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Instead of just having them repeat the names of the animals, foods, etc....here's what we did. We cut out pictures of food and named them as we put them on the food pyramid we made. For the animals, we put them into their groups..mammals, birds, etc. I think it is good because not only are they learning Spanish, but it is like learning health or science, etc.

2006-10-29 09:46:27 · 8 answers · asked by hambone1985 3 in Education & Reference Teaching

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In the state of Ohio that would qualify as meeting the state standards. We follow the 5 C's and one of those is connectivity; making connections across the curriculum.
I have a unit on animals coming up and I like the idea that you used. I had never thought of that. It is an excellent way to reach across the curriculum.
As budgets are cut and some classes done away with you have an excellent way to argue the importance of your course. When you are not part of the standardized testing subjects you are not considered as important sometimes. Keep this in mind to show how important we are in relation to the tests. It really helps to reinforce what kids are learning in other subjects.
Keep up the great work!

2006-10-29 10:16:17 · answer #1 · answered by Melanie L 6 · 0 0

Now, weave them into a story (in Spanish, of course!) and you will have a very effective way of teaching the students, not just the vocab, but how to use them in real sentences. (Which is called TPRS.)

What you did was the beginnings of TPR. Have them manipulate the objects in various ways (put the bread on top of the chicken, put the bread on the bottom of the pyramid, where is the bread? Is it on the top of the pyramid or the bottom of the pyramid? How many servings do we need of bread?). If you do it all in Spanish, you will gain quite a bit and yes, you will have those nice little connections with other subject areas.

In my opinion, we foreign language teachers teach all the subjects in the school. We just do it in another language. :o)

A couple of really great FL teaching methods are TPR and TPRS. I highly recommend them! http://www.tpr-world.com and http://www.blaineraytprs.com

2006-10-29 14:13:20 · answer #2 · answered by Chalkbrd 5 · 1 0

Excellent. Any way you can engage your students will help them learn, and enjoy learning which is the key.

I wish my own high school Spanish teacher was that innovative. He sucked, I got straight D's and as a result I do not kow much Spanish and never really felt a desire to learn.


Thanks a lot, Mr. Quintana. Muchas gracias por nada.

2006-10-29 09:55:52 · answer #3 · answered by ratboy 7 · 0 0

Any time an educator can interrelate and integrate curriculums and content areas our students will not only learn better but they will see the relevance of the arts and foreign languages! Awesome job!

2006-10-29 10:29:03 · answer #4 · answered by musiclady007 4 · 0 0

This is a great teaching idea. I would recommend you write up an account of your teaching activity and submit it to the Humanising Language Teaching website. They're always looking for language teachers to submit articles.

2006-10-29 20:32:36 · answer #5 · answered by similar_not 3 · 1 0

Yep, pat yourself on the back. Your principal would love that you're pulling from other subjects. The art teacher at our school does this with EVERY lesson/art project she teaches. I think it's awesome.

2006-10-29 12:05:19 · answer #6 · answered by elizabeth_ashley44 7 · 0 0

Sounds interesting.

2006-10-29 09:48:21 · answer #7 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0 0

so u want to be teacer that is good but it is hrd work at frist u got have an inview to be a teacher u got to say i loves kidsand u should teach spainsh in high scool or middle school....

2006-10-29 13:53:39 · answer #8 · answered by diamondcole25 2 · 0 1

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