5th Grade:
This week, students will explore Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), a Mexican holiday that honors and celebrates the lives of loved ones who have passed away. Students will learn about the traditions, foods, drinks, and decorations associated with this meaningful celebration, including ofrendas (altars), calaveras (sugar skulls), and cempasúchil (marigold flowers).

• Students will complete a reading comprehension packet about Día de los Muertos
• Coloring and making a calaverita (sugar skull) activity in class

6th Grade:

This Week in Spanish Class, we’ll be exploring the history and traditions behind the celebration of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) — a holiday that honors loved ones who have passed away with joy, love, and remembrance.

Ofrenda Project Information: Students were given their Ofrenda project information in class on Friday 10/16. Please have students bring their shoeboxes, battery-operated tealights, and any other items they would like to include in their ofrenda by Tuesday, November 3.

Students will begin to write about their chosen person for their Ofrenda Project in class on Tuesday 10/20.

7th Grade: 

Students are wrapping up Capítulo 4A: ¿Adónde vas? This week, they will practice asking questions about leisure activities and using interrogative words such as who, what, where, and when. Students will also watch the Auténtico video Pequeña Oaxaca to strengthen their listening comprehension and cultural understanding.

Upcoming Quizzes:

• 7D: Quiz will be on Wednesday, October 28

• 7P: Quiz will be on Thursday, October 29

8th Grade: 

Students are finishing Capítulo 6A: En mi dormitorio. They will review chapter vocabulary using Blooket and complete Pear Practice activities to prepare for their upcoming assessments. Students will also review Spanish-speaking countries and their flags.

• Booklet vocabulary review
• Pear Practice on the  - Chapter Review and Spanish Speaking Countries Flags.

• Quiz on Vocab and Flag will be on Thursday 10/29

• Los meses del ano (Months of the year)
• Las estaciones (Seasons)
• Qué tiempo hace? (How is the weather?)

6th Grade:

Students will prepare for their upcoming quiz as they wrap up Chapter 1A. They will listen to and read about activities people like and don’t like to do, describe their favorite activities, and ask others about their interests. Students will also begin the next chapter in Auténtico 1 and continue building their Spanish vocabulary and communication skills.

Assignments:

• Auténtico: Conservatorio de Mariachi Students will watch a video about a mariachi conservatory and answer questions based on what they hear and understand. This activity will help strengthen their Spanish listening comprehension skills while introducing them to translation practice.
• Chapter review - Blooket vocabulary practice
• Pear Practice chapter review
• Vocabulary Quiz Thursday 10/15

*Assignment will be posted in Google Classroom

As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15), our 7th graders are beginning their Hispanic Influential Leader Project.

Students have chosen their Hispanic influential leader and are learning more about the person they selected and will be creating their Spanish pennant and English slideshow presentation.

The completed pennants will be proudly displayed outside the Spanish classroom as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and showcase our students’ hard work! 

Due Date:

• Due Monday October 5, 2026

• We will be working on our presentations this week.

Continue with Autentico -1 book Capitulo 4A Adonde vas? after presentations

Objective: Listen to and read about leisure activities and schedules. Talk and write about places to go to and activities to do during free time.

• Activity 4: No me digas! Students will write about places they go and use the appropriate expression in Spanish.
• The verb ir worksheet pages 125 & 126

8th Grade: 

For Hispanic Heritage Month students have chosen a Spanish-speaking country. They will research their country and prepare a slideshow to teach their classmates about it. Students will present their information first in Spanish and then in English, giving them an opportunity to practice communicating in Spanish while making sure everyone can understand and learn about the country.

Translating their information also helps students build vocabulary, strengthen comprehension, and make connections between Spanish and English.

Due Date:

• Due Wednesday October 7, 2026

• We will be working on our presentations this week.

Students will continue with chapter in the Autentico -1 : Capitulo 6A En mi dormitorio after their presentations.

• Superlatives: Students will learn to say that someone is the most or least using the definite article (el, la, los, and las)
• Stem-changing verbs poder and dormir worksheet pages 45 & 46.

^{Last week, our 5th graders did a great job counting by 10s to 100 and then learning to count by 100s in Spanish!} 

• ^{We have officially kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month! Students will learn about Mexico’s Independence Day, and how it is celebrated, through their first Spanish reading comprehension activity.}

• ^{This week, we will finish our Spanish Flipbook on Los Numeros, due to Friday’s Rosary Spirit run. We will then move on to Los días de la semana, los meses y las fechas (days of the week, months, and dates) and complete our Flipbook pages for this topic.} 

6th Grade:

Students will begin the next chapter in Autentico 1 - Capitulo 1A

Objective: students will listen to and read about activities people like and don’t like to do. Describe their favorite activities and ask others about theirs.

• We will review pages 30-33 in the Autentico 1 book.
• Infinitives worksheet ar, er and ir verbs Worksheet 33-34
• Expressing agreement and disagreement worksheet 35-36

*Assignment will be posted in Google Classroom

7th Grade: 

Hispanic Heritage Month Project

As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15), our 7th graders are beginning their Hispanic Influential Leader Project.

This week, students have chosen their Hispanic influential leader and learning more about the person they selected.  Students will begin creating their Spanish pennant and English slideshow presentation.

The completed pennants will be proudly displayed outside the Spanish classroom as we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and showcase our students’ hard work! 

Due Date:

• Due October 5, 2026

8th Grade:

We kicked off Hispanic Heritage Month with some awesome practice for our restaurant menu project and a real-life Spanish experience at Casa Bonita! Our 8th graders did a great job ordering and practicing their Spanish, and everyone enjoyed our first field trip of the year! 

This week, students will choose a Spanish-speaking country and create a country report. They will research their country and prepare a slideshow to teach their classmates about it. Students will present their information first in Spanish and then in English, giving them an opportunity to practice communicating in Spanish while making sure everyone can understand and learn about the country.

Translating their information also helps students build vocabulary, strengthen comprehension, and make connections between Spanish and English.

• Students will begin learning Preguntas Básicas (Basic Questions) and Los Números (Numbers). They will practice using these new words and phrases as they continue becoming more comfortable communicating in Spanish.
• Students will also work on Los Números packet, pages 11–13, to reinforce their understanding and practice with numbers in Spanish.

8th Grade

This week, students will present their Spanish restaurant menus and role-plays based on Auténtico 1 – Capítulo 5B: Vamos a un restaurante.

Objective:
Students will demonstrate their understanding of restaurant vocabulary and expressions by presenting their menus and role-playing as waiters/waitresses and customers. Students will practice speaking, listening, and using Spanish in a real-life restaurant setting.

To bring our lessons to life, students will visit Casa Bonita in Libertyville on Thursday, September 17, 2026. This field trip connects perfectly with our restaurant unit and will give students the opportunity to practice ordering in Spanish in a real-life setting.

As we begin the school year, students will spend some time building a strong foundation in Spanish. We will focus on important words and phrases that students can use to communicate in the classroom and begin feeling comfortable speaking Spanish. Through practice activities and our interactive flipbook, students will gradually build their vocabulary and confidence. 

• Students will begin with their “¿Qué quiere decir?” practice packet, where they will learn and practice asking “What does it mean?.” Students will learn greetings (saludos), goodbyes or farewells (despedidas), and basic questions (preguntas básicas) in Spanish. 
• Students will also begin the “Bienvenidos a la clase de español” Spanish Flipbook. This will be an ongoing project that we will build over the next few weeks as students learn important Spanish vocabulary and everyday phrases.
• The first section of the flipbook will focus on greetings (saludos), goodbyes or farewells (despedidas), and basic questions (preguntas básicas) in Spanish and other useful classroom phrases that students can use as they begin communicating in Spanish.
• As we continue through the flipbook, students will add new sections and phrases to help them build their Spanish vocabulary and confidence.

Para Empezar – Auténtico 1 (En la clase)

At the beginning of the school year, students are reviewing and refreshing Spanish vocabulary and skills they learned in 5th grade. This review will help students rebuild their confidence, strengthen their foundation, and prepare them for the new material they will learn in Auténtico 1.

Students will continue working with the hardcover Auténtico 1 textbook.

Review Objectives:

• Review how to describe weather conditions.
• Review how to identify the seasons in Spanish.
• Compare weather conditions in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
• Complete a Repaso de Capítulo (chapter and vocabulary review).
• Practice vocabulary using Conjuguemos.

Assignments and study materials will be posted in Google Classroom.

This week, students will pick up where we left off by reviewing Auténtico 1 – Capítulo 3B: Para Mantener la Salud.

Objective: Students will listen to and read descriptions of healthy and unhealthy lifestyles.

Assignments will be posted in Google Classroom

• The Plurals of Adjectives Worksheet 109 -110.
• The verb SER worksheet pages 111-112
• Vocabulary Review

Assignments and study materials will be posted in Google Classroom.

This week, students will begin where we left off before the end of the school year with Autentico 1 - Capítulo 5B: Vamos a un restaurante.

Objective:
Students will listen to, read, and write about restaurant meals and service. Working with a partner students will create their own Spanish restaurant menu and role-play as waiters and waitresses serving customers.

Assignments:

• Review vocabulary pages 248-250 in the Auténtico book
• The verb venir: worksheets pages 27 & 28
• The verbs ser and estar: worksheet pages 29 & 30 - (8F Due Wed 9/10 8L Due Tuesday 9/8)
• Begin designing restaurant menu in class this week

Assignments and study materials will be posted in Google Classroom.

5th Grade

• On Friday, students began with the question, “¿Qué hiciste durante el verano?” Students will finish their drawings, showing what they did over the summer and label their pictures using Spanish vocabulary. This fun activity allows students to connect with the language while expressing their creativity. Next week, students will present their drawings to the class and review El alfabeto en español. 

6th Grade

This year, 6th grade students will begin using the Auténtico 1 Spanish curriculum. This is their first year working with a Spanish textbook, and they will learn how to use it while continuing to build their vocabulary, grammar, reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills.

Para Empezar – Auténtico 1 (En la escuela).

Objective: Greet people at different times of the day

• Introduce yourself to others
• Respond to classroom directions
• Review numbers and body parts
• Students will practice reading / speaking los numeros
• Savvas Activity #9 Provide the missing numbers in Spanish.
• Savvas Activity #10 Más números
• Assignments will be posted in google classroom:

1.  Worksheet packet pages 1-6 
2.  Vocabulary worksheet pages 15 -16.

7th Grade

This week, students will pick up where we left off by reviewing Auténtico 1 – Capítulo 3B: Para Mantener la Salud.

Objective: Students will listen to and read descriptions of healthy and unhealthy lifestyles.

Assignments will be posted in Google Classroom

• Review and Complete the vocabulary worksheet pages 105 & 107.
• Conjuguemos Spanish writing and Vocabulary Practice.
• The Plurals of Adjectives Worksheet 109 -110.
• The verb SER worksheet pages 111-112
  
  

8th Grade

This week, students will begin where we left off before the end of the school year with Autentico 1 - Capítulo 5B: Vamos a un restaurante.

Objective:
Students will listen to, read, and write about restaurant meals and service. Working with a partner students will create their own Spanish restaurant menu and role-play as waiters and waitresses serving customers.

To bring our lessons to life, students will visit Casa Bonita in Libertyville on Thursday, September 17. This field trip ties perfectly with our restaurant unit and will give students the opportunity to practice ordering in Español in a real-life setting. More information about the field trip will be shared soon! 

Assignments:

• Review vocabulary pages 248-250 in the Auténtico book
• Conjuguemos Vocabulary practice
• The verb venir: worksheets pages 27 & 28
• The verbs ser and estar: worksheet pages 29 & 30
• Begin designing restaurant menu
  

The students had a wonderful first week in Spanish class, and I am so proud of how much Spanish they have already retained! It has been wonderful to see them connect with the language, participate in class, and confidently use vocabulary they learned in previous years.

5th Grade

• “Todo sobre mí” (All About Me): The students worked on “Todo sobre mí” and wrote about their favorite color, food, animal, sport, and favorite activities to do during their free time. We will continue to complete this activity this week. Once completed, their work will be displayed in the classroom.
• Later this week, we will work on ¿Qué hiciste durante el verano? Students will share a few things they did over the summer using simple Spanish phrases. Students will draw pictures of things they did over the summer and label each picture using Spanish vocabulary. This fun activity will help students connect with the language while expressing their creativity.

6th & 7th Grade

The students did a great job remembering how to write in Spanish! They are working with me one-on-one to finish writing about what they did over the summer and will have the opportunity to present their writing to the class in Spanish.

• ¿Qué hiciste durante el verano? Students will write and share a short paragraph about what they did over the summer. This activity will help them ease back into Spanish and build their language skills.
• 6th Grade: Students are working one-on-one with me to review and strengthen their Spanish writing skills.
• 7th Grade: Students are using the Auténtico 1 textbook to refresh their Spanish vocabulary and skills while also working one-on-one with me.

8th Grade

8th-grade students are working one-on-one with me and have the opportunity to use the Auténtico 1 textbook as a reference while also challenging themselves to write from memory. We are focusing on refreshing and strengthening their Spanish skills.

• ¿Qué hiciste durante el verano? Students will write and present a short paragraph about their summer activities. This activity will allow them to review vocabulary, practice writing, and begin using the past tense in Spanish.