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Intermediate Spanish Chat, Read, and Play

Young intermediate-level Spanish learners practice back-and-forth dialogue, shared readings, and fun games in an extra small-group setting.
Tristan Meier (he/him)
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(231)
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What's included

1 live meeting
25 mins in-class hours per week
Homework
1 hour per week. After class, learners will be provided with the weekly reading for optional practice during the week. Sometimes I will include optional worksheets as well.

Class Experience

US Grade Kindergarten - 3
Intermediate Level
This course is a place for Spanish learners who have acquired basic vocabulary and sentence structure and are ready to grow in their back-and-forth question-and-answer ability and Spanish reading skills. For example, perhaps the child has participated in most or all of my Beginning Spanish lessons series (available in live one-on-one or flex courses) and is now ready for this next challenge. 

Each week we will engage in the following activities:
1. Shared reading
2. Conversation practice, often related to the reading
3. Game to practice our skills

These are our topics:

1/29 - Book: "El nene Leo y sus papas (The Baby Leo and his potatoes) by Tristan Meier/instructor
Discussion: Food likes and dislikes
2/5 - Book: "Alberto Avión quiere volar (Albert Airplane Wants to Fly)" by Tristan Meier/instructor
Discussion: Airplanes and feelings
2/12 - Book: "Penelope quiere pizza (Penelope Wants Pizza)" by Tristan Meier/instructor
Discussion: Pizza and toppings
2/19 - Book: "Carro azul anda lento (Blue Car Goes Slow)" by Tristan Meier/instructor
Discussion: Cars, speeds, and ways to move
2/26 - Book: "Mamá Elefante, ¿dónde estás? (Mama Elephant, Where Are You?)" by Tristan Meier/instructor
Discussion: Animals
3/5 - Book: "El tren que pensó que sí podía (The Train That Thought He Could)" by Tristan Meier/instructor (based on the 1906 public domain story by Charles Wing)
Discussion: Trains and what we think we can do
3/12 - Book: "El barco de corteza (The Bark Boat)" by Tristan Meier/instructor 
Discussion: Boats and how we move
3/19 - Book: "Estrellita, ¿qué haces tú? (Little Star, What Do You Do?)" by Tristan Meier/instructor 
Discussion: Nocturnal animals and their activities
3/26 - Poem: "Invierno  (Winter)," a traditional, public domain poem made into a book by Tristan Meier/instructor 
Discussion: Winter activities
4/2 - Poem: "Mis ovejas (My Sheep)," a traditional, public domain poem (usually called "Tengo, tengo, tengo (I have, I have, I have)" made into a book by Tristan Meier/instructor 
Discussion: Things we have and are given and what farm animals provide
4/9 - Poem: "Cinco ratoncitos (Five Little Mice)," a traditional, public domain poem made into a book by Tristan Meier/instructor 
Discussion: Animal body parts and actions
4/16 - Poem: "Los pollitos (The Chicks)," a traditional, public domain poem made into a book by Tristan Meier/instructor 
Discussion: Physical needs and how we meet them
4/23 - Poem: "Pin Pon," a traditional, public domain poem made into a book by Tristan Meier/instructor 
Discussion: Getting ready in the morning and at night
4/30 - Fable: "El pato y la serpiente (The Duck and the Snake)," a book by Tristan Meier/instructor based on a public domain 1893 fable by Tomás de Iriarte 
Discussion: Skills we know how and don't know how to do
5/7 - Fable: "El león y el ratón (The Lion and the Mouse)," a book by Tristan Meier/instructor based on a public domain, traditional fable
Discussion: Traps, actions, and describing images
5/14 - Fable: "No duermas en el volcán (Don't Sleep on the Volcano)," a book by Tristan Meier/instructor
Discussion: Adjective descriptors and how others seem
5/21 - Book: "El unicornio y la bruja (The Unicorn and the Witch)," a book by Tristan Meier/instructor
Discussion: What we are missing
5/28 - Poems: "Caracol, caracol (Snail, Snail)" and "Sol, solecito (Sun, Little Sun)," two traditional, public domain poems made into a book by Tristan Meier/instructor
Discussion: Light sources and animal families


After class, learners will be provided with the weekly reading and accompanying worksheets for optional practice during the week.

Other Details

Language of Instruction
Spanish (Level: A1)
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Readings for this class are (a) the instructor's creations, (b) works in the public domain, and (c) works from the public domain modified by the instructor.
Joined November, 2020
4.9
231reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Master's Degree in Elementary Education from Western Governors University
Bachelor's Degree in English from Union Univesity
I received a minor in the Spanish language with my bachelor degree (2011). Later, I went on to complete the seven-week level 5 Spanish course at Roca Blanca Spanish School in Cacalotepec, Mexico (2018). I have taught group Spanish classes to a variety of ages ranging from preschool through high school over a period of eight years, seven years of which have been online. Additionally, I have been raising my children primarily in Spanish since 2016.

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1x per week
25 min
Completed by 5 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 5-8
3-4 learners per class

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