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Hello! Welcome to Mr. Pritchard's page. Here you can find my contact information and learn a little about me.Contact Informationemail: epritchard@ehps.k12.mt.usAbout MeI am originally from Lolo, Montana. I've been with my wife for twenty-seven years and have three boys. I went to high school at Big Sky High in Missoula and then attended school at UM in Missoula. Over the years I've worked a variety of jobs-- in the Alaskan fishing fleet, as a chemical engineer, as an ESL teacher in Chile, and for Verizon Wireless. I decided to change careers and started teaching Spanish in 2008. I still can't believe they pay me to do this!DuolingoDuolingo is an excellent, easy thing to help you learn Spanish. Best practices for using Duolingo include: 1)turn up the volume so you can hear it 2)speak when prompted 3)don't test out. Duolingo by itself won't turn you into a Spanish speaker-- you need to practice speaking as much as possible! Duolingo is currently unavailable for student use at EVMS, but that doesn't mean you can't personally use it.Google ClassroomThis is the officially-supported EHPS K-12 virtual classroom... it is the single place for students and parents to track assignments, quizzes, and class activities. It answers the question, "what did we do today?". I will put everything we do for a class meeting under the day of the week and the date, in the order that we did it. If the item appears blue, it means you must turn something in. If the item on the list is gray, it means we may have done something in class, but we didn't turn anything in.Sometimes we may not complete items on our to-do list for the day. If this happens, I normally change the due date on the missed items to our next class meeting.Parents, would you like access to your student's Google Classrooms? Please email me and I'll add you.Spanish Textbook for Grades 6-8I use a curriculum called Look I Can Talk. It uses a way of teaching called TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling). It's very different from traditional language study. Traditionally you memorize words and learn grammar to prepare for a test. This approach helps students pass tests, but generally doesn't get students really understanding or speaking the language. TPRS takes the focus off grammar and memorizing vocabulary and instead creates an immersion experience.Student Grades and AssignmentsStudent grades are visible in both Google Classroom and Infinite Campus. Parents need a username (usually a number) and password for Infinite Campus. If you don't have these, please contact the office.If your student is missing a quiz or assignment, I generally allow retakes and I accept late work. I do not allow retakes on daily comprehension quizzes, but I normally excuse the grade if a student is absent.What to Bring to ClassA good attitude and a willingness to learn. Also, a composition notebook.Class SyllabusClick here for the class syllabus.
Last Modified on September 3, 2024