The Upper School Spanish students have been learning through conversation, active listening, role-play, games and written assignments. These hard-working students have a good grasp of some of the more difficult skills needed to learn Spanish. Keep up the good work, ustedes!
Vocabulary: review of adjectives to describe people, clothing, more action words, food, expressions for ordering in a restaurant, telling time, months of the year, days of the week, seasons, weather, more family members, other people, professions, animals, question words
Grammar concepts: Review all forms of the verb “to be,” review of “hay,” review of definite and indefinite articles, agreement and placement of adjectives, all forms of basic verbs (including you-plural, we, they), forming negative statements and questions, the irregular verb “tener” (to have), comparison of “usted” and “tú”
Here are a few websites I found that include some of the vocabulary we have been using, and have audio clips for pronunciation:
http://www.digitaldialects.com/Spanish.htm
http://www.learn4good.com/kids/learning_spanish_online/free_lessons_for_children.htm
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