K-8 SPANISH

At St. Agatha Catholic School, the Kindergarten through Eighth grade classes participate in Spanish class. Kindergarten through 5th grade have Spanish class once a week while the Middle School (6th through 8th grade) have Spanish twice a week. Spanish class is highly interactive and listening to Spanish as much as possible is highly encouraged outside of the classroom and at home

Overall Student Goals

• Learn to appreciate Spanish as a world language and as a powerful second language spoken in the US.

• Focus on reading, listening, speaking and writing as the four main components of Spanish language acquisition 

• Use technology to communicate and collaborate with multiple audiences both locally and globally

• Look to incorporate their burgeoning language skills outside of the classroom, and understand why it is important to continue to practice the language even outside of the classroom

• Work on grammar structures and vocabulary acquisition

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Kindergarten through Eighth grade Students Will Learn

• Useful thematic vocabulary linked to their lives making the transition from English to the target language as relevant as possible for the students. 

• To understand English/Spanish cognates and to use them as a building block to developing greater understanding of the language

• To see language and culture as linked

• To identify ways to use their language skills to help the greater community in line with our school's Catholic values and SLEs

How to practice Spanish during the summer. 

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Video Game

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• Qué Onda Spanish

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Connect with Pen Pals

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• Global Penfriends, InterPals, Letternet 

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Watch movies you have already seen, but in Spanish with English subtitles. Try to identify the words. 

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Set aside five minutes a day to write at least one sentence.

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Listen to a podcast in Spanish

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• Notes in Spanish

For 8th graders taking HS Spanish: Spanish 1 covers:

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Grammar to Know

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• Subject Pronouns (yo, tú, él, ella, usted, nosotros, etc.)

• The present tense of ser (soy, eres, es, etc.)

• Definite and Indefinite articles (el, la, los, las = the;  un, una, unos, unas = a, some)

• Adjective agreement (la chica rubia, el chico rubio, las chicas rubias, los chicos rubios)

• Present Tense of Regular verbs -ar verbs (o, as, a, amos, áis, an) -er verbs (o, es, e, emos, éis, en)

• The present tense of estar (estoy, estás, estás, etc.) Also note: for how you feel and where you are always use the verb estar. For everything else use ser. Ser vs. Estar

• The present tense of ir (voy, vas, va, etc.)

• The informal future (ir + a + infinitive, Yo voy a bailar. = I am going to dance.)

• Possessive Adjectives (mi/mis, tu/tus, su/sus, etc.)

• Gustar (me gusta, me gustan, te gusta, te gustan, etc.)

• Direct Object Pronouns (me, te, lo, los, nos, etc.)

• The present tense of venir (vengo, vienes, viene, venimos, venís, vienen)

• The Verb Tener

• Tener que + infinitive (Tengo que estudiar. = I have to study.)

• Deber + infinitive (Debo estudiar. = I should study.)

• The present tense of decir (digo, dices, dice, decimos, decís, dicen)

• The present tense of querer (quiero, quieres, quiere, queremos, queréis, quieren)

• Querer + infinitive (Yo quiero celebrar. = I want to celebrate.)

• Gustaría (Me gustaría comer. = I would like to eat.)

• Stem-changing verbs in the present tense

• Asking Questions

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Vocabulary to know

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• Chapter 1. https://quizlet.com/_55cboz

• Chapter 2. https://quizlet.com/_4bhk1x

• Chapter 3. https://quizlet.com/_4aj5my

• Chapter 4. https://quizlet.com/_6iw88q

• Chapter 5. https://quizlet.com/_68stkw

• Chapter 6. https://quizlet.com/_6f24ao