foreign languages with mrs. poulain...

The Foreign Language department sees grades 3 through 8 twice a week. Spanish is offered September through January, followed by French until the end of the year. Students are exposed to real life experiences preparing them to be citizens of the world through reading, writing, listening and speaking in the target language. My Foreign Language program follows the Common Core Standards. It is designed to reach all students, to increase their competence in world languages.

In addition to the challenging academic standards curriculum of Foreign Language, I also create and maintain a Catholic environment using the target language in prayers, studying the life of Foreign Saints and showing how people live their Catholic faith in Spain and France.


Course description by grades:

Third Grade / Fourth Grade
Topics covered in Spanish and French Greetings and introductions
Calendar and seasons
Important places and monuments
Numbers, colors, alphabet
Classroom objects
Animals
Songs
 
Textbooks Animales. Santillana (Spanish Level 1)
Grenadine. Hachette (French Level 1)

Fifth Grade / Sixth Grade
Topics covered in Spanish and French Celebrations and holidays
Important dates, historical figures and places
Poems
Grammar, conjugation of verbs
Project: Las Posadas (Spanish)

Textbooks Animales. Santillana ( Spanish Level 2) 
Super Max. Hachette ( French Level 2)

Seventh Grade / Eighth Grade
Topics covered in Spanish and FrenchLeisure, hobbies and activities
Geographic features and landmarks of Spain + project on Spanish autonomous communities
Family and friends
Weather
Expressions of politeness
Grammar
Songs and poems
Food, meals and restaurants
School subjects, description of teachers, students and courses

Textbooks Paso a Paso A. Prentice Hall (Spanish)
Bon voyage 1. Glencoe (French)


Field trips- Norton Simon Museum to study the French Painters, 6th grade.
Elective-   Cooking classes, this year, the students did a French recipe: Les Crepes.

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