Student Accuracy
student accuracy
Student accuracy doesn’t just happen. It comes as the
result of effort on the teacher. It comes from doing
the repetitions so the students know the structure.
Learning the basics never goes away. Keep asking “le
dice—what does the le mean?”
Make sure students know
1. What the endings do in meaning. What does the n
do in comen? What does the r do in vivir? What does
mos do in hablamos?
These should be asked hundreds of time if necessary so
that students quickly understand the meaning from
these endings.
2. They need to be able to answer quickly what does
the le, lo, se do. What is the difference?
3. They need to know basic agreement. A girl can
only be contenta no contento. Contento is calling her
a boy.
After your students know this, then you can go on to
more complex pop ups. But the above is the basics.
If they don’t know this, then keep asking. Who cares
how long it takes.
Be sure in their writing they are recognizing the
meanings. If a student writes “Yo come” make sure
he understands that he wrote, “I he eats”. Show him
how funny that sounds.
Use lots of dialog in your stories. Have one actor
talk to the other actor. Feed them their quote lines.
Talk to your actor.
Class, Fred el grande has an elefante. Un momento.
No estoy seguro. Fred el grande, ?tienes un elefante?
If he answers no tiene explain that he is talking
about someone else. Explain that he has to say no
tengo if he is talking about himself.
Timed writings.
When students do timed writings, use that time to walk
around. Look for errors and teaching moments.
This will take some effort on your part but it will be
worth it in the end.
Blaine
