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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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