Level 1.1 - Complete beginners who want to move through the first 50 hours of Spanish using relevant, useful vocabulary. Focus on asking questions and coaching students to get comfortable giving complete answers, and not just one-word responses. Please take at least 4 classes for your child to get acclimated to Spanish and immersion. They might be unsure the first class, but after 4 classes feel very confident with the method.

Enroll at any time. We use a theme each week and present the vocabulary at the beginning of every class. 

This is for complete beginners with 1-50 hours of speaking practice. Level 1.1. Every new student should take 3 classes at this level to get an assessment. If you are higher, we will let you know. 

We use The Bellieu Method (our trademarked method and curriculum) with a goal of fluency. We ask questions throughout the below activities to create conversations in class:
singing,  games, Storybooks, vocabulary and photos (95% in Spanish, but very clear directions, comics, short videos (but your child will not be watching videos like you think, we pause and interact throughout, creating conversations!), movement and more.

What will they learn or talk about?

In every TruFluency Kids Spanish Immersion class, we have 2-3 themes that we touch on (for example traveling, animals, hobbies, what you like to eat, etc). During the discussion of these themes, we will focus on being able to express ourselves in Spanish in regards to this theme. 

While the focus is always on listening/speaking, since that is how children learn language first (and most successfully), we also incorporate writing and quick spelling exercises in classes with children 7 and up.

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THEMES WITH DATES
4-week course “El niño nuevo” 🎈 (The new kid) September 1 – September 28, 2024

If your child takes 1 class/week, these are the lessons they will have per week:
Week 1 (Sep 1 – Sep 7): Lesson 1
Week 2 (Sep 8 – Sep 14): Lesson 2
Week 3 (Sep 15 – Sep 21): Lesson 3
Week 4 (Sep 22 – Sep 28): Lesson 4

If your child takes 2 classes/week, these are the lessons they will have per week:
Week 1 (Sep 1 – Sep 7): Lessons 1-2
Week 2 (Sep 8 – Sep 14): Lessons 3-4
Week 3 (Sep 15 – Sep 21): Lessons 5-6
Week 4 (Sep 22 – Sep 28): Lessons 7-8

If your child takes 3 classes/week, these are the lessons they will have per week:
Week 1 (Sep 1 – Sep 7): Lessons 1-2 + extra activities
Week 2 (Sep 8 – Sep 14): Lessons 3-4 + extra activities
Week 3 (Sep 15 – Sep 21): Lessons 5-6 + extra activities
Week 4 (Sep 22 – Sep 28): Lessons 7-8 + extra activities
 
ACTIVITIES PER LESSON (Every Curriculum)
Every lesson in our curriculum has a set of activities which follow the structure below. Stories, songs, videos, games and crafts are always part of our lessons:
-Activity 1: Personal questions. Students practice basic and daily personal questions according to their level (quantity and difficulty vary). We are going to repeat this set of questions throughout the whole course. 
-Activity 2: Let’s get ready. Students learn and practice the keywords, expressions, questions and answers we will find later in the next chapter of the story.
-Activity 3: Story time! Students read the main story with the teacher. The stories are written for each level respectively. The difficulty, number of words and topics change.
-Activity 4: What was the story about? Students answer questions about the story to review vocabulary and expressions.
-Activity 5: Now’s your turn. Students answer questions about themselves using the topics seen in the story’s content and the characters’ dialogues. 
-Activity 6: Students read the story one more time. Kids repeat the words and act the story out.
*The following activities are for 7 to 12-year-old groups only.
-Activity 7: Older students learn and practice an extra topic related to the main story.
-Activity 8: Students use the main and extra vocabulary learned from the story in real life situations in which these will be useful and practical.
-Activity 9: Students review what they learned in today’s class.
-Activity 10: Intermediate students (levels 2.2 to 3.1) discuss and talk about a certain topic with open questions related to the content of the lesson.

MAIN TOPICS PER LESSON in “El niño nuevo” 🎈 (The new kid)

Lessons 1-2
Students will:
- Read the first chapter of the story “El niño nuevo”. We meet Félix, a kid who floats around.
- Share personal information and that of other classmates on our first day of school
- Use phrases like: Hello my name is... I am... years old. I am a child who studies Spanish, etc.
- Practice vocabulary about school supplies like pencils, sharpeners, erasers, rulers and much more
- Learn phrases like: I forgot my pencil! What should I do?
- Learn how to borrow school supplies from their classmates asking questions like: Can you lend me a pencil, please?

Lessons 3-4 
Students will:
- Read the second chapter of the story “El niño nuevo”. Now, we meet Otto, a kid who speaks backwards. Félix tries talking to him, but he can’t understand what he says!
- Learn to identify incorrect phrases in Spanish and say: No, Otto! That’s not right. You say…
- Review and use adjectives to describe our classmates and how they behave such as: polite, rude, talkative, shy, smart, etc.
- Discover some common native Spanish phrases to talk about the relationship they have with their classmates: "Me cae bien" / "Me cae mal" (I like him / I don’t like him)

Lessons 5-6 
Students will:
- Read the third chapter of the story “El niño nuevo”. We meet another classmate; his name is Rex. Rex is a kid who likes eating weird stuff, for example a carnivorous plant salad, cactus cake and jalapeño juice, how weird!
- Prepare their lunchbox for school making weird combinations with different food and ingredients.
- Talk about common food and snacks we have at school and use expressions like "Yummy!" and "How weird!".
- Describe their favorite meal and how the make it or who makes it at home.
- Use the expression “It think it’s…” to make comments and give opinions about others’ meals when they go out for recess. 
 
Lessons 7-8 
Students will:
- Read the fourth chapter of the story “El niño nuevo”. Finally, we meet Lulu, she is a girl who is sad and crying because she is the only blue student in the entire school, and she feels left out.
- Practice vocabulary about feelings and emotions in different situations.
- Ask their classmates how they feel and why. We will work in class connecting with others and understanding what they are experiencing.
- Work with the expressions "I get along well with" and "I do not get along with " to talk about the relationship we have with different classmates and whether we are friends or not and explaining why.