World Language (Spanish) Instructor
Señorita Alaina Schinn
email: alaina.schinn@wwrsd.org
enero 2014
¡Feliz Año Nuevo! (Happy New Year!)
My World Language (Spanish) program consists of instruction once a week for 40 minutes in all
the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth grade classrooms. If you have any questions, comments,
or concerns, please feel free to contact me via email (see above email address). Email is the best
way of communication since I travel to all the elementary schools. I check my email regularly.
Please refer to my web site for more information regarding the World Language (Spanish)
program.
The first graders are identifying the letters and sounds of the Spanish alphabet through the use of
visuals and the Spanish alphabet song. They are also learning how to count from 1-30 in the
target language. First graders can also express his/her name, write the date in Spanish, identify
basic weather conditions, animals, colors, and classroom objects.
The second graders are able to ask and answer the following questions in the target language
(¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name? Me llamo____. I call myself) and (¿Cuántos años tienes?
How old are you? Tengo____años. I have_____years). Students are also learning to identify the
months of the year in the target language, days of the weeks, clothing, sports, and food items.
The third graders are able to ask and answer the following questions both orally and in written
form (¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name? Me llamo____. I call myself) and (¿Cuántos años
tienes? How old are you? Tengo____años. I have_____years). Furthermore, third graders can ask
requests and/or permission in the target language (¿Me permite ir al baño?) (May I go to the
bathroom?) Third graders can also identify the months of the year, days of the week, various
sports, rooms in the house, colors, and numbers 1-30. The third graders are able to write a
paragraph including their name, age, birthday, favorite color, favorite sport, and express his/her
likes and dislikes.
The fourth graders are able to ask and answer the following questions both orally and in written
form (¿Cómo te llamas? What is your name? Me llamo____. I call myself) and (¿Cuántos años
tienes? How old are you? Tengo____años. I have_____years). Fourth graders can also ask
requests and/or permission in the target language (¿Me permite ir al baño?) (May I go to the
bathroom?) ¿Me permite tomar agua? (May I get a drink of water?) etc.. Furthermore, students
can create and solve addition and subtraction math problems in the target language. Fourth
graders can identify various sports and express what sports they like and don’t like using the
target language, days of the week, months of the year, colors, and numbers 1-40. The fourth
graders are working on a mini novel entitled, “Pobre Ana” (Poor Ana). They are reading the mini
novel and translating it into English.
The fifth graders are asking requests and/or permission in the target language in written and oral
form, writing numbers 1-20 in the target language, writing the months of the year in Spanish,
creating and solving math problems, identifying sports that they like and don’t like in the target
language, identify different modes of transportation, colors, seasons, and numbers 1-40. The fifth
graders are working on a mini novel entitled, “Pobre Ana” (Poor Ana). They are reading the mini
novel and translating it into English.