HOME SCHOOL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

A second language is best learned in a fun, non-threatening environment! After teaching for 25+ years, I whole-heartedly subscribe to this idea! Students are encouraged to enjoy themselves while learning, but never forced to do anything that would embarrass them! Vocabulary word lists (for the topics we are studying in class) and links to Spanish games are available on my website: www.bit.ly/homeschoolspanish

Grades K-1
Students will experience immersion in the language (but not 100% of the time, due to only meeting once a week). Students will participate in a wide variety of games, songs, stories, and activities - all in Spanish. Colors and numbers are constantly reviewed during this level of class. Holidays and cultural topics are discussed. During some classes, students read and do activities together in a Spanish newspaper for kids called, “Let’s Find Out.” They sometimes receive their own copy to take home. Special attention is given to the developmental level of the students.

Grades 2-5
These Spanish classes have a high level of excitement and fun! Students will experience immersion in the language (but not 100% of the time, due to only meeting once a week). Students will participate in a wide variety of games, songs, stories, and activities - all in Spanish. Cultural points are taught as they relate to the curriculum. A piñata party is held on the last day of classes in May!

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(Grades 6-8)
Students will take one of three year-long courses (listed below). A student must have taken the fall semester to enroll in the spring semester.

Spanish A (No prerequisite): Offered every other year for 6th or 7th graders. Pages 1-100 in textbook Realidades A are taught and covered.

Spanish B (Prerequisite is Spanish A): Offered every year for 8th graders, because we always have incoming 8th graders who have taken Spanish A in the past! Covers the second half of textbook Realidades A. Students taking Spanish B must have completed the full year of Spanish A.

(In Spanish A and B, we use the same textbook as VSW and VHS so students who plan to dual enroll are ready. After 8 th grade, some students are ready to enroll in Spanish 2 at VSW or VHS. Some prefer to take Spanish 1 (which is basically what we covered in Spanish A and B.)

Spanish Stories (No Prerequisite): Offered every other year for 6th or 7th graders. Spanish Stories is a unique and cutting-edge Spanish course taught through stories! No Spanish experience is needed.  The class utilizes the TPRS/CI strategies which are currently sweeping the nation as the BEST way to enable language acquisition.  For more information on this teaching/learning
style, watch this short video by my friend and colleague, Profe Craig Klein:   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuB95uetgXA

In Spanish A, B and Stories, students need to attend weekly. No homework assignments are given, BUT there is a mini-quiz at the beginning of each class period, covering what we learned the week before. In order to progress, students are expected to study for this quiz during the week. A review sheet is given at the end of each class AND all review information is available on my website at:  www.bit.ly/homeschoolspanish.
A food fiesta or lunch at a Mexican restaurant will take place on the last day of class in May (or a piñata party if the students prefer).