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OPEN HOUSE – September 17, 2014 Español 3. Bienvenidos. (Please sign in) !GRACIAS! Mrs. Heather Puchta hpuchta@nscsd.org. GOALS. 1) TO PASS THE NSCSD Comprehensive Exam TO SCORE 85 or HIGHER (Mastery level) 3) To read, write, listen and speak Spanish!. 4 PARTS OF THE FINAL EXAM.
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OPEN HOUSE – September 17, 2014 Español 3 Bienvenidos (Please sign in) !GRACIAS! Mrs. Heather Puchta hpuchta@nscsd.org
GOALS • 1) TO PASS THE NSCSD Comprehensive Exam • TO SCORE 85 or HIGHER (Mastery level) • 3) To read, write, listen and speak Spanish!
4 PARTS OF THE FINAL EXAM • SPEAKING 24% • LISTENING 30% • READING 30% • WRITING 16%
SPEAKING 24% • Composed of 2 situations in which you must speak 6 times each.
LISTENING 30% • Second part = 6 passages read in Spanish with the settings in English and the questions in Spanish. • First part = 9 passages read in Spanish with the settings and questions in English
READING 30% • 1) 1 long reading passage with the questions in English • 2) 5 short Spanish readings with the questions in Spanish, (advertisements) • 3) 1 long Spanish reading with questions in Spanish.
WRITING 16% • 2 100 WORD COMPOSITIONS
What do we do during the year to prepare? • 1) Participation- The students are required to speak in Spanish with the teacher about certain vocabulary topics. (Weekly) • 2) Listening Activities - Throughout the school year with each unit. Podcasts on website • 3) Reading Activities - short stories, and practice reading passages from old Regents exams. • 4) Writing - Picture compositions, letter writing, Journal writing -etc.
GRADING • 20% PARTICIPATION(Speaking topics) • 80% TOTAL POINTS (Everything else) • Every student should have a SEPARATE notebook for Spanish
GRAMMAR • Review of Present & Present Progressive Tenses. • In depth work with Preterite and Imperfect Tenses. (Past) • Introduction of Future Tense = will _____ • Introduction of the Conditional Tense = would • Introduction of the Perfect Tenses • Commands • Present subjunctive
EXTRA HELP -WEDS & THURSDAYS IN ROOM 317 Please contact me anytime: E-MAIL: hpuchta@nscsd.org
SIS GRADEBOOK The Parent Portal is open on SIS Gradebook. So you are able to view their grades online.
What does the LOTE classroom look like? Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking and culture with every single unit. Please encourage your child to go to the links on my teacher webpage and practice listening to the podcasts. http://www.nscsd.org/webpages/hpuchta/spanish3.cfm Also go to www.my.hrw.com to the online textbook to practice every week!
Español GRACIAS Thank you for coming tonight! Have a great evening!