The Fourth grade class will be moving through the “Teach Them
Spanish” (Grade 4) work book throughout the year. Additionally, each lesson
will be supplemented with a variety of songs and body kinesthetic exercises
as well as Loteria (Spanish bingo) and Memorama (similar to “memory”).
Students will also learn a variety of language in and around the seasons and
holidays throughout the school year. Geography is generally studied in
connection with various cultural lessons, which generally fall on the last
Spanish class of the week. Chronologically, the students’ main areas of
vocabulary and grammar are as follows;
1. Numbers 0-15
2. Greetings and Dialogue
3. Classroom Objects
4. Plurals of Nouns
5. Numbers 0-31
6. Days of the Week
7. Months and Seasons
8. Gender of Nouns
9. Definite Articles
10. Using Numbers
11. Commands and Expressions
12. Colors
13. Possessive Adjectives
14. The Body
15. The Family
16. The House
17. Diminutives
18. Mealtime
19. Numbers 0-100
20. Capital Letters
21. Holidays and Other Special Days
22. The Weather
23. The Alphabet
PNA students, staff and parents have the opportunity to celebrate two primary
Latino holidays; Dia de los Muertos, and Cinco de Mayo. Vocabulary,
grammar, geography, songs, history, food, traditions and more is all
incorporated into the preparation for both of these community celebrations.
You may support your child’s Spanish class experience by bringing what we are
learning in the classroom out into your personal world. Ask them what words
they are studying, and if they can point to anything in the room and name in
Spanish. Encourage them to use what words they know in Latino restaurants,
and in front of the calendar. By fourth grade, they should easily be able to
translate your family calendar (days, months, numbers, and seasons) into
Spanish. More than anything, be encouraging as they gain confidence!
