Curriculum Map- Spanish I
Fall Semester
Weeks 1-4
Academic Standard
Unit
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessments
Resources
1.1- Interpretive
communication 5. Respond to
familiar vocabulary and
language structures
Preliminary Unit- Gain
Basic knowledge of
Spanish speaking
world and basic
vocab. (greetings,
courtesy, numbers,
dates, time, weather,
seasons)
What countries
speak Spanish and
where are they
located?
Countries/ Capitals
and locations
Spanish/ Speaking
countries and
Capitals Test
Maps
Countries/Capitals
Song
How do I address
and greet people in
Spanish?
Basic Communication
Partner
Conversations
How to I ask/tell
time in Spanish?
Numbers 0-100
1.2 Speaking/Writing CComprehend and produce
vocab related to everyday
objects and actions on a
limited # of familiar topics
2.1, 1. Imitate patterns of
behavior such as greetings or
gestures used in formal and
informal
settings in the target culture.
1.3 Speaking/writing- describe
in written format basic
information
1.2, 1. Initiate greetings,
Introductions, and leavetaking.
4.1, 1. Recognize cognates and
borrowed words and be aware
of their usefulness in
comprehending language.
4.1,2. Identify and compare
the sound and writing systems
of the target language with
their
own, including stress,
intonation, punctuation.
How do I give the
date in Spanish?
How do I describe
the weather?
How do I use a
foreign language
dictionary?
Así se DiceGlencoe Spanish
text, workbook,
listening activities
and videos
Time Vocab.
Spanish Math
Worksheets
Calendar vocab.
Make paper clocks
Weather vocab.
Listening/writing
activities from text
and workbook
Number Bingo
Translate paragraph
about weather
Large clock and
time chips for
practice
Dictionary Skills
Weekly Vocabulary
Quizzes
Fake food to
practice ordering
(words of
courtesy)
Songs- Months,
days
Smartboard
activities- weather
Academic Standard
Unit
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessments
Resources
4.1 Langauge comparisions
Descriptions- Physical
and Personality,
Nationalities, where
people are from
How do I use
adjectives in
Spanish?
Gender of nouns and
adjectives
Self Descriptions
Así se DiceGlencoe Spanish
text, workbook,
listening activities
and videos
3. Identify basic grammatical
structures
1.1, understand key words in
written materials
1.1, 5. Respond to simple
commands, familiar
vocabulary, and language
structures.
3. Identify some historical and
contemporary
influences from the target
culture that are
significant in the U.S. culture,
such as explorers and settlers,
music and sports.
3.2 ,1. Extract information
about the target culture
from selected authentic
sources (such as the
Internet, books, magazines).
4.1, 3. Identify basic
grammatical structures
of the language studied and
compare these structures to
their own language, include ng
word order, gender,
agreement.
How do I describe
someone?
Forms of Definite and
Indefinite Articles
Pronouns
What does it mean
to conjugate a verb? Conjugation of ser
( to be)
What are the forms
of the verb “to be”?
How do I form a
sentence in
Spanish?
Interrogatives
How do I form a
question?
Practice reading
skills/cognates
Descriptions of
others
Listening/writing
/reading activities
from text and
workbook
Weekly vocab.
quizzes
Don Quijote- Reading
passage
Hispanic Heritage
Month Poster of
famous Hispanic
person
Unit 1 Test
Voki.comDescribe and
identify classmate
Pics of famous
people for practice
of descriptions
Teacher made
grammar
powerpoints
Curriculum Map- Spanish I
Fall Semester
Weeks 9-12
Academic Standard
Unit
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessments
Resources
4.2,1- identify similarities and
differences in verbal and
nonverbal behavior between
cultures
Family/Home
How do I describe how
I am related to
people?
Family member
vocabulary
Cut /paste/design family
tree group project
Create family tree
for practice
Possessive Adjectives
Listening/writing/reading Day of the Dead
activities from text and
Culture Video and
workbook
skull craft
4.1,2- Identify and compare
writing systems
1.3, 2. Ask and answer basic
questions based on se
lf and familiar material such as
family
members, personal belongings,
school and
leisure activities, location of
people and objects, time, and
weather.
3.1,1-Use selected skills from
other content areas (English)
How do I show
possession?
Home Vocabulary
How do I describe my
house and the rooms
in it?
Partner interview
Weekly vocab. quizzes
Directional terms
How do I describe
where things are in
location to one
another?
Personal Family tree
prezis/powerpoints
Conjugation of tener
How to I conjugate “to
have” in Spanish?
Listen and draw house
worksheet
Describe/draw the
perfect pet assignment
Unit 2 Test
Furniture cut outs
to practice moving
items to
demonstrate
location
Teacher made
grammar
powerpoints
Así se Dice- Glencoe
Spanish text,
workbook, listening
activities and videos
Curriculum Map- Spanish I
Fall Semester Week 13-18
Academic Standard
Unit
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessments
Resources
1.3,2. Ask and answer basic
questions based on se lf and
familiar material such as
family
members, personal
belongings, school and leisure
activities, location of people
and objects, time, and
weather.
School
What Spanish
vocabulary do I need
to function at school?
School VocabularySchool supplies,
subjects etc.
Write 10 questions
using –ar
verbs/partner
interview
-ar verb dice
conjugation game
How do I use –ar
verbs in Spanish?
Regular –ar verb
conjugation
How do I use
contractions in
Spanish?
Contractions- al and
del
Standard 2.2, 1. Identify
objects, images and symbols,
such
as flags, currency, food,
dress, and toys, that
are commonly used in the
target culture.
2. Recognize cross-cultural
similarities and differences in
the practices of the culture
studied.
4.2, 1. Identify similarities
and differences in verbal and
nonverbal behavior between
cultures.
3. Identify cross-cultural
similarities and differences in
the products of the culture
studied.
4. Recognize cross-cultural
similarities and differences in
the perspectives within the
target culture.
How do I use
irregular verbs?
How is Christmas
celebrated in the
Spanish-speaking
world?
Irregular verbs-ir,
dar, estar
School supply
scavenger hunt
Various school
supplies to practice
practice a trip to the
bookstore
Currencies from
various countries to
practice a trip to the
bookstore
Listening/writing
/reading activities
from text and
workbook
Así se Dice- Glencoe
Spanish text,
workbook, listening
activities and videos
Weekly vocab.
quizzes
Teacher made
grammar
powerpoints
Unit 3 Test
Christmas in
Colombia DVD and
craft
Curriculum Map- Spanish I
Spring Semester
Weeks 1-4
Academic Standard
Unit
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessments
Resources
1.2.,4- Understand key words
in written material such as
advertisements, schedules,
and menus.
Food
How to I order a meal
in Spanish?
Food Vocab.
Student made menu
using vocab.
Plastic Foods
1.1,4. Comprehend the main
idea of selected,
short, authentic written
materials that use
familiar vocabulary and
language structures.
2.2, 1. Identify objects, images
and symbols, such
as flags, currency, food, dress,
and toys, that
are commonly used in the
target culture.
4. Recognize identified
idiomatic
expressions that cannot be dir
ectly translated into their
own language.
Restaurant vocab.
How do I express
hunger and thirst?
How do I use –er
verbs in Spanish?
Expressions for
hunger/thirst
Using –er verbs
How to I say what I
have to do?
How do I say what I
am going to do?
How do I say what I
have just done?
Using expression
tener que, ir a and
acabar de
Restaurant props
Waiter/customer
restaurant skit
Comic strips using
tener que expressions
Listening/writing
/reading activities
from text and
workbook
Weekly vocab.
quizzes
Unit 4 Test
Hispanic food day
projects
Ipads for researching
recipes
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Spanish text,
workbook, listening
activities and videos
ComicBook Ipad app
Teacher made
grammar
powerpoints
Curriculum Map- Spanish I
Spring Semester
Weeks 5-8
Academic Standard
Unit
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Resources
1.3, 2. Ask and answer basic
questions based on self and
familiar material such as family
members, personal belongings,
school and
leisure activities, lo
cation of people and
objects, time, and weather.
Sports
How do I talk about
sports?
Learn sports vocabulary
Sports cast
“ESPN desk” and
microphone
How do I describe the
color of items in
Spanish?
Learn pronunciation and
gender of colors
Listen and color sports
vocab items the correct
color
Sports coloring sheets
How do I talk about
things I like, things that
interest me, and things
that bore me?
Learn how to use the
verbs gustar, interesar,
and aburrir
What is a stem changing
verb and how is it used?
Learn how to conjugate
o-ue and e-ie stem
changing verbs
Weekly vocab. quizzes
Students will research
unusual Hispanic sports
Group webquests over
Tejo, Pato,
MesoAmerican
ballgame, and Jai-Alai
Sports read using vocab
and grammar from this
unit.
Unit 5 Test
2.1, 4. Identify some viewpoints
of the target culture, such as
those relating to time, school,
transportation, pastimes, and the
roles of family members.
2.1, 5. Recognize and explore the
process
of stereotyping other cultures
3.1,2. Using authentic target
language resources
, (such as the Intern
et, books, magazines),
identify and/or use selected
information
to reinforce or expand learning in
other
content-area classrooms
What sports are popular
in the Spanish-speaking
world?
Who are some famous
Hispanic athletes?
Teacher made grammar
powerpoints
Listening/writing
/reading activities from
text and workbook
Así se Dice- Glencoe
Spanish text, workbook,
listening activities and
videos
Sports webquests
Curriculum Map- Spanish I
Spring Semester
Weeks 9-12
Academic Standard
Unit
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Resources
1.1, 3. Comprehend the main
idea of selected,
age-appropriate authentic
recordings and
broadcasts and videos.
Illnesses
How do I describe my
symptoms in Spanish
when I am sick?
Vocab. for
describing illnesses
Student created trip
to doctor’s office
Props for trip to doctor’s office
How do I use a
sentence in Spanish
that has direct and
indirect objects?
Learn direct/indirect
objects and location
in a sentences
1.3, 3. Express personal
needs,
preferences, and feelings.
Standard 5.1: School and
Community
1. Identify professions/
occupations which are
enhanced by proficiency in
another language.
How do I know when
to use the two
different verbs in
Spanish that mean
“to be”?
How is Easter
celebrated in
Spanish-speaking
countries?
Learn different uses
of the verbs ser and
estar
Research Semana
Santa and
participate in
making cascarones
which are commonly
used during this
time
Listening/writing
/reading activities
from text and
workbook
Ser/estar game:
http://www.quia.com/rr/202806.ht
ml
Teacher made grammar powerpoints
Ser/Estar acronyms
2 voice poem about
ser and estar with a
partner
Write questions using
ser/estar to interview
partners
Weekly vocab.
quizzes
Unit 6 Test
Así se Dice- Glencoe Spanish text,
workbook, listening activities and
videos
Video about Semana Santa in
Guatemala and make cascarones
Curriculum Map- Spanish I
Spring Semester
Weeks 13-16
Academic Standard
Unit
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
1.3, 4. Write personal journals
and
send brief messages to friends.
Summer and winter
vacations
How do I talk about
activities I do on
summer and winter
vacations?
Beach resort vocab.
Student made travel
brochure of Spanishspeaking country
1.3, 3. Retell a simple story using
familiar vocabulary and language
structures.
2.1,2. Identify some customs and
traditions such as celebrations
and holiday practices of the
target culture.
2,3, 4. Identify countries, regions,
and geographic features where
the target language is
spoken.
2.3,5. Extract samples of the
culture's perspectiv
es from popular media in
the target culture.
Ski resort vocab.
How do I use the past
tense in Spanish?
Learn how to conjugate
–ar verbs in preterite
tense
What is Cinco de Mayo
and how is it
celebrated?
Learn irregular past
tense verbs like oir and
leer
Resources
Listen and draw
beach/ski resort scenes
Teacher made grammar
powerpoints
Listening/writing
/reading activities from
text and workbook
Así se Dice- Glencoe
Spanish text, workbook,
listening activities and
videos
Weekly vocab. quizzes
Students will gain
information about 5 de
Mayo from an
informative video and
make flowers which are
used to celebrate this
holiday
Unit 6 Test
Cinco de Mayo video
and flower making kit
Curriculum Map- Spanish I
Spring Semester
Weeks 17-20
Academic Standard
Unit
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Resources
1.3, 5. Dramatize student-created
and/or authentic
songs, short poems, skits or
dialogues.
The Arts
How do I discuss
activities such as
movies, museums and
art?
Movie/museum/arts
vocab.
Create a skit, video and
present to the class
using vocab.
Teacher made grammar
powerpoints
2.1, 3. Participate in cultural
activities such as games, songs,
and dances of the target
culture.
2.1, 2. Identify some major
contributions and historical
figures from the target culture,
including contributions in science,
mathematics, government, and
fine arts.
5.2, 3. Communicate on a
personal level with speakers of
the language via short letters, email, audio, and videotapes.
5.2, 4. Produce short skits,
stories, poems, multimedia
shows, and present their works at
school and/or in the community.
How do I use verbs in
the past tense?
What are common
Hispanic views of the
arts?
Learn how to conjugate
–er/-ir verbs in the
preterite
Learn several common
–er/-ir verbs that are
irregular
Listening/writing
/reading activities from
text and workbook
Weekly vocab. quizzes
Unit 6 Test
Así se Dice- Glencoe
Spanish text, workbook,
listening activities and
videos