SPANISH

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
• Play board games in large group
• 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

Culture

• articipate 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

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

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