Ten-Month Planning Calendar
Spanish 1
September
October
November
December
Intro. to the language/
Chapter 1 Cont. (Lección B):
Chapter 2 (Lección A):
 Pre-assessment
 Numbers 1 – 100
 Time (cont.)
 Dictionary activities
 Date/Days of the
 Intro. to “SER” w/countries
week/months of the year
 Cognates
 Subject Pronouns

Spanish
Speaking
Countries
 Benefits of learning Spanish
 Ch 1 test
Chapter 1 (Lección A):
 Formal vs. Informal
Greetings
 Greetings/Farewells
 Time/Hispanic perception of
 Alphabet
time
 Names

Country Flag project
 Useful classroom phrases
(name, origin, age, feelings)
Hispanic Heritage Month:
Hispanic Heritage Month cont.:
 Cultural readings
 Cultural readings
 Stereotypes
 Día de los Muertos
 Hispanic heritage interviews
1st Quarter Writing Prompt
Chapter 2 (Lección A):
 Subject pronouns cont.
 “SER”
 Classroom objects
 Colors
 Noun/adj. agreement
 Definite/Indefinite articles
 Stationary store project
February
Chapter 2 (Lección B):
 -AR verb conjugations cont.
 “ESTAR”
May
Chapter 4 (Lección A):
 Possessive adjs.
 “IR” verbs cont.
 ESTAR phrases w/adjs.
 Adjective vocab.
 “SER” vs. “ESTAR”
Chapter 3 (Lección A):
 City/Transportation
vocabulary
 City project

Mexico City cultural
discussion
March
Chapter 3 (Lección B):
 “IR”/components of “IR”
 City project/Culture of
Mexico
 Question words
 Questions interviews
April
Chapter 3 (Lección B):
 Restaurant vocabulary
 “ER”/”IR” verbs
 Dialog/Menu project
Chapter 4 (Lección A):
 Family vocab.



Mexico City cultural
discussion
Year essay paragraph 2
3rd Quarter Writing Prompt

Culture of Puerto Rico (pg.
152)
Year essay paragraph 3


Las Posadas cultural
discussion
Year essay paragraph 4
January
Chapter 2 (Lección B):
 School subjects/schedules
 Intro. to –AR verbs
(meanings)
 -AR conjugations
 Midterm Review
 Midterm
 Authentic reading on
Segovia (legend)
 Los Reyes Magos cultural
discussion
 Authentic reading (legend)
 Year essay paragraph 1
2nd Quarter Writing Prompt
June
Chapter 4 (Lección B):
 “SER” vs. “ESTAR” cont.
 Activity vocab.
 “GUSTAR”
 “GO” verbs (salir, tener,
hacer)
 Costa Rica cultural
discussion
 Year essay paragraph 5
4th Quarter Writing Prompt