Grade: Course Title:Spanish 1

Duration: September

Big Ideas/ Enduring Understanding / Essential Questions
Speaking: Give and get personal information and practice pronunciation / How do we greet and introduce each other?
Standards / Content / Skills/ Competency / Assessment
Communication
1.2, 1.2
Culture
2.1 /
·  Greetings and Introductions
·  Origins
·  Numbers 0 – 10
·  Days of the Week
·  Classroom commands
·  Spanish alphabet
·  Identification of Spanish speaking countries
·  Textbook and workbook
Websites
·  Culture – Personal space & Gestures / ·  Introduce self & others
·  Choose appropriate greetings and goodbyes according to time of day and level of formality
·  Express where individuals are from
·  Identify, recognize, and recite Numbers, Alphabet, and Days of the Week
·  Respond to classroom commands
·  Identify and Pronounce Spanish speaking countries
·  Distinguish gestures in Spanish speaking countries
·  Utilize computers to access websites / ·  Listening and writing activities
·  through Cooperative quizzes & Individual Multiple Choice-Fill in the blanks
·  Answer questions with partial and Complete sentences
·  Oral assessment –
Dramatization
Teacher –Student
Student - Student
·  Exam
Listening Comprehension
Reading comprehension
Written:
Multiple Choice
True / False questions
Fill in the Blank
Matching items
Produce statements
based on visual

Grade: Course Title: Spanish 1

Duration: October

Big Ideas/ Enduring Understanding / Essential Questions
Listening discrimination of intonation. / How to ask where people are from. How to ask what others like and dislike.
Recognize the difference between formal
and informal.
Standards / Content / Skills/ Competency / Assessment
Communication
1.2, 1.2, 1.3
Culture
2.1
Connections
3.1, 3.2
Comparisons
4.1, 4.2 / ·  Greeting others: formal & familiar
·  Verb – SER and Subject Pronouns
·  Expressing Likes and Dislikes – Using Gustar (Singular forms)
·  Culture – Latinos in the United States / ·  Identify and Recognize different greetings
·  Identify, Recognize, and Apply the Use of the Verb Ser & Subject Pronouns to Express Origins and Relationships
·  Describe activities they like or dislike to do through oral, written, video, and reading activities
·  Describe Hispanic populations in different regions of the U.S. / ·  Written quizzes to produce spelling and correct sentence structure
·  Oral proficiency
·  Listening activities to identify target vocabulary and correct usage of Ser, Gustar, and action verbs
·  Exam
Listening Comprehension
Reading comprehension
Written:
Multiple Choice
True / False
questions
Fill in the Blank
Matching items
Produce statements
based on visual

Grade: Course Title: Spanish 1

Duration: November

Big Ideas/ Enduring Understanding / Essential Questions
Describing characteristics of others, as well as physical appearance. / What is he or she like? What do you or others wear?
Describing clothing.
Use of appropriate gender
Standards / Content / Skills/ Competency / Assessment
Communication
1.2, 1.2, 1.3
Culture
2.1
Connections
3.2 / ·  Description of people
·  Adjectives–Gender and Number
·  Definite and Indefinite Articles
·  Vocabulary –clothing, color, personal appearance
·  Verb llevar – Singular forms
·  Mariachi & Tejano music
·  Day of the Dead
·  Description of family members and relationships
·  The verb Tener and Telling Age
·  Numbers up to 100 / ·  Identify Recognize and Utilize Vocabulary relating to Physical characteristics and clothing by describing themselves and others
·  Identify and Apply the Verb Gustar
·  Recognize, choose, and apply correct definite and indefinite articles in agreement with adjectives
·  Produce new statements using the verb llevar through oral, written, video, and TPR activities
·  Develop awareness of influences of Mexican music in the U.S.
·  Listen to authentic Mexican music
·  Knowledge of Mexican celebrations of Days of the Dead
·  Identify and categorize a family tree
·  Use the verb Tener and numbers to express age. / ·  Written quizzes to produce spelling and correct sentence structure
·  Oral proficiency
·  Listening activities to identify target vocabulary and correct usage of Gender and Number of Adjectives and Def / Indef Articles
·  Exam
Listening Comprehension
Reading comprehension
Written:
Multiple Choice
True / False
questions
Fill in the Blank
Matching items
Produce statements
based on visual
·  Summarize cultural activities

Grade: Course Title: Spanish 1

Duration:December

Big Ideas/ Enduring Understanding / Essential Questions
Describing family, age, dates and birthdays. / Asking how old someone is. Asking someone’s birthdates.
Concept of possession. / Asking about family members.
Standards / Content / Skills/ Competency / Assessment
Communication
1.2, 1.2, 1.3
Culture
2.1
Connections
3.1, 3.2
Comparisons
4.2 / ·  Description of family members and relationships
·  The verb Tener and Telling Age
·  Numbers up to 100
·  Possessive Adjectives, including “¿de quién?”
·  Vocabulary including calendar, dates, and months
·  Culture – Quinceañera
·  Celebrations in Hispanic countries / ·  Identify, Recognize, and Utilize Vocabulary relating to family members, relationships, birthday dates, and typical celebrations
·  Recognize, choose, and apply correctly the different forms of the verb Tener to express age and possession
·  Recognize and identify the differences between possessive phrases in English and Spanish:
Using possessive adjectives
and phrases with “de”
·  Recognize and acknowledge the observance of the unique Hispanic celebration of Quinceañera / ·  Written quizzes to produce spelling and correct sentence structure
·  Oral proficiency
·  Listening activities to identify target vocabulary and correct usage of Tener to express possession and age, other forms of possessive, and family relationships.
·  Exam
Listening Comprehension
Reading comprehension
Written: Multiple Choice
True / False
questions
Fill in the Blank
Matching items
Produce statements based on visuals
·  Summarize cultural activities
·  Summative Exam

Grade: Course Title: Spanish 1

Duration:January

Big Ideas/ Enduring Understanding / Essential Questions
Verbs. Describing classes and classroom objects. / What classes do you take? What is in your classroom? How often do you do certain
Use of adverbs of frequency / activities?
Standards / Content / Skills/ Competency / Assessment
Communication
1.2, 1.2, 1.3
Culture
2.1
Connections
3.1
Comparisons
4.1, 4.2 / ·  Vocabulary related to school classes and classroom objects
·  Adverbs of frequency
·  Conjugation of –AR verbs
·  Phrases of obligation:
Tener que
Hay que
·  Culture
Mexican artist Diego
Rivera / ·  Identify, Recognize, and Utilize Vocabulary relating to school classes and classroom objects
·  Select and place adverbs of frequency in the correct location
·  Memorize “AR” verbs endings
·  Apply correct endings in agreement with nouns and subject pronouns
·  Apply “tener que” and “hay que” + infinitive to create sentences of obligation
·  Describe the artistic, political influences of Diego Rivera in the world. / ·  Written quizzes to produce spelling and correct sentence structure
·  Oral proficiency
·  Listening activities to identify target vocabulary and correct usage of obligation expressions, and “AR” verb conjugations.
·  Exam
Listening Comprehension
Reading comprehension
Written:
Multiple Choice
True / False
questions
Fill in the Blank
Matching items
Produce
statements
based on visual
·  Summarize cultural activities

Grade: Course Title: Spanish 1

Duration:_February

Big Ideas/ Enduring Understanding / Essential Questions
Class schedule, time, talk about where someone is going. / Where are you going? What time is it? What is your schedule like?
Interrogative words. / What do you want to eat or drink?
Standards / Content / Skills/ Competency / Assessment
Communication
1.2, 1.2, 1.3
Culture
2.1, 2.2
Connections
3.1
Comparisons
4.1, 4.2 /
·  Vocabulary related to school schedules, school activities, and telling time
·  The verb to go ( IR ) and to be (ESTAR)
·  Interrogative words
·  Culture
·  Mexican foods and snacks / ·  Identify, Recognize, and Utilize Vocabulary relating to school schedules, activities, and telling time
·  Organize a student school schedule and activities
·  Produce and respond to the questions:
¿Qué hora es? and ¿A qué hora?
·  Memorize the conjugation forms for the irregular verbs:
-Ir a + place
-Estar en + location
-Use Estar for feelings
·  Compare American and Mexican meal times as well as food items / ·  Written quizzes to produce spelling and correct sentence structure
·  Oral proficiency
·  Listening activities to identify target vocabulary and correct usage of verbs IR, ESTAR. interrogative words, school schedules, activities, and telling time
·  Exam
Listening Comprehension
Reading comprehension
Written:
Multiple Choice
True / False
questions
Fill in the Blank
Matching items
Produce statements based on
Visuals
Summarize cultural activities

Grade: Course Title: Spanish 1

Duration: March

Big Ideas/ Enduring Understanding / Essential Questions
Discuss plans, sequence of events, places and people you know. Verbs. Irregular yo form verbs. / What are you going to do? Are you hungry? Thirsty? What do you do? Who do you
know? What do you hear?
Standards / Content / Skills/ Competency / Assessment
Communication
1.2, 1.2, 1.3
Culture
2.1
Connections
3.1
Comparisons
4.1, 4.2 / ·  Vocabulary related to scheduling plans, places to go, and
After school activities
·  Sequencing events (first, later, etc )
·  Verbs:
- Ir + a + Infinitive
- ER and IR verb
conjugations
·  Irregular Verbs:
Oír, Hacer, and
Conocer
·  Culture
El Zócalo / ·  Identify, Recognize, and Utilize Vocabulary relating to places and after school activities
·  Select and organize an event in order by using sequencing vocabulary
·  Memorize the conjugation forms for the irregular verbs: Oír, Hacer, and Conocer
·  Describe future activities by using the verb IR + a + inf.
·  Memorize endings for –ER, -IR verb conjugations
·  Apply correct endings in agreement with subject pronouns and nouns
·  Knowledge of the cultural importance of the Plaza to the Mexican people / ·  Written quizzes to produce spelling and correct sentence structure
·  Oral proficiency
·  Listening activities to identify target vocabulary and correct usage of irregular verbs and ER/IR verb conjugations.
·  Exam
Listening Comprehension
Reading comprehension
Written:
Multiple Choice
True / False
questions
Fill in the Blank
Matching items
Produce
statements
based on visual
·  Summarize cultural activities
·  La Leyenda Azteca
·  Summative Exam

Grade: Course Title: Spanish 1

Duration: April/ May

Big Ideas/ Enduring Understanding / Essential Questions
Extend invitations, talk on the phone, express feelings, and say where you are coming from and have just done. / How do you feel? What have you just done, Where are you coming from? What do
you like to do?
Standards / Content / Skills/ Competency / Assessment
Communication
1.2, 1.2, 1.3
Culture
2.1, 2.2
Connections
3.1 / ·  Extending invitations
·  Phone conversation vocabulary
·  Expressing Feelings
·  Verb - Venir (d )
·  Verb Acabar de + Infintive
·  Complete expressing Likes and Dislikes using Gustar (Singular & Plural )
·  Culture – Customs of Puerto Rico ( food, music, dance ) / ·  Identify, recognize and apply the verb Estar + Adjectives of emotion
·  Apply gender/ number agreement
·  Utilize terms of conmigo/contigo
·  Identify and apply vocabulary relating to invitations
·  Identify and apply the verb Acabar de + Infinitive
·  Identify,utilize the verb Venir (de) with locations
·  Describe what they like or dislike to do through oral, written, video and reading activities
·  Produce written and oral telephone conversations /
·  Written quizzes to produce spelling and correct sentence structure
·  Oral proficiency
·  Listening activities to identify target vocabulary and correct usage
·  Exam
Listening Comprehension
Reading comprehension
Written:
Multiple Choice
True / False
Questions
Fill in the Blank
Matching items
·  Produce statements based on visuals

Grade: Course Title: Spanish 1

Duration: May/June

Big Ideas/ Enduring Understanding / Essential Questions
Sports, preferences and comparisons. Stem changing verbs. The verb to know how to do something. / What do you know how to do? What sport do you play? What are you thinking of
doing? More? Less?
Standards / Content / Skills/ Competency / Assessment
Communication
1.2, 1.2, 1.3
Culture
2.1, 2.2
Connections
3.2
Comparisons
4.1, 4.2 / ·  Vocabulary related to Sports
·  The verbs Jugar & Pensar
·  Conjugation of stem changing verbs
u ->ue and e ->ie
·  Conjugation of the verb Saber
·  Vocabulary and Grammatical structure
for Comparisons
·  Popular sports and figures of Puerto Rico / ·  Memorize the conjugation forms of stem changing verbs u ->ue and e ->ie
·  Recognize and produce correct grammatical structures using helping verb + infinitive
·  Identify, recognize and apply the verb Saber in contrast to the verb Conocer
·  Identify, recognize and apply the various comparative structures, including irregular comparative words / ·  Written quizzes to produce spelling and correct sentence structure
·  Oral proficiency
·  Listening activities to identify target vocabulary and correct usage of Stem Changing Verbs,the verb Saber and Comparisons
·  Exam
Listening Comprehension
Reading Comprehension
Written:
Multiple Choice
True / False Questions
Fill in the Blank
Matching items
·  Produce statements based on visuals

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Big Ideas/ Enduring Understanding / Essential Questions
Vital Information or skills / How will the teacher phrase the question in order TO Organize the
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Standards / Content / Skills/ Competency / Assessment