Weihnachtspause

Grüße,

We are now in our Christmas/New Years' break for the next several weeks, reconvening for 2012 on 7 January.

This past Saturday had us taking our semester exam, which went rather smoothly as it was apparent that most students had indeed studied thoroughly! Any students who were not present to take the exam will need to do so when school begins again. They will be allowed to take the test before class, if they wish to arrive early, or during the break.

The rest of the morning was taken up with Singprobe.

This was a short entry, but a sweet one.

Mit Vergnügen~

3. Dezember - Review Day

Guten Tag,

Today we spent the day doing two activities to wrap-up the semester:

• Playing Jeopardy (our test review game)
• Writing our 1st semester essay for the Sammelmappe

If your child was not present today, then they shall be expected to turn in their essay next class period. It is 15 sentences in the present tense over what they like to do in their free time. 

The test next week will be over what we have covered so far this semester, concentrating on the following:

• Conjugation of regular verbs
• Conjugation, meaning and use of Haben and Sein
• Telling time, including 24-hr time and the use of "halb" and "viertel"
• Food, drink, clothing, family and school supplies vocabulary
• Modal verbs-to-date: dürfen, möchten, können
• Pronouns, their use and meaning (especially the differences between "du," "ihr" and "Sie")

For any questions regarding test content or studying recommendations, I am at your disposal.

Mit Vergnügen.