May 23, 2013

Mrs. Swanson

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5 de mayo festival

I have been talking to students about the 5 de mayo festival in Portland this weekend.  A group of students will be meeting at the event on Saturday at 2PM.  However, this is an all weekend event and if you… [Read More...]

Garden Supplies

We have a garden built!  Eight students showed up to help on Friday!  They built two awesome garden beds right outside our classroom.  Thank you parents for being willing to drive your kid to school on a Friday! We will… [Read More...]

Nuestro Jardín

We are building a Spanish garden! School gardens are a great tool for elementary teachers to teach not only content, but fundamental skills such as reading and writing. Why not do it in Spanish? We will have our own small… [Read More...]

MONDAY – last day for late work

Monday, February 25th is the last day to turn in any missing or late work.  This includes getting stamps on their Hoja de Tarea.  Everyone’s Hoja de Tarea (HW sheet)  and Diario de Lectura (Reading Log) will be turned in… [Read More...]

End of term is approaching…

The end of the term is Feb. 28th, which means that the cut-off for late work is Monday, Feb. 25th.  This is the last day that I will accept any late work (I accept all late work without docking points… [Read More...]

Attention Spanish 1 students!

The audio of our novel Agentes Secretos is now available on Mr. Ferguson’s website: www.examinelife.net If you go to his Spanish 1 page you will see all the chapters on the right side of the page.  This is a great… [Read More...]

Mesoamerica Stations

If you are an Adv. Spanish student looking for the online material to finish up the Mesoamerica stations, look at my calendar (just above this post) and click on the AP Spanish on Jan. 15th.  That is the day I… [Read More...]

Mid-term cut-off Jan. 7th

As you know, I accept late work without docking points until my mid-term cut-off date.  All late work must be turned in by the end of the day on January 7th, which is the first day back from Winter Break…. [Read More...]

Tareas del Trimestre #2

<a href=”https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6FVmJAHVizGWTNIaTdBR1ZBbkU”>Tarea del Trimestre 2</a>

Reminder about late work

Nov. 8 marks the end of the first term.  That means that Nov. 5 is my cut-off date for all late work.  I accept late work up until this point.  After 4:30 on Nov. 5, I will not accept any… [Read More...]