Hillsborough Township School District
Unit/Skill
Class and
School
Month/
Week
4 weeks
Content
Classroom
Objects
School Subjects
World Language Department
Grade 3
Curriculum Map
Core Content
Essential Questions
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 A.3 Identify familiar people, place,
and objects based on oral and/or simple
written descriptions.
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to simple
questions, make requests, and express
preferences using memorized words
and phrases.
7.1 C.1 Imitate, recite, and/or
dramatize simple poetry, rhymes,
songs, and skits.
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 A.3 Identify familiar people, place,
and objects based on oral and/or simple
written descriptions.
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
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Skills
Assessment
Literacy
Integration
-What items do we use
in our classroom?
-Where are they
located?
-Skills will identify
various classroom items
-Students will identify
the location of assorted
classroom items within
different classrooms
-Games
-Role Play
-Oral Drills
-Flashcards
-Journal Writing
-Whiteboard
drills
-Oral Response
to Questions
-Students
will write
about their
favorite
classroom
objects
-Students
will orally
present their
sentence(s)
-What are the school
subjects?
-Do you like....?
-Students will be able
to identify different
school subjects
-Oral/Written
Quizzes
-Role Play
-Flashcards
-Paragraph
Writing
-Listening
Activities
-Oral Response
to Questions
-Skits
-Students
will be able
to write
about their
favorite
subjects
-Students
will orally
present their
sentence(s)
Hillsborough Township School District
Unit/Skill
Month/
Week
4 weeks
Content
Our School
Building and
People
Día de los
Muertos
World Language Department
Grade 3
Curriculum Map
Core Content
Essential Questions
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to simple
questions, make requests, and express
preferences using memorized words
and phrases.
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 A.3 Identify familiar people, place,
and objects based on oral and/or simple
written descriptions.
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to simple
questions, make requests, and express
preferences using memorized words
and phrases.
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
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Skills
Assessment
Literacy
Integration
-Who works at school?
-Where are they in the
building?
-Students will be able
to identify different
people in the school
community
-Students will be able
to identify the location
of people in the
building
-Students will be able
to give and follow oral
directions in regards to
the location of certain
people and places in the
building
-Collaborative
Translation
-Posters
-Role Play
-Flashcards
-Listening
Activities
-Skits
-Oral Response
to Questions
-Students
will write
directions to
a location
and/or
person
-How and where is the
Day of the Dead
celebrated?
-Students will be able
to identify the countries
that celebrate El Día de
los Muertos
-Students will be able
to identify why this
holiday is celebrated
-Posters
-Charts
-Presentations
-Oral Drills
-Flashcards
-Paragraph
Writing
-Listening
-Students
will listen to
information
about the
holiday and
list different
ways in
which El
Hillsborough Township School District
Unit/Skill
Body
Month/
Week
Content
Skeleton
and Body Parts
World Language Department
Grade 3
Curriculum Map
Core Content
Essential Questions
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to simple
questions, make requests, and express
preferences using memorized words
and phrases.
7.2 A.1 Identify daily practices of
people in the target culture(s).
7.2 A.3 Identify aspects of the target
culture(s) presented in photographs,
children’s books, and plays.
7.2 B.2 Participate in a variety of oral
and/or written activities after listening
to age-appropriate, culturally authentic
selections.
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to simple
questions, make requests, and express
preferences using memorized words
and phrases.
7.1 C.1 Imitate, recite, and/or
-What is the skeleton’s
body parts related to
Day of the Dead?
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Skills
-Students will be able
to identify the
significance of the
skeleton on El Día de
los Muertos
-Students will be able
to locate different body
parts while following
oral directions during
the “Simon Says” game
Assessment
Literacy
Integration
Activities
-Oral Response
to Questions
Día de los
Muertos is
celebrated
-Games
-Role Play
-Oral Drills
-Flashcards
-Paragraph
Writing
-Whiteboard
Drills
-Oral Response
to Questions
-Oral/Written
Quizzes
-Posters
-Puzzles
-Students
will label
their
skeletons
using
different
parts of the
body
-Students
will orally
present their
skeletons to
the class
Hillsborough Township School District
Unit/Skill
Month/
Week
Content
World Language Department
Grade 3
Curriculum Map
Core Content
Essential Questions
Skills
-What do you see in the
day sky?
-What do you see in the
night sky?
-Students will create a
poster of the day sky
and the night sky and
discuss their similarities
-Students will identify
the differences between
the day sky and the
night sky
Assessment
Literacy
Integration
dramatize simple poetry, rhymes,
songs, and skits.
Sun, Moon,
and Earth
4 weeks
Day Sky
and Night Sky
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 A.3 Identify familiar people, place,
and objects based on oral and/or simple
written descriptions.
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to simple
questions, make requests, and express
preferences using memorized words
and phrases.
7.1 C.1 Imitate, recite, and/or
dramatize simple poetry, rhymes,
songs, and skits.
-Posters
-Flashcards
-Paragraph
Writing
-Internet
Activities
-Oral Response
to Questions
-Students
will be able
to label
items found
in the day
sky and the
night sky
-Students
will be able
to write their
own poem,
rhyme,
and/or song
about the
day and/or
night sky
Books:
El cielo
nocturno
Felix James
4
Hillsborough Township School District
Unit/Skill
Month/
Week
Content
World Language Department
Grade 3
Curriculum Map
Core Content
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
Literacy
Integration
En la luna
Faridah
Yusof
El sol
Anita
Garmon
4 weeks
The Earth
and Seasons
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 A.3 Identify familiar people, place,
and objects based on oral and/or simple
written descriptions.
7.1 A.5 Connect the learning of the
target language to information studied
in other core content areas. (Grade level
appropriate science topics –e.g.,, life
cycles of plants and animals)
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to questions,
make requests, and express preferences
in various social situations using
learned expressions and strings of
sentences.
-What are the seasons
in relation to the
movement of the earth?
-How does the earth
move around the sun?
-What clothes do you
wear in the different
seasons?
-Students will be able
to identify the different
seasons
-Students will be able
to physically
demonstrate how the
earth moves around the
sun
-Students will be able
to identify different
clothing you wear in the
seasons
-Games
-Role Play
-Oral Drills
-Flashcards
-Paragraph
Writing
-Whiteboard
Drills
-Oral Response
to Questions
-Collaborative
Translation
-Presentations
-Research
-Listening
Activities
-Students
will be able
to write
sentence(s)
about their
favorite
season
-Students
will be able
to give an
oral
presentation
on their
favorite
season
Books:
Las cuatro
estaciones
Simon Lee
El tiempo y
las
estaciones
5
Hillsborough Township School District
Unit/Skill
Month/
Week
Content
World Language Department
Grade 3
Curriculum Map
Core Content
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
7.1 C.1 Imitate, recite, and/or
dramatize simple poetry, rhymes,
songs, and skits.
Las Posadas
Literacy
Integration
Cory
Phillips
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to questions,
make requests, and express preferences
in various social situations using
learned expressions and strings of
sentences.
7.2 A.1 Identify daily practices of
people in the target culture(s).
7.2 A.3 Identify aspects of the target
culture(s) presented in photographs,
children’s books, and plays.
7.2 B.2 Participate in a variety of oral
and/or written activities after listening
to age-appropriate, culturally authentic
selections.
-Who celebrates Las
Posadas?
-How do they
celebrate?
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-Students will be able
to identify the countries
that celebrate Las
Posadas
-Students will be able
to identify why this
holiday is celebrated
-Posters
-Charts
-Presentations
-Oral Drills
-Flashcards
-Paragraph
Writing
-Listening
Activities
-Oral Response
to Questions
Watching
the Weather
Marcia
Freeman
-Students
will listen to
information
about the
holiday and
list different
ways in
which Las
Posadas is
celebrated
Hillsborough Township School District
Unit/Skill
Month/
Week
4 weeks
Content
The Solar
System
World Language Department
Grade 3
Curriculum Map
Core Content
Essential Questions
Skills
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 A.3 Identify familiar people, place,
and objects based on oral and/or simple
written descriptions.
7.1 A.5 Connect the learning of the
target language to information studied
in other core content areas. (Grade level
appropriate science topics –e.g., life
cycles of plants and animals)
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to questions,
make requests, and express preferences
in various social situations using
learned expressions and strings of
sentences.
7.1 C.1 Imitate, recite, and/or
dramatize simple poetry, rhymes,
songs, and skits.
-How many planets are
in the solar system?
-What are their names?
-What are the sizes,
colors, and order of the
planets?
-Students will be able
to identify the different
planets
-Students will be able
to research information
about their favorite
planet
-Students will be able
to physically
demonstrate the order
of the planets in the
solar system
Assessment
-Posters
-Flashcards
-Paragraph
Writing
-Internet
Activities
-Oral Response
to Questions
Literacy
Integration
-Students
will be able
to write
sentence(s)
about their
favorite
planet
-Students
will be able
to give an
oral
presentation
on their
favorite
planet
Books:
Nuestro
lugar en el
espacio
Bilal Jouhar
El espacio
Juan Rueda
Planetas de
nuestro
sistema solar
Isabel
Armstrong
7
Hillsborough Township School District
Unit/Skill
Month/
Week
Rocks and
Minerals
4 weeks
Content
Rocks
Minerals
World Language Department
Grade 3
Curriculum Map
Core Content
Essential Questions
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 A.5 Connect the learning of the
target language to information studied
in other core content areas. (Grade level
appropriate science topics –e.g., life
cycles of plants and animals)
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to questions,
make requests, and express preferences
in various social situations using
learned expressions and strings of
sentences.
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 A.3 Identify familiar people, place,
and objects based on oral and/or simple
written descriptions.
7.1 A.5 Connect the learning of the
target language to information studied
in other core content areas. (Grade level
appropriate science topics –e.g., life
cycles of plants and animals)
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Skills
Assessment
Literacy
Integration
-What is a rock?
-Which rocks float in
water?
-Students will be able
to identify different
types of rocks
-Students will be able
to identify which rocks
float in water
-Posters
-Flashcards
-Paragraph
Writing
-Internet
Activities
-Oral Response
to Questions
-Students
will create a
chart
labeling the
various
types of
rocks
-What is a mineral?
-What are the
birthstones and their
colors?
-Which birthstone is
associated with each
month?
-When is your
birthday?
-Students will be able
to identify different
birthstones in relation
to the months of the
year
-Students will be able
to create a poster using
their favorite
birthstones
-Games
-Role Play
-Oral Drills
-Flashcards
-Paragraph
Writing
-Whiteboard
Drills
-Oral Response
to Questions
-Collaborative
Translation
-Students
will be able
to write
sentence(s)
about their
birthstones
-Students
will be able
to orally
present their
posters on
birthstones
Hillsborough Township School District
Unit/Skill
Role of
Living
Things
Month/
Week
8 weeks
Content
Animals and
their Habitats
World Language Department
Grade 3
Curriculum Map
Core Content
Essential Questions
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to questions,
make requests, and express preferences
in various social situations using
learned expressions and strings of
sentences.
7.1 C.1 Imitate, recite, and/or
dramatize simple poetry, rhymes,
songs, and skits.
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 A.3 Identify familiar people, place,
and objects based on oral and/or simple
written descriptions.
7.1 A.5 Connect the learning of the
target language to information studied
in other core content areas. (Grade level
appropriate science topics –e.g.,, life
cycles of plants and animals)
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
Skills
Assessment
Literacy
Integration
-Presentations
-Research
-Listening
Activities
-What animals live in
the following: sea,
desert, rain forest,
arctic, and grasslands?
-How does the animal
look?
-What does it eat?
-Is it an herbivore,
carnivore, or omnivore?
-Students will be able
to identify/name
animals that live in each
habitat
-Students will be able
to identify herbivores,
carnivores, and/or
omnivores
-Students will be able
to research about their
favorite animal on the
Internet
-Students will be able
to draw a picture of
their favorite animal
-Oral/Written
Quizzes
-Posters
-Games
-Role Play
-Presentations
-Oral Drills
-Flashcards
-Paragraph
Writing
-Listening
Activities
-Internet
Activities
-Oral Response
to Questions
-Students
will write a
short report
about their
favorite
animal
-Students
will be able
to present
their report
on their
favorite
animal to
the class
Books:
Grupos de
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Hillsborough Township School District
Unit/Skill
Month/
Week
Content
World Language Department
Grade 3
Curriculum Map
Core Content
Essential Questions
Skills
Assessment
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to questions,
make requests, and express preferences
in various social situations using
learned expressions and strings of
sentences.
7.1 C.1 Imitate, recite, and/or
dramatize simple poetry, rhymes,
songs, and skits.
Literacy
Integration
animales
Greg Pyers
Vida en el
océano
George
Huxley
La selva
Pat Malone
Hábitats de
los animales
Michalle
Kramer
Cómo se
muevan los
animales
Ricardo
Lopez
1 week
Cinco de Mayo
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
-Who celebrates Cinco
de Mayo?
-How do they
celebrate?
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-Students will be able
to identify the country
that celebrates Cinco de
Mayo
-Students will be able
to identify why this
holiday is celebrated
-Posters
-Charts
-Presentations
-Oral Drills
-Flashcards
-Paragraph
Writing
-Listening
El cuerpo de
los animales
Cory
Phillips
-Students
will listen to
information
about the
holiday and
list different
ways in
which Cinco
Hillsborough Township School District
Unit/Skill
Month/
Week
7 weeks
Content
Plants
World Language Department
Grade 3
Curriculum Map
Core Content
Essential Questions
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to questions,
make requests, and express preferences
in various social situations using
learned expressions and strings of
sentences.
7.2 A.1 Identify daily practices of
people in the target culture(s).
7.2 A.3 Identify aspects of the target
culture(s) presented in photographs,
children’s books, and plays.
7.2 B.2 Participate in a variety of oral
and/or written activities after listening
to age-appropriate, culturally authentic
selections.
7.1 A.1 Demonstrate comprehension of
simple oral directions, commands, and
requests through appropriate physical
response.
7.1 A.3 Identify familiar people, place,
and objects based on oral and/or simple
written descriptions.
7.1 A.5 Connect the learning of the
target language to information studied
in other core content areas. (Grade level
appropriate science topics –e.g., life
cycles of plants and animals)
7.1 B.1 Give and follow simple oral
directions, commands, and requests for
participating in age-appropriate
classroom and cultural activities.
-What are the fruits and
vegetables and how do
they grow?
-What are their
characteristics?
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Skills
-Students will be able
to identify/name
various fruits and
vegetables and what
they need to grow
-Students will be able
to research about their
favorite meal on the
Internet
-Students will be able
to draw a picture of
their favorite meals
Assessment
Literacy
Integration
Activities
-Oral Response
to Questions
de Mayo is
celebrated
-Oral/Written
Quizzes
-Posters
-Games
-Role Play
-Presentations
-Oral Drills
-Flashcards
Paragraph
Writing
-Listening
Activities
-Internet
Activities
-Oral Response
to Questions
-Students
will write a
short report
about their
favorite
meals
-Students
will
interview
their
teachers and
parents on
their favorite
meals
-Students
will be able
Hillsborough Township School District
Unit/Skill
Month/
Week
Content
World Language Department
Grade 3
Curriculum Map
Core Content
Essential Questions
7.1 B.2 Imitate appropriate gestures
and intonation of the target culture
during greetings, leave-takings, and
daily interactions.
7.1 B.3 Ask and respond to questions,
make requests, and express preferences
in various social situations using
learned expressions and strings of
sentences.
7.1 C.1 Imitate, recite, and/or
dramatize simple poetry, rhymes,
songs, and skits.
Skills
Assessment
Literacy
Integration
to present
their report
on their
favorite
meal
Books:
La vida de
las plantas
Juan Rueda
Qué planta
es ésta?
Leroy
Taylor
Grandes
tomates
rojos
Pamela
Graham
Plantas que
comemos
Cory
Phillips
Qué ven?
Simone
Sanderson
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