In a classroom at Halethorpe Elementary School, Eileen Freed was polling her fourth-grade students on what they like to do.
When she said nadar, the Spanish word for "to swim," she moved her arms as if she was swimming. When she said cantar, the Spanish word for "to sing," she and her students held out the second "a."
The gestures and mimicking the Spanish teacher provided helped illustrate what the Spanish words mean.
During the lesson, Freed spoke mostly in Spanish, as she had since the first day she met with the students, at the beginning of the school year. The one time she spoke in English was when she was giving out prizes at the end of the lesson.
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