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Learning Community Charter School 2015-2016

5th and 6th Grade Syllabus

Instructor: Ms. Vanda Castro

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Head of School:Mr. Colin Hogan

Assistant Head of School: Mr. James Laster

Parents are encouraged to contact me regarding any questions or concerns regarding your child in my class. You can reach me at my email address:

Course Description: Sixth grade Spanish is designed for the beginning Spanish student. Comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills are developed simultaneously from simple to more complex sentence structures. The learning process is based on the active participation of each student in a variety of formats. Students learn essential vocabulary, basic structures of the language, and cultural aspects of Latin America and Spain.

Course Objectives:

  1. Participate in short conversations over very familiar material.
  2. Write short descriptive paragraphs
  3. Demonstrate understanding of the Hispanic culture.
  4. Analyze literature at a basic level.
  5. Understand predictable questions and commands in familiar topic areas
  6. Use language for personal communications needs, ask and answer questions and request clarification as needed
  7. Understand written documents on familiar topics dealing with basic needs or interests
  8. Search for information on the Internet

Required Supplies:

The following materials should be brought to class each day.

  • One notebook
  • Book
  • Folder
  • Pens and pencils
  • All other material (handouts) will be given by teacher.

Note: Parents/Guardians & administrators will have the right to look at the students’ notebooks at any time.

Grading Policy: Your grade will be determined as follows:

Homework: 10% Homework (including long term projects, research)
Projects: 25% Authentic assessment ( projects…)

Tests: 30% (Tests/Quizzes)

Class work (demonstration, assignments): 20 %

Class participation (problem solving, discussion): 15 %

Make-Up Policy: If absent all assignments do to teacher by next class.

Classroom Rules of Conduct:

1. Listen carefully and follow directions

2. Be on time to class.

3. Bring books, Notebooks, pens and pencils to class.

4. Complete all assignments on time.

5. Return all assignments on time.

6. Raise your hand and wait for permission to speak or get up.

7. No iPods or cellular phones permitted in class.

8. Show respect for others by keeping hands, feet and objects to yourself.

9. Eat only in the cafeteria.

10. Respect the property of others.

Academic Dishonesty Policy:

1. Verbal warning

2. Phone call home/Teacher detention (30minutes)

3. IR (Incident report)

Requirements to Receive Credit:You should come to class prepared to demonstrate your own mastery of the assigned performance objectives. The quality of your participation in class will reflect the time and effort that you put into preparation and your class performance will contribute to your grade.

Regular class attendance is expected. Class attendance provides the kind of interaction in Spanish that you cannot obtain at home. For this reason, there is no real substitute for attendance. You must be exposed to Spanish and use Spanish in order to learn it. You will be expected to answer whenever called on and to volunteer answers. You are expected to use only Spanish in class, whether answering the teacher or participating in pair or group activities. You will not be expected to speak Spanish without making mistakes. The expectation is to participate and to attempt Spanish at all times. The teacher is very understanding about mistakes and the difficulty in speaking a different language.

6th grade SpanishSra. Castro