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RCSHS Spanish 1-A Friends and Descriptions 2013-2014 ML
Unit: World Language Proficiency , Grade(s) 09-11
Describing friends using adjectives
Ask and answer questions about friends
Duration: 10 Days
Unit
Standards-Based Unit of Study
Vocabulary for friends, boyfriends, girlfriends, etc.
Descriptive adjectives
Making adjectives and nouns agree in gender and number
Review introductions
Forms of "ser" in context
Ask and answer questions about friends
Standards Covered
1. Beginning - Novice Mid
1.NM.L: A . Interpretive Listening: I can understand some everyday words, phrases and questions about me, my personal experiences, and my
surroundings.
1.NM.L.3: I c a n u n d e r s t a n d s o m e s i m p l e q u e s t i o n s o n f a m i l i a r t o p i c s .
1.NM.L.4: I c a n u n d e r s t a n d s o m e o f w h a t p e o p l e s a y i n a c o n v e r s a t i o n w h e n t h e y a r e t a l k i n g a b o u t f a m i l i a r t h i n g s .
1.NM.R: B . Interpretive Reading: I can understand familiar words, phrases, and simple sentences.
1.NM.R.2: I c a n u n d e r s t a n d s h o r t , s i m p l e d e s c r i p t i o n s , e s p e c i a l l y i f t h e r e a r e p i c t u r e s o r g r a p h s .
1.NM.R.4: I c a n r e c o g n i z e s o m e n a m e s , w o r d s , c h a r a c t e r s , a n d p h r a s e s i n e v e r y d a y s i t u a t i o n s .
1.NM.R.5: I c a n u n d e r s t a n d t h e p u r p o s e o f s i m p l e r e a d i n g m a t e r i a l s .
2.NM.IC: C . Interpersonal Communication: I can interact with help, using words, phrases and memorized expressions. I can answer simple
questions on very familiar topics.
2.NM.IC.2: I c a n a s k s i m p l e q u e s t i o n s a n d g i v e s i m p l e r e s p o n s e s .
2.NM.IC.3: I c a n e x c h a n g e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t m y s e l f , m y f a m i l y a n d f a m i l i a r t h i n g s .
2.NM.IC.5: I c a n e x c h a n g e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t s o m e t h i n g I h a v e l e a r n e d .
3.NM.PS: D . Presentational Speaking: I can provide basic information about myself and my immediate surroundings, using words and phrases, and
memorized expressions.
3.NM.PS.1: I c a n p r e s e n t p e r s o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t m y s e l f a n d o t h e r s .
3.NM.PS.4: I c a n p r e s e n t s i m p l e i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t s o m e t h i n g I l e a r n e d .
3.NM.PW: E . Presentational Writing: I can provide some basic information on familiar topics in lists, phrases, often using memorized expressions.
3.NM.W.4: I c a n w r i t e a b o u t s o m e t h i n g I h a v e l e a r n e d .
Organizers
Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching & Learning - LEARNING CLIMATE
1. Teacher Characteristics: A.
6. Teacher Characteristics: H.
10. Student Characteristics: C.
creates learning environments
designs lessons that allow students collaborates/teams with other
where students are active
to participate in empowering
students
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participants as individuals and as
members of collaborative groups
activities in which they understand
that learning is a process and
mistakes are a natural part of
learning
2. Teacher Characteristics: B.
7. Teacher Characteristics: I. creates 11. Student Characteristics: D.
motivates students and nurtures
an environment where student work exhibits a sense of accomplishment
their desire to learn in a safe,
is valued, appreciated and used as and confidence
healthy and supportive environment a learning tool
which develops compassion and
mutual respect
3. Teacher Characteristics: C.
8. Student Characteristics: A.
12. Student Characteristics: E. takes
cultivates cross cultural
accepts responsibility for his/her
educational risks in class
understandings and the value of
own learning
diversity
4. Teacher Characteristics: F.
9. Student Characteristics: B.
13. Student Characteristics: F.
provides students equitable access actively participates and is
Practices and engages in safe,
to technology, space, tools and time authentically engaged
responsible and ethical use of
technology
5. Teacher Characteristics: G.
effectively allocates time for
students to engage in hands-on
experiences, discuss and process
content and make meaningful
connections
Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching & Learning - CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT & REFLECTION
1. Teacher characteristics: A. Uses 6. Teacher characteristics: F. Guides 11. Student Characteristics: A.
multiple methods to systematically students to apply rubrics to assess Recognizes what proficient work
gather data about student
their performance and identify
looks like and determines steps
understanding and ability
improvement strategies
necessary for improving his/her
work
2. Teacher characteristics: B. Uses 7. Teacher characteristics: G.
12. Student characteristics: B.
student work/data, observations of Provides regular and timely
Monitors progress toward reaching
instruction, assignments and
feedback to students and parents learning targets
interactions with colleagues to
that moves learners forward
reflect on and improve teaching
practice
3. Teacher characteristics: C.
8. Teacher characteristics: H. Allows 13. Student characteristics: C.
Revises instructional strategies
students to use feedback to
Develops and/or uses scoring
based upon student achievement improve their work before a grade is guides periodically to assess his/her
data
assigned
own work or that of peers
4. Teacher characteristics: D.
9. Teacher characteristics: I.
14. Student characteristics: D. Uses
Uncovers students’ prior
Facilitates students in self- and
teacher and peer feedback to
understanding of the concepts to be peer-assessment
improve his/her work
addressed and addresses students’
misconceptions/incomplete
conceptions
5. Teacher characteristics: E. Co10. Teacher Characteristics: J.
15. Student characteristics: E.
develops scoring guides/rubrics withReflects on instruction and makes Reflects on work and makes
students and provides adequate
adjustments as student learning
adjustments as learning occurs
modeling to make clear the
occurs
expectations for quality
performance
Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching & Learning - INSTRUCTIONAL RIGOR & STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
1. Teacher characteristics: A 5. Teacher characteristics: E 9. Teacher characteristics: I -Teacher
Teacher instructs the complex
Teacher challenges students to
clarifies and shares with students
processes, concepts and principles think deeply about problems and learning intentions/targets and
contained in state and national
encourages/models a variety of
criteria for success.
standards using differentiated
approaches to a solution.
strategies that make instruction
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accessible to all students.
2. Teacher characteristics: B –
6. Teacher characteristics: F 10. Student characteristics: A Teacher scaffolds instruction to help Teacher integrates a variety of
Student articulates and understands
students reason and develop
learning resources with classroom learning intentions/targets and
problem-solving strategies.
instruction to increase learning
criteria for success.
options.
3. Teacher characteristics: C 7. Teacher characteristics: G 11. Student characteristics: B Teacher orchestrates effective
Teacher structures and facilitates Student reads with understanding a
classroom discussions, questioning, ongoing formal and informal
variety of texts.
and learning tasks that promote
discussions based on a shared
higher-order thinking skills.
understanding of rules and
discourse.
4. Teacher characteristics: D 8. Teacher characteristics: H 12. Student characteristics: C Teacher provides meaningful
Teacher integrates the application Student applies and refines inquiry
learning opportunities for students. of inquiry skills into learning
skills.
experiences.
Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching & Learning - INSTRUCTIONAL RELEVANCE
1. Teacher characteristics: A6. Teacher characteristics: F10. Student characteristics: CTeacher designs learning
Teacher works with other teachers Student develops descriptions,
opportunities that allow students to to make connections between and explanation, predictions, and
participate in empowering activities among disciplines.
models using evidence.
in which they understand that
learning is a process and mistakes
are a natural part of the learning.
2. Teacher characteristics: B7. Teacher characteristics: G11. Student characteristics: DTeacher links concepts and key
Teacher makes lesson connections Student works collaboratively to
ideas to students’ prior experiences to community, society, and current address complex, authentic
and understandings, uses multiple events.
problems which require innovative
representations, examples and
approaches to solve.
explanations.
3. Teacher characteristics: C8. Student characteristics: A-Student 12. Student characteristics: ETeacher incorporates student
poses and responds to meaningful Student communicates knowledge
experiences, interests and real-life questions.
and understanding in a variety of
situations in instruction.
real-world forms.
4. Teacher characteristics: D9. Student characteristics: B-Student13. Student characteristics: FTeacher selects and utilizes a
uses appropriate tools and
Student communicates knowledge
variety of technology that support techniques to gather, analyze and and understanding for a variety of
student learning.
interpret information from
purposes.
quantitative and qualitative
evidence.
5. Teacher characteristics: ETeacher effectively incorporates
21st Century Learning Skills that
prepare students to meet future
challenges.
Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching & Learning - KNOWLEDGE OF CONTENT
1. Teacher characteristics: A5. Teacher characteristics: E8. Student characteristics: B-Student
Teacher demonstrates an
Teacher provides essential supports uses and seeks to expand
understanding and in-depth
for students who are struggling with appropriate content vocabulary.
knowledge of content and
the content.
maintains an ability to convey this
content to students.
2. Teacher characteristics: B6. Teacher characteristics: F9. Student characteristics: C-Student
Teacher maintains on-going
Teacher accesses a rich repertoire connects ideas across content
knowledge and awareness of
of instructional practices, strategies, areas.
current content developments.
resources and applies them
appropriately.
3. Teacher characteristics: C7. Student Characteristics: A10. Student characteristics: DTeacher designs and implements Student demonstrates growth in
Student uses ideas in realistic
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standards-based
content knowledge.
courses/lessons/units using state
and national standards.
4. Teacher characteristics: DTeacher uses and promotes the
understanding of appropriate
content vocabulary.
NCTM Process Standards
1. Problem Solving
2. Communication
problem solving situations.
3. Connections
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