Bienvenidos a la Clase de Espanol!
Walk down the hallways of Aurora during school hours, hang out at Tuesday morning assembly, attend either a formal or informal school event, and you will hear Spanish being spoken by children and adults.
Aurora students are encouraged to use Spanish as a means of communicating both inside and outside the school to create a fertile learning environment for second-language acquisition. From collaborative groupwork among students in Spanish class to partnerships with all Aurora teachers and specialists in using Spanish as a tool to learn content, Spanish is woven into the culture of learning and diversity at Aurora.
With the goal of developing conversational and literacy skills in Spanish, Alexandra Alquati, Aurora's Spanish specialist, has developed a rich and vital program based on contextual education and linked to the classroom to provide Spanish language exposure, classroom relevancy, and cultural diversity for all Aurora students. Her program brings Spanish home with a Spanish website, two weekly Parent and Families Spanish Classes and a monthly newsletter featuring vocabulary words, class activities, projects, and events in the Spanish class. This emphasis on the school-home connection fosters the sharing of language, creates a multicultural environment, and builds on conversational skills.
Explore the grade-level goals for Spanish:
K/1:
- Asks questions related to Latino language and culture.
- Uses Spanish to express simple ideas and hold basic conversations.
- Demonstrates knowledge of other disciplines in Spanish.
- Writes Spanish vocabulary words and ideas to accompany drawings and projects.
2/3:
- Reflects on the differences and shared values of North American and Latino culture.
- Uses expressions to communicate independently inside or outside the classroom.
- Accompanies drawings with simple written description in Spanish
- Reads and comprehends stories in Spanish.
4/5:
- Writes stories in Spanish using skills and knowledge from other disciplines.
- Uses Spanish skills to ask questions, present concepts, info, or ideas to the class.
- Reads and comprehends texts from diverse media in Spanish.
- Reflects on the differences and shared values of North American and Latino culture.
- Uses expressions to communicate independently inside or outside the classroom.