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This will be an exciting year in Spanish Class at Green Woods Charter School. The third- through seventh-grade students will be working on conversation, listening, reading, and writing skills as we study topics integrated into each grade's general curriculum. As we explore the Spanish language, we will focus on becoming better "global citizens" by learning to appreciate and borrow from other cultures and viewpoints. |
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The eighth grade is starting the final push toward High School language classes! We will be spending our last few months focusing on study skills, grammar topics, and vocabulary that will provide a smooth transition into High School Spanish. Our work this spring will also be preparing us for study of other languages. One great thing about studying Spanish is how similar it is to other romance languages—Italian, French, Latin, and even Portuguese! If your student chooses to study another language, knowing some Spanish will help him or her learn a second language more easily.
The seventh grade will be experiencing some of the similarities between Spanish and other romance languages even sooner. Because so many of our students have Italian heritage, we will be reviewing and reinforcing what we have learned so far this year by studying Spanish-Italian cognates: words with the same meanings that look and sound very similar to each other. By the end of the year, our students will be able to order “carne con verduras” (meat and veggies) in Mexican restaurants and “carne con verdure” in Italian ones!
The sixth grade will be continuing their adventure through Peru, studying history, culture and language. The fifth grade will be engaging in similar cultural studies. The fifth grade will also be branching out from the language foundation we built in the beginning of the year and learning to use the phrases they’ve learned in different situations. Fourth grade continues on an imaginary trip around Mexico. We spent a good deal of time exploring the Yucatan peninsula and Central Mexico, learning about tropical Mexican ecology and ancient Mexican cultures. We’ve just arrived in the North, with a focus on U.S-Mexican relations through the years, as well as cultural similarities between Mexico and the American Southwest. The third grade is learning to describe weather and seasons, and will soon begin learning how to describe people and clothing.
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Spanish Gallery ]
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