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Lesson 1:
Spanish Greetings
Duration: @ 30 minutes
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Activities
- Watch the
Spanish Greetings Video (3:03)
- Watch the
Where Do You Live Video (3:03)
- Practice Hide and Seek with
the vocabulary chart below. Click and drag your
mouse over each square to see the matching
English word for each Spanish word.
Vocabulary
hola
hello |
Como estan?
How are all of
you? |
bien
well |
mal
bad |
casa
house |
ciudad
city |
buenos dias
good day |
Como estas?
How are you? |
mas o menos
more or less |
mas o menos
more or less |
apartamentos
apartment |
granja
farm |
Differentiation
Extension - Play the
Greetings PowerPoint Review Game with a partner.
Support- Listen to the pronunciation of all of
your vocabulary words from unit 1 through this
Voicethread. Use your home computers
microphone to practice saying each word. Find
as many other words in Spanish that are synonyms for
each vocabulary word.
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Lesson 2: My Family - Mi Familia
Duration: @ 30 minutes
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Activities
- Watch the
Family Members Video.
- Practice Hide and Seek with the
vocabulary chart below. Click and drag your mouse over
each square to see the matching English word for each
Spanish word.
People in a Family
Personas en una Familia |
mother / mom
madre / mamá |
father / dad
padre / papá |
brother
hermano |
sister
hermana |
aunt
tía |
uncle
tío |
grandmother
abuela |
grandfather
abuelo |
cousin
primo |
niece
sobrina |
nephew
sobrino |
son
hijo |
daughter
hija |
Differentiation
Extension:
Vocabulary Card Deck -
People in
the Family Students can Play Go Fish with the deck of
Family Member cards.
Support:
Students can use the Vocabulary Card
Deck -
People in
the Family as flash cards with students covering the English
words for their partner.
Lesson 3: My Family Photo Album
Match Game
Duration: @ 30 minutes
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Activities
- Find either family photos or a family
photo album. Cut the Family Member Page into squares and
place each square with the Spanish and English words by
the correct family photo.
- Sit with a friend or someone in your
family and practice telling him or her the Spanish word
you have learned for each family member. Say the English
and the Spanish words aloud. You have to tell your brain
what new words you want it to learn. Point to each
picture and say, "This is my mother. This is my madre."
"This is my father. this is my padre." This is my
grandmother. This is my abuela." etc.
Lesson 4: My Family Photo Album
Match Game
Duration: @ 30 minutes
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Assessment:
Activities
- Use the family photo album and the
word squares you made in the last lesson. Cut the Family
Member Page into squares and place each square with the
Spanish and English words by the correct family photo.
- Sit with a friend or someone in your
family and practice telling him or her the Spanish word
you have learned for each family member. Say the English
and the Spanish words aloud. You have to tell your brain
what new words you want it to learn. This time you will
make a full Spanish sentence using the words, "Este es
mi or this is my..." Point to each picture and say,
"This is my mother. Este es mi madre." "This is my
father. Este es mi padre." This is my grandmother. Este
es mi abuela." etc.
- Practice removing the word squares
from your photos or photo album and see how many family
member names you can remember without seeing the word
squares.
Differentiation
Extension:
Vocabulary Card Deck -
People in
the Family Students can Play Go Fish with the deck of
Family Member cards.
Support:
Students can use the Vocabulary Card
Deck -
People in
the Family as flash cards with students covering the English
words for their partner.
Lesson 5: Memorizing Family
Member Names
Duration: @ 30 minutes
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Activities
- Use the family photo album and the
word squares you made in the last lesson. Cut the Family
Member Page into squares and place each square with the
Spanish and English words by the correct family photo.
- Sit with a friend or someone in your
family and practice telling him or her the Spanish word
you have learned for each family member. Say the English
and the Spanish words aloud. You have to tell your brain
what new words you want it to learn. This time you will
make a full Spanish sentence using the words, "Este es
mi or this is my..." Point to each picture and say,
"This is my mother. Este es mi madre." "This is my
father. Este es mi padre." This is my grandmother. Este
es mi abuela." etc.
- Practice removing the word squares
from your photos or photo album and see how many family
member names you can remember without seeing the word
squares.
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People in a Family |
mother / mom |
father / dad |
brother |
sister |
aunt |
uncle |
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Personas en una Familia |
madre / mamá |
padre / papá |
hermano |
hermana |
tía |
tío |
|
grandmother |
grandfather |
cousin |
niece |
nephew |
son |
daughter |
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abuela |
abuelo |
primo |
sobrina |
sobrino |
hijo |
hija |
Differentiation
Extension:
Vocabulary Card Deck -
People in
the Family Students can Play Go Fish with the deck of
Family Member cards.
Support:
Students can use the Vocabulary Card
Deck -
People in
the Family as flash cards with students covering the English
words for their partner.
Lesson 6: Family Members Writing
Beango
Duration: 3 sessions @ 30 minutes
each
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Assessment:
Activities
- Write the vocabulary words for Family
Members on your Beango Game card. Each square should
have one Spanish word.
- Check the spelling of each word.
- Family Member Beango Game
using
Beango Cards Small and
Beango Cards Large - students can review Spanish and
English vocabulary words or math families, or other basic
content by completing their own bingo cards. Dried beans
can be used as playing pieces. Use dried
beans, pennies or other small objects as playing cards.
Your parent, teacher or a friend will call out words
from the Family Members Vocabulary list. If you have a
matching word, say it, aloud then spell it. If you are
correct, place a bean or other object on the
square. The winner will be the first player to win a row
across, a column down or diagonal row.
Lesson 7-8: Family Members
Practice Games
Duration: 2 sessions @ 30 minutes
each
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Activities
- Use the Vocabulary Card
Deck made from the
People in
the Family document. Play Go Fish with the deck of
Family Member cards.
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People in
the Family - use the Vocabulary Card
Deck as flash cards with students covering the English
words for a partner.
- Family Member Beango Game
using
Beango Cards Small and
Beango Cards Large - students can review Spanish and
English vocabulary words or other basic
content by completing their own bingo cards. Dried beans
can be used as playing pieces.
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Play the
Online Match Game.
Lesson 9: Introduce Your Family
Duration: @ 30 minutes
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Activities
- Practice introducing all of your
family members aloud in Spanish. First, use a greeting
you have learned, introduce yourself, then your
other family members. Your introductions may sound
something like this:
Hola, buenos dias.
Mi nombre es _______.
Este es mi madre, ________.
Este es mi padre, ________. |
Lesson 10: Test on Family
Members
Duration: @ 30 minutes
each
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Assessment:
Meet My Family Quizlet
Activities
- Practice for the test on the first 10
lessons by going to the
Meet My Family Quizlet. First, select Familiarize,
and practice saying the words as you see them on the
screen.
- Go to the
Meet My Family Quizlet and practice writing the
English word for each Spanish word.
- Now, go to
Meet My Family Quizlet and play either Space Race or
Scatter until you feel that you are ready to take the
test.
- Finally, take the online test on the
Meet My Family Quizlet. E-mail your score to your
teacher. You can take the test as many times as you want
to to keep improving your score. We want you to be very
successful. When you finish, you will have learned the
most important first set of vocabulary words. You will
use these words many times as you speak Spanish with
others.
Differentiation
Extension: The Quizlet keeps track, not only of
correct responses, but also of time. See if you can beat the
record for timed responses.
Support: If spelling is too difficult for the student,
verbal responses are acceptable. To continue with the test,
a teacher or parent will need to type the word into the
Quizlet.
Lesson 11: Where do you Live?
Donde Vives?
Duration: @ 30 minutes
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Activities
- Watch the
Donde Vives Video
(3:33) Listen for the words that describe where.
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Watch the
Family of Tigers Hide and Seek video (4:40).
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Listen to a
Story Told in Spanish.
As you listen to the story, see how many words you
recognize. Since this story is familiar to you, you may
have a better idea of Spanish words that are used to
describe people, places, and things. Even though you may
not understand every word, listen to how the words are
pronounced and hear how the Spanish language flows. The
first time you hear someone tell a story in Spanish, you
may feel lost. As you learn more vocabulary words, you
will be able to listen to a story and pick out more and
more words that make sense to you.
Lesson 12:
This Is My House
Duration: @ 30 minutes
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Assessment: Practice test in Quizlet.
Activities
- Watch the
Rooms of the House video.
- Learn the name for the rooms in your house by printing the
Rooms In My House Drawing, then check your answers
with the
answer sheet. Practice the words below for
Rooms in the House.
- Make Vocabulary Cards for each of the following
twelve sets of words. Tape them to the walls or doors in
you house while you learn these words.
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hall |
the kitchen |
dining room |
bathroom |
attic |
bedroom |
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el pasillo |
la cocina |
el comedor |
el baño |
el desván |
la recámara |
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stairs |
study |
los muebles |
living room |
basement
|
balcony |
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las
escaleras |
el estudio |
furniture |
la sala |
el
sótano |
el balcon |
- Go to Quizlet and practice
recognizing the
Rooms in the House vocabulary words.
Try all parts of Quizlet including the game Do not
attempt the Space Race unless you are very fast at
typing.
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Things
Found in a House |
chair |
window |
lamp |
door |
couch / sofa |
ceiling |
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Cosas Que se Encuentran en Casa |
la silla |
la ventana |
la
lámpara
|
la puerta |
el sofá |
el techo
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stereo |
desk
|
furniture |
ceiling fan |
TV |
walls |
floor |
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el estéreo |
el escritorio |
los muebles |
el abanico del techo |
la televisíon |
las
paredes |
el piso |
Differentiation
Extension: Play the
Scholastic Spanish and English Cycle Race.
Lesson 13:
Things in My House Relay
Duration: @ 30 minutes
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Activities
- Play the Where
Would I Find Guessing Game. Use the
deck of cards cut out from a printed copy of the
House Things document. First
cut the pages into playing cards. You will be able to
use these cards for many games in the future, so keep
them in a plastic baggie or wrap them with a rubberband.
You will need two or more players. Turn the deck of
cards face down. The first player turns over a card and
says, "Where would I find a ____? Read the word on the
card. If the player is correct in where the item would
be found, he or she can keep the card. If the answer is
incorrect, the next player must try to answer where the
item would be found. Keep playing until the entire deck
of cards has been played. The player with the most cards
is the winner.
Differentiation
Extension: Think of other games you can play with
the deck of cards that will help you learn the vocabulary
cards and the rooms of the house.
Support: Play Go Fish or Old Maid with the deck of
House Things cards. The instructions card can be the Old
Maid.
Lesson
14-16: Rooms and Things In My House Review Games
Duration: @ 30 minutes
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Activities
- Play the
Rooms and Things in My House PowerPoint Review
Game.
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Use the words from the
word list below. Choose 16 word pairs from the list of
word pairs below. Print the
Beango Card
then write the Spanish and English words in one of the
boxes on the card. You will only use 16 word pairs from
the list. Make several Beango cards with different sets
of words on each card. this will be a great way for you
to practice writing the pairs of words. When you have
made several cards, you are ready to play Beango with
your family or friends. One person will need to call out
a word pair from the list. If you have the matching pair
on your card, cover it with a pinto or dried bean. The
first player to win get four in a row is the winner.
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hall |
the kitchen |
dining room |
bathroom |
attic |
bedroom |
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el pasillo |
la cocina |
el comedor |
el baño |
el desván |
la recámara |
|
stairs |
study |
los muebles |
living room |
basement
|
balcony |
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las
escaleras |
el estudio |
furniture |
la sala |
el
sótano |
el balcon |
Use word pairs from either of
these word lists.
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Things
Found in a House |
chair |
window |
lamp |
door |
couch / sofa |
ceiling |
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Cosas Que se Encuentran en
Casa |
la silla |
la ventana |
la lámpara
|
la puerta |
el sofá |
el techo
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stereo |
desk
|
furniture |
ceiling fan |
TV |
walls |
floor |
|
el estéreo |
el escritorio |
los muebles |
el abanico del techo |
la televisíon |
las
paredes |
el piso |
- Use the
House Things
Vocabulary Card
Deck as flash cards with students covering the English
words for a partner.
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House Things document - Use the Vocabulary Card
Deck and play Go Fish with the deck of
House Things cards.
Differentiation
Extension: Read the
Ways to Use Vocabulary Cards - includes 5 minute fillers
and other strategies to help students learn vocabulary
words. The decks of cards listed below by category are in
Microsoft Word format so teachers, parents and students can
create word lists of 13 words for any content area.
Lesson 17:
Writing About My House
Duration: @ 30 minutes
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Activities
- Watch
the
Rooms of the House video again as a vocabulary
review.
- Find a picture of your house.
Use the list of vocabulary words and write sentences
about your house. From the list, use as many Spanish
words as you can. Use English words for the words you do
not know in Spanish.
Lesson 18: Test on My
House
Duration: @ 30 minutes
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Activities
- Use the
My House Quizlet to practice for your final test on
the rooms of a house. First Click on Familiarize and
name the English word that matches the Spanish word.
- Now use the
My House Quizlet to practice by using the Learn
link.
- Practice for the test by clicking on the
My House Quizlet button for Play Scatter.
You can try the Space Race if you super fast at typing.
Differentiation
Support: for students that are not able to type the words, a
parent can read the words and ask the child to say the
matching word for the parent to type.
Foreign
Language Standards - Beginning Level
STANDARD I
Students comprehend the foreign language through
listening to a variety of sources.
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from diverse listening
sources.
Recognize memorized common expressions.
Demonstrate an understanding of vocabulary in context in
simple survival situations.
Recognize cultural cues.
Recognize different intonation and stress.
Benchmark B: Students demonstrate comprehension of diverse
auditory prompts.
Write appropriate responses.
Recall suitable rejoinders.
Respond kinesthetically.
STANDARD 2
Students speak in the foreign language for a variety of
purposes and audiences.
Benchmark A: Students communicate in the foreign language in
a variety of situations.
Express personal responses to oral, written, or visual
prompts in predictable, familiar structures.
Report personal narrative accounts.
Report factual information gathered from a variety of
sources in familiar, predictable situations.
Describe, using level-appropriate vocabulary.
List and recall.
Express personal opinions, likes, and dislikes on familiar
topics with learned phrases.
Imitate and incorporate culturally appropriate non-verbal
behaviors in familiar speaking situations.
Imitate appropriate social register.
Benchmark B: Students speak using a level-appropriate
vocabulary, grammar, usage, and sentence structure.
Use basic pronunciation and intonation patterns.
Demonstrate some accuracy in oral situations when
reproducing memorized words, phrases, and sentences.
STANDARD 3
Students read and derive meaning from a variety of materials
written in a foreign language.
Benchmark A: Students use comprehension skills to understand
text.
Employ word recognition skills, reading strategies, and
resources to decode.
Increase vocabulary to ensure understanding.
Infer meaning of unfamiliar words in familiar situations.
Benchmark B: Students use information gained from reading.
Create a product.
Anticipate the outcome of highly predictable text.
Make interdisciplinary connections from the ideas presented
in the text.
STANDARD 4
Students write in the foreign language for a variety of
purposes and audiences.
Benchmark A: Students use a variety of modes.
Write personal responses to oral, written, or visual
prompts, using familiar, memorized vocabulary.
Write to provide and/or obtain information in familiar,
predictable situations.
Report factual information gathered from familiar sources to
predictable settings.
Benchmark B: Students use a process approach to written
communications.
Identify purpose and audience.
Use a variety of planning strategies.
Revise content through multiple drafts.
Self- and peer-edit.
Create a final product.
Benchmark C. Students write using level-appropriate
vocabulary, grammar, usage, sentence structure, punctuation,
capitalization, and spelling.
Use correct grammar.
Reproduce correct register-level usage.
Reproduce a variety of sentence types and structures.
Reproduce correct punctuation and capitalization.
STANDARD 5
Students acquire and use knowledge of culture while
developing foreign language skills.
Benchmark A: Students use the foreign language and
culturally appropriate behavior patterns to convey meaning.
Identify everyday cultural characteristics.
Identify culturally appropriate gestures and expressions in
personal interaction.
Recognize components of the foreign cultures’ social
patterns.
Benchmark B: Students access cultural information available
only in the target language.
Use foreign information via technology.
Use library materials in foreign language (e.g. periodicals,
literature, reference, tapes, videos, etc.)
Identify signs and symbols in foreign cultures.
Benchmark C. Students analyze social, political, economic,
and/or historical aspects of the foreign cultures.
Identify similarities and differences among cultures.
Identify geographical locations relevant to the language.
Decks of Vocabulary Cards - includes playing cards for each of Vocabulary Card
Lessons 1-60. (Used in Grades 1-2)
Computer Review Games - includes vocabulary review games that can be played
alone or with a partner.
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