Día 5 - Day 5

Hoy es el quinto y último día de este curso.

La fecha de hoy es el ..... de..... de ......

1. Actividades: 

• Vamos a dedicar la primera hora de la clase de hoy a repasar vocabulario y gramática de los primeros cuatro días.
• En forma individual van a completar un ejercicio de Comprensión Auditiva 
• En grupos de a tres van a leer y luego comprender una lectura en español
• En grupos de a seis van a escribir un "skit" para presentarlo a la clase

2. Preposiciones de lugar:

• a la derecha de / a la izquierda de 
• cerca de / lejos de
• al lado de
• entre
• encima de / debajo de 

Practice with this power point presentation 

For an even better exercise click here 

3. Los deportes. 
caminar
hacer ejercicio
jugar(ue) al básquetbol
            al béisbol
            al fútbol
            al fútbol americano
            al golf
            al tenis
montar en bicicleta
nadar
patinar

Expanded vocabulary and pronunciation, you'll find here

4. El verbo ir = to go 

Verbo ir - to go

y 

sus usos como futuro inmediato usando la fórmula ir + a+ infinitivo 

Futuro inmediato

5. Para terminar (finish) el curso vamos a escuchar opiniones y comentarios de cada uno de los participantes. 

6. Las mañanitas. A song for a birthday (cumpleaños) celebration.

Abajo está la letra (lyrics) de esta canción popular

por Manuel M. Ponce

This course allowed you to look into the Spanish speaking world, by learning or refreshing vocabulary and basic grammar, and also becoming aware of some cultural differences. 

I wish you all the best working as an SRO in the Mecklenburg County School District!  

Keep practicing Spanish and do not hesitate to call on me if you have a question or a comment. 

https://youtu.be/0pJ_mqUHPzo

Día 4 - Day 4

Hoy es el cuarto día de clase. 

• La fecha de hoy es el 18 de agosto de 2016 y estamos a jueves

• Class will start with a complete review of yesterday's material. 

1. Vocabulario

• La ciudad 

la ciudad

la calle

la acera, la vereda

la cuadra

la esquina

los edificios

las casas

los carros, los coches

el autobús

los peatones

• Los medios de transporte

Source

2. El calendario

Calendario del año  2016 

   el día, los días: lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado, domingo
    la semana tiene siete días
    el mes, los meses: enero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, junio, julio, agosto,       septiembre, octubre, noviembre, diciembre
    el año: Mi cumpleaños es en junio 
    el siglo: Estamos en el siglo XXI (veintiuno) 

3.Los números ordinales
   The grade levels in our school system are: primer, segundo, tercer, cuarto, quinto, sexto, séptimo, octavo, noveno, décimo, undécimo, duodécimo grado.

    I recommend you listen and read the explanations on this video also.

4. Las órdenes e instrucciones  Open this pdf to learn about the command form in Spanish. I will explain this in class. 

5. Guest speaker  - Ms. Violeta Moser, Executive Director Latin American Women's Association - LAWA  - 11:00 am                                              
6. Introducing Police Spanish by Mavro. Read about it here, I strongly recommend this App to you. We will try it out in class today. 

Día 3 - Day 3

Tercer día de clase

It is already the third day and the perfect moment for you to ask questions or make comments about what you have learned so far in this class. Go ahead and ask, don't be shy!

Today you will learn about: 

1. Los números - Haz click aquí para practicar

2. ¿Qué hora es? - Haz click aquí para ver 

the name for watch and clock is reloj in Spanish. 

3. Vocabulario:

• El cuerpo humano. There is nothing more frustrating for a person who does not speak good English to feel unable to express where it hurts. Your initial contact with a sick or injured child will calm him/her down and make her feel much better if you can say:
•  -¿Dónde te duele?
•  -¿Qué te pasa? 
• -¿Tienes dolor de cabeza? 
• -¿Te duele la garganta o la barriga? 
• -¿Puedes mover tu pierna? 

El cuerpo humano 

La cara / el rostro

• La ropa. Some schools require uniforms = uniformes, but in others students wear any type of clothes. Click here for vocabulary words. Vamos a tener un desfile de modas. 

4. Los colores. Here is a children's song to learn the names and pronunciation of some colors, and one more with words in context

5. La comida - los alimentos.  

Pirámide de alimentos 

• Haga click aquí para practicar con ejercicio interactivo. 
• En el restaurante, haga click aquí
• Diálogo en un restaurante, haga click aquí

6. El verbo gustar... click here and learn how to use this verb.  

7. Nicknames - click here to know about.  

+  practice Listening Comprehension and "filling the blanks" with correct verb forms. You will work in pairs for both exercises. 

Día 2 - Day 2

Bienvenidos al segundo día de clase!

¡Gracias! I enjoyed the first day of class 


We will start the class with a Review - Repaso:

1. Spanish vowels & Linking = click here 
2. Vocabulary - Identifying object in the classroom
3. Cultural differences 

• a video - Almost a Woman by Esmeralda Santiago. 
• a program helping young women in Charlotte NC 
• a testimony by author Rosie Molinary. 

4. Personal pronouns  
5. Practice verb ser (to be)

New Material: 

1. Vocabulary 

• School Supplies - Click here to open Presentation 
• The family - Click here to listen and read about La Familia 

2. Question words

Ejemplo - Example:

¿Cómo se dice .....? - How do you say?

3. Verbs

• tener - to have  - watch this video to learn how to use the verb.
• estar - to be  

Ejemplos - Examples:

-¿Cómo estás (tú) ?    -(yo)Estoy muy bien, gracias

-¿Dónde está la profesora?  - (ella) Está en la sala de clases

-¿Por qué están tristes (ellos)?  - Porque ya no está el amigo

-¿Está enfermo el niño? - Sí, el niño está muy enfermo 

4. Los verbos en el presente. Listen and read how verbs work in Spanish. Do not get overwhelmed by grammar, I will lead you and explain the process in class. 

5. Basic greetings and more... Click here 

6. Dictado - Dictation. You will listen to letters, words and phrases and write down what you hear.  

Día 1 - Day 1

¡Buenos días!

Welcome to Day One. 

You will learn
1. how to pronounce Spanish vowels
2. the Spanish Alphabet
3. about cognates
4. vocabulary related to school,the classroom,       students and teachers
5. personal pronouns and how to conjugate the verb to be in Spanish.
6. adjetivos en español. 
7. about cultural differences

1. Spanish Vowels - Las vocales
    There are five vowels in the Spanish language:

  

  A  E  I  O  U 

click here to hear my pronunciation and here for more ...

2. The Spanish Alphabet - El alfabeto

Read and listen here 

3. Cognates.

    The word is derived from the English word recognize and is best explained by this youtube  video. You also will find a list of many words that are cognates; it will prove to you that you know more Spanish than you ever imagined. 

4. Vocabulary - Vocabulario 

• La sala de clase:

By looking at the image above, you will learn not only vocabulary used in school, but also about gender. In Spanish all things have a gender; the article will indicative if words are masculine or feminine. The article el is masculine, the article la is feminine; both mean the in English. 

• La escuela, el colegio.

la escuela = school 

el colegio = high school 

el profesor, el maestro = male teacher

la profesora, la maestra = female teacher 

el director / la directora = principal 

la secretaria, el secretario = secretary

el horario = schedule

el alumno /la alumna = student

la oficina = office

el teléfono = telephone

la computadora = computer

la puerta de entrada / de salida = entrance and exit door

el estacionamiento para carros = car parking lot

el estacionamiento para autobuses = bus parking lot

5. Personal/Subject Pronouns and Verb to be

• Singular and Plural Pronouns 

Concentrate on the yellow columns. 

• To be = ser

Present Tense of ser = to be

Example: 

• Yo soy  (I am) profesora; 
• Ustedes son (You all are) alumnos

6. Adjetivos en español. 

• descriptive adjectives go after the noun, not before as in English; i.e. good food = comida buena
• adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun; i.e.Mexican children = niños mexicanos 
• adjectives ending in o, change to a in the feminine; adjectives ending in e stay the same. 
• a useful short list: alto, bajo, guapo, delgado, gordo, débil, fuerte, grande, inteligente, joven, mayor, pobre, rico, americano, mexicano, guatemalteco, hondureño, salvadoreño, nicaragüense, panameño, colombiano, venezolano, ecuatoriano, peruano, argentino, chileno...

You should be able to look up adjectives using your dictionary or google. Only the singular masculine form will be listed, but you know now how to change it to feminine and plural. 

This site contains a very long list (lista larga) of useful adjectives! 

7. Some cultural differences

Read this document, and pay special attention to "Eye Contact"; male students may react in an aggressive way when asked to look you into the eyes and females may prefer to look down and seem shy.  

Introducción - Introduction

Muy buenos días,

Welcome to the Beginners' Spanish course especially designed for CMPD School Resource Officers. 

        "The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and surrounding jurisdictions supply full-time school   resource officers to all high schools and middle schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System. The security of our students allows the schools to supply a safe and productive learning environment.

The role of the school resource officer, SRO, is to serve the schools as their community officer and enforce all local, state and federal laws. The SRO also serves as a law related advisory to school administrators, parents and students regarding legal issues. 

In addition, some of the expectations of an SRO are to create a liaison with all stakeholders, formulate crime prevention tactics and provide security for school functions such as athletics events. SRO's also make themselves available for parent-teacher meetings and to enhance the problem solving initiatives of their division.

The SRO does not enforce or investigate violations of school policy rules or matters of school disciplinary actions and is not considered to be a member of the school staff or facility.

The SRO program is designed to promote and foster the ongoing partnership between law enforcement, the school system and the community to ensure safer schools, successful students and productive citizens."

Click here for more information 

   Around 21% of the CMS student population is Hispanic, and while many speak English, there is quite a number who is still linguistically and culturally in a transitional state and may not understand correctly when addressed by teachers, staff and School Resource Officers.

   This course will provide you with basic vocabulary, grammar and inherent cultural aspects, which will help you to better serve Hispanic students at CMS. 

   Your presence at the school will have an enormous impact on the lives of students and their families, who often are coming from Latin American countries where police actions are feared. 

   Just a friendly Buenos días will break the ice and assure an Hispanic student that you are on his/her side.  

   Classes will start on August 15th, at 8:30am at the Police Academy, Room C2103. There will be a variety of activities, which will make the long hours go by in a flash! That is my promise to you...