Wednesday was a pretty good class day overall - We had quite a few students out sick, so that slowed things down a bit.
I gave them all a preterite - past tense - verb quiz and they all were a bit frustrated. However, taht little push is what they needed to realize how much more often we want to convey what we did rather than what we are doing. So, for ages 4 and up, that they can already say I played or he played is a major feat!
We enjoyed Spanish charades - always a good vocabulary booster, and also asking each other what you did yeaterday - I always enjoy listening to them actually communicate in Spanish rather than just go through the exercises. The younger ones are reviewing days of the week and numbers right now - not the most exciting thing, but necessary when they want to tell someone at least how old they are.
Would love to hear from anyone on points that stump them or help to teach adverbs, as my older students are asking lots of questions, and I've taught this lesson over a hundred times, and it works fine,... but I wonder how others are good at learning and teaching this concept to teens?
Gracias!
From Sra. Gose, a weekly private lesson Spanish teacher, and author of Flip Flop Spanish Workbook you can go along for the ride as I post my class journals - what happens in classes, Spanish teaching tips, and just fun anecdotes about homeschooling and teaching Spanish to children. My classes don't have restrictive state guidelines, so the children simply get to learn what they need to know to communicate!
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