2014-2015 Instructional Calendar
Subject: Spanish I
1st Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 1
Introductios 1
Ice breakers
Why study Spanish?
Spanish acrostic
Cognates
Smart Goals
Greetings & farewells
Review
Alphabet
Numbers
1 – 20
Numbers
1 – 100
Test: Introductions
Greetings & Farewells
Letters, Numbers
Dates
Time
Time
Test: Days, Dates, Time
Culture, Mexican,
Independence
Map of Mexico
Week 2
Week 3
Days / Dates
Notes:
TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 4C, are recursive
2014-2015 Instructional Calendar
Subject: Spanish I
1st Six Weeks
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 4
Weather & Seasons
Weather & Seasons
Aztec Calendar
Weather / Geography
Test: Calendar, seasons,
weather
Articles / Gender
Body parts
Games
Classroom
Objects
Useful classroom
phrases
Test: Articles, body
parts, objects
Colors
Week 5
Body parts
Project
Introduce colors
Week 6
Prepare for oral
presentation
“Meet new student”
Notes:
Oral presentation
Hispanic heritage
Hispanic heritage
Geography of the
Spanish Speaking World
Geography of the
Spanish Speaking World
2014-2015 Instructional Calendar
Subject: Spanish I
2nd Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 7
Chapter 1 A
Vocabulary: Verbs
Vocabulary activities
Me gusta
Infinitives
Negatives
Test : Vocabulary / me
gusta
Vocabulary: Adjectives
Vocab Practice / Games
Week 8
Agreement /
disagreement
Lectura : Que’ te gusta
hacer?
Practice Games
Practice in centers
1A Exam
Week 9
Videohistoria
1A
Notes:
2014-2015 Instructional Calendar
Subject: Spanish I
2nd Six Weeks
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Tuesday
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Friday
Week 10
Test: Dia de los
muertos
Dia de los muertos
TEKS
2B
Week 11
Adjective / Noun
Agreement
Definite & Indefinite
Articles
Word order
Test: Adj./
N.Agreement
Def./Indef. Articles
Word order
Week 12
Videohistoria
1B, 5A, 5B
Notes:
Prepare for oral
presentation
“yo soy”
Oral presentation
2014-2015 Instructional Calendar
Subject: Spanish I
3rd Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 13
2A Vocabulary
School, classes, etc.
Vocabulary practice
Videohistoria
2A
Subject
Pronouns
Vocabulary
Test
Week 14
Present tense – AR verbs
Test: Present Tense –
AR Verbs
Week 15
Prepare for oral
presentation: Class
Schedule
Notes:
Create Pres. Poster
Oral presentation
Vocabulary: classroom
objects
Vocabulary practice
2014-2015 Instructional Calendar
Subject: Spanish I
3rd Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 16
The plurals of nouns &
articles
Estar
Estar
2B Vocabulary test
Culture activity
3 Kings
Review games
Donde Esta?
Booklet project
Review in centers
Review in centers
Christmas Traditions in
Latin America
2B
Week 17
3 kings
Culture day
Make “shoes”
2B
Week 18
Lectura: UNICEF
Notes:
Midterm Exams
Las Posadas
2014-2015 Instructional Calendar
Subject: Spanish I
4th Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 19
Vocabulary: Food
3A & 3B
Vocabulary
Practice
-er / -ir
verbs
Vocab Test
Present tense
Verb games
Lectura – Frutas y
verdurad de las
Americas & Geography
Videohistoria & Review
3A Exam
Plurals of adjectives
Ser
Test: Vocab.
Plurals, ser
Videohistoria
Week 20
Me gustan / me encantan Create café menu
Week 21
Vocabulary
Food guide
Pyramid
Notes:
Vocabulary
2014-2015 Instructional Calendar
Subject: Spanish I
4th Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 22
Restaurant
Vocabulary
5B
Vocabulary
Ser / Estar
Ser / Estar
Vocabulary test
- go verbs
Videohistoria
Review in centers
Test 5B
Script
Script / menu
Rehearsal
Presentation test
Week 23
Table
Setting
Vocabulary
Week 24
Group speaking
Project
Restaurant
5A,5B
Notes:
2014-2015 Instructional Calendar
Subject: Spanish I
5th Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 25
I
Begin reading Pobre Ana – Read chapters 1, 2, and 3
Venn Diagram
(pre-writing)
Week 26
Read Chapter 4 in Pobre
Ana
Read Chapter 5 in Pobre
Ana
Read Chapter 6 in Pobre
Ana
Read Chapter 7 in Pobre
Ana
Read Chapter 8 in Pobre
Ana
Week 27
Read Chapter 9 in Pobre
Ana
Write report
(similarities &
differences of
American & Mexican
culture)
Notes:
Pobre Ana – Students will read the novel and answer comprehension questions about it. At the end of the unit, they will submit a
report in Spanish about the differences and similarities in American and Mexican culture.
2014-2015 Instructional Calendar
Subject: Spanish I
5th Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 28
Vocabulary
Places
4A
Vocabulary
Test: Vocabulary
Week 29
Question words
El Viejo
San Juan
Question words
Videohistoria
Practice
4A Grammar &
Vocabulary
Practice
4A Grammar &
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Ir a t inf.
Vocabulary Test
Tener + que + inf.
Conj. Verb + inf.
Week 30
4B Vocabulary
Pastime activities
Notes:
4A Test
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Subject: Spanish I
6th Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 31
5A Vocabulary
Possessive Adjectives
(Practice Activities)
Review
5A Vocabulary Test
Week 32
Create Piñatas
5A Vocabulary
Fiesta
Week 33
7A Vocabulary
Notes:
Numbers
Indirect Object Pronouns 7A Vocabulary Quiz
Traditional Clothing of
Latin America/Maps
2014-2015 Instructional Calendar
Subject: Spanish I
6th Six Weeks
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Week 34
Stem- changing verbs
7A
Battleship with Stemchanging verbs
Week 35
7B Vocabulary
Week 36
Viaje a Hondura/ Mayan
culture
Grammar: adj/
agreement & stem
Changing verbs
Vocabular: color words,
clothing, big numbers
Practice for speaking
Test
Speaking Test
Make corn husked doll
2B
Final Exams
Final Exams
Week 37
Review
Notes:
Review
Oral presentation
Dress Doll
Write Composition
2B