Español

For this latest entry of the East blog, we are excited to share with you a posting from Senora Roth and Senora Rizzuti, our FLES teachers at East … Read on!

¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás?  Bien gracias.  

These are some of the phrases you may hear in the halls. The Fles (foreign language in the elementary school) program is flourishing at East School! This is the fourth year of the program and it has become an integral part of our culture. Not only is the curriculum based on social studies and science units but we also collaborate with art, music, P.E. and computers.

Based on our immersion style language instruction, students have class 3, 4 or 5 times each week depending on the grade level. In a typical FLES session, students participate in a developmentally-appropriate routine which includes: greetings, calendar and weather. Then they are engaged in curriculum related instruction. All classes make use of a variety of student groupings including whole group, pair and individual work, and at the older levels students keep a journal with written work. There are many songs and chants (which you may have heard around the house) that help the students gain confidence with the language and have fun!

Many of you have asked how you can extend the language learning at home. Right here on the East School web page there is a Spanish link. On this link you will find games that allow students to practice skills learned at school. Another way is to observe all the places you hear and see Spanish in the community. These are great ways to make real life connections and experience the language on a whole different level.

As always, we are grateful for your support and the opportunity to teach your children.