4-Spanish

September 28, 2016

4th Grade — Spanish

The K–4 Spanish classes immerse students, using the TPRS® (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) curriculum that provides an abundance of context-driven language in a chapter-by-chapter story format. The students have multiple opportunities to demonstrate their comprehension and retention, enabling them to emerge feeling successful and eager to tackle the next challenge in their language-learning progression.

Themes

Discussing family
Describing where one lives
Describing emotions and feelings
Discussing work and careers
Chronological order of events
Responding to comical situations

Grammar

Transition words
1st and 3rd person present singular, present tense
3rd person plural, present tense
Definite articles
Indefinite articles
Use of estar
Idiomatic expressions

Approaches to Learning

Deepening language acquisition
Deepening reading comprehension
Deepening writing comprehension
Conversation
Presentation
Interpretation of stories
Creating oral and written stories
Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS)
Units of study in Dia de Los Muertos, Cesar Chavez, and Cinco de Mayo