The goal of this class is for your student to increase in proficiency in the target language (Spanish) at the completion of this course. A Proficiency Oriented Language Instructional model will be incorporated to achieve this goal.

My vision for your student is for them to become a proficient learner who is able to communicate about a topic appropriately and accurately. The course objective for your student is to participate daily and weekly in oral and written activities by using various strategies to help them communicate about a topic appropriately and accurately.

The instructional rubric used to measure the objectives (oral and written activities, quizzes, tests, etc.) is categorized into four elements:  

LISTENING: listening to the teacher tell a story, listening to questions asked by the teacher, listening to the teacher describe a film;

READING: choral reading with the class, reading stories that have been told/asked in class, embedded reading, reading storyboards;

WRITING: filling in missing words in CLOZE passages, free writing, completing personalized sentence frames;

SPEAKING: responding to simple questions from the teacher (yes/no, either/or, etc.), re-telling class stories, reacting with rejoinders.

Rest assured that FUN is integrated in each lesson by way of puzzles, games, challenges, singing and so much more!

To measure the integration of each of these 4 elements during the week, homework will be assigned so that ideally the student is using one or two of the 4 elements daily.  Some assignments require the use of online sites such as: Señor Wooly, Quizlet, Quizizz and some specific videos on YouTube.

Drop Fees: No withdrawal fee if you withdraw in September.  Withdrawal fee for October and November is $160.  If you withdraw in December or later, the withdrawal fee is the balance of the year’s tuition.

Do not send any fees to Profe Hernández until you receive an email from her.

The goal of this class is for your student to increase in proficiency in the target language (Spanish) at the completion of this course. As your student’s Spanish teacher, I will be incorporating a Proficiency Oriented Language Instructional Immersion model to meet this goal.

My vision for your student is for them to become a proficient learner who is able to communicate about a topic appropriately and accurately.  The course objective for your student is to participate daily and weekly in oral and written activities using various implemented strategies to help them communicate about a topic appropriately and accurately.

The instructional rubric used to measure the objectives (oral and written activities, quizzes, tests, etc.) is categorized into four elements:  

LISTENING: listening to the teacher tell a story, listening to questions asked by the teacher, listening to the teacher describe a film

READING: choral reading with the class, reading stories that have been told/asked in class, embedded reading, reading storyboards

WRITING: filling in missing words in CLOZE passages, free writes, completing personalized sentence frames

SPEAKING: responding to simple questions from the teacher (yes/no, either/or, etc.), re-telling class stories, reacting with rejoinders

In the Middle School Class, the focus will be on the Super 7 Verbs in Present and Past tense list.  It is a concept of teaching and recycling the highest frequency verbs in Spanish (also applies to other languages):

    1    estar (is location/condition)

    2    hay (there is / there are)

    3    tener (has)

    4    ser (is-origin/character)

    5    gustar (likes / pleasing to) 

    6    ir (goes / is going)

    7    querer (wants)

Rest assured that FUN is integrated in each lesson by way of puzzles, games, challenges, singing and so much more!

To support and increase Spanish acquisition during the week, homework will be assigned so that ideally the student is using one or two elements of the 4 elements daily including the integration of The Super 7.  Some assignments require the use of online sites such as: Señor Wooly, Quizlet, Quizizz and some specific videos on YouTube. Memory work is also included using short lists.

Drop Fees: No withdrawal fee if you withdraw in September.  Withdrawal fee for October and November is $160.  If you withdraw in December or later, the withdrawal fee is the balance of the year’s tuition.

Do not send any fees to Profe Hernández until you receive an email from her.

The goal of this class is for your student to increase in proficiency in the target language (Spanish) by the completion of this course. A Proficiency Oriented Language Instructional Immersion model will be incorporated to meet this goal.

My vision for your student is for them to become a proficient learner who is able to communicate about a topic appropriately and accurately.  The course objective for your student is daily and weekly participation in oral and written activities using various implemented strategies to help them communicate about a topic appropriately and accurately.

The instructional rubric used to measure the objectives (oral and written activities, quizzes, tests, etc.) is categorized into four elements:  

LISTENING: listening to the teacher tell a story, listening to questions asked by the teacher, listening to the teacher describe a film

READING: choral reading with the class, reading stories that have been told/asked in class, embedded reading, reading storyboards

WRITING: filling in missing words in CLOZE passages, free writes, completing personalized sentence frames

SPEAKING: responding to simple questions from the teacher (yes/no, either/or, etc.), re-telling class stories, reacting with rejoinders

In the Spanish 1 Class, I will concentrate on the Super 7 Verbs list and expand that list to the Sweet 16 Verbs list. First semester focus will be on this list of verbs:

1. estar(is-location /condition)
2. hay(there is / there are)
3. tener(has)
4. ser(is-origin/character)
5. gustar(likes /pleasing to)
6. ir (goes / is going)
7. querer (wants)
8. salir (to leave)
9. hacer (to do/to make)
10. poner (to put)
11. poder (to be able)
12. dar (to give)
13. decir (to say)
14. saber (to know)
15. venir (to come)
16. ver (to see)

Rest assured that FUN is integrated in each lesson by way of puzzles, games, challenges, singing and so much more!

The foundational course curriculum being used is SOMOS.  By the second semester, the students will read a novel as part of the course (possibly introduced in the first semester).  Students enrolled for the full year will be using the language with some detailed grammar instructions.  I understand this sounds foreign (pun intended), but as mentioned at the beginning, this class will be an immersion course rather than the traditional vocabulary and grammar-based style. Memory work is also included using short lists. Some of the grammatical concepts the students will use include: 1. present tense, 2. past tense (preterit and imperfect), 3. present progressive, 4. reflexive verbs, 5. articles (definite and indefinite), 6. adjectives, 7. direct and indirect object pronouns, 8. telling time and 9. at what time. While your student will be exposed to the aforementioned grammatical concepts, they will work with the rules for present tense -AR, -ER and -IR verbs, stem changers, and noun adjective agreement, to name a few.

To increase Spanish acquisition during the week, homework will be assigned so that ideally the student is using Spanish daily.  Some assignments will require the use of some online sites such as: Señor Wooly, FlipGrid, EdPuzzle, Quizlet, Quizizz, and some specific videos on YouTube.

Drop Fees: No withdrawal fee if you withdraw in September.  Withdrawal fee for October and November is $200.  If you withdraw in December or later, the withdrawal fee is the balance of the year’s tuition.  Do not send any fees to Profe Hernández until you receive an email from her.