Spanish 

I am really excited to teach Spanish at Visitation Academy. In this school year 2022 - 2023 we will have some changes in the subject. 
Spanish classes at our school are taken by all students from PK3 through 8th grade. 
This course has increased class frequencies, and students from fourth grade through eighth grade receive classes once a week. 
Middle School students will continue to work with the Chromebook and some websites that will help them better understand Spanish, at the same time they will use the Spanish workbook of Santillana Publishing, level 1. This will help them prepare for High School since most of the high schools in the state of New Jersey use these books. 
Students from Pk through fifth grade will continue working with the Rockalingua Website, this is a site that contains Spanish teaching topics through videos, games, and materials that allow us to print. 
Thank you for trusting our school. 
Our goal is to make these children grow as good men and women by loving God and others. 
The Lord bless you abundantly. 

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Realmente estoy muy emocionado de poder enseñando el español en Visitation Academy. En este curso escolar 2022 - 2023 tendremos algunos cambios en la asignatura. 
Las clases de español en nuestra escuela la tomas todos los alumnos desde PK3 hasta 8vo grado. 
Este curso hemos aumentado las frecuencias de clases, y los alumnos desde cuarto grado hasta octavo grado reciben clases uno veces a la semana. 
Los estudian tes de la Middle School continuaran trabajando con el Chromebook y algunos website que les ayudaran a enteder mejor el español, al mismo tiempo utilizarán el libro de trabajo Español de la Editorial Santillana, nivel 1. Esto los ayudará a prepararse para la High School ya que la mayoria de las High School del estado de New Jersey utilizan estos libros. 
Los alumnos de Pk hasta quinto grado continuarán trabajando con el Website Rockalingua, este es un sitio que contiene temas de enseñanza del español mediante videos, juegos, y materiales que nos permiten imprimir. 
Gracias por confiar en nuestra escuela. 
Nuestra meta es lograr que estos niños crezcan como hombres y mujeres de bien amando a Dios y al projimo. 
El Señor les bendiga abundantemente. 

Previously from Deacon Negrin: 
I discovered my vocation as a Spanish Teacher when I arrived in the United States and I met a large group of Latin American emigrants who are illiterate and can’t even write their own name in their native language. We went to work immediately and I voluntarily taught them the letters and how letters form words, how words form sentences, how sentences form paragraphs, and I suddenly realized that it was for them a teacher.

Today I can help my students to learn a foreign language because I had to put it into practice with myself when I studied English as a second language. One of my goals in teaching is to become an important part of the students' learning experience and to ensure that they are always very motivated to continue learning. I want to contribute so that your language learning experience is for life.

As a teacher, I consider individualized work with each student very important, I like to interact with them, move around the classroom and dialogue with each one, because I believe that students are not a homogenous group, but rather individuals with specific needs. I am aware of your individual needs to help you succeed in learning a second language.

I believe that my responsibility as a teacher is to guide a teaching process where students take autonomy and are responsible for their own learning process. The first thing I do when I get to the classroom is to greet my students and talk with them in Spanish, I do it as a warm-up activity with a double purpose: for the students to participate in the conversation in Spanish and to activate their previous knowledge for prepare them for learning.

One of my goals in teaching Spanish is to give students the opportunity to practice the language, for this reason I use Spanish to communicate with them. In each class I combine activities that integrate receptive and productive language skills. From my personal point of view, I believe that learning a new language changes your vision of the world, a new form of communication makes the student discover new things, for this reason I integrate into Spanish classes aspects of culture and tradition of Spanish-speaking countries.

In my Spanish class I have integrated technology in various ways to improve my educational goals, as I am sure that technological tools can help improve teaching and learning.

I firmly intend to make all my students capable of speaking and writing in Spanish