McGraw-Hill's Spanish for Educators, Premium Second Edition

By José M. Díaz and María F. Nadel

Communicate with your Spanish-speaking students and parents with confidence!

McGraw-Hill's Spanish for Educators, Second Edition, gives you more than 3,000 Spanish words and phrases and the basic grammar needed to use them properly and with confidence. You will learn vocabulary that covers every aspect of a student's school career, from kindergarten enrollment through high school graduation.

Designed to get you up and running quickly with all the Spanish you need to build stronger relationships with Spanish-speaking students and families, this practical guide features:

• English-Spanish mini-dictionary
• Spanish grammar primer
• Hundreds of practical, hands-on exercises
• Bilingual forms and letters for parents
• Review of key vocabulary and pronunciation
• Audio recordings of hundreds of key expressions, available via the
McGraw-Hill Language Lab app

• Language: English
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Release date: Jan 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781260462241

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Contents

Preface

Introduction to Spanish Pronunciation, Greetings, and Grammar

Spanish Pronunciation

Greetings, Introductions, and Leave-Taking Expressions

Grammar Basics

Subject Pronouns

Verbs

1 Information Parents Need to Enroll Their Children in School

General Information Form

General Questions

GRAMMAR · Talking About Age

Asking for More Information

GRAMMAR · Possessive Adjectives: my, your

Family Members and Relatives

GRAMMAR · Gender of Nouns and Articles

GRAMMAR · The Definite Article

GRAMMAR · The Indefinite Article

Nationalities

GRAMMAR · Using the Verb To Be to Express Origin

Spanish-Speaking Countries and Nationalities

GRAMMAR · Position and Gender of Adjectives

GRAMMAR · Plural of Nouns and Adjectives

Family Income

Communication with Parents and Health Information

The Physical Examination

In Case of Emergency or Illness

Health Insurance

Proof of Residency

Vaccinations

Traveling to School by Bus or by Car

Traffic Signs

GRAMMAR · Using the Verb To Be to Express Location

GRAMMAR · Expressing What Someone Has to Do

2 The School Building

School Personnel/Staff

GRAMMAR · To Find Out Who?

School Supplies

GRAMMAR · Using the Verb To Be to Express Identification

More School-Related Vocabulary

The School Building

Rooms in the School

In and Around the School Building

In the Bathroom

GRAMMAR · To Find Out Where?

In the Classroom / In the Office

In the Library

In the Auditorium

In the Cafeteria

GRAMMAR · There Is and There Are

GRAMMAR · Expressing To Like

3 The Primary Grades

The School Calendar

Months

Expressing Dates

Holidays

Days of the Week

Telling Time

GRAMMAR · To Find Out When?

Talking About the Weather

Clothing

Articles of Clothing for Boys and Girls

Clothing Accessories

GRAMMAR · Expressing Ownership

GRAMMAR · Possessive Adjectives

GRAMMAR · Using the Verb To Be to Express a Characteristic

GRAMMAR · Agreement of Noun and Adjective

Materials

Colors

GRAMMAR · Position of Adjectives

Curriculum

GRAMMAR · Verbs That Are Irregular in the yo Form

Art Projects

Cleaning Up the Classroom

Toys and Playthings

Pets in the Classroom

On the Playground

GRAMMAR · Reflexive Verbs I

GRAMMAR · Direct Object Pronouns

GRAMMAR · Personal a

4 The Curriculum

School Subjects

GRAMMAR · The Verb To Know

In Language Class

In Literature Class

Poetry

In Social Studies Class

Eras/Ages

Government

Monarchy

Religion

War and Conflict

Geography

Compass Points

In Mathematics Class

Arithmetical Signs

Arithmetical Operations

Geometry

Numbers

In Computer Science Class

In Chemistry Class

Chemical Elements

In Art Class

In Music Class

Musical Styles

Musical Instruments

In Dance Class

In Drama Class

In Physical Education Class

Sports

At the Stadium / At the Gym

Extracurricular Activities

On a Trip

Permission Form

5 Success in School: Enlisting Parental Support

School/Class Attendance

Classroom Rules

GRAMMAR · Impersonal Expressions + Infinitive

What Must Be Done

Rules of Behavior

What Students Cannot Do

GRAMMAR · Expressing What Someone Can(not) Do

GRAMMAR · To Find Out Why?

Consequences

Academic Consequences

GRAMMAR · The Simple Future

GRAMMAR · If Clauses

Other Consequences of Improper Conduct

Praising a Student’s Behavior and His/Her Work

Describing States and Conditions

GRAMMAR · Using the Verb To Be + Adjective to Express Conditions or States

Giving Advice to Students

Homework

GRAMMAR · The Present Subjunctive in Indirect Commands

The Home Environment

Preparing for Exams

Evaluating Students’ Work

The Successful Student

The Student at Risk of Failing a Subject / the School Year

Getting Academic Help

6 Health, Medical Problems, and Emergencies

In the Nurse’s Office

Describing Symptoms

Accidents

GRAMMAR · The Preterite Tense

GRAMMAR · Reflexive Verbs II

Injuries

Contagious Illnesses

Parts of the Body

GRAMMAR · Talking About What Hurts or Aches

Medical Equipment

Communications from the Nurse’s Office

Medications

In an Emergency

Medical Emergencies

Other Emergencies

Natural Disasters

7 In the Counselor’s Office

Scheduling Classes

Bilingual Programs

Emotional Problems and Feelings

Financial Problems

GRAMMAR · Adverbs

Dealing with Personal Problems

Advice

GRAMMAR · Negative Sentences

Disciplinary Action

After School Jobs

Career Plans

Occupations and Professions

GRAMMAR · Demonstrative Adjectives

College Planning

Important Issues to Consider

General Requirements

Standardized Testing

Paying for College

GRAMMAR · Talking About What Just Happened

Students with Special Needs

Special Needs

Learning Disability

Homeschooling

Summer School

General Education Diploma

Graduation

GRAMMAR · Summary: ser and estar

Appendix A: Common Situations

Appendix B: Verb Conjugation Charts

Answer Key

English-Spanish Glossary

Preface

McGraw-Hill’s Spanish for Educators is a comprehensive, easy-to-follow book that offers the essential tools for communicating with Spanish-speaking students, parents, and school personnel. The book focuses on the aspects of school life and education about which you will most likely have to communicate with Spanish-speaking students and their parents.

Communicating in Spanish will help you establish a partnership with parents in the education of their children by demonstrating respect for and appreciation of their language and culture. It will also be a satisfying experience for you, and you can use this book as a point of departure for increasing your knowledge of the Spanish language. As your ability to understand and speak Spanish improves, you can use your knowledge to help your students improve their knowledge of English.

McGraw-Hill’s Spanish for Educators uses standard Spanish that can be understood by any native speaker of the language. It would be impossible to cover all the regionalisms found in Spanish-speaking countries and in the United States, but once you become familiar with the vocabulary that appears in this book, you will be able to learn more from the Spanish speakers you encounter.

The book begins with an introduction to Spanish pronunciation, greetings, and grammar. Each of the seven chapters that follow includes lists of useful vocabulary and sample sentences that you will be able to start using immediately, plus relevant grammatical explanations and practice exercises.

How to Use This Book

McGraw-Hill’s Spanish for Educators emphasizes two main skills: listening and speaking. Although you can set to work on Chapter 1 with very little (or no) preparation, we suggest that you begin by reading the Introduction, which covers basic guidelines for Spanish pronunciation, important grammar basics, and vocabulary and expressions essential to social interchange.

Beyond the Introduction, you can choose any topic or chapter that interests you or that is pertinent to your school situation, or you can begin with Chapter 1 and proceed through the rest of the book.

How you use this book depends on your particular situation. Are you an administrator? A counselor? A teacher? What grades do you teach? Do many students in your school work after school? Go to college? Have special needs? The answer to these and other questions—that is to say, your needs at any given time—will determine where you begin and which chapters you concentrate on.

Throughout the book, we have incorporated cultural notes, which will help you to understand salient differences between the educational system in the United States and that in many Spanish-speaking countries.

Vocabulary

Building a large storehouse of words is important for spoken language. McGraw-Hill’s Spanish for Educators is full of everyday words, phrases, and expressions that are useful in a school environment, and it provides an opportunity to learn words and sentences without worrying about grammar. Each chapter includes lists of useful vocabulary related to the theme of the chapter. We have used the most generic words and expressions wherever possible, since it would be impossible to include all words and expressions found in the Spanish-speaking world. Generally, we have chosen the word that is most commonly used in America. As you read through a section, it is not necessary to learn all the words presented there, but obviously the more you commit to memory, the more confident and fluent your Spanish will be. The following tips will be very helpful.

•   Use the knowledge that you already have. For example, take advantage of the fact that English and Spanish share many cognates.

•   Create your own personalized vocabulary by listing the words you find most useful and practicing them aloud regularly. Keep separate lists for nouns, adjectives, and verbs, and even sublists such as the following.

•   Nouns—feminine/masculine

•   Verbs—ending in -ar, -er, or -ir, regular verbs, irregular verbs, stem-changing verbs

Creating such lists will not only help you to remember the words, it will help you to use them.

•   Do the practice exercises carefully, check your answers, and learn the vo cabulary used in them. The vocabulary practiced in the exercises was chosen for its usefulness in communicating in a school setting.

•   Practice with and learn from the Spanish speakers you encounter. They can expand your knowledge and are a great source of regionalisms from their country of origin. Take advantage of their expertise.

Chapter 4 provides an extensive list of school subjects that a typical student encounters, as well as useful vocabulary in each subject area.

The English-Spanish Glossary focuses on the Spanish used in school and school-related activities. Use it for quick reference to answer the question How do you say that in Spanish? (¿Cómo se dice en español? [KOH-moh seh DEE-seh ehn ehs-pah-NYOHL]).

Grammar

While the Introduction covers what we consider grammar basics, other grammar points are gradually introduced as needed in the chapters. When using the grammar sections, be sure to carefully read the examples, which not only illustrate the grammar point but also show you the differences between English and Spanish, differences that don’t allow word-for-word translation of sentences. Essential grammar and vocabulary are repeated throughout