Rosamaria Pereira
Pasito a Pasito
916 390 3072
Pasito a pasito... aprendo español
Step by step... I learn Spanish
Spanish Lessons and Tutoring
Pasito a pasito offers a nine-month program for elementary and high school students.
“The best way to improve your knowledge of a foreign language is to go and live among its speakers. The next best way is to read extensively in it.” -Christine Nuttal, 1996
I offer Spanish lessons through storytelling, arts, and games using a traditional and TPRS method.
What is TPRS?
TPRS stands for, Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling. It derives from the study of Dr. Stephen Krashen, who believes that to teach a language, one must give comprehensible input.
This means that you do not give students a list of vocabulary words to memorize or drill them endlessly about the different grammar rules.
Instead, you engage the class in compelling activities that provide context clues for the comprehension of language.
Stories are the perfect way to provide context for target words and phrases. This vocabulary is embedded in an engaging story. The story is built around the target vocabulary. With this method, the students will not even realize how much they are learning.
You can learn more about me and how I teach by watching the video below.
Classes
Live Spanish Lessons via Zoom
Kindergarten: (20 minutes twice a week) Numbers, colors, shapes, calendar, Weather, family and singing, a lot of singing.
Spanish 1A. (45 minutes twice a week) Numbers, colors, shapes, calendar, weather conditions, family members, transportation, community and community members. and storytelling in the present time.
Spanish 1B; (45 minutes twice a week) It will be a unit review of content of Spanish 1A. House.and storytelling in present time. Students will build their own “Mi casa” booklet.
Spanish 2A: Vamos a estudiar (school subjects and items) Vamos a la ciudad (Let”s go to the city). Vamos a comer al restaurante (Let's go to eat to a restaurant) Vamos de vacaciones (Spanish speaking countries)
Learning about weather and calendar
I encourage the students to talk about weather and calendar every day. Students practice, days of the week, months of the year, big numbers, and weather. Also, students have the opportunity to talk in future tense.
Notice how I guide the student with hands motions, and computer tools.
Tuition
Two students max for session.
Kindergarten $60.00
Elementary, one student per session $150.00 a month. Two students for session $100.00 a month.
Leave a testimonial!
How did I do?
"Rosamaria possesses the instincts of a classroom teacher. She is
responsible for the discipline, organization, planning, and classroom
management of 20 different classes twice each week. She is well prepared
each day, energetic and fun, firm and fair, and has come to know all the
students’ names. Her students know what is expected of them and respond
in a positive manner.
It is apparent Rosamaria and our students enjoy a
mutually respectful classroom environment. I often think that many
teachers, themselves, would benefit from learning Rosamaria’s skills and
techniques.
Rosamaria is well liked and respected by students, parents, and staff
members and willingly participates in our total school program. She is
professional and knowledgeable. I would highly recommend Rosamaria for
tutoring or public or private lessons of any kind."
Shelley Day
Oakhills First Grade Teacher
Eureka Union School District
About me
Me llamo Rosamaria. I have been teaching Spanish for more than 15 years. I started at my house with five kindergarteners and later taught homeschooled children and after-school programs. In 2016, I started teaching for the World Language Program at Eureka School District at Oakhills Elementary in Granite Bay, CA.
Covid was a great opportunity for me to open the virtual academy. It is incredible how students get engaged in a fun learning zoom base class. I have
I am a native Spanish-speaker and have all the coursework for Masters in Spanish at Sacramento State University.
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