Building on what your student has learned the year prior, in upper elementary Spanish class we will be applying more complicated Spanish and understanding. There will be more conversational Spanish and understanding throughout the year. You student will be asked to do some homework and look up some more information regarding specific topics. Conjugation of verbs will be important to properly speak. Vocabulary will grow. We will ask parent to reinforce the language at home by having shows be shown in Spanish as opposed to English. We will be working on handwriting as well as accent marks and pronunciations during this class. All this with a bit of Dominican flare.

This is a beginning level Spanish course for students in the 7th -12th grades. Students will get introduced to both the Spanish language and culture and will be provided with the necessary skills to both communicate and understand basic Spanish conversations. Students will build a large vocabulary repertoire and will learn the basic grammatical structures of the language with the main emphasis of this course being practical communication. Therefore, students should expect to participate in reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities that will begin to build their literacy skills in the Spanish language. Additionally, students will dive into the culture of the people who speak this language and will be presented with opportunities to immerse themselves in the language and try on a different cultural lens.

We will make learning Spanish fun. Your student will learn basic Spanish like numbers, alphabet, local expressions. Days of the month and seasons will be important as well. Repetition will work it into their minds all the while learning songs and having activities to help enforce the language. We will be learning about the different parts of the body, and family trees. I will share with the students some of my favorite music in Spanish and hope to expose them to different foods if time allows. The hope is through out the year they will start to pick up a number of words and be able to understand some basic conversational Spanish.

This Spanish 2 course is for students in the 8th -12th grades who have already completed a high school level Spanish 1 course. This course will build on the foundational learning and skills from Spanish 1, therefore, the completion of Spanish 1 is required. Students will deepen their knowledge and skills of the Spanish language and culture and will be challenged to use the language to communicate through writing, reading, listening, and speaking activities and assignments. Students will add to their Spanish vocabulary repertoire and will learn more advanced grammatical structures of the language with the main emphasis of this course being practical communication. Students will have multiple opportunities to immerse themselves in the language throughout the class as well as be given outlets to practice communication in real life settings. Additionally, students will engage in projects and hands on cultural learning focusing on traditional meals, customs, holidays, and clothing.