Check our work together/Correct or grade exams

Question

Hi! I am a second grade Spanish Immersion teacher and I just want to make sure I have been saying this correctly.

Often times when we finish an assignment in the class, we go over it together. I tell the students to come to the board so that we can "checar nuestro trabajo". Is checar the correct verb here?

Also, if I am taking their tests home to correct them myself or grade them would I say corregir los examenes?

Thanks a bunch! -Vanessa

Answer 1

"Chequear" is a word Mexicans use borrowed from the English. In California it is common. Of course Californians speak their own version of "espanglés."

To go over something is "repasar" A review is "un repaso"

To check/correct an exam is "revisar" Your correction key es la clave revisadora.

I know that on this site "corregir" is also used. However as a Spaniard this is new to me.

However I hear my fellow Spanish teachers use "Voy a corregir las pruebas" (or los exámenes) every day. So now I use it as well myself.

Gracias Daniela! Your response is super helpful! - vmigos, Nov 15, 2016