Chinese Enrichment
欢迎 Huānyíng! Welcome to Chinese language class! Our Chinese teachers have created a
variety of vocabulary activities to ensure that you feel comfortable and ready for Chinese class
in the fall.
First, click on the links below. Then, look at the picture, listen to the pronunciation and repeat
the words trying to match the sounds you hear.
Family, Numbers, Pets, Body parts, Actions, Hobbies
Colors, Clothing, Fruits, Foods and Drinks, Stationery
You may also practice Chinese by using VoiceThread, a great website with interactive activities
created by our teachers. Students should select the activity, listen to tones, repeat words and
record his/her voice. Visit: http://blogs.footeschool.org/evans/
Lower School Spanish Enrichment
¡Bienvenidos! Welcome to Spanish at Foote! Since you are new to our program, it would be
wonderful if you did some language practice over the summer to ensure you feel comfortable
and ready for class in the fall. We subscribe to a few different websites that help us deliver our
language curriculum through engaging and interactive activities that inspire and motivate
learners. We know you will enjoy learning Spanish while playing these games!
Visit: www.linguascope.com
Username: foote
Password: 100 Years
Follow these instructions to begin learning and practicing Spanish
1.Go to www.linguascope.com and select Beginner
2. Click on Hola for Spanish. The screen will bring you to the first tab on
the left, “Las Bases”. *You should start all activities with the Introducción.
3. Play the vocabulary games with Los Colores, Los Números and Las Decenas. *You should
start all activities with the Introducción
4. Click on the tab “Mi Familia y Yo”. Do the vocabulary practice for Mis Animales, La Ropa 1,
La ropa 2, Descripción Física, and Los Miembros de la Familia
5. Click on the tab “Mi Mundo”. Listen to the introduction and play the vocabulary games for El
Tiempo and Mi Casa.
Lower School French Enrichment
Bienvenue! Welcome to French at Foote! Since you are new to our program, it would be
wonderful if you did some language practice over the summer to ensure you feel comfortable
and ready for class in the fall. We subscribe to a few different websites that help us deliver our
language curriculum through engaging and interactive activities that inspire and motivate
learners. We know you will enjoy learning French while playing these games!
Visit: www.linguascope.com
Username: foote
Password: 100 Years
Follow these instructions to begin learning and practicing French:
1.Go to www.linguascope.com and select Beginner
2. Click on Bonjour for French
3. Click on Les Bases
4. Click on Les Couleurs, Les Nombres, Les Dizaines
*You should start all activities with the Présentation.
5. Click on “Moi Et Ma Famille”
6. Click on “Mes Animaux”. Listen to the introduction then play the vocabulary games.
7. Proceed to Les Vêtements 1 and Les Vêtements 2, Descriptions Physiques and Les
Membres de la Famille. Listen to the introduction then play the vocabulary games.
Resources for French and Spanish students entering
sixth grade
Visit: www.duolingo.com
Instructions for Duolingo
Welcome to Foote language classes! As this is your first experience taking a language, doing
some studying ahead of time will help you have a successful start in the fall. Duolingo is a free,
online program. It is perfect program for independent study because it gives you plenty of
guidance and feedback and allows you to track your progress. You can use a computer with
internet access to work on Duolingo, or they also have a free mobile app available.
Follow these instructions to complete your summer work on Duolingo. It may help to go through
these instructions for the first time with a parent or adult to make sure that you follow them all
thoroughly. After that, you will be ready to work on your own.
1. Go to Duolingo.com
2. Click “Get Started”
3. Choose “I want to learn Spanish”
-or-
“I want to learn French”
4. Click “Start tour” and follow the instructions to get a preview of how Duolingo works.
5. At the end of the tour, click “Regular 20XP per day.” You can change this later if you want,
but regular is a good pace.
6. At the next screen, choose: Basics 1
-orPlacement test
(Which one you choose is up to your teacher, based on your level of experience.)
Choosing one of these will start your first Duolingo session.
During a session:
● Follow the instructions for each question and enter your answer.
● After you enter an answer, click “check” to see if you were right.
● If you are right, it will make a chime sound and it will say “You are correct!” in the green
section at the bottom.
● If you are wrong, it will make a different sound and the green section will turn red.
● Note that if you make a small mistake, the computer will make a chime sound, just like if
you were right, but it will say “Almost correct!” This is why it is important to look in the
green section at the bottom of the window. It will say there if you were correct or almost
correct.
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If you were almost right or wrong, Duolingo will give you valuable feedback. Note
whether any words are highlighted in red. Be sure to read whatever notes pop up in the
window, including what is written in the green section at the bottom. Reading this
information is a major way that you learn from Duolingo. If you have questions or you are
confused, you can click on “Discuss Sentence,” in the green section at the bottom of the
window. Maybe someone has already asked your question and there is an answer. If
not, you can try posting a comment to see if you can get an answer to your question.
Sometime during your first session, it will probably give you a speaking question. This
means you can use your computer’s microphone to record your voice. The computer will
“listen” to you and see if you have said the correct words, with reasonably good
pronunciation. This is a valuable opportunity to practice your speaking. When this
question comes up, it will say “Click on the microphone and...” A notification may pop up
in your browser that asks you if you want to allow Duolingo to use your microphone. It is
up to you whether or not you would like to allow this, but if you and your parents feel
comfortable with it, we definitely recommend it. You will need to speak during your
Spanish classes here at Foote and it is good to get some practice in. Once you allow it,
Duolingo will regularly incorporate speaking questions into your sessions. Once you click
deny, it most likely won’t give you any speaking questions in your sessions. I don’t know
if there is a way to change it once you’ve chosen. There may be, and you can search the
help if you need to.
7. After you finish your session, it will congratulate you on finishing your session. When it gets to
this screen, click “Continue” at the bottom. It will tell you that in order to save your progress, you
need to create a profile. Please create an account. You can use your google account or any
other email address you wish.
8. Once you have created your profile, you are ready to use Duolingo regularly to practice. The
home screen is very useful, as it shows you what lessons you have started and completed and
which lessons are still to come. Each circle with a picture in it represents a different topic of
study. Within each topic, there are multiple lessons. When you click on a circle, it shows you the
lessons involved in that topic. It also gives you “Tips and Notes.” These are helpful as they
explain the content of the lesson. This is a good place to go for help.
To do a practice session, click on one of these circles. This will take you to a new screen that
lists the lessons on this topic and gives the tips and notes. Choose the next lesson and click
“Begin.”
Duolingo also allows you to do review sessions rather than starting a new lesson. You can do
this by clicking “Strengthen Skills” from the home screen.
Note, you have to do the lessons in the order they are presented on the home screen. If the
circle is grey, it means are not yet ready to do that lesson.
9. Once you have created your profile, you will need to share your progress with your teacher.
At the top of the screen, you will see your username and an arrow next to it. Click on this arrow
and choose “Settings.” On the right side of the screen you will see a list of options. Click on
“Progress Sharing.” In the box marked “Share progress with…” enter your teacher’s email
address:
__________________________________________
This way, your teacher will be able to see how often you work in Duolingo and how many
lessons you have completed.
10. Regular practice with Duolingo will ensure that you are ready to start strong in your
language at Foote. Here is your goal:
1. Please complete all of the lessons up to and including:
Time
2.
5 _
After you complete those lessons, please also complete:
“Strengthening skills” sessions
Resources and checklist for new sixth grade students enrolling in
Chinese
欢迎 Huānyíng! Welcome to Chinese language class! Our Chinese teachers have created a
variety of vocabulary activities to ensure that you feel comfortable and ready for Chinese class
in the fall.
First, click on the links below. Then, look at the picture, listen to the pronunciation and repeat
the words trying to match the sounds you hear.
Family, Numbers, Pets, Body parts, Actions, Hobbies
Colors, Clothing, Fruits, Foods and Drinks, Stationery
You may also practice Chinese by using VoiceThread, a great website with interactive activities
created by our teachers. Students should select the activity, listen to tones, repeat words and
record his/her voice. Visit: http://blogs.footeschool.org/evans/
Please use the chart below to track your progress:
Topic:
Family
Numbers
Pets
Body parts
Actions
Colors
Clothing
Fruit
Foods and drinks
Stationary
Date:
Parent initials: