This is a beginner Spanish Immersion class that will be taught primarily in Spanish.
Translation to English is available throughout the class when deemed necessary to help the learner understand the content of the lesson.
We will use a variety of activities such as ice breaker games, videos, songs, and stories. 
Our project based learning task will tie all of the content together so that students can demonstrate their learning in a fun, engaging, and interactive way.

Every lesson will include a different skill and different tasks using a variety of activities.

In this course, we will use resources from Rockalingua.
Students do not need an account on Rockalingua for this course.

***SUMMER EDITION***

Kick start your Spanish skills with this week long camp!

Each day, you'll explore a new topic through fun activities like icebreakers, videos, songs, and stories. We’ll tie it all together with a cool project-based learning task, where you'll get to show off your new skills in creative and interactive ways.



Here’s what your summer of Spanish fun looks like:

Week 1 - August 12 - August 16

Daily Schedule:

MONDAY - August 12 - Class 1 and 2:
1: Meet and Greet - Learn to introduce yourself and ask basic WH-questions.
***15 Minute Break***
2: The Alphabet - Master the Spanish ABCs and build your vocab.

TUESDAY - August 13 - Class 3 and 4:
3: Numbers 1-1000 - Count your way through Spanish with numbers and patterns.
***15 Minute Break***
4: Colors and Animals - Explore colors and animals with interactive games.

WEDNESDAY - August 14 - Class 5 and 6:
5: Daily Routines - Talk about your daily life in Spanish.
***15 Minute Break***
6: Let’s Travel! - Virtually visit Puerto Rico and dive into its culture.

THURSDAY - August 15 - Class 7 and 8:
7: Conversation & Debates - Practice your conversational skills with fun topics!
***15 Minute Break***
8: Reading & Comprehension - Enjoy a story and expand your vocabulary.

FRIDAY - August 16 - Class 9 and 10:
9: Project-based Learning - Create your own superhero or supervillain in Spanish!
***15 Minute Break***
10: Presentation Day - Show off your superhero in Spanish and celebrate your progress!

Join us for a summer of learning, fun, and Spanish at the Spanish Social Club for Kids! 🚀

Get $15 off THIS class with coupon code MARIASAKIDS15 valid Aug 2024 only. 
Enter the coupon code at checkout.


Week 2 and Week 3 will follow the same format as Week 1.




***SEMESTRE EDITION*** - Weekly Class Edition - 
Semestre 1: September 2024 - December 2024


The classes run on weekly session and the lessons for each week are as follows:

1.  Week 1 
Lesson 1: Meet and Greet; Greetings and WH-questions (who, what, when, where, why)
Examples:
Como te llamas? Me llamo... 
What's your name? My name is...

2. Week 2 
Lesson 2: The alphabet
Spanish alphabet and vocabulary on each letter

3. Week 3 
Lesson 3: Numbers 1-1000
Numbers and patterns

4. Week 4 
 Lesson 4: Colors and Animals
Identifying and matching colors, using language to use vocabulary relevant to colors.

5. Week 5 
 Lesson 5: Daily Routines
Examples: 
I wake up in the morning, I go to school, I eat my lunch, I go to bed, etc.

6. Week 6
 Lesson 6: Let's Travel! - Puerto Rico
(Virtual field trip to a Spanish-speaking country!)
We will virtually travel to a Spanish-speaking country and learn the culture here!

7. Week 7 
 Lesson 7: Conversation and Debates (Practice your basic conversational skills here!)
Kid friendly topics; open to student suggestions in which students will be able to post their debate suggestions in the classroom before the live meeting. 
Examples:
What is the best form of transportation and why?
Children should choose the subjects they want to learn in school.
Which ones are better, books or movies? Why?
*Session topics will be learner-directed

8. Week 8 
 Lesson 8: Reading and Comprehension
In this lesson, we will read/listen to a story and answer questions based on the story to assess comprehension. We will expand our vocabulary by identifying the story and talking about it as a group in more detail. (Topic: La Naturaleza - Nature)

9.  Week 9 
Lesson 9: Project-based learning! (Make your own Superhero/Supervillain!)
We will practice here what we have been learning by making our own hero/villain and describing the features and the superpowers you created for them! We will work together on ideas by making a draft.

10. Week 10
Lesson 10: Presentation, Assessment, and End of Term 1
Here you can present your Superhero/Supervillain to the class in Spanish and see all the other ones that were created by your classmates!
Report cards can be provided upon request and you're on your way to term 2!

For more fun and interaction, join us at the Spanish Social Club for Kids!