Notable Programs

World Languages K-3 Spanish

Our Program

Dalton's elementary Spanish program began in the fall of 2014 with Kindergarten students. In 2015 we added the first grade, and the second grade in 2016. Next year (2017) we will complete the sequence with our third graders!
 
Starting their language learning journey at the entry point of the school's K-12 World and Classical Languages program, our Kindergarteners play, create, experiment and sing in Spanish for 30 minutes daily in a culturally rich and communicative program. Students in grades 1-3 have Spanish classes four days/week for 25 minutes.

Dalton's is a content-based FLES (Foreign Language in the Elementary School) model

in which students come to language class for a specific amount of time each day and learn the language through content (in our case, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math).

FLES is beneficial because it:
  • reinforces concepts from other disciplines;
  • increases awareness of other cultures, peoples and languages;
  • strengthens knowledge of first language - especially vocabulary and grammar;
    and
  • FLES is easy and fun for young learners.
Along with learning vocabulary, communicative structures, and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world, students do hands-on experiments, discuss science concepts, create art – all in Spanish! This kind of content-based learning is considered best practice by researchers and supported by our national professional organization, ACTFL (the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages).
 
Our aim in the program is to build communicative proficiency, cultural understanding, and to instill a love of languages from an early age!

Latest Language News

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  • Arte! Arte! Arte! - 1

    Arte! Arte! Arte!

    Ms. Nebres's Spanish 3HS class recently visited the Jewish Museum to view Marta Minujín’s retrospective exhibit Arte! Arte! Arte!
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World and Classical Languages Media

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    Middle School – The Poetry of French Food

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    HS Mandarin Students Experience Chinese Culture in Flushing, Queens

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    MS Mandarin Students Experience Chinese Culture in Flushing, Queens

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    HS Mandarin Students Experience Chinese Culture in Flushing, Queens

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    6th Grade Spanish Class Makes Jugos de Frutas in TK

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  • Lunar New Year 2023 - 54 of 99

    High School Lunar New Year Assembly

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  • LNY 2023 Celebration - 24

    Lunar New Year 2023 Celebration

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    MS Lunar New Year Assembly Highlights

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    Latin Students Delve Into The Met’s “Chroma Exhibit”

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    7th Grade Spanish Class Learns About Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba

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  • 7th Grade Spanish Class Salsa Dancing

    7th Grade Spanish Class Learns to Salsa Dance

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  • Mandarin Cooking - 9

    MS & HS Mandarin Classes Cook Sticky Rice Balls & Dumplings

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  • Grade-8-Spanish-Students-Puppet-Show

    8th Grade Spanish Students Put on Puppet Show

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  • Student Demonstrates Recipe in Virtual Mandarin Cooking Class

    Student Demonstrates Recipe in Virtual Mandarin Cooking Class

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  • Hispanic Art Challenge - 1 of 55

    Spanish Classes Participate in Art-at-Home Photo Challenge

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  • Chinese New Year Celebration - 57 of 63

    Chinese New Year Celebration

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    Engineering ¡En Español!

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    Mandarin Students Learn to Play The Guzheng

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  • The Introduction to Mandarin class celebrated Halloween with a Chinese horror story: Hu Gu Pó (Tiger Aunt). The class made predictions about the story, listened to the story in Chinese, watched the story video, and sang a nursery rhyme related to the story. At the end, everyone earned a táng guo (candy) for their hard work!!

    Mandarin Students Learn Chinese Folktale, Hu Gu Pó

    The Introduction to Mandarin class celebrated Halloween with a Chinese horror story: Hu Gu Pó (Tiger Aunt). The class made predictions about the story, listened to the story in Chinese, watched the story video, and sang a nursery rhyme related to the story. At the end, everyone earned a táng guo (candy) for their hard work!!

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    Taco Tuesday

    Taco Tuesday Competition

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