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The video - https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/file/d/0B7tlFAq13C0MUUFYT21hYVBqR3c/edit 

Here are the ways to say the different explanations of weather in Español. 

When talking to a teacher, you are polite and respectful. When you are talking to a friend or peer you are more causal with your language. This lesson is all about how to use the correct formal language when speaking to someone with respect, and how to speak more casually to a friend.
Click here to study your vocabulary!


Here's a video showing you how to respectfully talk to a teacher.
Notice how the student is being very polite and using formal language.
The student and teacher are having a basic conversation.

Click here for the video!

Learn to start a conversation, and gain amigos! By learning these few phrases, you will be able to start AND continue a conversation in spanish! 

Click here to learn phrases and vocabulary!

Here is a video showing you how to put what you learned into action!

*A student just transferred to SLA, and you want to be able to make friends with her.
*Using the phrases you have just learned, you approach her and strike up a conversation
 

Click here to view the video.

How to say and ask the time in spanish

First you will need to know the numbers 1-59:

uno=1                       dieciseis=16                treinta y uno=31

dos=2                       diecisiete=17               treinta y dos=32    

tres=3                       dieciocho=18               treinta y tres=33 

cuatro=4                   diecinueve=19             treinta y cuatro=34

cinco=5                     veinte=20                    treinta y cinco=35   

seis=6                       veinteuno=21              treinta y seis=36

siete=7                      veintedós=22              treinta y siete=37

ocho=8                      veintetrés=23              treinta y ocho=38

nueve=9                    veintecuatro=24          treinta y nueve=39

diez=10                     veintecinco=25            cuarenta=40

once=11                    veinteseis=26              cuarenta y uno=41

doce=12                    veintesiete=27             cuarenta y dos=42

trece=13                    veinteocho=28             cuarenta y tres=43

catorce=14                veintenueve=29            cuarenta y cuatro=44

quince=15                 treinta=30                      cuarenta y cinco=45

cuarenta y seis=46

cuarenta y siete=47

cuarenta y ocho=48

cuarenta y nueve=49

cincuenta=50

cincuenta y uno=51

cincuenta y dos=52

cincuenta y tres=53

cincuenta y cuatro=54

cincuenta y cinco=55

cincuenta y seis=56

cincuenta y siete=57

cincuenta y ocho=58

cincuenta y nueve=59

Next we will learn how to ask what time it is:

¿Qué hora es?

¿Qué hora son?

¿Qué hora tiene(s)?

All of these mean the same thing, “What time is it?”

So to begin saying the time you start off with:

Son las

This means “It is”

Then you say the time:

Son las cinco

This means “It is 2:00”

“Son las” applies for all numbers except one. To say its 1:00 you have to say:

Es la una

This also applies with saying 12:00 also:

12:00 AM is Es la medianoche(It’s midnight)

12:00 PM is Es la mediodia(It’s noon)

You can add “Y” after Son las cinco to say the exact minutes:

Son las cinco y treinta y cinco

This means ”It is 5:35”

Here are some simple time shortcuts:

Y cinco= :05

y cuarto= :15 (quarter after)

Menos cuarto= :45 (quarter of)

Y media= :30

Menos cinco= :55

en punto (on the dot)

You can also say “Menos” this will subtract time so you will have to say its 1 hour ahead when its really not an hour ahead, for example:

Son las seis menos cuarto

This is 5:45. You can use “menos” just like “y”

Lastly, we will learn to say the time of day:

de la mañana (in the morning)

de la tarde (in the afternoon)

de la noche (in the evening)

Heres a video of me trying to find out what time my plane back to the U.S.A. from Puerto Rico



This is how you say and ask the time in spanish. I hope you enjoyed this lesson.

One of the first things you need to know about the months and dates of the year is how to say the months and their spelling. *Note: that the months in Spanish are not capitalized!* The months of the year in Spanish is as follows:
*click "Meses" for a link to the months in Spanish*

English: Spanish
January: enero
Feburary: febrero
March: marzo
April: abril
May: mayo
June: junio
July: julio
August: augosto
September: septiembre
October: octubre
November: noviembre
December: diciembre

Lesson 2: Numbers in Spanish
You need to know how to say the numbers in Spanish to say and know what the date is. The following are the numbers 1-10 in Spanish and then 20 and 30.

1. uno
2. dos
3. tres
4. cuatro
5. cinco
6. seis
7. siete
8. ocho
9. nueve
10. diez
20. veinte
30. treinta

Lesson 3: Dates of the Year
In Spanish and many other countries you write the number of the day before you write the month.
To ask the date you would say, "¿Cuàl es la feche de hoy?" 
Also not that to say the date you say, "Es el (numero) de (meses)"
 
The following are some important dates of the year:
Spanish: English:
1-1 Es el uno de enero January 1st
5-5 Es el cinco de mayo May 5th
31-10 Es el treinta y uno de octubre October 31st
25-12 Es el veinticinco de diciembre December 25th

Video Introduction:

Here's a video showing Mia giving Caitlin a birthday present and Caitlin asking Mia when her birthday is.

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/13840886/spanish-greeting


This movie not only do it explain how to greet but it also teach you how to ask for somebody number. This story is mostly about a boy trying to get a girl number. The flashcard explain what you need to know too. Here are some things that will help you understand more 
http://quizlet.com/15590279/things-you-need-to-know-to-get-someone-number-and-or-greet-them-flash-cards/

Lesson 1: The first thing you need to know about the alphabet and the correct pronunciation and spelling is how to spell each letter. The following is the English version of the alphabet translated into the Spanish version.


Spanish
A
B 
C 
D
E 
F
G 
H
I 
J
K
L
M
N
Ñ
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Lesson 2: The second thing you need to know about the Spanish alphabet is the pronunciation. Certain letters won't have an initial sound you think they might have. For example you spell the letter "h" as hache but in a word, you don't pronounce it.

English = Spanish:
A = ah
B = beh
C = ce
D = thay
E = eh
F = efay
G = hey
H = hache
I = e
J = hota
K = ka
L = eleh
M = emeh
N = eneh
Ñ = eñeh
O = oh
P = peh
Q = coo
R = ereh
S = eseh
T = teh
U = ooo
V = beh
W = doble beh
X = equis
Y = y griega
Z = seta

​Video Introduction:

Here's a video of Caitlin asking Jackie how to spell her last name, Middleswarth, so Caitlin can add her on Facebook.

Here is a embed for Greeting Flashcards.  Learn how to say Hi or Hello, How are you, What's your name, Good-Bye, Nice to meet you and Nice to meet you too etc. 
https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/file/d/0B7tlFAq13C0MbmpxeTltN0FmZXc/edit

Here is a chart showing the numbers, months, and how to ask someone for their birthday
https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/file/d/0B7tlFAq13C0McmtyLWVnenhrZ00/edit

                          Los Buenos Modales

English	Spanish
Thanks	Gracias
Thanks a lot	Muchas gracias
Thanks a million	Mil gracias
You’re welcome	De nada/ Por nada/No hay de qué
What was that?	¿Cómo?
Please	Por favor
Excuse me (If someone’s in your way)	Con permiso
Excuse me (to get someone’s attention)	Disculpe
Excuse me (if you bump into someone)	Perdón

​Explanation:

In order to properly greet someone in spanish you will need to know:
- the time of day
- to ask how are you and be able to respond


If you feel like knowing basic greetings is unimportant, you're wrong. Say you meet a spanish speaking person and they want to have a conversation with you. If you will end up like this poor girl . Now to avoid this awkward conversation here are a few things you will need to know


A few ways to greet someone:

¡Hola!	Hello!
¡Buenos Días!	Good morning !
¡Buenas tardes!	Good afternoon!
¡Buenas noches!	Good evening!

So now you know how to say hello in several different ways, the next thing you would usually ask a stranger is their name


How to ask for their name:

¿Cómo te llamas? (informal)	What’s your name?
¿Cómo se llama?  (formal)	What’s your name?

How to respond if you are asked yours: 

Me llamo …..	My name is
Yo soy ….	My name is
Mi nombre es ….	My name is

All of those responses mean the same thing "My name is" they are just different ways to say it. 



"How are you?" is another important part of a greeting.

A few ways to ask how are you:

¿Qué tal?	How are you?
¿Cómo estás? (tu)	How are you?
¿Cómo está? (ustd)	How are you?

The difference between "Cómo estás" and "Cómo está" is that "Cómo estás" is  that "estás" is  ment to be said to friends, its more causal than "Cómo está" which is ment for elders and people who are respected. 


How to respond to being asked how are you:

Bien, gracias	Good, thanks
Más o menos	Alright
Mal	Terrible

Now you know how to say hello and how are you, but maybe you had to go home.

To say goodbye :

¡Adiós!	Bye!
¡Hasta luego!	See ya later!
¡Hasta pronto!	See ya soon!
¡Hasta mañana	See ya tomorrow!
¡Qué le vaya bien!	Have a good one!

To ask and you:

¿Y tú?   (informal)	And you?
¿Y Usted?   (formal)	And you?

Again tu is speaking informally usted is used for more formal greetings 

Now that you know how to say basic spanish greetings lets see how that girl's situation would have went if she had know what you now know. 


Here is a video of someone seeing an old friend for the first time in years: 

Days, Months, and Seasons

English	Spanish
Monday	lunes
Tuesday	martes
Wednesday	miércoles
Thursday	jueve
Friday	viernes
Saturday	sábado
Sunday	domingo
January	enero
February	febrero
March	marzo
April	abril
May	mayo
June	junio
July	julio
August	agosto
September	septiembre
October	octubre
November	noviembre
December	deciembre
Summer	el verano
Fall	el oto´no
Winter	el invierno
Spring	la primavera
the week/the month/school	la semana/el mes/escuela

Where are you From?

English	Spanish
Where are you from?	¿De dómde eres (tú)? ¿De dónde es (Ud.)?
I’m from	Soy de
But I live in	pero vivo en
Hi	¡Hola!
Philadelphia	Filadelphia
And you	¿Y tú?
Me too	Yo tambien

Month	Mes
January	enero
February	febrero
March	marzo
April	abril
May	mayo
June	junio
July	julio
August	agosto
September	septiembre
October	octubre
November	noviembre

 

¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? - When is your birthday?

Ex: Es el doce de mayo. - May 12th.

6/11 - es el sies de noviembre. (November 6th)
2/12 - es el dos de diciembre (December 2nd) 
3/9 - es el tres de septiembre (September 3rd)
30/3 - es el treinta de marzo. (March 30th)

¿Qué día es hoy? - What day is today?
hoy es... - today is...

Here is a video of a real life situation having to do with Months and Dates in Spanish.

¿Cómo se dice..? - How do you say...?

Thank you - ¡gracias! ¡muchas gracias! 

Excuse me - ¡Discuple! ¡Perdon! ¡Con permiso! 

Please - ¿por favor?

Here is a video of a real life situation using the phrases above...

How’s the weather?

English	Spanish
It’s warm	Hace  calor
It’s sunny	Hace sol
It’s windy	Hace viento
It’s humid	Está  húmedo
It’s raining/ It rains	Está lloviendo/llueve
It’s snowing/ It snows	Está nevando/nieva
partly	parcialmente
mostly	mayormente
What’s the weather like?	¿qué tiempo hace?
It’s cold	Hace frío
It’s nice a temperature.	Hace buen tiempo.
It’s a bad temperature	Hace mal Tiempo
It’s cloudy	Está nublado
very	bastante

RALPH FOR LEADER!

Ralph is a big strong being. He's fit for leader because he had the courage to call everyone out together and the initiative to take charge. He is ALWAYS trying to look out for our best interests! He even thought about building a fire to save our own skins, who are we to not be greatful? He has taken it upon himself to bestow upon us the noise of the mighty shell and lead us to safety! He united us, made us shelter, and listened to us all. What does the bumbling idiot Jack do? He goes out for a measly little pig and half cooks it. And he let the fire go out! A ship passed and if Jack can't even do a simple thing like that then how can he be a leader? If it were up to him, We’d be dead! WE’d never get saved and it will come down to the point where he would kill us off one by one if he feels a threat, unlike loving and caring Ralph! He worries about our welbeing and will do his best to get us to safety if he is re-chosen for leader. He will never steer us wrong!


(The actual pamphlet is in a physical form)

Here is a video of someone asking another person where their house is and getting the address of their home.

Here is a video of 2 ordinary people having a basic Spanish conversation on their way to class.

How to say the months and date in spanish

First you need to know the months

-enero; January

-febrero; February

-marzo; March

-abril; April

-mayo; May

-junio; June 

-julio; July

-agosto*; August

-septiembre*; September

-octubre*; October 

-noviembre*; November

-dieciembre*; December

Notice that the months all start with a lowercase letter, this is because in the spanish vocabulary months begin with a lowercase.

The months with the asterisk(*) are the five most commonly miss spelled months so watch your spelling.

The next thing you need to know is that the number, for example (11th) always comes first. Instead of the date being February 11th, it’s the 11th of February.

Now you need to know the numbers 1-31:

uno=1                       dieciseis=16                treinta y uno=31

dos=2                       diecisiete=17

tres=3                       dieciocho=18

cuatro=4                   diecinueve=19

cinco=5                     veinte=20

seis=6                       veinteuno=21

siete=7                      veintedós=22

ocho=8                      veintetrés=23

nueve=9                    veintecuatro=24

diez=10                     veintecinco=25

once=11                    veinteseis=26

doce=12                    veintesiete=27

trece=13                    veinteocho=28

catorce=14                veintenueve=29

quince=15                 treinta=30

Now we are going to learn how say it all together. First you say:

Es el_______....

This means “It’s the”. Then you would say the number date. So for an example you would say:

Es el once

In english this means “It’s the 11th”

Next you would say:

de_____

This means “of” in english. Then you would say the month. For an example you would say:

de abril

No we will put it all together:

Es el once de abril

This is how you say the date.

Next we will learn how to ask the date:

¿Cuál es fecha de hoy? This means “What’s today’s date?”

¿Qué día es hoy? This means “What was yesterdays date?”

¿Qué día es mañana? This means “What is tomorrows date?”

And lastly, just in case you need to know, here are the days of the week:

lunes; Monday

martes; Tuesday

miércoles; Wednesday

jueves; Thursday

viernes; Friday

sábado; Saturday

domingo; Sunday

The first letter is also lowercase just like the months.

Here is a video of a person trying to tell a delusional person the date:

I hope you enjoyed this lesson and now know how to say and ask the date in spanish.

My land area network is connected to everyone within a two block raduis from my house, which is really inconvient, and the reason why my internet is so slow. for some reason, I also don't have wifi at all, so I need to use my neighbors. Cavalier is probably not my favorite internet providers; so I would have to say that if I had my choice I would switch to Verizon. It is really fast, reliable, and it is private- you do not have to share your connection, as apposed to Cavalier. 

On my land line I have both my phone and internet. So whenever you use the house phone the internet stops working, and for some reason java never works on my computer; even though it has been installed three times;so that is a problem.

All in all my internet/phone sevrvice is alright, it could be better; but it could be worse.

An OMG moment was when I figured out that Reseting the modem isn't going to fix everything. An LOL moment was when I noticed how simply complicated the process of getting the internet was.                                                   


Some advice to people who know nothing about the internet I would say; if nothing is loading don't keep clicking it over and over- That makes it load SLOWER!!