Harbison West Elementary School- Home of the HEROES-offers Spanish in grades preschool through fifth grade once a week. Kindergarten through fifth grade experience a World Language- Spanish here at HWES- once a week for 50 minutes. Preschool may be exposed to the language once a week for about 30 minutes. The learning level of proficiency for our HEROES is called the, "Novice-Low" level. At this level, students in K-5 are working on the following standard skills listed below, which can also be found on the South Carolina World Language Standards website link above. Spanish is taught through topics like the alphabet, colors, numbers, shapes, greetings, farewells, asking and answering questions, personal identification, health and wellness, family, house and home, community, holidays and celebrations, leisure, education, travel, meal taking, shopping, the environment, and cultural awareness. Whenever possible, students learn best through songs, rhymes, stories, motor-kinesthetic (active body motions and some ASL) and play approaches to learning. Listed below are the "Novice-Low" level standards for learning a World Language. This is the beginning step of learning another language. The focus of our teaching and learning is to experience the culture and the language in fun and interactive ways through listening, reading, writing, and speaking:
Interpretive Communication: Identify memorized or familiar words when they are supported by gestures or visuals in:
K-5: Informational texts
3-5: Fictional texts
3-5: Informational conversations
Presentational Communication: Using practiced or memorized words out loud, and with the help of gestures or visuals:
K-5: Name familiar people, places, and objects
3-5: Express my likes and dislikes
3-5: Introduce myself
Interpersonal Communication: Using practiced or memorized words out loud or other responsive forms of communication, and with the help of gestures or visuals:
3-5: Express some basic needs
3-5: Express basic preferences or feelings
3-5: Provide information by answering a few simple questions on very familiar topics
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