Monday, March 24, 2014

Spanish in Elementary

Elementary students at Northpoint Christian School begin Spanish classes in Senior Kindergarten and progress through sixth grade with a rich cross-curricular program that integrates vocabulary, geography, social studies, science, math, and fine arts.

 Our Senior Kindergarten and first grade students are learning colors, numbers, and how to ask each other their names in Spanish.   Second grade is reviewing the months of the year and will be working on a calendar this month. Third grade students are reviewing the alphabet , while the fourth grade has been reviewing basic mapping skills before the study of the twenty-one Spanish speaking countries of the world.

Our fifth graders have learned 131 new words and have completed a study on Mexico. They will begin a study about the Aztecs later this month.  They come to Spanish as part of the fine arts program two days a week.


Sixth grade Spanish class has been busy reading two books aloud in Spanish and will begin a third one this month. They have also studied The Day of the Dead, a holiday celebrated in Mexico annually, and made traditional skull magnets and marigold flowers commemorating the celebration.  Sixth grade students may choose Spanish three days per week as an elective in the fine arts program.

As the curriculum builds each year, the students leave elementary school with a foundation of vocabulary and cultural knowledge to assist them in their study of Spanish as they enter high school.
   
Judy B. Arthur
Elementary Spanish Teacher

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