Frequently Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.
- WHY DO MY BOOKS HAVE TO BE COVERED?
- WHY DO I NEED TO MAKE SO MANY FLASH CARDS?
- HOW DO I MAKE FLASH CARDS FOR SPANISH?
- WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO REVIEW WITH FLASH CARDS IN SPANISH?
- DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME? IF SO, EMAIL ME AND I WILL ANSWER IT HERE.
WHY DO MY BOOKS HAVE TO BE COVERED?
For Hardback books, book covers will help preserve
the books. These are expensive books, some costing more than $80 each.
Keeping a cover on a text book, even if it is old, will help protect it and
allow it to last a little longer.
For soft-sided books, clear contact paper will help your book last longer as
well. These books will be carried back and forth in your backpack on a
regular basis, and the clear contact paper will help protect the cover, keep
it from tearing and help you to keep it in better shape after daily use.
WHY DO I NEED TO MAKE SO MANY FLASH CARDS?
Flash cards are a tool that help us to learn material. We all learn in
different ways, and making flash cards helps us to memorize facts and
information. For subjects such as language, there are a number of uses for
flash cards. For learning a foreign language, they help us to memorize
vocabulary and verb structures. For our own native language, we can put
vocabulary, parts of speech, and other grammar points for vocabulary words.
In subjects such as Religion, Science, and History, flash cards can contain
important facts or information you have to memorize.
Studies have shown that you will only remember a small portion of what you
hear, you will remember more if you see it, and even more when writing it.
The process of making flashcards uses all three of the methods of learning
material. After writing the words on flash cards, you can then use them to
study the material you need to know.
Once flash cards are made, they will only help you if you use them -- as a
tool is meant to be used. In class we will use flash cards to review and I
hope to teach you a variety of ways to study from the cards you have made.
I hope that you will be able to see how well they can work for you if you
use them.
Be sure to put your name/grade on the lower left corner of all cards!
HOW DO I MAKE FLASH CARDS FOR SPANISH?
As a general rule, flash cards made for Spanish are primarily vocabulary
words. When making vocabulary cards, students should:
� cut 3 x 5 cards in half
� put Spanish word on one side, English word on the other
� use marker/sharpie
� print
� put name in lower right had corner of the Spanish side of the card
� study them daily!
When finished, cards should be put in a plastic zip lock bag; bag goes in
envelope in the Spanish binder. Put binder in backpack. Bring to school on
due date!
WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO REVIEW WITH FLASH CARDS IN SPANISH?
THERE ARE A VARIETY OF WAYS TO USE THE FLASHCARDS:
1) PUT ALL CARDS IN A PILE SPANISH SIDE UP. GO THROUGH THE PILE, ONE CARD
AT A TIME. SAY THE WORD OUT LOUD AND SAY WHAT IT MEANS OUT LOUD. CHECK
YOUR ANSWER ON THE BACK. IF YOU ARE CORRECT, PUT THE CARD IN A PILE ON THE
RIGHT. IF YOU ARE INCORRECT, PUT THE CARD IN A PILE ON THE LEFT. GO
THROUGH THE PILE REPEATING THE SAME METHOD. WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED, GO
THROUGH THE PILE ON THE LEFT AGAIN, REPEATING THE SAME PROCESS -- CORRECT ON
THE RIGHT, INCORRECT ON THE LEFT. DO THIS DAILY TO REINFORCE AND TO HELP
PUT VOCABULARY IN LONG-TERM MEMORY.
2) WITH A PARTNER -- BE SURE YOUR NAME/INITIALS ARE ON YOUR CARDS; MAKE
SURE YOU BOTH HAVE ALL THE SAME WORDS IN SPANISH ON YOUR FLASH CARDS. ONE
PUT ALL CARDS SPANISH SIDE UP, THE OTHER PUTS THEM ENGLISH SIDE UP. TAKE
TURNS PLAYING A MATCHING GAME WITH THE CARDS, ONE PERSON CHOOSES A SPANISH
CARD FROM THE LAYOUT, THEN LOOKS FOR ITS "MATCH" ON THE ENGLISH LAYOUT. IF
CORRECT, KEEP THE TWO CARDS, IF NOT, PUT THEM BACK. TAKE TURNS MATCHING.
THE PERSON WITH THE MOST MATCHES AT THE END OF THE GAME WINS.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME? IF SO, EMAIL ME AND I WILL ANSWER IT HERE.
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