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4th grade - foreign language

Foreign Language

The Greene School Foreign Language program is to expose students to ample listening and reading opportunities with classes four times a week. Fourth grade Spanish curriculum integrates speaking, reading, writing, and listening, to help students achieve a level of proficiency. It is a gentle immersion to the language and culture as a whole. Students are encouraged to answer in Spanish with one word or sentences according to student’s level with approximately 90% of the class communication in Spanish.

Students acquire language proficiency with visual and interactive support using grade level vocabulary and techniques such as Total Physical Response (TPR) and Natural Approach. The goal of both of these strategies is to allow students to learn a second language in the same way they learned their first language – through their senses, encouraging long-term retention of the language. The approach to learning the language is naturally fundamental and repetitive as vocabulary is recycled to ensure mastery of the vocabulary words.

Fourth grade students use the ¡Qué chévere! and Realidades curriculum textbook which integrate development of language proficiency into cultural understanding using project-based learning activities, multimedia resources, songs, games, and stories .

  • Students will learn: there is\there are, to be (ser), to be (estar), to go, to have, to want, to like.

  • Students will learn five more high frequency verbs: to say, to do, to give, to see, can.

  • Students will learn to answer question words (what, when, how, how many, who, why, how many).

  • Students will learn additional vocabulary: to listen, to understand, to practice, to answer, to remember, to think, to speak, to stand-up, to sit-down, to look, be able to, to say, to know, to do, to see, to give, to start, to finish, to close, to open, to write, to draw, to play, to walk, to run, to jump, to drink, to dance, to eat.

  • Students will understand (listen and read) these verbs and start conjugating them with all pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, they).

  • Students will learn vocabulary focusing on PQA and retelling stories.

  • Students will learn through topics: greetings, likes and dislikes, school, family, weather, sports, animals, physical descriptions, personality traits, and chores.

Content is delivered using the following strategies:

  • Collaborative Storytelling

  • MovieTalk

  • Embedded Reading

  • PictureTalk

  • TPR (Total Physical Response)

  • Personalized Questions and Answers

  • Read and Discuss

Technology is used to incorporate independent listening, speaking and reading. Technology is crucial in our Spanish class to differentiate instruction and to play games. Music, games, stories, and videos engage students on their learning journey.

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4th GradeSamantha PennForeign Language
3rd grade - foreign language

Foreign Language

The Greene School Foreign Language program is intended to develop listening comprehension and verbal skills in young children with classes three times a week. Skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing are developed in this course. Students acquire language proficiency with visual and interactive support using grade level vocabulary and techniques such as Total Physical Response (TPR) and Natural Approach. The goal of both of these strategies is to allow students to learn a second language in the same way they learned their first language – through their senses, encouraging long-term retention of the language. The approach to learning the language is naturally fundamental and repetitive as vocabulary is recycled to ensure mastery of the vocabulary words.

Third grade students use the ¡Qué chévere! and Realidades curriculum textbook which integrate development of language proficiency into cultural understanding using project-based learning activities, multimedia resources, songs, games, and stories.

  • Students will learn recalling, interpreting, and pronouncing the vocabulary appropriately.

  • Students will learn grade level subject pronouns, subject-verb agreement, adjectives, adverbs, affirmatives/negatives, people, verbs, clothes, school subjects, questions, possessive adjectives, objects/other nouns, places, sports/entertainment/music, foods, prepositions, time/days of the week, and weather.

  • Students will learn to answer questions on information using simple language about personal preferences, needs, and feelings.

  • Students will learn to use basic language skills supported by body language and gestures to express agreement and disagreement.

  • Students will learn to present personal information about one’s self by answering questions.

  • Students will learn to write simple sentences using the correct verbs and creativity.

  • Students will learn to use information acquired through the study of the practices and perspectives of the target culture(s) to identify some of their characteristics and compare them to the student’s own culture.

  • Students will learn to follow short and simple directions.

  • Students will learn to recite the numbers from 1-40 in the target language.

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3rd GradeSamantha PennForeign Language
2nd grade - foreign language

Foreign Language

The Greene School Foreign Language program is intended to develop listening comprehension and verbal skills in young children with classes three times a week. Skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing are developed in this course. Students acquire language proficiency with visual and interactive support using grade level vocabulary and techniques such as Total Physical Response (TPR) and Natural Approach. The goal of both of these strategies is to allow students to learn a second language in the same way they learned their first language – through their senses, encouraging long-term retention of the language.

Second grade students use the ¡Qué chévere! and Realidades curriculum textbook which integrate development of language proficiency into cultural understanding using project-based learning activities, multimedia resources, songs, games, and stories.

  • Students will learn recalling, interpreting, and pronouncing the vocabulary appropriately.

  • Students will learn grade level subject pronouns, subject-verb agreement, adjectives, adverbs, people, verbs, clothes, objects/other nouns, places, sports/entertainment/music, foods, prepositions, time/days of the week, and colors.

  • Students will converse in short conversations, in familiar contexts.

  • Students will converse using short, simple messages and announcements on familiar topics.

  • Students will learn to translate simple stories or narratives.

  • Students will learn to follow short and simple directions.

  • Students will learn to recite the numbers from 1-40 in the target language.

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2nd GradeSamantha PennForeign Language
1st grade - foreign language

First grade students use the ¡Qué chévere! and Realidades curriculum textbook which integrate development of language proficiency into cultural understanding using project-based learning activities, multimedia resources, songs, games, and stories.

  • Students will learn familiar topics and frequently used expressions.

  • Students will participate in short conversations in familiar contexts.

  • Students will learn to follow directions or instructions to complete a task when expressed in short conversations.

  • Students will engage in short social interactions using phrases and simple sentences.

  • Students will use basic language skills supported by body language and gestures to express agreement and disagreement.

  • Students will describe aspects of daily life using phrases and complete sentences.

  • Students will recognize basic practices and perspectives of cultures where the target language is spoken (such as greetings, holiday celebrations, etc.).

  • Students will demonstrate basic knowledge acquired in the target language in order to compare words that are similar to those in his/her own language.

  • Students will learn how to use information acquired through the study of the practices and perspectives of the target culture(s) to identify elements of their characteristics and compare them to own culture.

  • Students will demonstrate and understanding of key points on familiar topics presented through a variety of media.

  • Students will learn to recite the numbers from 1-30 in the target language.

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1st GradeSamantha PennForeign Language
kindergarten - foreign language

Foreign Language

The Greene School Foreign Language program is intended to develop listening comprehension and verbal skills in young children with classes three times a week. Skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing are developed in this course. Students acquire language proficiency with visual and interactive support using grade level vocabulary and techniques such as Total Physical Response (TPR) and Natural Approach. The goal of both of these strategies is to allow students to learn a second language in the same way they learned their first language – through their senses, encouraging long-term retention of the language.

Kindergarten students use the ¡Qué chévere! and Realidades curriculum textbook which integrate development of language proficiency into cultural understanding using project-based learning activities, multimedia resources, role-play skits, songs, games, and stories.

  • Students will learn basic topics and frequently used expressions.

  • Students will learn subject pronouns, verb agreement, people, verbs, objects, places, foods, and prepositions.

  • Students will learn to provide basic information about themselves using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.

  • Students will learn to ask basic questions of daily life using complete sentences.

  • Students will be able to express likes and dislikes.

  • Students will learn to communicate with a partner in directed or free-response dialogues, practice structure, and games.

  • Students will learn to pre-write by drawing pictures to support ideas related to a task.

  • Students will learn basic practices and perspectives of cultures where the target language is spoken (such as greetings, holiday celebrations, etc.)

  • Students will learn to compare words in the target language to those in his/her own language.

  • Students will learn to recite the numbers from 1-20 in the target language.

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KindergartenSamantha PennForeign Language
early childhood - foreign language

Foreign Language

The Greene School early childhood foreign language program actively uses play and activities such as songs, hands-on projects, games, and stories to expose students to the language with classes four times each week. Students are exposed to sounds and words which develop attention and auditory perception of the new language. The new language is integrated as much as possible to provide opportunities for students to develop comprehension and respond as they build confidence. Students acquire language proficiency through songs and visual and interactive support using age-appropriate vocabulary and techniques such as Total Physical Response (TPR) and Natural Approach. The goal of both of these strategies is to allow students to learn a second language in the same way they learned their first language – through their senses, encouraging long-term retention of the language.

  • Students will be introduced to and become familiar with colors, shapes, numbers, transportation, seasons, weather, farm animals, oceans, rainforest, insects, family members, greetings, days of the week, five senses, foods, and feelings.

  • Students will be introduced and become familiar with topics presented through songs and stories.

The primary purpose of early childhood foreign language curriculum is to create a positive attitude toward language learning and to develop communication competence.

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Early ChildhoodSamantha PennForeign Language