K-8 Spanish
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Transitional Kindergarten Spanish
- Uses basic salutations and expressions of courtesy
- Uses TPR with movements, visual, aural, and tactile approaches to infer meaning
- Uses basic routine vocabulary, including the alphabet, numbers, colors and parts of the body
- Uses curriculum based vocabulary
- Uses single words and sentences to communicate on familiar topics
- Responds accurately to yes/no questions
- Practices cultural components through music, games and celebrations
Kindergarten Spanish
- Uses basic salutations and expressions of courtesy
- Uses TPR with movements, visual, aural, and tactile approaches to infer meaning
- Uses basic routine vocabulary, including the alphabet, numbers, colors and parts of the body
- Uses curriculum based vocabulary
- Uses single words and sentences to communicate on familiar topics
- Responds accurately to yes/no questions
- Practices cultural components through music, games and celebrations
First Grade Spanish
- Uses basic salutations and expressions of courtesy
- Uses TPR with movements, visual, aural, and tactile approaches to infer meaning
- Uses basic routine vocabulary, and builds upon previously learned vocabulary by including feelings, insects, weather and days of the week
- Uses curriculum based vocabulary
- Uses more than one word to communicate on familiar topics
- Demonstrates comprehension of simple sentences in the target language
- Responds accurately to yes/no questions
- Practices cultural components through music, games and celebrations
Second Grade Spanish
- Uses basic salutations and expressions of courtesy according to time of day
- Uses TPR with movements, visual, aural, and tactile approaches to infer meaning
- Reiteration of previously learned vocabulary, builds upon by including basic foods, clothing and animal body parts
- Responds accurately to yes/no and either/or questions
- Communicates on some familiar topics using single words and basic phrases
- Demonstrates comprehension of simple sentences and/or phrases in the target language
- Comprehends basic classroom directions provided in the target language
- Responds accurately to yes/no and either/or questions
- Practices cultural components through music, games and celebrations
Third Grade Spanish
- Uses basic salutations and expressions of courtesy
- Uses physical gestures to infer meaning
- Responds accurately to yes/no and either/or questions
- Uses previously learned vocabulary in the target language, including Spanish speaking countries, school supplies, school subjects, transportation and foods
- Communicates on some familiar topics using basic phrases
- Demonstrates comprehension of simple sentences and/or phrases in the target language
- Comprehends basic classroom directions provided in the target language
- Expresses likes, dislikes and emotions in the target language
- Practices cultural components through music, games and celebrations
Fourth Grade Spanish
- Uses salutations and expressions of courtesy according to the time of day
- Begins to use verbal cues provided in the target language to infer meaning
- Begins to respond accurately to basic conversational questions
- Uses previously learned vocabulary in the target language, including months of the year, family, places/jobs in our school community, prepositions of place, hobbies and date/time
- Communicates on familiar topics using short sentences
- Demonstrates comprehension of simple sentences and/or phrases in the target language
- Comprehends classroom directions provided in the target language
- Expresses likes, dislikes and emotions in the target language
- Shares basic information about self in the target language
- Uses curriculum based vocabulary
- Practices cultural components through music, games and celebrations
Fifth Grade Spanish
- Uses different greetings, farewells and expressions of courtesy according to the time of day and relationship with the person to whom he/she is speaking
- Uses verbal cues provided in the target language to infer meaning
- Responds accurately to basic conversational questions
- Uses previously learned vocabulary in the target language, including family, careers, and use of common interrogative pronouns
- Communicates on several familiar topics using sentences
- Demonstrates comprehension of sentences and/or phrases in the target language
- Comprehends classroom directions provided in the target language
- Expresses likes, dislikes and emotions in the target language
- Shares information about self in the target language
- Begins to demonstrate comprehension and use of -AR and -ER/IR regular verbs in the present tense (in the first person singular, the first person singular and plural, and the third person singular)
- Practices cultural components through music, games and celebrations
Sixth Grade Spanish
- Accurately responds to basic conversational questions
- Expresses feelings, emotions, agreement and disagreement in the target language
- Begins to make affirmative and negative statements on familiar topics
- Recalls previously taught vocabulary
- Talks about things and activities he/she likes and doesn’t like to do
- Uses adjectives to describe people, animals and places
- Uses interrogative words to ask questions
- Begins to use the correct conjugations for -AR, -ER, -IR regular verbs in the present tense
- Begins to use the correct conjugations for the irregular verbs “Ser” and “Estar” (Verb “To Be”) in the present tense
- Begins to understand written language on a variety of basic topics
- Begins to present basic information in the target language
Seventh Grade Spanish
- Accurately responds and asks basic conversational questions
- Expresses feelings, agreement, disagreement and opinions in the target language
- Makes affirmative and negative statements on familiar topics
- Recalls and begins to use previously taught vocabulary
- Begins to use reflexive verbs
- Uses adjectives to describe people, animals and places in detail
- Uses the correct conjugations for -AR, -ER, -IR regular verbs in the present tense
- Uses the correct conjugations for some irregular verbs, including “Ser” and “Estar” (Verb “To Be”),
- “Tener” (Verb “To Have”) and “Ir” (Verb “To Go”) in the present tense
- Understands written language on a variety of topics
- Presents basic information in the target language
Eighth Grade Spanish
- Accurately asks and responds to conversational questions
- Expresses feelings, agreement, disagreement and opinions in the target language
- Expresses affirmative and negative statements on familiar topics
- Recalls and uses previously taught vocabulary
- Expresses possession using singular and plural possessive adjectives
- Uses reflexive verbs and indirect object pronouns
- Uses the correct conjugations for -AR, -ER, -IR regular verbs in the present tense
- Uses the correct conjugations for a variety of irregular verbs in the present tense
- Uses the correct conjugations for some basic stem-changing verbs in the present tense
- Uses the correct conjugations for regular verbs in the past tense
- Understands and interprets written language with the ability to present in the target language on a variety of topics
- Practice cultural components through music, dance, cuisine, and celebrations