Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic School

Spanish

Spanish Curriculum

Students will be able to develop communicative competence in listening, speaking, reading and writing. Through essentially an inductive approach, students will gain an intuitive understanding of how the language is acquired and how they can use this knowledge to express themselves linguistically. This is accomplished by developing and refining their intuitive skills, students also acquired a basic understanding and appreciation of the diversity of cultures in the Spanish speaking world.

SKILLS

Listening: Students will be able to distinguish new sounds from their native language

Speaking: Language is introduced and expanded upon slowly There is repeated exposure to speak. Many exercises allow the students to respond physically to Spanish TPR commands.

Reading: During this skill students explore Spanish speaking cultures and investigate relevant topics. Students will comprehend questions and understand everyday life in Spanish speaking countries around the world.

Writing: At the end of the Spanish course students will be able to write in the target language. Workbook pages can be completed during class. We review the lesson taught at the end of the day.

PRE-K through GRADE 2
Students will show comprehension by following commands, express farewell, use expressions for greetings, identify classroom objects. Students will respond spontaneously to questions, count numbers from 1 – 10.

3rd & 4th GRADE
Students reproduce sounds and gestures, identify numbers from 1 – 20, name colors, identify colors and days of the week. Students use expressions of daily life situations.

5th & 6th GRADE
Students will develop listening and speaking skills in the Spanish language. Listen and comprehend questions, make simple sentences using new vocabulary. Understanding of conjugations of verbs according to their form. Students in the fifth grade receive instruction 3 days per week Students in the 6th grade receive instruction 4 days per week.

7th & 8th GRADE
Students will develop the 4 important skills to learn the new language; listening, speaking, reading and writing. Grammar will be emphasized. Students will identify the days of the week, month of the year, simple description of people, basic travel expressions, the use of gender, articles in writing, and understanding of the use of present tense, past and future.

Español class supplies 2007-2008

4th 5th , 6th. 7th and 8th grade classes

small box of pencils
2 sharpeners
a notebook
Erasers
2 folders
A box of tissue paper
Baby wipes
hand sanitizer
Spanish dictionary
1st, 2nd 3rd

Crayon box
Color pencils
Scissors
hand sanitizer
tissue paper
A box of pencils

Prek 3 and 4
crayon box
color papers
a box of pencils
tissue paper