The unit test is done! What's next?

Hola familias,

Students completed a unit on The School Day at the end of last week, and I was impressed with their ability to discuss their school schedules with me en español!  By the end of The School Day unit students were able to:

•  Recognize times when they heard them spoken,
•  Ask and state the time both in writing and verbally,
•  Describe what school supplies they need for their classes, and
• Discuss with their classmates (both in writing and verbally) when they have different classes using the correct conjugation of the verb “to have”, the vocabulary for the classes, and the time.

The theme of our next unit is Food & Restaurants.  This is always a very exciting unit because who doesn't love to talk about food?!  By the end of this unit students will be able to:

• Conjugate verbs that end in  –er and -ir,
• Describe what foods they like and dislike, 
• Create sentences (in writing and verbally) about what they eat and drink at different times of day,
• Identify and order food and drink items in a restaurant setting, and
• Compare and contrast typical Mexican, Spanish, and American food.

This is a pretty impressive list of skills for beginning language learners.  It also means that if you find yourself in a Spanish speaking country, your student will be able order food in restaurants entirely en español!

Students will also have the option to prepare an authentic recipe from a Latin American country as part of a research project during this unit.  It's not a requirement, but lots of students enjoy this aspect of the project. 

Lastly, I'm also very excited to share that we will be preparing homemade tortillas from scratch during this unit!  

Señora Tiernan Fisher