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Keeping Students Engaged During Spanish Language Arts Instruction ​

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As a fourth grade teacher in a Spanish dual immersion school, I wanted to know if the implementation of digital tools would help increase student engagement during instruction in Spanish.  Students enrolled in a two-way immersion school are expected to leave the program fluent and literate in Spanish and English.  This goal becomes more challenging as students show less interest in learning and applying the Spanish language as they get older.  With the changing times, educators have to also evolve and incorporate different teaching strategies and tools that may engage and help grasp students’ interests.  I started with Google classroom and Google slides first.  Then I slowly began to implement other tools.

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Here is a video previewing some of the digital tools I have implemented in my classroom.

• Please click on Lessons for sample lessons and standards that were addressed.
• Click on How-To's for ideas on how you may implement these different tools in your classroom.
• Please click on References to the right for more technology tools that may implemented in your classroom and other useful resources.
• Click on Assessment for ideas on what assessments may be used to measure proficiency in different areas.

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Standards
​In my Capstone I focused mainly on the Common Core State Standards for Fourth Grade Spanish Language Arts in general (Reading, Foundational Skills, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language).  Please click on the standards link at the top of this page to read more about the standards that were addressed.

​The focus standards for these lessons are the 4th grade Common Core State Standards for Spanish Reading, Foundational Skills, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language. Click on the image to view these standards.

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HOW-TOs

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ASSESSMENT