WL Monthly Newsletter

Welcome to our WLA monthly newsletter. We hope you enjoy this month's news and highlights. If you have any questions or concerns regarding specifics in your child's classroom, please feel free to contact your teacher at the following:

World Language Magnet Teachers

French

• Currently offered via OCVS

Spanish

Sra. Morales

• lillian.morales@ocps.net
• ext 5122338

Sra. Miguez

• sughey.miguezchirinos@ocps.net
• ext 5122339

Two-Way Dual Language Magnet Teachers

Sra. Ramos

• lauranette.ramosrobles@ocps.net
• ext 5122305

Sra. Rios

• judimar.rios@ocps.net
• ext 5122326

Sra. Laboy

• wilmarie.laboyortiz@ocps.net
• ext 5122310

Magnet Coordinator

Sra. Ramos

• lauranette.ramosrobles@ocps.net
• ext 5122305

ASL

Mrs. Figueroa

• danielle.figueroa@ocps.net

There are so many ways to help your child at home even if you are not fluent in the target language they are learning. Here are some tips for doing so:

• ask what they learned in class
• review their vocabulary or class notes with them for 5-10 minutes daily.
• listen to music in the target language.
• watch Television or movies in the target language.
• speak the target language if possible at home.
• flashcards with vocabulary
• label items in the house in the target language.
• use free digital platforms like Duolingo for 5 minutes a day.

Please support your World Language Academy with the purchase of the Department t-shirt. This shirt does not change and students will need it for any fieldtrips we take, especially the 8th graders.

https://schoolpay.com/pay/for/World-Language-Tshirt/StxbOU

We are moving to Lesson 2 to learn about:

• the student’s classes and school life.
• discuss everyday activities
• Ask questions in Spanish
• Describe the location of people and thing.

Also, the students are working with the Hispanic Heritage project:

– La Máscara (Due day – October 16/2024).

(Miguez)Students will be introduced to the following:

. food terms

. meal-related words

. Fruits and vegetables native to the Americas

. Spanish chef Ferran Adria

. preterite of stem-changing verbs

. double object pronouns

. comparisons

. cultural, geographic, and historical information about Guatemala.

(Morales)-We are about to finish Lesson 1 and move to lesson 2. In lesson 2 the students will be able to:

• order food
• talk about and describe food.

Also, the students are working with the Hispanic Heritage project:

– La Máscara (Due day – October 16/2024).

Students will be introduced to the following:

. names of commercial establishments

. banking terminology

. citing locations

. city transportation

. subjunctive in adjective clauses

. cultural, geographic, and historical information about Venezuela

French 1(6th)-currently offered online via OCVS/FLVS.

French 2 (7th)- currently offered online via OCVS/FLVS.

French 3 (8th)-currently offered online via OCVS/FLVS.

*If you have any question or concerns please contact the OCVS teacher at Nicky.Zandi@ocps.net

sexto grado(6)- students have learned about nationalities, regions, capitals and hispanic artists. The students will be working on word classification and how to use this for proper writing and reading.

séptimo grado(7)- Students working on the proper use of adjectives and how to classify these adjectives to describe different nouns. This will allow them to better understand writing and reading.

octavo grado AP(8)-Students are working on the interpersonal writing portion (Email reply). They will be working on how to reply formally in Spanish to an email with needed requirements and responses within all 6 themes in the AP frame work. Students will continue to work with reading comprehension.

Hispanic Heritage Month Project due 10/16/24.

Ciencias Biológicas (6to)-At the beginning of the month we will be talking about the ecological relationships between organisms. We will also talk about the food webs that exist in an ecosystem. Then we will talk about the cell; the types, their importance and their function.

Ciencias terrestres (7mo)-Will be working with CRM 1.4 Severe Weather and CRM 2.1 Layers of the Earth.

Ciencias Físicas (8vo)-Will be working with CRM 1.4 Energy and CRM 2.1 Waves

ASL 1- we are currently learning how to translate from English to ASL. We are also learning about the 5 parameters in ASL. The students will have their first presentation coming up, they will fingerspell specific things on their rubric. Lastly, they will learn tons of Fall/Halloween themed vocabulary signs during this month.

Felicidades to our 2024-25 Sociedad de la Amistad (Spanish Honor Society) Cervantes Chapter officers. From left to right Ellis Wood-Rep, Natalia Zapata-Secretary, Zachary Weisbecker-President, Sam Green-Vice President, and Daniel Conrad-Rep

Our Spanish and TWDL academies visited City Hall for their Viva la Cultura Hispanic Heritage Month exhibition.

October

• 10/2-Ramos Walking Field Trip
• 10/3-Miguez/Ramos Walking Field Trip
• 10/3-10/4-Civis PMA
• 10/8-SAC/PTSO meeting @5:30
• 10/11-End of 1st Quarter
• 10/18- date extended for Q1 grades
• 10/14-No school for Students
• 10/15-Quarter 2 begins
• 10/15-Picture Makeup Day
• 10-25-No School
• 10/30-Volleybal game LMS vs Horizon West@5