Central states giving kids a can do attitude

Spanish Teacher, Louisville, KY

Second language learning started in the university.

No language exposure in elementary school.

Elementary School with 600+ students

With k-2 twice a week 30 minutes = 60 min./wk

With 3-5 once a week 40 minutes / wk

Personal experience learning a second language.

Job search with a B.A. in Spanish

Grading 600+ students every 6 weeks (with no assistance)

Providing students with genuine & motivating feedback.

Do it with fun:

confidence building,

assessment integrated,

real-life,

performance based tasks!

statements

I CANtell you what I like!

I like

to write.

I would like to be an artist.

Answer that inevitable question:

What did you learn at school today?

Build confidence

by saying,

I can!

Give purpose

to lessons.

Match assessment to curriculum

using real-life

performance-based tasks.

Support

student-centered learning experiences.

Provide an

opportunity

for parents to

get involved.

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Classroom

Action

Research

How does what students believe they can do with Spanish compare with what they really can do with it?

How do learners feel about what they can do in Spanish?

How effective are I can statements?

Given a topic, to what extent can learners talk about it in Spanish?

1. Survey all five classes in 3 rdgrade.

2. Choose 30 learners by randomly drawing their names out of a bag after they completed the survey.

3. Orally Interview the 30 learners assessing what they can do using Spanish.

4. Compare what learners felt they could do using the language to what they could do in an oral interview with me in Spanish.

Unit 4) Cuando es tu cumpleaos? Cuantos anos tienes? Que te gusta

hacer en la fiesta? Can you sing a Birthday song? Able to answers

questions:

0 (3)1 (Need to work =3)2 (some help = 2)3+ (Can do=1)

Unit 5) Que tiempo hace? Able to describe the weather given pictures

and gestures learned in class:

0 (3)1 (Need to work =3)2 (some help = 2) 3+ (Can do=1)

Unit 6) Que te gusta hacer? Que no te gusta hacer?Able to answer given

pictures and gestures acting out activities learned in class:

0 (3)1 (Need to work =3)2 (some help = 2) 3+ (Can do=1)

1.Code survey results.

2.Create pie graphs measuring the responses for

each unit.

3.Create a pie graph for a total of all the

responses.

4.Create graphs to compare the survey to the

interview for each unit.

5.Look for patterns.

What do learners

believe they can do

in Spanish?

1) First unit identifying classroom objects and people.

2) Less time was spent on directions and more time was spent on learning the classrooms in the school and Unit 1.

3) This unit combined the home and family.

4) The most fun of all the units; however, learners have a higher self-efficacy with these language goals.

5) We just finished this unit, lots of fun talking about the weather.

6) One of the 3 rdgrade classes had not been introduced to Unit 6; however, throughout the year we talked about what we liked to do in class.

Below are the results of thirty learners surveys based on question 1-6.

Over fifty percent of their responses reflect they were confident they could demonstrate the I can statements without help.

The interview demonstrates learners thought they could do better than they really could do.

It also demonstrates the contrary showing they could do more than what they thought they could do in regards to their answers about needing to work on certain statements.

119 learners were asked to fill in what they thought they could do in the language. 114 responded.

89% responded with something they could do orally.

4% claimed they couldread in Spanish.

4% claimed they couldlisten and followdirections in Spanish.

3% claimed they couldwrite in Spanish.

I can talk about myself.

I can talk about school supplies and books.

I can talk about school.

I can talk about seasons.

I can talk about the weather.

I can talk about what I like to do.

I can talk in Spanish!!

I can tell what I do in the classroom.

I can tell what sports I like to play.

I can tell when my birthday is.

I can sing a birthday song in Spanish(Espanol).

I can sing a pinata song.

I can sing happy birthday to you.

I can sing some of the songs.

I can sing Spanish songs.

I can sing the "Meses del ano" song.

I can write in Spanish.

I can write Spanish books.

I can stay on task.

I can ask basic questions and respondto them.

I can count in espanol.

I can count to triente (30).

I can name the people in my family.

I can say my name and how I feel inSpanish.

I can say my name and my family'sname.

I can say what I like to do outside andinside.

I can say what my room is like.

I can talk about animals.

I can talk about colors.

I can talk about days, months andseasons.

I can talk about englasa (church).

I can talk about food.

I can talk about math.

I can talk about me.

I can talk about my cat.

I can talk about my sport. I can read inSpanish.

I can read some Spanish.

I can follow directions

I can read a book in Spanish.

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