The TEKS for LOTE or Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Languages Other Than English are the basis for the course. They are divided into five areas, with Communication being the key component.

"The Five C's"
--Communication
--Cultures
--Connections
--Comparisons
--Communities

The language skll areas of Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, Viewing, and Presenting will be addressed and implemented so that students will be successful communicatiing in Spanish at the Novice Level.

The TEKS for LOTE may be downloaded at the link below...

Grading will follow PTISD policy with at least 3 major grades and 7 daily grades per six-week grading period.

Each six weeks, one of the major grades will be "Participation". This is a cumulative composite grade which involves responding to questions in class, asking questions, volunteering, reading aloud, and overall usage of Spanish observed in the classroom.

--Be Prepared
--Be On Time
--Be Respectful
--DO
-WHAT you are asked to do
-WHEN you are asked to do it
-HOW you are asked to do it

Review of Spanish I - ABC's; Numbers; Dates; Question words; Directions; Commands; Adjectives; Verbs; To Be; Basic sentence structure; Common Q & A

Grades:

Daily
--Recite-Abecedario
--Dictado-Abecedario
--Writing-El Tiempo y Los Numeros
--Handout--Para Empezar (pp.1-12)
--Workbook-pp.1-4
--Practica-pp. 1-11
--Prueba 1 y 2 - Para Empezar

Major
--Proyecto--Asi Soy Yo
--Preguntas y Respuestas--Q&A
--Participation

My schedule may be dowloaded below. I have classes at the junior high in the morning, so any tutorial is by appointment only from 7:30-7:45 or 3:25-3:45.