4th Grade

Welcome to the 4^th grade Spanish class.

I will present the students a basic introduction to the Spanish language. The first goal is for the students to understand there are different languages to communicate with other people and Spanish is one of them. I will encourage the groups to discuss why it is important to learn a different language.

I will begin with the alphabet and the pronunciation of each Spanish letter. After that, I will show them how to form and combine syllables to make words. As we learn basic and simple words I will incorporate helpful vocabulary presented with the themes in each lesson. In each lesson we will read and write different things as the class news, journals and others. We will be looking at the themes listed below during this the school year:

Review of last year:

1. The letters:  How do you write…?

2.      Greetings: How are you….?

3.      The days of the week: What day is today?

4.      Colors: What color is it?

5.      Numbers (0-20): How many….are there?

6.      Numbers: What is your telephone number?

7.      The time: What time is it?

8.      The seasons and the dates: What is the weather like? When is your birthday?

 

Theme 1: What we see here and there. Introduce the concept of nouns in Spanish.

Theme 2: School: Identify and describe school supplies and talk about things we do in school.

Theme 3: My family and me. Introduce the Spanish Pronouns and adjectives.

Theme 4: My new friend and my old friend: Introduce basic questions in Spanish

Theme 5: My best friend and adjectives that describe personal and physical characteristics.

Theme 6: My parents, my siblings, and me: Introduce the verb to have

Theme 7: Plan a party: Talk about chores and responsibilities; affirmative commands.

Theme 8: The house: Describe and identify areas and furniture of the house and locations.

Theme 9: To visit the park: Describe fun things to do at the park and what do you like to do

Theme 10: The body: Identify and mention body parts and describe some feelings when someone is sick.

Theme 11: Meals, food and drinks: Practice dialogues where they use “What is this?”