Example Lessons for Immersion and Enrichment
Immersion Program
In the Immersion Program core content curriculum is taught in Spanish, including language arts. Supplemental literacy instruction in English is also included in these classrooms. All teachers in the Immersion program are native Spanish speakers. The goal of the Immersion program is that students will leave the program able to read, write, and speak Spanish. Students who complete the Immersion program at Casa have been able to gain two years of high school language credit. Charter students usually enter this program in Kindergarten. Admission to the Immersion program after kindergarten is done in special circumstances after an initial written, oral and listening proficiency assessment.
View what a lesson is like for your child in the lower and upper elementary grades.
Lower Elementary Lesson in Spanish
Upper Elementary Lesson in Spanish
Enrichment Program
In the Enrichment Program core content curriculum is taught in English. Students also participate in weekly Spanish classes. The goal of the Enrichment program is to familiarize students with Spanish vocabulary, conversation, and culture. Students also experience “environmental” Spanish during interactions with their friends, school adults, in the halls, and during community gatherings and specials such as art and music. Students who complete the Enrichment program will gain some limited conversational Spanish, not fluency.
