Flea Market in French Class!

Mrs. Frederickson's French 5-6 students practiced the vocabulary of buying, selling, and trying to get the best deal at the class flea market. Students purchased jewelry items, stickers, school supplies, and lots of edibles from classmates. Sellers each made a small stall and posted their business's motto. They used various strategies to entice buyers, including animated exhortations to purchase wares, undercutting competitors' prices, and rapping in French about their merchandise.

ASL student performs for local community event!

Mrs. Smith's ASL 5-6 student, Melissa L. performs ASL at a local community event.  Melissa is a senior who will be attending Point Loma Nazarene University.

Teaching Field Hockey and more in Spanish 7-8!

Ms. Murrell's Spanish 7-8 students are working on their 5 step lessons. Here are some pictures of a recent Field Hockey Lesson. Students must teach something to the class using only Spanish. The students must participate and maintain the use of Spanish during the lesson. We have had many wonderful lessons so far including: how to make recycled paper, yarn octopi, salsa, how to use chop sticks, how to speak Chinese, and many many more.

Deaf People Who Changed the World!

Mrs. Lenhoff's ASL students will be wrapping up their presentations on "Deaf People Who Changed The World." Student's were surprised that Thomas Edison, Ludwig von Beethoven, and others were deaf people who accomplished so much.

Congrats French AP students! French 1-2 & 3-4 doing projects!

Madame Leidhoff's French AP students survived their four hour AP exam!
Students of second year French are going to present timelines of their childhood and students of first year French are drafting their autobiographical books.

French 5-6 earning "money" for upcoming class flea market!

Mrs. Frederickson's French 5-6 students are being paid for participation these days. They're earning "money" to spend at the upcoming class flea market. They're also reading about holidays in France (Mother's Day) and in other countries, and will use their vocabulary to create a new holiday and present/demonstrate its name, origin, colors, special foods, song/music, customs.

Spanish 1-2 students creating family tree books!

Mr. McVeigh's Spanish 1-2 students are creating family tree books that describe themselves and at least seven additional family members.

French students to take AP test!

Madame Leidhoff says: "Bonne chance to the eight amazing French students who will take the AP French exam. I have full confidence that their hard work will pay off. Vive le francais! French treats before the test. All good for the memory."

Good luck to Spanish AP students y ¡buen provecho!

Ms. Murrell's Spanish AP Language students are getting ready to take their AP exam on Tuesday at 7:30 am. Students will be meeting for a "Good Luck" breakfast at 7am in the classroom.

Spanish 5-6 students collaborate with students from Cincinnati, OH!

Ms. Murrell's students worked on a collaborative project with some 3rd year Spanish students from Cincinnati Ohio. Students made recommendations using the subjunctive tense about visiting San Diego. "I recommend that you visit...." Then the Cincinnati students made comments about the Scripps Ranch students
suggestions.
Here are two examples.