Middle School Staff Directory

Bienvenidos
La clase de Señorita Leid

–Venid hasta el borde– les dijo.
Tenemos miedo. Podríamos caer.
–Venid hasta el borde– les dijo. Ellos fueron.
Les empujó . . . y volaron.

About Me

¡Hola a todos! I love teaching Spanish here at Loyalsock Township School District. I can truly say that I love coming to school every day and seeing all of my students! I have a strong passion for the Spanish culture, and I hope that it rubs off on you! My hopes are that each one of my students develop a new perspective for the Spanish-speaking culture and a love for learning!

Some facts about Señorita:

• I’m from Lancaster County, but I’m not Amish. However, I do love their food!
• I graduated from Cocalico High School in 2006 and Lycoming College in 2010 with a BA in Spanish and a k-12 Education Certificate.
• I love traveling!! I’ve visited: England, France, Spain, Ireland, Italy, Costa Rica.
• I LOVE peanut butter!
• I play basketball and lacrosse, and I’ll be coaching the 8th grade basketball team.
• I love the Phillies and UNC basketball! Go PHILS and the TARHEELS!

SENIOR INTERNSHIP COURSE PAGE

Introducción – 6th grade

Exploring Hispanic Culture

Check out our moodle website (don’t know who to get moodle? Check out this video) for class overview, homework, expectations, etc.!
Don’t know how to self-enroll yourself for the course?

Check out this screencast and use the class code: 6gradespanish
Moodle information:
username: 21lastname.firstname
password: lunch number
**Parents use guest access and enter 6spanish for access to Moodle

Exploratory Spanish – 7th Grade

This is going to be a fun and exciting beginning to a new adventure for you! In this classroom, the room will come alive with the Spanish culture. You will be learning about the Spanish-speaking culture through storytelling and hands-on activities. Plus you will realize that we are surrounded by Spanish culture now in our community. ¡Espero que estén listos!

Don’t forget to check out our moodle website for class overview, expectations, and more!

Don’t know how to self-enroll yourself for the course? Check out this screencast and use the class code: 7gradespanish

For parent access to Moodle, use guest and password 7spanish

Introducción – 8th Grade

This is going to be a fun and exciting beginning to a new adventure for you! In this classroom, the room will come alive with the Spanish culture. You will be learning about the Spanish-speaking culture through storytelling and hands-on activities. Plus you will realize that we are surrounded by Spanish culture now in our community. ¡Espero que estén listos!

Don’t forget to check out our moodle website for class overview, expectations, etc.!

Don’t know how to self-enroll yourself for the course? Check out this screencast and use the class code: 8gradespanish

Español I

Get ready for a fun adventure as you enter your first complete course in another language! Throughout this course we will be developing speaking, reading, writing and listening skills in Spanish. Also, we will be learning a lot of cultural information of Spanish-speaking countries. Estoy emocionada para nuestra aventura.

Don’t forget to check out our moodle website for class overview, expectations, etc.!
moodle: username: graduating year, last year, first name (20smith.curtis)
password: LTHScafeterianumber

REMIND101: phone number: 754-333-5532
message: @missleid

APPS used in class: myHomework, Duolingo, batanga, moodle, REMIND101, goodnotes, Pages, iMovie

Español II

This is going to be a fun and exciting beginning to a new adventure for you! In classroom D5, the room will come alive with the Spanish culture. ¡Espero que estén listos!

Don’t forget to check out our moodle website for class overview, expectations, etc.!

Parent’s Hub

Bienvenidos a la clase de español
Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s),

For some of you this may be your first time having your son or daughter in my Spanish class, but for others it could be your son/daughter’s tenth time having me (okay, I may have exaggerated)! Either way, I’m very excited for the upcoming school year and what it has in store for us. I will be teaching a variety of classes that range from sixth to twelfth grade. I’m sure that not only will your son or daughter learn some new Spanish, but you may also too! I encourage you to ask your son or daughter each night what we went over in class. He/she will have homework and quizzes, varying on the class. I also hope that you take the time to familiarize yourself with my website (including our class moodle account)- I have plenty of resources for both you and your child. On each class webpage, I have both the course overview and expectations for the student’s use. In addition, I will also be sending out daily classroom updates via e-mail or text alerts (free) using REMIND101. Please fill out the parent questionnaire if you’d like to be included in the class updates!

This school year the Spanish Department has been working vigorously to incorporate TPR/TPRS (Total Physical Response/Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) strategies into our curriculum. We will be using the TPR method to help you acquire a vocabulary foundation and to familiarize you with the sounds of Spanish.  We will begin to incorporate TPRS, or storytelling as your skills develop.  We will use these methodologies throughout the semester.  You will not have a book, but will have handouts and be expected to take vocabulary notes. We will be using the TPRS book by Blaine Ray entitled, New Mini-stories for Look I can talk, as well as other resources.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me at rleid@ltsd.k12.pa.us or ext. 1327.

Señorita Leid

SWAP (Assessment policy)

Assessment procedures

• Honor Code
• School-Wide Assessment Procedure (SWAP) 2013-2014

Formative Assessment Re-takes

Want to re-take a quiz?

1. You must complete a Retake Form online the day you receive the graded quiz.
2. I will create the quiz that night and you will be expected to correct your responses by the time you retake the quiz. You will hand in the corrected quiz before you retake the quiz.
3. It is your responsibility to retake the quiz within the next week. If you don’t retake it, the original grade will count and you have lost your retake privileges for that specific assessment.

If you receive a grade on a quiz with which you are unhappy, you will have the chance to retake it. You may not receive higher than a 90% on a retake. You may retake an assessment only once and they may only be formative assessments (not novel tests or end of unit tests). The highest grade will count. Therefore, it is imperative that you study and see me with any questions you may have BEFORE taking the retake! You will NOT be allowed to retake any part of the Final Exam!