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Spanish Curriculum

JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN

 

  • Listening & Speaking
    • Introduction to Spanish language and culture
    • Learn to mimic teacher’s speech, actions, accent, and gestures
    • Reproduce short sentences chorally
    • Learn the vowels and their appropriate sounds
    • Count in a sequence to ten
    • Identify and name some colors
    • Draw and color, naming items in the picture
    • Learn how to participate in larger group games
    • Learn songs and dances, both traditional and other
  • Recognition & Reading
    • Follow oral stories using both Spanish and English vocabulary
    • Recognize meaning of short Spanish-only stories
  • Culture
    • Brief introduction to other cultures and regions
    • Introduction to major holidays, i.e., Cinco de mayo, Navidad

 

KINDERGARTEN

 

  • Listening & Speaking
    • Mimic the teacher’s speech, actions, accent and gestures
    • Continue to build vocabulary
    • Reproduce short sentences chorally and individually
    • Express a variety of greetings and introductions
    • Answer simple questions about name
    • Follow some complex directions
    • Count in sequence beyond ten
    • Identify and name some colors, animals and foods
    • Learn names of geometric shapes while manipulating them to form a figure
    • Draw and color, naming items in the picture
    • Participate in larger group games
    • Learn vowels and sounds
    • Begin learning the alphabet
    • Learn to manipulate a puppet
    • Continue to sing and dance to traditional songs and other songs
    • Continue to learn simple rhymes and jingles
  • Recognition & Reading
    • Recognize expressions for greetings and introductions
    • Recognize or matches numbers with number cards
    • Match a few written words with picture words
    • Understand short stories written in Spanish
  • Culture
    • Participate in celebrations of major holidays, i.e., Cinco de mayo and Navidad
    • Continue to sing and dance to traditional songs and other songs
    • Begin to learn about culture and customs of target language regions
    • Use native instruments while learning songs

 

GRADE ONE
  • Listening & Speaking
    • Mimic the teacher’s speech, actions, accent and gestures
    • Review previously learned vocabulary and skills
    • Memorize and recites “The Pledge of Allegiance”
    • Take oral vocabulary quizzes
    • Continue to build vocabulary
    • Reproduce short sentences, songs and rhymes, both chorally and individually
    • Follow commands and initiates commands
    • State some questions and answers
    • Watch Spanish cartoons to listen to other accents
    • Master the alphabet - learns the sounds of the letters and some letter combinations
    • Continue to learn names, animals, shapes, colors, and family members
    • Name elements in his or her own pictures and drawings
    • Play bingo and other games, recognizing familiar words
    • Play “burbuja,” a spelling game
  • Recognition & Reading
    • Write some nouns and adjectives
    • Begin to take written vocabulary quizzes
    • Copy and identify simple sentences
    • Make/create flashcards
    • Learn to spell number words 0-5
  • Culture
    • Participate in celebration of major holidays, i.e., Cinco de mayo and Navidad
    • Continue to learn about culture and customs of target language regions
    • Manipulate native instruments in songs
GRADE TWO
  • Listening & Speaking
    • Mimic the teacher’s speech, actions, accent and gestures
    • Review and master previously learned vocabulary and skills
    • Continue to build vocabulary
    • Takes oral vocabulary quizzes
    • Memorize and recite some prayers
    • Correctly pronounce words and phrases
    • Use greetings correctly and introduce him/herself
    • Give and understand commands
    • Continue to sing songs and recite rhymes
    • Act out some songs, dialogues, and skits
    • Watch Spanish videos and cartoons to appreciate different accents
    • Count by tens
    • Begin to use adjectives
    • Begin to use some regular, irregular, and auxiliary verbs in the “yo” form
    • Play board games in small groups 
  • Recognition & Reading
    • Continue to take written vocabulary quizzes
    • Identify pictures of common objects and reads the corresponding words
    • Learn to spell selected words from every vocabulary section
    • Learn to spell all number words 0-10
    • Begin to read and write short phrases
    • Read their self-written “Buenas noches” book
  • Culture
    • Participate in celebrations of major holidays, i.e., Cinco de mayo and Navidad
    • Continue to learn about culture and customs of target language regions
    • Recognize the names of some Spanish speaking countries
    • Manipulate native musical instruments
GRADE THREE
  • Listening & Speaking
    • Mimic the teacher’s speech, actions, accent and gestures
    • Memorize and recite some prayers
    • Review and master previously learned vocabulary skills
    • Continue to build vocabulary
    • Correctly pronounce words and phrases
    • Identify new objects, qualities, and concepts
    • Ask and answers some questions in full sentences
    • Make polite requests
    • Continue to sing songs, recite rhymes, and act out games and dialogues
    • Continue to watch Spanish videos to appreciate accents
    • Count to 100 by fives and tens
    • Introduce nouns and the idea of definite and indefinite articles
    • Begin to say the date in the target language
    • Begin learning how to have a proper conversation
  • Recognition & Reading
    • Read and understand stories using given vocabulary
    • Complete written assignments
    • Take written vocabulary quizzes
    • Write some nouns with their articles
    • Read their self-written “Oso Pardo” books
  • Culture
    • Participate in celebrations of major holidays, i.e., Cinco de mayo and Navidad
    • Continue to learn about culture and customs of target language regions
    • Manipulate native musical instruments
GRADE FOUR
  • Listening & Speaking
    • Mimic the teacher's speech, actions, accent and gestures
    • Memorize and recite some prayers
    • Review and master previously learned vocabulary skills
    • Continue to build vocabulary; including number facts
    • Refine pronunciation of words and phrases
    • Identify additional objects, qualities and concepts
    • Ask and respond to questions in some full sentences
    • Respond to more complex commands
    • Continue to sing songs, recite rhymes, and act out games and dialogues
    • Learn sports terms, weather terms, shopping terms, parts of the body and foods
    • Use nouns as subjects and direct objects
    • Continue to learn conversations
    • Learn to negate sentences
    • Begin to use pronouns with correct gender and number
    • Use the “yo, tú, and usted” verb forms in narrative sentences
    • Introduce personal pronouns
    • Use definite and indefinite nouns
    • Continue to watch selected videos to appreciate dialogue
    • State the date with accuracy
  • Recognition & Reading
    • Begin writing narratives and conversations
    • Write more number words
    • Read and understand texts and given vocabulary
    • Use and understand nouns and articles – understand use of singular/plural
    • Master the idea of masculine and feminine nouns
    • Recognize the names of Spanish-speaking regions as well as countries
  • Culture
    • Participate in celebrations of major holidays, i.e., Cinco de mayo and Navidad
    • Continue to learn about culture and customs of target language regions
    • Learn Spanish speaking countries and capitals
    • Play native games
GRADE FIVE
  • Listening & Speaking
    • Mimic the teacher’s speech, actions, accent and gestures
    • A thorough review of previously learned vocabulary and skills
    • Memorize and recite prayers
    • Continue to build vocabulary including number facts and some metric
    • weights and measures
    • Continue to refine pronunciation
    • Talk about the family and job preferences
    • Speak in coherent sentences
    • Sing and act out songs, dialogues and short plays
    • Expand the use of nouns and adjectives
    • Begin to use personal pronouns
    • Introduce prepositions, i.e.: a, de
    • Continue to use definite and indefinite articles
    • Introduce conjugation
    • Watch selected Spanish videos and listen to selected songs to expand vocabulary and appreciate accents
  • Recognition & Reading
    • Read and understand texts and given vocabulary
    • Memorize and recite some prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance and some poems
    • Write some coherent sentences
    • Take quizzes, dictations, and complete written homework assignments
    • Write dialogue in a group, with partners, and individually
    • Write one research paper focusing on one target Spanish speaking region
  • Culture
    • Participate in celebrations of major holidays, i.e., Cinco de mayo and Navidad
    • Continue to study culture and customs of target language regions
    • Learn information about all Spanish speaking countries
    • Play native games
    • Manipulate native instruments
    • Learn locations of all Spanish speaking countries