A scuola (school subjects)

Inside the classroom

Report cards, grades, and lo scolaro arrived in the last lesson. Now walk through the school door:

a scuolaEnglish
the school subject
la materia
the school subject
mathematics
la matematica
mathematics
science
la scienza
science
the blackboard
la lavagna
the blackboard
the canteen, the cafeteria
la mensa
the school canteen
the sentence
la frase
the sentence

Ask about someone's favorite subject with quale:

"Which subject do you prefer?" "Mathematics."
Quale materia preferisci? La matematica.

Il maestro, la maestra

At primary school the teacher is the primary-school teacher (man)

il maestro or the primary-school teacher (woman)
la maestra — a warmer word than the generic l'insegnante, and reserved for young pupils (university has il professore). What do they do all day? They to correct
correggere — correct:

The teacher corrects the homework.
Il maestro corregge i compiti.

The school ladder

Italian school starts before first grade: small children go to the nursery school, the kindergarten

l'asilo, the nursery school, and then move on to la scuolaelementary (la scuola elementare = primary school)
elementare — primary school.

My daughter goes to primary school.
Mia figlia va alla scuola elementare.

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