Spanish I Pacing Guide (2013-2014)
Topic
1st Six Weeks
Estimated Time
¡Empecemos!
5 Days
Greetings and goodbyes
Asking someone’s name and introducing
self/others
Asking how someone is
Saying where you and others are from
Identify subjects/verbs in sentences
Subject pronouns
¡Empecemos!
Topic
2nd Six Weeks
Estimated Time
¿Qué te gusta hacer?
6 Days
Talking about everyday activities
Saying how often you do things
Present tense of –ar verbs
Present tense of ir and jugar
Weather expressions
6 Days La vida escolar
6 Days
Topic
3rd Six Weeks
Estimated Time
¡A comer!
6 Days
Lunch foods
Table settings
Describing and commenting on food
Taking an order and making polite
requests
Ser and estar
Pedir and servir
Preferir, poder, and probar
¡A comer!
6 Days
Numbers 0-31
Telling time
Days, months, dates
Alphabet
Giving phone numbers and email
addresses
Present tense of ser
Punctuation marks and accent marks
School supplies
Saying what you and others need
Talking about classes
Indefinite articles
¿Cuánto? and mucho/poco
Present tense of tener and tener idioms
Venir and a + time
Breakfast foods and dinner foods
Talking about meals
Offering help and giving instructions
Direct objects and direct object pronouns
Regular affirmative informal commands
Irregular affirmative informal commands
with tener, venir, poner, ir, ser, hacer,
salir
Affirmative informal commands with
pronouns
A conocernos
La vida escolar
6 Days
Cuerpo sano, mente sana 6 Days
School events and places at school
Talking about plans
Inviting others to do something
Ir + a + infinitive
Present tense of –er and –ir verbs
Tag questions
-er/-ir verbs with irregular yo forms
Talking about your daily routine
Personal items
Parts of the body
Talking about staying fit and healthy
Verbs with reflexive pronouns
Para, antes de, and después de + infinitive
Stem-changing verbs
6 Days
Describing friends and others
Numbers 32-100
Ages and birthdays
Ser with adjectives
Gender and adjective agreement
Question formation
Negative informal commands (Ch7B)
A conocernos
5 Days
En casa con la familia
5 Days
Vamos de compras
6 Days
Talking about what you/ others like
Describing things
Nouns and definite articles
Gustar with indirect object pronouns
¿Por qué?, and porque
The preposition de
Family members
Describing people (physical/personality)
Describing family relationships
Possessive adjectives
Stem-changing verbs: o ue; eie
Articles of clothing and colors
To ask for an opinion and give yours
To offer and ask for help in a store
Costar and numbers to one million
Demonstrative adjectives and comparisons
Quedar + indirect object pronouns
¿Qué te gusta hacer?
En casa con la familia
End of Term
4 Days
Exam Review, Exam, and
Enrichment:
These days should be used for
cultural activities, readings, and
other enrichment activities.
6 Days
Sports and leisure activities
Talking about what you/others like to do
Talking about what you/others want to do
Gustar with infinitives
Present tense of querer with infinitives
5 Days
In the house: rooms, furniture, accessories
Talking about chores/responsibilities
Talking about where you and others live
Estar with prepositions
Negation with nunca, tampoco, nadie,
nada
Tocar and parecer with indirect object
pronouns
2 Flex Days
2 Flex Days
*Note: The estimated time shown in this pacing guide is based on a 90-minute block.
2 Flex Days