By Cristina Torres - St. Agnes Academy
Photographer: COURTESY PHOTO
Third graders Ava Crowley, Alaia Medellin, Paola Ducharne, Filipe Da Silva, Gustavo Prego pose with their "Yo tengo" ("I have") solar system signs that they used during a Science class taught in Spanish. St. Agnes Academy is participating in the Spanish Immersion TWIN-CS Program.
St. Agnes has begun implementation in Kindergarten through third grades, providing students with Spanish instruction in Spanish Language Arts and Science, 45 minutes a day, four times a week.
During their first Spanish immersion classes, third graders described themselves to form a class collage called “Yo soy...” (“I am”). Later, they had wonderful discussions about our solar system and played the game “Yo tengo...Quien tiene” (“I have… who has”).
Meanwhile, first graders shared their feelings about starting a new school year. Kindergarten students began the year using the sight word “yo.” They combined “yo” with words like “pinto” (paint) and “leo” (read) to form sentences in their workbook.
Through this excellent program, St. Agnes Academy teachers and faculty are happy to prepare the next generation of bi-cultural and bilingual learners.
