Welcome to Week 2 of Spanish 3!
with Señora Melo
Contact Information
You are receiving this because you are listed as the ELA or parent/guardian of a student that I am currently teaching in Spanish 3 this summer. Please read this entire welcome flyer and let me know if you have any questions (see contact info. below).
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Welcome to week 2: June 24-28, 2019
Welcome to week 2 of the course! For some students, week 1 was nice and smooth and for others it was a bit of a bumpy road. I hope that week 2 goes extremely well for everyone now that they are more used to the layout of the course and how Canvas works. Remember, I am here to help! Week 2 marks the beginning of unit 2 in the course. However, students should not begin unit 2 if they still have missing work from the Getting Started unit and/or unit 1.
· Office Hours for Tutoring - Unit 2 contains new material, so if at any point students feel they are struggling, please have them get help during my office hours (M-Th afternoons from 12:00 noon-1 p.m.) and get some one-on-one help from me rather than let things build up and become overwhelming.
· Required Live Class for Unit 2/3 – Students must attend one RLC for units 2/3 either this week OR next week. The RLC calendar of dates is both in tomorrow's announcements as well as in the Google calendar in the course. You may also find it here below:
Mon., June 24 @ 9 p.m. Sr. Alvarado
Tues., June 25 @ 12:00 noon Sra. Melo
Wed., June 26 @ 10 a.m. Sr. Martin
Mon., July 1 @ 8 p.m. Sra. Myers
Wed., July 3 @ 9 a.m. Sra. Gillen
· Pacing – There is a total of 18 assignments this week (including the Required Live Class & the notas as well as the NCVPS Culture Cafe). This means that students should complete at least 4 assignments per day to stay on track. The notas activities at the beginning of each part of the unit, while NOT part of the students' grade, are ESSENTIAL for them to complete. They contain all of the grammar and vocabulary presentations, practice exercises before the graded work, and the cultural presentations that they need in order to complete the actividades culturales quizzes that are graded work. Below is the list of assignments that students are to be working on this week:
Unidad 2 - Las Relaciones Personales
Unidad 2 - 3 Required Live Class (during week 2 or week 3)
Lección 1
_____ Notas (con actividades para practicar)
_____ Prueba de Vocabulario
Lección 2
_____ Notas (con actividades para practicar)
_____ Prueba de Vocabulario
_____ Actividad Cultural
_____ Hablar
Lección 3
_____ Notas (con actividades para practicar)
_____ Prueba de Vocabulario
_____ Leer
_____ Escribir
_____ Hablar
Lección 4
_____ Notas (con actividades para practicar)
_____ Prueba de Vocabulario
_____ Escuchar
_____ Proyecto Final
_____ Proyecto Final: Leer y Escuchar
NCVPS Cafe (located at the bottom of MODULES)
____ NCVPS Culture Cafe Assignment
·Peer Tutoring Center – The Peer Tutors are available to students anytime that I am not. These are students that have taken the Spanish 3 course and can answer questions the students have about the language. Take advantage of this excellent resource! Students have a quick link to the Peer Tutoring Center at the bottom of their Canvas course page.
What can you do to help your student/s succeed?
- Remind them to read the course announcements DAILY (called the Learning Block Forum). This is their lifeline to the course and contains critical information and instruction.
- Make sure that you and they are familiar with the Spanish Dept. Guidelines. A link is posted to these in the announcements and they are available under "Start Here!" module/section.
- Make sure that they have printed off the "Schedule of Assignments" under "course documents!" in the quick links sections at the bottom of the main course page. You can also access it here. This document has every assignment on it and when it is due. The students should use this as a check-off list to keep track of what they have done and what they have left to do. It's critical that assignments are completed in the order listed on (or ahead of) time.
- Make sure that they complete *ALL* assignments, to the best of their ability and on time. The Canvas Spanish courses are set up as "conditional" where *all* assignments are open/available, but can't be accessed until completing the previous activity/assignment (with certain scores being required for certain assignments). This means that students may work as quickly as they'd like, but they must complete the prior assignments before moving forward. Any assignments that are not completed will earn a zero. Again, this is why the "Schedule of Assignments" is so important. It keeps them on track, completing work, in order, and on (or ahead of) time. All assignments turned in 10 days late will receive a deduction of 10 points, assignments 14 days late receive a 20 point deduction and assignments more than 14 days late receive a 50 point deduction.
- Remind them to take their time to read through and learn the material and not to rush. There should always be a focus on quality. Students may redo any assignment that isn't a quiz, test/final project or auto-graded assignment (with one attempt).
- Remind them to go ahead and mark their calendars to schedule when they will attend additional their "Required Live Classes". While students are required to attend a total of 6 (Getting Started, Unit 1, Unit 2/3, Unit 4/5, Unit 6/7 & Unit 8/Final). They are more than welcome and encouraged to attend more! These are live classes with me and/or other Spanish 3 teachers to go over the unit's major topics, assignments, present/discuss the material in detail, practice, ask/answer questions etc., just as you would in a regular classroom.
- Encourage them to ask questions, seek help, and communicate with me as much as possible. Communication is critical in an online class. Texting is the quickest/best way to communicate with me when I'm not online. However, they can also send me Canvas messages, or call me.
- Remind them that the use of external sources (such as online translators, native speakers, other students, etc.) is forbidden and considered cheating. Everything that the students need should be in the course and he/she should use the material from the course for his/her answers. If he/she wants to know how to say something, he/she should ask me. The only approved reference is www.wordreference.com and this can only be used for a vocabulary word in isolation, not translating word-for-word, verb conjugation or for sentence structure. Please make sure that you and they know all of the details of the academic honesty policy and the consequences of not following them, as stated in the Spanish Dept. Guidelines (link above).
- Ask them how they are doing and have them show you their grades in the course. Moreover, ask them what they are learning and why they are learning it. If they can't answer these questions in detail, please let me know, as they may need extra help. Grades (and feedback) are always available under "Grades" in the left-hand sidebar. Specific feedback is provided for assignments, so make sure that they check over completed assignments to learn from any mistakes. If your student/s and/or you have questions/concerns on any of the grades/feedback, please let me know.
- ELAs are responsible for checking and reporting grades to the students/parents on a bi-weekly basis after NCVPS grade reports have been sent to the schools.
- Feel free to contact me via email (at erin.melo@ncpublicshools.gov) anytime and by phone/text (at 919.346.3889).
Sra. Melo's Unit 2/3 Required Live Class
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2019, 12:00 PM
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Grading, Rubrics & Feedback
The course grade is comprised of 2 parts (Course work the Final Project/Exam). The final course grade is made up of: Course work = 80% and the Final Project/Exam Average=20%. Progress reports are completed and submitted to schools every week. Students in NCVPS Spanish courses are graded based on their Spanish-language proficiency. It's the school's/ELA/s responsibility to provide them to the students/parents. Please see the rubrics below for complete details. NCVPS only reports numerical grades, not alphabetical grades due to the variance among different schools/districts. All assignments receive specific feedback. It's critical for the students to check their grades/feedback daily and inquire with the teacher if they don't understand something or feel that there is an error. Assignments not attempted/completed receive a 0.
Grading Rubrics:
Below, are the grading rubrics that will be used to evaluate your performance/proficiency throughout the course. You should refer to these often, so that you know at what proficiency level you are performing and what you need to do to move to the next level.
- Writing Rubric
- Speaking Rubric (original text production)
- Speaking Rubric (reproduction of existing text/speech)
- Listening & Reading Rubric
- Rubric - Required Synchronous Session
- Rubric - Actividad Cultural
- Rubric - Proyecto(s) Final(es)
- Rubric - eLinguaFolio
- Rubric - Culture Cafe Extra Credit
Proficiency Levels and Examples:
Often students have misconceptions on what they will learn/be able to do by the end of the course. For world language, please note that you will not be fluent after one or two levels. It takes time to develop and increase in proficiency.
- Click here to see the overarching grid of proficiency levels and outcomes.
- Click here to see samples of Novice level speakers
- Click here to see samples of Novice level writers
- Click here to see samples of Intermediate level speakers
- Click here to see samples of Intermediate level writers
- Click here to see samples of Advanced level speakers
- Click here to see samples of Advanced level writers
- (Click here to see samples of all levels of Listening)
- (Click here to see samples of all levels of Reading)
Students Who Need Help
Click Here for the NCVPS Virtual Support Center!
About Me
Email: erin.melo@ncpublicschools.gov
Location: Holly Springs, NC, United States
Phone: 919-346-3889
Twitter: @srameloncvps