Ideal Block Weekly Schedule

Below there is a detailed weekly block schedule but, it breaks down to:

Day 1-Weekend review and vocabulary introduction.

Day 2-PQA with vocabulary (start story)

Day 3-PQA review with story

Day 4-Story review and changes

Day 5-Tests, writing, reading, etc.

Day 1

  • Weekend Review (5 minutes to write and 10 to 20 minutes CI)
  • Talk about the kids weekend
  • I would recommend very structured vocabulary for the first month or two. For example only give the verb to go for the day.
  • Introduce structures (5 minutes)
  • Develop an action with the class and review all old actions.
  • Brain break (1-5 minutes)
  • Yo veo, push game, review actions, ball game (keep beach ball in air as long as possible), Story share with partner or class, simon dice
  • Start PQA (15 to 20 minutes)
  • Personalized questions for the students using key structures
  • Quiz (5min)
  • 3-4 question quiz about what happened in class that day

Day 2

  • Al Entrar (10-15 minutes)
  • 3-4 questions using the vocabulary from the prior day
  • Circle and PQA answers
  • TPR Review (5 minutes)
  • Actions from week and whole year
  • Brain break (1-5 minutes)
  • Yo veo, push game, review actions, ball game (keep beach ball in air as long as possible), Story share with partner or class, simon dice
  • PQA continued or story (30 minutes)
  • After story is told/created go over the story multiple times
  • Quiz (5min)
  • 3-4 question quiz about what happened in class that day

Day 3

  • Al Entrar (10-15 minutes)
  • 3-4 questions using the vocabulary from the prior day
  • Circle and PQA answers
  • TPR Review (5 minutes)
  • Actions from week and whole year
  • Review vocabulary in PQA (5 to 10 minutes)
  • Story (15 to 30 minutes)
  • After story is told/created go over the story multiple times
  • Quiz (5min)
  • 3-4 question quiz about what happened in class that day

Day 4

  • Al Entrar (10 minutes)
  • 3-4 questions using the vocabulary from the prior day
  • Circle and PQA answers
  • TPR Review (5 minutes)
  • Actions from week and whole year
  • Story review
  • With actors
  • Change the ending or details
  • Put it in past tense (treat like its new)
  • Vocabulary quiz
  • Aloud. Teacher says the words in Spanish students write the meaning in English
  • Quiz (5min)
  • 3-4 question quiz about what happened in class that day

Day 5

  • Al Entrar (10 minutes)
  • 3-4 questions using the vocabulary from the prior day
  • Circle and PQA answers
  • TPR Review (5 minutes)
  • Actions from week and whole year
  • Story review
  • Reading/dictation/ change ending of story/change subject of story/etc. (20 min)