Paisley IB Magnet Middle School
Foreign Language Department
Spanish Beginning Syllabus
Year I (grade 6)
Textbook: Realidades A
This textbook begins with very basic, followed by four themes (temas) designed
To help the students to communicate in an everyday setting.
Each tema has two sections with related topics.
Tema
Capítulo
Para Empezar
En la escuela: greetings, introductions, leave-takings, numbers,
time, body parts
En la clase: classroom, date, asking for help
El tiempo: weather, seasons, temperatura in the hemmispheres
1.Mis amigos y yo
2.La escuela
Capítulo A
Capítulo B
¿Qué te gusta hacer?
Activities and expressions
For saying what you like
And don’t like to do
Y tu, ¿Cómo eres?
Adjectives and vocabulary
to ask about and describe
someone’s personality
Grammar:
Infinitives; making negative
Statement
Grammar:
Adjectives; definite and
indefinite articles; word
Order
Tu día en la escuela
Classroom items and
Furniture; parts of the
Classroom; prepositions
of location
Tu sala de clases
Classroom items and
furniture; parts of the
Classroom prepositions
or prepositions of location
Grammar;
Subject pronouns; the
Present tense of –ar verbs
Teacher: Tejada de Morgan, Ileana
Grammar;
The verb estar; plural of
nouns and articles
3. La comida
4. Los
pasatiempos
Teacher: Tejada de Morgan, Ileana
¿Desayuno o almuerzo?
foods; beverages; adverbs
of frequency; expressions
To show surprise
Para mantener la salud
foods; beverages;
expressions to discuss
health; expressions to
Discuss preferences
Grammar
present tense of –er and –ir
Verbs; me gusta(n), me
Encanta(n)
Grammar
agreement, disagreement,
and quantity; adjectives,
to describe food, the plural
of adjectives; the verb ser
Adónde vas?
Quieres ir conmigo?
leisure activities; places;
expressions to tell where
and with whom you go;
expressions to talk about
when things are done
leisure activities; feelings;
expressions for extending,
accepting, and declining
invitations; expressions to
happens
Grammar:
The verb ir, interrogative
words
Grammar:
ir + a + infinitive; the verb
jugar
Paisley IB Magnet Middle School
Foreign Language Department
Spanish Continuing Syllabus
Year III (grade 8)
Textbook: Realidades B
This textbook continues with very basic material, followed by four themes (temas) designed
to help the students to communicate in an everyday setting.
Each tema has two sections with related topics
5.Fiesta en
familia
6.La casa
Una fiesta de cumpleaños
family and parties
¡Vamos a un restaurante!
Describing people and
ordering a meal
Grammar:
The verb tener, possessive
Adjectives
Grammar:
the verb venir, the verbs
ser and estar
En mi dormitorio
Bedroom items; electronic
Equipment; colors; adjectives
¿Cómo es tu casa?
rooms in house and
household chores
Grammar
Comparisons and superlatives;
Superlatives; stem-changing
Verbs; poder and dormir
7. De compras
¿Cuánto cuesta?
Clothing, shopping,
numbers 200-1000
Grammar
Stem-changing verbs:
Pensar, querer, and
Preferir, demonstrative
adjectives
Teacher: Tejada de Morgan, Ileana
Grammar
affirmative tu commands;
the present progressive
tense
¡Qué regalo!
Places to shop; gifts
accessories; buying and
selling
Grammar
Preterite –ar, -er, -ir, and
-gar verbs; direct object
pronouns lo, la, los, las
8.Experiencias
De vacaciones
Vacation places; activities;
Modes of transportation
Grammar
Preterite of –er and –ir
Verbs; preterite of –ir,
The personal a
Teacher: Tejada de Morgan, Ileana
Ayudando en la
Comunidad
Recycling and volunteer
work; places in a
Community
Grammar
The verb decir, indirect
object pronouns; preterite
of hacer and dar
Paisley IB Magnet Middle School
Foreign Language Department
Spanish Continuing Syllabus
Year II (grade 7)
Realidades A
This textbook begins with very basic, followed by four themes (temas) designed
To help the students to communicate in an everyday setting.
Each tema has two sections with related topics
3. La comida
4. Los
pasatiempos
¿Desayuno o almuerzo?
foods; beverages; adverbs
of frequency; expressions
To show surprise
Para mantener la salud
foods; beverages;
expressions to discuss
health; expressions to
Discuss preferences
Grammar
present tense of –er and –ir
Verbs; me gusta(n), me
Encanta(n)
Grammar
agreement, disagreement,
and quantity; adjectives,
to describe food, the plural
of adjectives; the verb ser
Adónde vas?
Quieres ir conmigo?
leisure activities; places;
expressions to tell where
and with whom you go;
expressions to talk about
when things are done
leisure activities; feelings;
expressions for extending,
accepting, and declining
invitations; expressions to
happens
Grammar:
The verb ir, interrogative
words
Grammar:
ir + a + infinitive; the verb
jugar
Year III (grade 7)
Realidades B
This textbook continues with very basic, followed by four themes (temas) designed to help
the students to communicate in an everyday setting.
Each tema has two sections with related topics
5.Fiesta en
familia
6.La casa
Una fiesta de cumpleaños
family and parties
¡Vamos a un restaurante!
Describing people and
ordering a meal
Grammar:
The verb tener, possessive
Adjectives
Grammar:
the verb venir, the verbs
ser and estar
En mi dormitorio
Bedroom items; electronic
Equipment; colors; adjectives
¿Cómo es tu casa?
rooms in house and
household chores
Grammar
Comparisons and superlatives;
Superlatives; stem-changing
Verbs; poder and dormir
Teacher: Tejada de Morgan, Ileana
Grammar
affirmative tú commands;
the present progressive
tense