Second Grade Spanish

   Instructor:  Elizabeth Morgan

   Email:     emorgan@woodlawnschool.org

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Synopsis:

The goal of Spanish at the second grade level is to provide students with meaningful, context-rich, and enjoyable opportunities to hear and use Spanish. Practice in writing Spanish, key phrases and commands are also taught throughout the year. Second graders focus on people and places in the community and learn how to talk about these in Spanish. 

Second graders will not have much homework, but it is helpful for students to review the material (i.e. vocabulary) learned in class with a parent or sibling.

Points of Integration are the topics discussed in Spanish, which directly relate to what they are learning in their core subjects. Students practice asking and answering basic questions related to each thematic unit.  Stories, lesson activities, music videos and writing practice in the target language are completed on these topics:

Alphabet Review & Focus on Vowel Sounds in Spanish

Fruits & Vegetables - how they grow (tree, vine, bush)

Neighborhood, Community Places & Professions

The Woodlawn School Community and Mapping our campus

Body Parts & Clothing for the seasons

Weather / Climate in Southern Hemisphere

Geography terms, Directions, Map/Globes

Solar System

NC Standard Course Goal for Second Language Learning:

In the K-2 Foreign Language at the Elementary School (FLES) program, the primary goal is the development of listening and speaking and cultural awareness through concrete experiences. However, one must not forget that language acquisition begins with listening. For this reason, "Successful language learning activities emphasize comprehension rather than speaking at the beginning stages" (Curtain and Pesola, 1988).