is "de la tardes". Then for the evening is "de la noches". You will have to add this when your giving somebody the time. Below you will see flashcards that you can use to practice the phrases in the lesson.
This video is going to be about asking for time and how to answer say time in Spanish. In this scene you will see again a guy and a girl, but this time in this scene this guy is in a hurry. Wondering what time is it really? Then stops by and ask a lady or girl who is sitting in the bench. This guy asks her “¿Qué hora es?” meaning, “What time is it?” and then the way she answers it is “Son las..” meaning “ It is..”.

Here is Molly's leccíon on Weather
Here is Molly's leccíon on the Spanish Alphabet
Here is Molly's leccíon on Days of the Week
Here is another of my leccíon on How to Introduce Yourself 

What day is it?

Posted by Molly Olshin in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Everyone needs to know what day it is! ​Let's say you are in class and your spanish teacher says "tenemos una prueba el viernes."
You know that she said "We have a test on..." But you are unsure on what day "viernes" is.


Use this chart to figure out what day it is.
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Knowing what day it is could be useful for multiple situations. HERE is a song that's helpful for memorizing the days of the week.
Here is another video on how to greet someone is spanish.
Here is another video on how to tell the time in spanish.

How to Greet Someone When You First Meet

Posted by Chris Tran in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Well there is a way to greet someone in Spanish. The word to say hello is ¡hola!. Well after you say hi don't you want to ask for their name? Well the phrase to ask them for their name is ¿Cómo te llamas? or to ask an adult you got to ask formally ¿Cómo se llama?. As you can see I underline "se" is the sentences. When you ask a adult you have to use "se" not "te". 


As you can see here there are flashcards you can use to study spanish anytime and anywhere.
Well now I'm going to show you how to answer and ask how are they in spanish. When you ask how are they there will be three phrase for asking how are they. For example ¿Qué tal? or ¿Cómo esta? (tú or usted). Well "usted" is used at the end of the sentence. It is used when asking an adult, tú is used to ask a friend or someone younger than you. So one day if you want to ask your grandparents how are they you should say "¿Cómo está usted?. Well when you answer there are three possible. One possible phrase is Mas o menos, Muy bien, or Muy horrible. On the bottom here there are flash on how you say these things. When you wanna ask someone back you would say "y Tú" it means how about you. Then the person answer back.
Well here is an example for a realife situation of how you ask and answer a " how are you doing" type of questions.
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When they ask you you have to end the conversation by saying nice to meet you or nice talking to you right? Well there is one phrase "mucho gusto" means nice to meet you and the way to answer is "igualmente" means  likewise.
This video is going to be about this lesson of how to introduce you. In this scene you will see a guy and a girl. Who are actually meeting each other for the very first time. In this video you will hear these two saying hi to each other. Then the guy asks the girl for her name. After the girl answers him, she also want to know his name so she would say “¿Y tú?” which means “and you”. Also pay close to how they ended the conversation with the words “mucho gusto” meaning “nice to meet you” and “igualmente” meaning “likewise”.
Here is Molly's leccíon on Weather
Here is Molly's leccíon on the spanish alphabet
Here is Molly's leccíon on Days of the week
Here is another of my leccíon on What time is it

Greetings In Spanish

Posted by Stephanie Lin in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Here's is a lesson on greetings on spanish. You can use spanish to meet and talk to other or to end what the other person is talking about but frist you'll need how to greet some one frist. There is a video on when someone iss greeting someone and there is a small part in this blog where u will see a small chart to help u in greeting and show you many way of saying some of the greeting we didn't use in the video.
this is part one of greetings 

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now part 2 
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Uso Modales

Posted by Bailey Collins in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
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Introduction to Video:
In a real-life situation, you may need to use your manners in a restaurant to get your waiter's attention and to say thank you when the waiter hands you your food. Also, if you leave a tip and say you're welcome.
Now to learn a lesson on the dates and months, click on the url below.

http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/HEY_YOU_ARE_YOU_UP_TO_DATE_IN_ESPANOL

¡Hola amigo!

Posted by Bailey Collins in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
  • The most common way of saying hello in Español is ¡Hola!

  • When talking to your friend or someone closer to your own age you may say ¡Hola amigo!

  • To say how are you in Spanish, You may say "¿Comó estás?' or ¿Qúe tal?

  • When leaving a conversation, to say goodbye there is many different ways to respond such as,
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​In a real-life situation, you may need to say hello, how are you, and goodbye if you wonder how a person feels in a conversation, and how to say goodbye when the conversation is finished.

Click on the url below to learn a lesson on the weather in Español.

http://www.scienceleadership.org/blog/EL_TIEMPO_:-WEATHER

Ways of asking basic conversation questions

Posted by Alexander Held in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
​Basic Conversation Questions En Español

 

Ways of asking what someone’s name, both informally and formally.

 

¿Cómo te llamas? – What is your name? (Informal)- when talking to a friend or someone your age.

 

¿Cómo se llama? – What is your name? (Formal)- when talking to someone of authority or an older person.

 

Ways of asking how someone is doing, both informally and formally.

 

¿Cómo estás tú? – How are you? (Informal)- Same rules apply as above.

 

¿Cõmo esta usted? – How are you? (Formal)- Same rules apply as above.

 

Ways of asking where someone is from, both informally and formally.

 

¿De dónde eres tú? – Where are you from? (Informal)- Same rules apply as above.

 

¿De dónde es usted? – Where are you from? (Formal)- Same rules apply as above.

 

Ways of asking when someone’s birthday is, both informally and formally.

 

¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? – When is your birthday? (Informal)- Same rules apply as above.

Do you want to learn more Spanish?



Time, Weather, and Numbers

Hey You! Are You Up To Date In Español?

Posted by Jamelia Barrett in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Here is a guide to learn how to ask what todays date and day.
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We use the days and month everyday of our life weather it some ones birthday or someone need tho know todays date. And remember the day always come before the month. Here is a video of someone asking someone birthday in en español.
 Click on the link below for other lesson in Español :

To learn about the greeting and goodbye in Español
 

EL TIEMPO :) (WEATHER)

Posted by Jamelia Barrett in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
Are you planing to go to a spanish speaking country and you want to know whats the weather is like . Learning the weather is very simple. Follow the table and you will learn it in a flash.
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When planing to go to a  different country is always good to know what the weather is like so you can pack proper clothing . Here is a video asking what the weather is  like in Cuba.
Click below to learn learning how to be polite in Español

Los dias de la semana ( days of the week)

Posted by Imani Holness in Spanish 1 - Manuel on
  1. If you wanted to impress your friend that speaks english and spanish fluently and you wanted to say the days of the week the key things that you will need to know are.  Always start with monday for the days of the week. In espanol the days of the week is not capitalized. You will also need to know how to say the letters in spanish.  And you need to pay close attention to the pronouncation. The days of the week are 


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when you say jueves for thursday you need to pronounce it without the j, the j is silence , and when you say viernes for friday you pronounce it "biernes".
Here is owen's lessons about formal and informal and the way you use it.http://scienceleadership.org/blog/T-VS-Usted-Know_your_place 

Morgan Taylor

Posted by Morgan Taylor in Spanish 2 - Gierke on
What grade would you assign yourself for each category?


Exceeds Expectations

20-19


Meets Expectations

18-16


Approaches Expectations

15-13


Does Not Meet Expectations

12-1

Design

20



Knowledge

19



Application

19


Presentation

19



Process

20




TOTAL: 97

Strengths of your process or product

Weaknesses of your process or product

Designing my album was easy for me and writing descriptions was pretty easy.




The reflection for my project kept on getting deleted and my song for itunes will not save as a file on my blog. I also had trouble trying to mix up what I was saying in my photos because many of them were in the same summer and the same day.



How did you apply the SLA core values to your project?

I was asked the question and answered “Qué hice el verano pasado”
I researched what to say for pictures in the past.
I had people review my work and I practiced pronunciation with them.
I made my project a photo album so it was fun and creative and I made an itunes song as my recording.
I wonder how (if I get a chance to do it again) I would change my project and pictures.

What did you learn about Spanish through completing this project?

I learned how to speak in the preterit tense, I always wanted to know how to do that.

What did you change about your final project based on peer feedback?  What did you change based on Srta. G’s feedback?

I changes the way i wrote my descriptions.

If you had the opportunity to start your project all over again, how would you do it differently?

I would use different pictures and maybe do an imovie or comic life.

Did you enjoy this project? Why or why not?

Yes, because it was fun and creative, I love letting my creative side out.

Do you have any suggestions for me if I do this same project next year?

No, I think this project was great the way it was. It is fun and enjoyable to do.

Mi Verano- Nicholas Murray

Posted by Nicholas Murray in Spanish 2 - Gierke on
​​​Reflection

What grade would you assign yourself for each category?

 



Exceeds Expectations

20-19



Meets Expectations

18-16



Approaches Expectations

15-13



Does Not Meet Expectations

12-1

Design



18

 

 

Knowledge

 

17

 

 

Application



18

 

 

Presentation

19

 

 

 

Process

20

 

 

 



TOTAL: 92

Strengths of your process or product

Weaknesses of your process or product







 



How did you apply the SLA core values to your project?

  • Researched all my summers up to this point and spanish words I did not know
  • I collaborated with my peers so that I could improve upon my project
  •  I reflected on my past year of spanish so that I could complete my project

What did you learn about Spanish through completing this project?

  • I learned that their were many uses of past tenses that I did not care about last year, and that past tense is important.


What did you change about your final project based on peer feedback?  What did you change based on Srta. G’s feedback?

  • I changed the pronunciation of some of my words, and changed some of the music I put in my project.

If you had the opportunity to start your project all over again, how would you do it differently?

  • I would add me pictures to my project so that I could give you a better view of my summer


Did you enjoy this project? Why or why not?

  • Yes because it was a project based on me, which made it easier


Do you have any suggestions for me if I do this same project next year?

 

  • No, this project was great 

 

Espanol Summer

Posted by Michael Hall in Spanish 2 - Gierke on
The project was to find and select 5 or more pictures from past summers. We were to find the pictures and describe them using our espanol vocabulary and past tense words.
How did you apply the SLA core values to your project. Then we had to create the pictures into a presentation and post it into sla blog aka slate.

I questioned about my family history. I Researched what i used to do in my past summers. I collaborated with my relatives to get the pictures. I am presenting my project on slate. I am reflecting on it with these reflection questions.


What did you learn about Spanish through completing this project?

I learned that fue means was and other past ensue words.

What did you change about your final project based on peer feedback?  What did you change based on Srta. G’s feedback?


Nothing was changed.

If you had the opportunity to start your project all over again, how would you do it differently?

I would have more than three people peer edit my work

Did you enjoy this project? Why or why not?

The project was new and fun. It wasn't something that I had expected. 


Do you have any suggestions for me if I do this same project next year?

One suggestion is to be more flexible with the number of pictures. If a person only has like 2 or 4 then that should be worth more than just a C.

Mi verano pasoda experencia by steven webb

Posted by Steven Webb in Spanish 2 - Gierke on
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40823458/spanish%20brack%20project.key

Link to spanish project on dropbox


 1.)   Reflection
  • Explain this project in your own words.  (the mission, etc.)
  • How did you apply the SLA core values to your project?
  • What did you learn through completing this project?
  • Think back to your process in completing this project.  Did you have any major break-throughs or a moment where everything started clicking?  Or maybe instead everything fell apart?
  • If you had the opportunity to start your project all over again, how would you do it differently?
  • Did you enjoy this project? Why or why not?

 2.)    Post Your Project ‘(this could be a dropbox link, embedded or attached file in .flv format)  ALL FILES MUST BE CONVERTED TO .FLV - to convert, use the application ALREADY on your laptop called "Flash Video Encoder" for videos and keynotes and powerpoints.

3.)   TAGS (type each one in individually and hit enter):

E2.U2

Q1BM

Q1BM.1112

proyecto

Gierke

(your username)

español

Spanish

¿Conoce usted sus meses y las fechas?: Do You Know Your Months & Dates?

Posted by Klarissa Hudson in Spanish 1 - Manuel on

Do You Know Your Months & Dates????? : Telling someone with short-term memory loss today’s month and date.

 


In order to tell someone the month and date you need to know:

1) The months and how to pronounce them

2) Numbers and their pronunciation

3) How to ask as the month and date

 

Click on this link for flashcards of each word and number you need to know and a pronunciation of each one below when you scroll down. You can do test, scatter, or space race if you choose to.


 

Below is a song that I made so you can remember the months of the year.

Intro:

Now you will see a short video of a student telling her old spanish grandpa with short-term memory loss what todays date and month is below.

Here is a link to Michael's lesson on the weather.​
Here is a link to Michael's lesson on the days of the week.