SPANISH I
PACING GUIDE 2015-2016
Semester One
First Quarter:
“Building Blocks” topics should be reviewed on an ongoing basis
Theme: Personal and Public Identities – Language and Identity
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Greetings – use and respond to greetings, introductions, and farewells
Emotions and feelings – express emotions and current state
Verbs – estar, ser, tener (as relates to greetings, feelings, emotions, physical characteristics and
personality traits)
Interrogative words – recognize and respond to interrogative words
Commands – use and respond to classroom commands
Human Body – identify body parts (introduction of definite and indefinite articles)
Adjectives – describe personality traits and physical characteristics
Definite and indefinite articles – introduce definite and indefinite articles
Personal Pronouns- singular and plural pronouns
Useful phrases- frequently used expressions and phrases for the classroom
Alphabet- letters and sounds / comparisons to English alphabet
Theme: Global Challenges – Environmental Issues
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Calendar and weather – identify, tell the date, and discuss weather and calendar (days, months,
seasons, holidays, cultural comparisons)
Verbso Estar, hacer (as related to weather)
Numbers – 0-100
Time – tell time using digital and analog clocks
Theme: Contemporary life – Leisure and Sports
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Activities and sports – express likes/dislikes related to extracurricular activities and sports
Subject pronouns – recognize and use subject pronouns
Pastimes and hobbies – identify and discuss which hobbies or pastimes students prefer. Review and
practice likes and dislikes.
Express agreement or disagreement - también/ tampoco
Compare sports and hobbies – que te gusta más / ni, ni
Verbs –
o ser, gustar, action verbs
o Identify –ar, -er, -ir infinitives
Second Quarter:
Theme: Contemporary life – Education
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Classroom objects and items- identify classroom items and describe their location (prepositions of
location)
Possessive adjectives- express ownership using possessive adjectives.
Singular vs. Plural nouns
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Prepositions of location- Describe where things are
Estar + preposition of location
Introduce “Hay”
Subjects / Classes- identify subjects, describe class schedule and discuss various schedules
Ordinal numbers introduce and practice ordinal numbers to talk about your schedule
Tell time- To talk about classes and schedules
Conjugations of regular –ar verbs
Comparisons – Compare classes and teachers using comparative structures (más que, mejor que)
Theme: Contemporary life – Professions, Leisure and Sports
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Community- Identify community locations and discuss places you go and what you will do there.
Tell day and time- When do you go to do certain activities (day, time, time of day)
Professions- identify professions and workplaces in your community.
Verb/verb phrases –
o ir
o ir + a + infinitive
o ir + a + noun
o Poder + infinitive
Semester Two
Third Quarter:
Theme: Global Challenges – Nutrition and Food Safety
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Food –
o identify food items (breakfast, lunch, dinner, beverages, desserts, fruits, vegetables)
o discuss what they eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner
o describe food and talk about likes and dislikes (Me gusta vs. Me encanta)
o talk about proper nutrition and how food tastes (saludable)
o comparisons (¿Qué te gusta más?)
Time – tell time of day: en la mañana, en la tarde, en la noche
Restaurant –
o Order food at a restaurant and express wants and needs.
o Identify place settings on the table.
o Identify people and places in the restaurant
o Family- with whom do you go to the restaurant
o Favorite- Describe your favorite restaurant and/ or your family’s favorite restaurant
(Mi restaurante favorito es de comida italiana.)
o Me gustaria
Verbs –
o regular –er and –ir verb conjugations
o regular verbs – beber, comer, compartir, deber, mantener
o stem-changing verbs – pedir, querer, preferir
o plural of verb gustar
o verb necesitar, pagar
o “Hay”
Theme: Families and Communities – Family Structures
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Family –
o Identify and name family members
o Recycle possessive adjectives to describe family relationships (mi madre, tu hermano, etc.)
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o Describe physical features, and personality traits
o Tell ages, names, likes, dislikes of family members
Comparisons words –más, menos, menor que, mayor que
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Verbs – regular and irregular verbs (tener / ser)
Fourth Quarter:
Theme: Contemporary life – Celebrations and Holidays
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Celebrationso Identify and discuss family celebrations.
o Describe what people do to prepare for a party.
o Talk about decorations and activities at a party.
o Recycle family members, possessive adjectives, verb TENER.
Theme: Contemporary life – Housing and Shelter
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House –
o Identify and name objects in a room,
o Identify and name various rooms in the house,
o describe different rooms in a house and household objects
o Use prepositions of location to describe a room and the location of the items in the room
Colors- Describe items and rooms using colors
Chores –
o household chores vocabulary
o regular and irregular affirmative ‘tú’ commands
Present progressive – Tell what people are currently doing.
Comparisons – mejor que, peor que, etc. (Examples: Mi dormitorio es major que el dormitorio de mi
hermano. Lavar los platos es peor que hacer la cama.)
Verb – tener que + infinitive
Repaso -Review for Final Exam
**Throughout the year it is suggested to include various cultural anecdotes, perspectives and additional
vocabulary related to the themes listed above.
PACING OF THE UNITS
SPANISH I
PACING GUIDE:2015-2016
This is an example for your instruction. Each school, each teacher and each class is different so please do
not feel you have to strictly follow this – it is provided for your use as needed. Sustained inquiry PBL
experiences should be included where and when appropriate based on your school-based direction. A
calendar for the CPA and Benchmark assessment windows will be on the Spanish Curriculum page.
1ST QUARTER
WEEK
1
DATES
SUGGESTED BREAKDOWN OF TOPICS
Building Blocks
AUGUST 31 / SEPTEMBER 1
SEPTEMBER 2 / 3
2
SEPTEMBER 4 / 8
*September 7 is Labor Day
SEPTEMBER 9 / 10
Teacher introduction / teacher expectations / diagnostic
test / Spanish-Speaking countries
Exchange greetings and farewells / tú vs. Ud. / interrogative
words
Continue greetings
express feelings and emotions
introduce and use interrogative words
introduce ser, estar, tener
Respond to basic classroom commands / useful phrases /
alphabet and pronunciation /numbers 0-30
Calendar, weather, time and numbers
3
SEPTEMBER 11 / 14
Calendar: introduce seasons / months / days / holidays /
Cultural comparisons (calendar: starting the week on lunes)
SEPTEMBER 15 / 16
SEPTEMBER 17 / 18
4
SEPTEMBER 21 / 22
Use interrogative words
Calendar: introduce weather / extreme weather /
Verbs: estar / hacer (as relates to weather)
Use interrogative words
Calendar / interrogative words
numbers 0-100
Calendar (ongoing) / numbers 0-100 review
Introduce numbers 101-1000
Telling time (analog-digital)
Likes and dislikes
SEPTEMBER 23 / 24
5
SEPTEMBER 25 / 28
SEPTEMBER 29 / 30
Introduce sports and hobbies vocabulary
Identify favorite sports and hobbies
Discuss likes, dislikes, and preferences (preferir)
Review sports and hobbies / likes and dislikes /
Express agreement or disagreement with también/ tampoco
interrogative words / action verbs / infinitives
Review sports and hobbies / likes and dislikes / también,
tampoco / interrogative words / action verbs / infinitives
Compare sports and hobbies – ¿Qué te gusta más? / ni…ni
All about me
6
OCTOBER 5 / 6
OCTOBER 7 / 8
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OCTOBER 9 / 13
*October 12 is Columbus Day
OCTOBER 14 / 15
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OCTOBER 16 / 19
OCTOBER 20 / 21
¿Cómo eres?
introduce and identify human body
definite articles (in conjunction with human body)
say what hurts (in conjunction with human body)
¿Cómo eres?
review human body / definite articles / interrogative words
Introduce physical description vocabulary (adjectives)
Identify and apply correct gender of nouns and adjectives
Respond appropriately to questions
tener / ser (as related to ¿Cómo eres?)
Introduce personal pronouns
¿Cómo eres?
Review human body / physical descriptions /adjectives
Review definite articles / interrogative words / Review
personal pronouns
Introduce- Verb Ser
Describe yourself and others using physical descriptions
Introduce personality traits- adjectives
Connect with likes and dislikes: “Me gustan los deportes. Yo
soy atletico.”
Review Personal pronouns
Use the verb ser
Review personality traits -adjectives / Use likes and dislikes
/Pronouns/verb ser
Describe pictures by using adjectives
Review personality traits -adjectives / connect with likes and
dislikes/ Review pronouns/ Verb ser
Write Phrases using physical descriptions and physical
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characteristics
OCTOBER 22 / 23
Review / project
OCTOBER 26 / 27
CPA
OCTOBER 28 / 29
CPA
End of first quarter is Friday, October 30th (A day)
2ND QUARTER
WEEK
DATES
SUGGESTED BREAKDOWN OF TOPICS
The school
1
OCTOBER 30 / NOVEMBER 4
NOVEMBER 5 / 6
NOVEMBER 9 / 10
2
NOVEMBER 11 / 12
NOVEMBER 13 / 16
NOVEMBER 17 / 18
Identify classroom objects
Definite articles: singular vs. plural (el / la vs. los/ las)
Review classroom objects
Review definite articles: singular vs. plural (el / la vs. los/ las)
Prepositions
Verb: estar
Review classroom objects
Contractions (de + el = del / a + el = al)
Describe the location of classroom objects
review definite articles and prepositions
Introduce possessive adjectives
Review classroom objects vocabulary
Hay
How to make nouns plural
Indefinite article adjectives: singular vs. plural
(Un/una/unos/unas)
Verb: estar
Introduce subjects/classes vocabulary
Adjectives to describe various classes (¿Cómo es la clase?)
Compare classes and teachers using comparative structures
(más …que)
Classes/subjects vocab review
Ordinal numbers
Discuss school schedules
Write a schedule (el horario)
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Telling time
Verb: tener
NOVEMBER 19 / 20
AR verbs
NOVEMBER 23 / 24
Review AR verbs
Review vocabulary
Items needed for specific classes
THANKSGIVING BREAK: Nov 25-27
NOVEMBER 30 / DECEMBER 1
Review of classroom items, subjects
Who teaches a particular class (quién enseña)
Practice –ar verbs (hablar, enseñar, necesitar, etc.)
DECEMBER 2 / 3
project
DECEMBER 4 / 7
project
DECEMBER 8 / 9
Unit assessment
Community
DECEMBER 10 / 11
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DECEMBER 14 / 15
DECEMBER 16 / 17
7
DECEMBER 18, A day
JANUARY 4, B day
The Community: Introduction
Vocab: places in the community
Review prepositions
Review Estar
Review vocabulary
Interrogative words in conjunction with ¿Adónde vas?
Verb Ir
Locations and places
Ir + a + location
Poder + infinitive (¿Puedes ir al cine? No puedo ir porque
estoy enferma.)
Review feelings
Review vocabulary
Talk about places you go and what you do there (using
“para”+ infinitive)
Tell when during the week you go and do activities (El lunes
yo voy a la escuela.)
Tell the time/time of day that you go and do activities
WINTER BREAK DEC 21-JAN 1
7
JANUARY 5 / 6
JANUARY 7 / 8
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JANUARY 11 / 12
JANUARY 13 / 14
JANUARY 15 / 19
*Jan 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
JANUARY 20 / 21
JANUARY 22 / 25
JANUARY 26 / 27
Other places/activities in the community
(concierto/fiesta/baile/partido/ir de camping/ir de
pesca/deportes/pasatiempos)
Review vocabulary
Introduce “ir + a + infinitive”
Introduce professions and workplaces in the community
Respond to basic questions (who, what, why, when, how)
Work on project
CPA review and/or project presentations
CPA Writing /Speaking
CPA Speaking
Review for Midyear Benchmark
Midyear Benchmark
JANUARY 28
Review/make-up work
*End of first quarter is Thursday, January 28th (A day)
3RD QUARTER
WEEK
DATES
SUGGESTED BREAKDOWN OF TOPICS
Food
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FEBRUARY 1 / 2
FEBRUARY 3 / 4
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FEBRUARY 5 / 8
FEBRUARY 9 / 10
FEBRUARY 11 / 12
3
FEBRUARY 16 / 17
Introduce food vocabulary (breakfast, lunch, beverages)
Use me gusta / no me gusta to tell food lilkes and dislikes
Review breakfast, lunch, and beverages vocabulary
Review verbs
Introduce taste vocabulary
Make comparisons when responding to ¿Qué te gusta más?
Describe foods as healthy or unhealthy
Describe how food tastes
Introduce the verb probar
Review food vocabulary
introduce fruits and vegetables vocabulary
use me gusta y me encanta to describe food likes
Use the verb hay (to tell what foods are in the refrigerator,
on a plate, etc.)
Review prepositions
Review food vocabulary
Use vocab to review singular and plural nouns
Use vocab to review definite and indefinite articles
Introduce plurals of adjectives
Review food vocabulary
Introduce foods for dinner and desserts
Introduce conjugations of –er and –ir verbs such as comer,
beber, compartir
Review vocabulary
Use preferir and querer (boot verbs) in conjunction with food
vocabulary
Use necesitar
*Feb 15- Presidents’ Day Holiday
3
FEBRUARY 18 / 19
4
FEBRUARY 22 / 23
Discuss ways of staying healthy (including healthy eating
habits)
Plural of verb gustar
Verb recomendar
Cultural Lesson
The origin of corn
The origin of chocolate
The origin of gum
Restaurant
FEBRUARY 24 / 25
Tell who goes to the restaurant with you, using basic family
vocabulary (mamá, papá, hermano, hermana), the verb ir,
and conmigo/contigo
Categorize restaurants by type of food (Italian, Chinese, etc.)
Introduce para llevar
5
FEBRUARY 26 /29
MARCH 1 / 2
MARCH 3 / 4
6
MARCH 7 / 8
MARCH 9 / 10
7
MARCH 11 / 14
MARCH 15 / 16
MARCH 17 / 18
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9
MARCH 28 / 29
MARCH 30 / 31
APRIL 1 /4
APRIL 5 / 6
APRIL 7 / 8
10
APRIL 11 / 12
APRIL 13 / 14*
*End of 3rd quarter
Review who goes with you to the restaurant
Review para llevar
Introduce vocabulary related to restaurant (areas /staff)
Introduce place settings: identify item at the table
Review the verb necesitar to tell what item you need
Use the verb servir
Review place settings, necesitar, servir
Review various foods
Introduce menu
Use the verbs gustar y pedir
Review menu
Practice ordering food in a restaurant
Introduce/use verbs querer, pagar, preferir
Introduce family vocabulary (extended family)
Review possessive adjectives
Review family vocabulary
Introduce/review physical description vocabulary and use it
to describe family members
Pronouns, adjectives, verb ser and tener
Review family vocabulary
Review physical description vocabulary
Review personality traits vocabulary
Tell ages, names, likes and dislikes, physical and personality
traits of family members
Review family and physical description vocabulary
Comparisons of family members using más, menos, menor
que, mayor que
SPRING BREAK March 21-25
PBL
PBL
PBL
CPA review and/or project presentations
CPA Writing /Speaking
CPA Speaking
Introduce family celebrations vocabulary
Identify and discuss family celebrations
How do you celebrate your birthday?
APRIL 15TH TEACHER WORKDAY
4TH QUARTER
WEEK
1
DATES
APRIL 18 / 19
SUGGESTED BREAKDOWN OF TOPICS
Review family celebrations vocabulary
Talk about decorations at the party
Compare family celebrations
Talk about activities you do during celebrations
(using activities vocabulary)
What do you need to do to prepare for a party
Introduce tener que
APRIL 20 / 21
2
APRIL 22 / 25
APRIL 26 /27
Unit assessment
The house
APRIL 28 / 29
3
Cultural discussion on housing structures
Introduce vocabulary for items in a bedroom
Verb estar
Review prepositions
Introduce colors
Review objects in a bedroom and color vocabulary
Introduce comparison vocabulary:
Más /menos + adjective + que
Más /menos + adverb + que
Más /menos + noun + que
Review vocab- items in the room / colors
Introduce the verb dormir and poder
Superlatives: el/la/los/las + noun + más + adjective
MAY 2 / 3
MAY 4 / 5
4
MAY 6 / 9
MAY 10 / 11
MAY 12 / 13
5
6
MAY 16 /17
MAY 18 / 19
(SOL TESTING)
MAY 20 / 23
(SOL TESTING)
Review vocab for items in a bedroom /colors
Review comparisons/superlatives
Review the verb dormir
1st half of unit assessment
Introduce various rooms in the house vocabulary
Use prepositions of location to describe a room and the
location of the items in the room
Review house, items in a bedroom, colors vocabulary
Cultural activity with various houses (video: colores de las
casas Colombianas)
¿Cómo es tu casa? Use adjectives to describe the house
Review family vocabulary (¿Dónde está la mama?)
Review vocabulary for the house
Introduce household chores vocabulary
Tell which family members do which chores
Use the verb preferir to tell which chores you prefer
Affirmative tú commands (regular/irregular)
Review vocabulary for the house and chores
Use nunca, aveces, todos los días to tell when chores are
done
Compare different chores using “mejor que /peor que”
Introduce present progressive to tell what people are
currently doing
Review vocabulary for house and chores
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Review present progressive
Review affirmative tú commands (regular/irregular)
MAY 24 /25 (SOL TESTING)
PBL
MAY 26 /27 (SOL TESTING)
PBL
MAY 30 MEMORIAL DAY
MAY 31 /JUNE 1
REVIEW
JUNE 2 / 3
4TH QUARTER CPA
JUNE 6 / 7
4TH QUARTER CPA
JUNE 8 /9
4TH QUARTER BENCHMARK
JUNE 10 / 13
End of year activities/testing as necessary
JUNE 14
Last day of school for students
TEACHER WORKDAYS JUNE 15 AND 16