In fourth grade Spanish, students begin to read, write, and speak complex sentences while responding orally to phrases and questions. At this level, students use more descriptive and detailed language to describe themselves and their environment with appropriate detail. By answering warm-up questions, listening to stories, playing games, singing songs, responding to listening activities, following commands, and completing written work, students interact with the teacher and each other using the target language to communicate. Students also begin to put sentences together to form basic, simple paragraphs in Spanish. Conversations between students, peers, and teacher become more interactive, lengthy, and involved as they delve into project-based learning.
