Our Spanish Program for the 2019-20
school year got off to a great start! My most important
objective en la clase de español is
to provide a nurturing environment where everyone feels comfortable learning a
second language and to encourage all to develop an openness, understanding and
appreciation for other cultures. Since the start of the school year, everyone
has enthusiastically expressed their joy in Spanish class as they, thus far,
engaged in playing games, listening to storybooks, and singing. Here’s a
synopsis of each grade’s learning.
As an introduction to the Spanish
program that is new to most of our youngest learners, the EC classes have been
enjoying listening and practicing our traditional morning song, Buenos días amigos, buenos días (Good
morning friends, good morning) and the ending of class song, ¡Adios, hasta luego! (Good-bye, until
later).
In el Jardín de Infancia (kindergarten) the students have been
learning and/or reviewing greeting words as well as reading the calendar; número, día de la semana (day of the week), mes (month) and año
(year).
To review and reinforce previous
year’s learning, in Primer (1º) Grado
the students have been practicing their feeling words during our start of class
greeting routine.
The students in Segundo (2º) Grado began their year engaging in getting to know
you, or re-know you, activities such as a crossword puzzle where they needed to
fill in each others apellido (last
name).
In Tercer (3º) Grado the students have been introduced/reminded of the
21 countries where Spanish is the official language. A beginning of class
routine is for a student to pick a country and tell us its capital and región.
In preparation for start of
class routine El Reporte (the
Report), Cuarto (4º) Grado has been
practicing the topics involved in stating the report, which includes los días de la semana (the days of the
week).
We have definitely gotten off to a
wonderful start! I am looking forward to the many, many adventures and
experiences that lie ahead. Hasta nuestra
próxima noticias (until our next news), ¡Adiós!
Alicia
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