Summer has begun. And in Arizona that means sun. Lots of it.
🌞 Hace calor. Hace mucho calor. ¡Hace un montón de calor!
This summer, my middle school students are reading a novel ~ en español.
¡Qué chèvre! 😎
We are reading Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro by Carol Gaab.
I have a small class of students I teach once a week in my home. During the school year, our class was 10 students in various grades from first through sixth. The class is based on the TPRS method. This method, which bases its methods on research of first language acquisition and applies it to a natural yet carefully constructed approach to learn a second language, is so impressive. Students are engaged and build proficiency though comprehensive input and storytelling. The class is creative, memorable and fun. Most importantly, this is Spanish that "sticks."
Five of my students will be middle schoolers next year. Two will be entering into a traditional Spanish class. My class both exposes learners to high frequency language as well as prepares them, giving them confidence to communicate in the language. Since it takes a different approach than traditional textbook Spanish, it is a wonderful path to the journey of language learning. Since we only meet weekly it is simultaneously a great preparation and a great supplement to a traditional classroom setting. En español todo es posible ~ ¡lo hacemos juntos!
Today we read chapter one in the novel in Spanish. We summarized the main ideas and discussed what pets the students have, want or neither have not want (en español- por supuesto). We added to our cuaderno a dictionary section and a grammar section.
I will try to insert the chart we made:
