Week 33: March 29-April 1

 In ASL I, ASL II, Spanish I, Spanish II
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Hello Parents and Students,

I hope you are all having a fantastic four day April break!

ASL1: This week in ASL we completed Lesson 25. Since we had a short week not all students were able to sign the lesson by Friday and will have until Tuesday to sign it and complete the Vocabulary Practice Quiz for the lesson and the Lessons 21-25 Cumulative Test. This week we learned how to sign North, South, East, and West which are all initialized meaning they use the sign for the first letter that the word begins with and they also move in the appropriate direction according to reading a map. We also learned right and left (also initialized and directionally appropriate). We also learned the word “wow” which is a lot of fun to sign.

ASL 2: Students were required to complete two lessons this week as they are advanced and have more experience. Many of the lessons contain review words which makes it a little easier. Parents, please check Infinite Campus to see whether or not you child is on target with their lessons. Some students need a little more motivation this time of year as they are getting tired.

Spanish 2: This week we learned about Demonstrative Adjectives and Demonstrative Pronouns. Demonstrative Adjectives in Spanish demonstrate whether something is near, farther away, or at a great distance. They can be masculine or feminine and there is a poem that is used to help remember which word to use. The poem is as follows:

This and these have got T’s, (este, esta, estos, estas)

That and Those no T goes, (ese, esa, esos, esas)

And an A for far away. (aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas)

Demonstrative Pronouns take the place of the Demonstrative Adjective before the noun. We also wrapped up our chapter with a vocabulary quiz on Friday.

Spanish 1: This week we reviewed and quized on Possessive Adjectives. There is no apostrophe in Spanish to show ownership so instead we say “mi zapato” or mis zapatos” (my shoe or my shoes). If the item is yours, we use “tu zapato” or “tus zapatos” in the informal. For the formal your, or his, her, or it’s we use “su” and “sus,” for our “nuestro(s)” or “nuestra(s)”. To clarify whose item it is we go back to possession with de ie. Son los zapatos de él.

A Spanish tradition at Easter is to make cascarones. Cascarones are confetti filled eggs. We did not get a chance to make them this week, but here is a link to a YouTube video on how to make them.

German 2 and Japanese 2: Students have been working hard as they approach the end of the year to get their 30 mins. per day and then some if they need to improve their grade. Students are always welcome to put in extra time on the weekends as I wait until Monday to pull the report. Many students have been giving me over 100% regardless. High time earners last week were as follows:

Michael Eppich 117 mins., Evan Lininger 121 mins., L.J. Cabilatazan 101 mins., Kayden McDermott 103 pts., Gianna Skaggs 142 mins. and Bryce Witbeck 111 mins. Great job guys and gals!