The students will continue developing the language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in a gradual and logical progression.  The classes will be taught in Spanish. However, some instructions will be given in English. When appropriate, Spanish will be integrated into the classrooms to enable students to make a connection with their learning. Materials include flash cards, charts, SmartBoard, poems, songs and rhythms, and a variety of activities using TPR (Total Physical Response), so that the students will acquire the language quickly. Conversation will also be stressed in the classroom. A sampling of the topics covered include: greetings, feelings, alphabet, culture, classroom objects, family, shapes, time, food, colors, animals, clothes, numbers, days of the week, months of the year, seasons, and weather.

Language skills:

Kindergarten, First and Second Grades

The students at these grade levels will do a variety of activities to practice the vocabulary studied in class (visual aids, games, songs and TPR). Writing will not be stressed in kindergarten. The students will be able to follow directions for activities such as drawing, coloring, tracing a letter, a word, a picture, a number or just performing any activity in the class to help them enhance the knowledge they have of the target language. It is important to point out that the vocabulary given will have the words written down so the students start to get familiar with the language. The acquisition of the language will come more easily when the student listens and follows the teacher’s instructions for each activity. Also, the students will have the opportunity to be the leaders in a class and give directions to their classmates when they are doing an activity. This will motivate them to get more involved in class and to have more self-confidence when they speak the target language.

First and second grade students will write the main vocabulary of topics we learn in class. This will be kept in their binders. This procedure will be a great help while they are doing an assignment in class. The students will also need to understand the word when they listen to it but also recognize it when they read it. This is why it is important for students to practice the vocabulary already studied in class over and over through different written activities.

Third, Fourth and Fifth Grades

 Listening: It is important at this age to listen to the target language. Interactive songs, where lyrics are connected to visuals, will be used as one type of activity to enhance learning and make learning fun.

 Speaking: Throughout the repetition of the vocabulary that the students learn in the class, they will create phrases and small sentences to develop their speaking skills.  These are progressive learning steps, as the material presented will become more challenging through the year.  I will continue correcting any oral or written mistakes the students make in order to help them to correctly pronounce and write the vocabulary.

 Reading: The students will continue learning the vocabulary using visual aids (picture-words). I will use books from the library to expand the use of vocabulary.

 Writing: Students will write the main vocabulary of topics we learn in class. This will be kept in their binders. This procedure will be a great help while they are doing an assignment in class. The students will also need to understand each word when they listen to it and also recognize it when they read it. This is why it is important for students to practice the vocabulary already studied in class over and over through different written activities.