Franklin Borough School

Spanish

Teachers can be contacted by calling (973)-827-9775 and entering the extension next to their names.

Teaching Staff

Mrs. Robyn Davila - ext. 453

Mrs. Ariadne Diaz-Daben - ext. 464

What’s Happening in Senora Davila’s K-4 Spanish classes?
rdavila@fboe.org

What’s Happening in Senora Davila’s K-4 Spanish Classes?

               In the month of February, kindergarten and 1^st grade classes will continue to work on the thematic unit “En la escuela” (In our school). Students will utilize vocabulary related to school and objects found in the classroom. Vocabulary will include; el lapiz, el borrador, la mesa, la silla, el libro, las tijeras, la ventana, la puerta, el escritorio, el papel, el cuaderno, la pluma, and la puerta.  Students will utilize this vocabulary to play games and participate in various engaging activities. They will also continue to practice asking and answering Donde esta? Que es? and will be able to ask other students Tienes…?  in order to request a specific object. Students will also practice numbers and will be able to count classroom objects from 1-10 in Spanish as well as describe these classroom objects based on color and size.

               Second through fourth grade classes will continue the unit on Central America. They will be able to talk about the history, geography and culture of the six Spanish-speaking countries in the region. Students will be able to identify and locate the following countries on a map; Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama. They will be able to identify and talk about important geographical features and resources in the region. Students will also learn about the traditional Central American craft of weaving with a back-strap loom which was passed down from the native Mayans of the region.  Students will finish making their own weaving to simulate this traditional art form.

               Kindergarten through fourth grade classes that complete the class sticker chart will also be celebrating their fiesta in the month of February.   All Spanish classes work hard to earn a Spanish fiesta by accumulating stickers on the class sticker chart.  All classes that are in first place with the sticker charts by the end of the school year get to make, and then break open, a piñata!

Senora Diaz-Daben 
adiaz@fboe.org

Clase de español, Señora Díaz-Dabén 

Cycle 3

Enero-Febrero del 2012  

5^th grade 

¿Cómo estás?  ¿Cómo te llamas? 

A new cycle begins for fifth grade. Students will work on greetings, introductions and leave takings. They will practice how to say “hello” and introduce themselves to others.  In pairs they will role-play dialogues and will present them to the class. Also, the students will talk about famous people. They will ask for names, ages, and origin. The students will have the opportunity to be engaged in listening, reading, and writing activities which will allow them to use Spanish in common conversations.  They will also sing songs about the countries

where Spanish is spoken and will learn some traditional games too.

Review

6^th, 7^th and 8^th grades 

          As the cycle begins, students will spend a few days reviewing the material learned in the previous school year.  First, it will be time to talk about the weather.  Using flashcards and Total Physical Response (TPR), students will describe weather conditions in the area and based to the different seasons and months of the year.

Secondly, it is time for actions.  Using different flashcards and TPR, students will identify and act out action verbs in Spanish.  They will review the structures used to talk about what things they and others like or dislike doing.  Classes will reinforce the use of the pronouns and the conjugation of the verb “gustar” ( to like). 

Also, students will classify actions and talk about what their activities may be according to seasons, weather conditions so that they can incorporate into the learning experience the material and structures previously learned in the class. 

The review will be done using the following class activities:  role-plays, interviews, charades, memory, and Pictionary.

6^th and 7^th grades

¿Cómo eres? 

During the cycle, students in 6^th and 7^th grades will work with adjectives.  They will describe themselves, their families, and friends. Students will learn the correct way to use adjectives in Spanish when describing a boy or a girl and also review Spanish subject pronouns and the correct conjugation of the verb to be (ser). 

Moreover, students will compare and contrast people based on personality traits using a Venn diagram.  Also, they will describe themselves by writing “un poema de diamante” (a diamond poem) which they will later recite to the class. 

Classes will reinforce the use of the new structures and vocabulary through activities and games such as information gap, listening and reading comprehension exercises, role-plays, interviews, and Pictionary. 

8^th grade 

¿Qué haces en tu tiempo libre? 

          Students will conjugate verbs in the present tense!  Students will learn the rules to conjugate the first group of verbs in Spanish, those ending in –AR.  They will first recognize the singular and plural subject pronouns and the correct ending (suffix) of the conjugation that goes with each pronoun.  Students will substitute exercises so that they can replace the subject with a pronoun.  In order to fully understand how conjugation takes place, students will be engaged in several writing exercises in which they have to recognize the subject, choose a verb, and change it accordingly (drop the –ar and add the suffix).

          Also, students will participate in exercises (orally) in which they will talk about what they and others do during their free time.  They will have plenty of opportunities to practice the conjugation through activities and games such as information gap, listening and reading comprehension exercises, role-plays, and interviews.