Week 8: February 25-28

A couple of great websites to help with ALL verb tenses!! 
http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lessons_list.html
http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html

Also, a website to help translate basic English phrases into many different languages:
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/index.htm

Week 9 spelling words:  Employment
job

position

personnel

 applicant

interview

recommendation

promotion

available

benefits

experience

employee

employer

training

salary

vacation

retirement

wage

minimum

maximum

overtime

Remember, you can always practice these words at www.spellingcity.com/kstenslie 

Week 7: February 19-21

No school on Monday, February 18th for President's Day holiday!!

On Thursday we watched an episode from "We Are New York."  The website has other video episodes available for you to watch.  There are nine total.  Yesterday we watched "Love and Money."  Feel free to watch as many as you want, as well as download the video script to read along while you are watching!
http://www.nyc.gov/html/weareny/html/episodes/episodes.shtml
(click on an episode on the left side to start the video)

Week 7 spelling words: Personal Information
telephone

number

nationality

what

where

city

state

middle

name

first

last

address

street

zip code

area code

language

country

alphabet 

You can practice these words at http://www.spellingcity.com/kstenslie.  Remember, we have a short week this week because of the holiday!

Week 6: February 11-14

Valentine's Day is this Thursday, February 14th!

If you want to learn more about the history of Valentine's Day, love, or relationships, you can visit these websites:

http://www.elcivics.com/valentines_day_esl.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RudHRLUpKlQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foDIwGHV3V0

Spelling words this week are words related to our health.  You have probably been to the doctor before because you were sick, so you may know many of these words!
Week 6 spelling words: Health

health

doctor

appointment

cough

headache

earache

sore throat

broken bone

backache

toothache

fever

stomachache

sprained ankle

cold

flu

bandage

cough drops

aspirin

vitamin

confirmation

cancellation

insurance

There are some very big words here, so it may help to practice them at www.spellingcity.com/kstenslie ! 

Week 5: February 4-7

Spelling words this week are members of the family.  You can practice them more at www.spellingcity.com/kstenslie

Week 5 spelling words: "Family"

family

parents

children

mother

father

daughter

son

brother

sister

cousin

uncle

aunt

grandmother

grandfather

grandparent

niece

nephew

husband

wife

in-law

stepchildren