WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.270 --> 00:00:03.640 My name is Donna Sharper and I'm a Spanish teacher. 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:06.240 I teach kindergarten through eighth grade. 3 00:00:06.240 --> 00:00:08.160 line:15% So a busy day at school, I typically teach 4 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:09.700 line:15% seven classes a day. 5 00:00:09.700 --> 00:00:13.560 line:15% I typically start with middle schoolers and I'll have 6 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:16.250 line:15% my sixth grade class for 30 minutes, eighth grade 7 00:00:16.250 --> 00:00:19.730 line:15% will be 45 minutes, and then I have a break. 8 00:00:19.730 --> 00:00:21.984 line:15% And I have about an hour break. 9 00:00:21.984 --> 00:00:26.984 line:15% And then I'll start with typically kindergarten, 10 00:00:28.410 --> 00:00:31.810 then first grade, then I'll have a lunch break, 11 00:00:31.810 --> 00:00:35.170 30 minute lunch break, and then I'll have fifth grade, 12 00:00:35.170 --> 00:00:38.600 I'll do third grade, second grade, and fourth grade. 13 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:42.500 I go by the, it's called the National Council 14 00:00:42.500 --> 00:00:45.520 of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages, 15 00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:47.631 and they have can-do statements. 16 00:00:47.631 --> 00:00:51.080 And I pretty much use those statements for 17 00:00:51.080 --> 00:00:53.900 all of my students, K-8, I will use that. 18 00:00:53.900 --> 00:00:58.900 line:15% Because the standard is for a novice, low learner, 19 00:00:59.370 --> 00:01:01.720 line:15% which is what pretty much they are right now, 20 00:01:01.720 --> 00:01:04.300 line:15% is to be able to talk about yourself, you know? 21 00:01:04.300 --> 00:01:07.130 line:15% What's the easiest thing, it's to talk about yourself, 22 00:01:07.130 --> 00:01:11.367 to talk about what your name is, how old you are, 23 00:01:11.367 --> 00:01:14.007 where you're from. 24 00:01:14.007 --> 00:01:18.457 So for example, with my kindergartens, with the lesson plan 25 00:01:18.457 --> 00:01:20.510 what I've been doing with them, is being able to say 26 00:01:20.510 --> 00:01:21.380 how you are. 27 00:01:21.380 --> 00:01:22.980 So we'll say (speaking Spanish). 28 00:01:27.160 --> 00:01:30.902 Well, kindergarten is probably my most fun class 29 00:01:30.902 --> 00:01:35.650 line:15% because typically we start off with a song 30 00:01:35.650 --> 00:01:38.810 line:15% and you know a lot of gestures. 31 00:01:38.810 --> 00:01:41.660 line:15% I do a lot of hand gestures, a lot of movement 32 00:01:41.660 --> 00:01:45.980 line:15% with my kindergartners, whereas with eighth graders 33 00:01:45.980 --> 00:01:47.680 I don't do that as much. 34 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.370 Wow, it's a lot of organization. 35 00:01:50.370 --> 00:01:54.260 I have nine grade levels, I have 17 classes. 36 00:01:54.260 --> 00:01:58.320 So my seating charts are pivotal. 37 00:01:58.320 --> 00:01:59.950 That's how I learn the students names, 38 00:01:59.950 --> 00:02:01.571 I have almost 300 students. 39 00:02:01.571 --> 00:02:05.460 I write my lesson plans on the weekend, for the week. 40 00:02:05.460 --> 00:02:09.290 So that's like a six or seven hour process 41 00:02:11.651 --> 00:02:16.651 line:15% and that is very helpful to kinda chart my course. 42 00:02:17.530 --> 00:02:20.847 line:15% And so what I'll do outside of the classroom is I'll say, 43 00:02:20.847 --> 00:02:22.920 line:15% "Okay, did I do this, did I do that?" 44 00:02:22.920 --> 00:02:24.800 You know, yes or know? 45 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:27.150 If not, then I need to move it to the next day.