Spanish
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Conversa Spanish Program:
The Conversa approach is to work on a natural transition through repetition and reading strategies in a manner that will help the student acquire the target language the same way they learned their first one. Nevertheless repetition and reading are an important piece of the puzzle students need a variety of activities and strategies that our books provide including music and games. The order of the vocabulary and tenses are designed to help the student learn better the concepts.
Conversa Workbooks
The Conversa workbooks are a combination of textbook and workbook and are designed to introduce students to the most essential structures (nouns, verbs, short sentences) in Spanish allowing them to communicate in Spanish almost immediately. Gradually, through an interconnected activities, students progress in a logical way to more common structures that govern how Spanish is spoken and written. The structures are introduced on the basis of how often they are used in everyday Spanish.
Teachers are given the tools so students can actively experience, experiment and discover Spanish. It applies reading, storytelling, personalized questions and answers, personalized mini situations, pop up grammar, musical lessons, games and other educational innovations to the foreign language classroom.
Grades K-1- Grammatical structures to perform TPR (Total Physical Response) for basic greetings
- Personalized questions and answers sections (PQA)
- Personalized mini situations (PMS)
- Engaging activities/games to review structures
- Extra vocabulary : colors, days of the week, numbers, food, parts of the body
- Musical lessons
- Six reading lessons
- A cultural lesson that educates students about families and home life in Spanish-speaking countries
- A craft lesson associated to family life in Spanish-speaking countries
Grades 2-3- Grammatical structures to perform TPR (Total Physical Response)
- Personalized questions and answers sections (PQA)
- Personalized mini situations (PMS)
- Engaging activities/games to review structures
- Extra vocabulary :colors, objects in the home, emotions, where you live, family, senses
- Musical lessons
- Six reading lessons
- A cultural lesson that teaches where Spanish is predominant in geographical areas, why it is spoken in the United States of America, why it is important to learn Spanish and how Spanish speakers greet one another
Grades 4-5- Grammatical structures to perform TPR (Total Physical Response) for Greetings and verbs like “quiere, tiene, le gusta, dice and va”.
- Personalized questions and answers sections (PQA)
- Personalized mini situations (PMS)
- Engaging activities/games to review structures (verbs and commands)
- Extra vocabulary: clothing, days of the week, the weather, feelings, and adjectives
- Six reading lessons
- A cultural lesson that explores the origin of chocolate
- Musical lessons
- Grammar lessons on using feminine and masculine gender-endings in Spanish
6th Grade- Storytelling, personalized questions and answers, personalized mini situations
- pop up grammar, musical lessons, games
- Grammar Pop Ups are included to introduce grammar for emotions, plurals
- Vocabulary: Objects in the home, food, objects in the kitchen, parts of the body, weather
- ¿Estas enojado Leonardo? is the second of a series of three and covers level 1B for the National Spanish Standards.
- This books introduces the use of the present progressive tense.
7th Grade- Storytelling, personalized questions and answers, personalized mini situations, pop up grammar, musical lessons, games
- Grammar Pop Ups are included to introduce grammar.
- "Pepe el zapato bailador" is the third book of a series of three and covers Level II for the National Spanish Standards.
- It introduces the use of the past and imperfect tenses
8th Grade- Grammatical structures to perform TPR (Total Physical Response)
- Personalized questions and answers sections (PQA)
- Personalized mini situations (PMS)
- Engaging activities/games to review structures
- Extra vocabulary
- Seven reading lessons
- A cultural lesson about Mexico
- Grammar lessons on interrogative pronouns, reflexive verbs, comparative tenses, superlative tenses, suffix "ente" and future tense in Spanish.
- Spanish Level 1 novel: Agentes Secretos y el Mural de Picasso- encompasses all verb phrases and vocabulary introduced throughout the year. Used as a last trimester, culminating activity. Includes vocabulary, grammar, and reading comprehension.