This document provides information for parents of students in Tamara Linares' Spanish classes at Etowah High School. It outlines the school's mission to develop lifelong learners and productive community members. It encourages parent involvement and discusses the benefits of parent-teacher communication. It also provides details on class materials, homework policies, tutoring availability and important testing dates.

1. ETOWAH HIGH SCHOOL
BIENVENIDOS
WELCOME
Tamara Linares
Gifted
Teach21
Ed.S.
2014-2015

2. EHS Mission Statement
Graduating Life-
Long Learners and
Productive
Community and
Global Citizens.

3. Parents………………
Without you, teachers would not have a job. Thank
you for the opportunity to serve you and your
child.
Please get involved with your child’s EHS
experience.
Research has proven that when parents and
teachers work together, everyone benefits:
students tend to earn higher grades, perform better
on tests, attend school more regularly, have better
behavior, and show more positive attitudes toward
themselves and toward school.

4. PARENT/TEACHER COMMUNICATION
Communication amongst parents,
teachers and students is very important
and allows us to work as a team. Please
email me with your questions or
concerns. I will make every effort to
reply to your email as soon as possible.
Sending a note with your child works
well also.
Email:
tamara.linares@cherokee.k12.ga.us
Google Voice: 678-744-8614

5. Materials/Welcomed Donations
Materials:
 Notebook: A 3-ring binder,
plenty of paper and
dividers, pens or pencils,
usb is helpful, markers or
colored pencils,
highlighters, sticky notes
Welcomed Donation:
Viva paper towels
Bandaids
Reams of colored
paper

6. Sra. Linares’ Horario
1st Spanish 2 Honors
2nd Spanish 2 Honors
3rd Spanish 2
 4th Lunch
5th Spanish 2
6th Spanish 3 Honors
7th Planning
*National Spanish Honor Society Advisor

7. Moving and Grooving
Have you seen the EHS Polyglot?
Did you know your student has already learned a poem?
Poem declamation information
 $10.00 + student needs their own ride, I’ll meet them there
 11/15/14 @ East Coweta High School
NSE (National Spanish Exam)
 $3.00 by late January
 Everyone is taking it. The $$ allows them to document it on job
and college applications.
Costa Rica homestay in June 2015
 Parent informational meeting Sept. 25 in room EE 133 @ 6:30

8. What are Honors Classes?
Fostering independent learning
More rigorous and in depth learning
Implementation of differentiation strategies at
different levels of complexity and with different
amounts of teacher support.
Communicative activities focus on the same topics as
in on-level Spanish class, but completion requires
different levels of sophistication and a higher and
more challenging level of linguistic performance and
competence.

9. RIGOR
Rigor is……. Rigor is not…….
Scaffolding thinking More or harder worksheets
Planning for thinking AP or Honors courses
Assessing thinking about
content
Higher level book in reading
Recognizing levels of
thinking demonstrated by
students
More work
Managing teaching/learning
level for desired thinking
level
More homework

10. What the flip is a flipped classroom?
The flipped classroom constitutes a role change for
instructors who give up their front-of-the-class
position in favor of a more collaborative and
cooperative contribution to the teaching process.
There is also a change in the role of students who are
used to being passive participants in the education
process, where instruction is served to them. The
flipped model puts more of the responsibility for
learning on the shoulders of students and also
provides differentiation for those students.-Bobby Blount
Assistant Superintendent of Accountability,Technology and Strategic Planning

11. How can students prepare themselves?
Go to www.quizlet.com for vocabulary practice.
Go to www.conjuguemos.com for grammar practice
and drills.
Go to www.vhlcentral.com for an online textbook.
There is only 1 license which means that students are
not able to work on activities, only the very helpful
tutorials.
If student misses a day, they can go to my calendario
to see what we have done in class.
Students can keep up with their grammar books.

12. Is there homework?

13. Tutoring schedule
In order to help the student, she/he must come
ready with their grammar books up to date along
with proof of studying their vocabulary and
grammatical concepts.
I am available for tutoring on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 3:20-3:50.
National Spanish Honor Society students are
available for tutoring on Thursdays from 3:20-3:50
 Students need to sign up on Profe Frantzs’ door before
Thursday.

14. Important EHS Information
EHS school calendar
EHS SIP at a glance

15. GRADING
Homework………………………………...……..10%
Participation/ Classwork…………………….25%
Formative Assessments /Projects…………25%
Summative Assessments………………….....30%
Mid-term/Final Exam ……………………..….10%

16. Grading Acronyms
HW - homework
Class Part- class participation
Form Asses- formative assessment
Sum Asses- summative assessment
IW- in work
NHI- not handed in
Newby- new student

17. CLASS RULES
1. Be on time every day. School policy on attendance and
tardiness will be enforced.
2. Come to class prepared: homework, writing utensil,
notebook, etc.
3. Participate.
4. Sit in the assigned seat daily.
5. Request extra help –DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST
MINUTE!
6. Treat others with respect and consideration . Students
have to be responsible for their own behavior and actions.
8. Make up work: guidelines provided in the Students
handbook

18. IMPORTANT INFO
ASPEN: Parents Portal
Class Resources:
Tamara Linares
NATIONAL SPANISH
EXAM
NSE Website
Our goal: To encourage
all Spanish students to
take the exam.
 Regular Registration due late
January
 Test Administration (week
before Spring break)
 National Results Sent Out via
email early May
 Cost per Student: $3.00

19. What’s going on in class?

20. How do I find out what was covered in class?

21. WHY STUDY WORLS LANGUAGES?
There is a correlation between language learning
and…
Development of cognitive abilities
Ability to hypothesize in science
Higher scores on standardized tests
Higher academic performance at the college level
Increased linguistic awareness
Attention control on cognitive tasks
Development of reading skills
Improvement of verbal and spatial skills
Problem solving ability

22. ONWARD AND UPWARD