Silvia Luna

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Silvia Luna

• Portfolio
• 2006
• Spanish Teacher
• Advocate to Literacy

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Silvia LunaPortfolio

• Welcome to my electronic
• portfolio! I am a Spanish
• teacher at Central
• and West Preston Middle
• Schools, in Preston
• County, WV. Also I am a Virtual
• teacher for the West Virginia
• Virtual Spanish Program. I am a student at
• West Virginia University working on my
• Masters in Reading.
• My
• passion in life is to be an
• advocate of
• literacy.

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Contact Information

• Name Silvia Luna
• Title Spanish Teacher
• E-mails mluna_at_access.k12.wv.us
• msgluna_at_hotmail.com
• Website www.silvia.artyko.com
• Name of school Central West Preston Middle
  Schools
• Address Central Preston Middle
• 100 East High Kingwood,
• WV 26537-1553.
  
• Phone [phone]

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Table of Contents

• Introduction
• My philosophy of Education
• Parent, Community, and Faculty Communication
• Standard
• Activities to meet Standard
• Student Work Sample

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My Philosophy as an Advocate of Literacy
Learning is an ongoing, lifelong process. I want
to help students realize this and give them a
thirst for knowledge. Every person has something
to offer. It is important to realize that we not
only learn from the material that we look at in
the classroom, but we learn from the knowledge
and the experiences that each student brings into
the classroom. Every student has their own story,
their own experiences that can and should be
shared. Because each student has their own
strengths and weaknesses, areas where they can
help others, and areas where they need to let
others help them. In this type of classroom,
every student assumes the role of the teacher
some of the time and the teacher also assumes the
role of a student, learning from the information
that the students share. Realizing the wealth of
information that students bring into the
classroom is important, because I believe that it
brings a mutual respect into the classroom. Also,
as a teacher, I do not enter the classroom
planning to pour all the information into them,
but acknowledging that they already have
background information on which they will be
building, knowing that their own experiences will
affect how they will interpret the new
information.

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Continuation My Philosophy of Education

• I believe that it is possible for all students
  to be interested in almost any topic that is
  taught, as long as the individuality of each
  student is respected. I believe that it is
  important to vary lesson styles, because some
  students learn better in one way, but if the
  entire class were taught the same way, not only
  would many students become bored, but also it
  would be a prescription for failure for others.
  Too often, the textbook is looked upon as being
  the sole source for the course, but I feel that
  it is essential to include as many resources and
  views as possible.
• Teaching is not only the role of a teacher,
  although it is the teachers responsibility to
  create a friendly learning environment. Students
  should recognize that their attitudes towards
  learning are important and that they should be
  actively involved in their own education. We
  learn from every person that we come in contact
  with teachers, other students and from our
  families and communities. This community of
  learners is essential to creating the best
  learning environment possible.

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Parent, Community, and Faculty Communication

• When I send the syllabus home with the students,
  I provide my contact information, telephone
  number and email address so that parents can get
  in touch with me easily during my planning period
  or by email.
• I communicate with my students on a daily basis
  during the school day.
• I have a webpage and a blog which students and
  parents can communicate with me anytime writing
  their concerns or opinions.
• Parents send notes with their concerns or
  information that needs to be reported to school.
  They also come to school on a regular basis for
  parent-teacher conferences.
• Staff communication is excellent. Teachers
  exchange information about students in a timely
  and appropriate manner.

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StandardModern Languages, Level I Content
Standards and Objectives

• Content Standards are broad descriptions of what
  students
• should know and be able to do in a content area
  sequence of
• study. Different levels of mastery the foreign
  language.
• Standard 1 Communication (FL.S.1)
• Standard 2 Culture (FL.S.2)
• Standard 3 Connections (FL.S.3)
• Standard 4 Comparisons (FL.S.4)
• Standard 5 Communities (FL.S.5)
• To read the specifications please click Spanish
  I CSOs

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My Lesson Plans

• Lesson Plan Week 09.   This is my lesson plan
  format that I use for my classes.  I include
  character education each day.
• In that week lesson we can see students
  participation and cultural awareness. Cultural
  exchange Celebrating the Spanish month   

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21st Century ContextTaking students out into
the World virtually

• Power point presentation for the project due the
  same week. Handout for country research 2 weeks
  before the presentation.  After they finish the
  information they start the power point
  assigment. 
• Group Project Hispanic Month.doc

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21st Century ContextGlobal Awareness Pictures
from Class Celebration of the Hispanic Month.

• Country presentation using whiteboard.
  Information and communications technology used by
  students
• Students learning to dance Joropo

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21st Century ContextBringing the World to the
Classroom

• Spanish Poetry project.  My love for poetry made
  me understand that
• any language can be understood experiencing
  reading poems and
• literature.  In November WV celebrates the
  International Week.  In this
• project they had to choose their favorite poem
  and poet.  Many
• students show their interest in reading. Then,
  student made bookmarks
• using the poems translated Spanish/English.  The
  website provided
• they copied from the site and paste in word.
  Then, they created a nice
• bookmark to be printed in hard beige paper for
  their families and
• teachers of the school.  http//www.poesia-inter.n
  et/translat.htm
• Handout for students research poets online
• This are some of the book marks made by Spanish I
  students form WPMS 2005
•  Poems research made by students 2006 Spanish
  I .   

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Using 21st technology tools to communicate in
the classroom

• This are some of my Power Points used in my class
  to teach vocabulary and grammar.  Students enjoy
  very much when I use my power points because it
  is more attractive than the use of a regular
  chalkboard.  They can also view it on my blog any
  time to review the concepts learned in class.
  www.silvialuna.edublogs.org
• Teaching Interrogative Words Verbo Gustar Power
  Point What? Who? When? Why?
• Chapter 4 -Ar Verbs Present tense Chapter 4
  Primer Paso -Ar verbs present tense
• Chapter 3 Verb Ser and Estar To Be or not To
  Be  Chapter 3 Verb Ser and Estar

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Visual Literacy

• I designed a webpage for my students, parents and
  teachers to publish work and to communicate with
  them. Information is the key of any successful
  classroom.
• www.silvia.artyko.com
• Students are able to see their work and also they
  have access to my website to upload their work.

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21st Century ContextTaking students out into the
World

• Students in the Spanish I classes at CPMS/WPMS
  had the opportunity to attend Justo Lamas concert
  in Morgantown. Students will experience and use
  their Spanish language skills by singing the
  songs learned 1 month prior to the concert, and
  also at the restaurant Rio Grande requesting
  food.   

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Information Communication out side the classroom

• Pen pal project. Students have the opportunity
  to write letters to a pen pal in my other school
  via e-mail. They send a copy to me to be grade
  the grammar.
• I opened an access account to create a save
  environment in doing this assignment during the
  year.
• It also creates a save online environment for the
  students, parents and teacher in having a student
  e-mail account.