**This is a FLEX class with no live meetings.**

In this class for beginning Spanish students, we will learn vocabulary through watching the online children's show Salsa and doing follow up extension activities.   I subscribe to the belief that students learn language more quickly and effectively the more often they engage with it.  For this reason, I provide daily activities and videos for the students. 

Class Schedule:
Week 1 - Episode 119: The Little Red Hen
Week 2 - Episode 120: The Armadillo's Hamburgers
Week 3 - Episode 121: The Fruit Fiasco
Week 4 - Episode 122: Finally Nine
Week 5 - Episode 123: Quiz Show II: The Broken Glasses
Week 6 - Episode 124: A Dark and Stormy Night

Class Format:
Monday - Students are asked to watch the designated Salsa episode for the week and then draw and share in the classroom a picture about the episode.  All episodes are about 15 minutes long and will be posted directly to the classroom as an embedded YouTube video*.  I will provide English transcripts for parental use; however, I ask that parents please do not share them with the students.  Learning through immersion is a big reason I am using these particular videos.

Tuesday - I will review that week's focus vocabulary and then walk the students through drawing a nine-grid bingo card.  Students will be able to interact with each other throughout the rest of the week through the bingo game.  Each day I'll post 2-3 new words.  Who will be the first to get three in a row?

Wednesday-Friday - I will post a short (under 5m) video daily with activities to continue learning the vocabulary.  I will guide students through an activity as if it were a live class and allow pauses for them to answer to themselves or to a parent.  Each day's video will be different than the one posted the previous day.

In addition to the daily videos, I also ask that students watch the Salsa episode of the week at least one extra time.  Weekends are a great time to watch!

Please note:  The Salsa videos are entirely in Spanish, but even children with absolutely no previous Spanish knowledge will understand generally what is happening thanks to the visual clues and slower pace.  I will use Spanish in all my videos, but will often also translate to English afterwards for clarity.

*Students do not have to visit the YouTube website.  The videos are embedded directly in the Outschool Classroom.