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Assessment Blueprint: Earn
100 Points for Your Grade - during this unit,
students will complete the following activities.
They all add up to a total of 100 points.
| Lesson |
Standard |
Assignment |
Evaluation Criteria |
Points |
| Lesson 1 |
Standard 1:
Benchmark A |
Writing: Journal Entry on
Months and Seasons |
Checklist |
16 |
| Lesson 3 |
Standard 1: Benchmark A |
Writing: Journal Entry on
Days of the Week |
Checklist |
7 |
| Lesson 4 |
Standard 1: Benchmark A |
Writing: Create a
Calendar |
Checklist |
24 |
| Lesson 5 |
Standard 1: Benchmark A |
Writing: Friends'
Birthdays |
Checklist |
5 |
| Lesson 6 |
Standard 2:
Benchmark B |
Speaking: Days and Months |
Checklist |
19 |
| Lesson 7 |
Standard 1: Benchmark A |
Writing: Days of the Week |
Checklist |
7 |
| Lesson 9 |
Standard 5:
Benchmark C |
Venn Diagram Comparing
Celebrations |
Holistic
Rubric |
6 |
| Lesson 10 |
Standard 1: Benchmark A |
Unit Test |
Checklist |
16 |
| Total |
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100 |
Lesson 1:
Learning the Seasons and Months
Duration: @25 min.
 
Standard 1:
Students comprehend the foreign language
through listening to a variety of sources.
Standard 3:
Students read and derive meaning from a
variety of materials written in a foreign language.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students obtain meaning from
diverse listening sources.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students use comprehension
skills to understand text.
Enduring Understanding:
Languages are built on basic rules that help people communicate with
clear understanding.
Essential Questions:
Communication - How will learning a language enhance my life?
Assessment: Journal Entry (16 points)
Activities
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Copy the
vocabulary from the chart below in your Spanish
Journal.
Learn the seasons and
how to pronounce them in
Learning
and Pronouncing Seasons, Months, and Days Vocabulary.
Practice the seasons in Spanish by completing all
the activities in the
Season's Quizlet.
Play Hangman using the days, months, and
seasons.
Vocabulary
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Summer |
Winter |
Fall |
Spring |
January |
February |
March |
April |
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Verano |
Invierno |
Otono |
Primavera |
enero
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febrero |
abril |
marzo
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May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
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mayo |
junio |
julio |
agosto |
septiembre |
octubre |
noviembre |
diciembre |
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Differentiation
Extension:
Answer these questions to further your knowledge of
vocabulary.
Support:
Additional Practice
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Lesson
2: Practicing
the Seasons and Months
Duration: @ 45 min.
Standard 3:
Students read and derive meaning from a
variety of materials written in a foreign language.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students use comprehension
skills to understand text.
Enduring Understanding:
Languages are built on basic rules that help people communicate with
clear understanding.
Essential Questions:
Comparisons - How do I determine the most effective
language learning style for me?
Assessment:
Formative - Take this
quiz
as many times as you need to judge your progress.
Activities
- Practice the
Days, Months and Seasons Practice Test. Read the English word in
the box. Then read the five multiple choice
answers at the bottom, click the best answer.
Click the box on the bottom labeled, “Switch the
next question to Spanish – English” to help
yourself learn to go from English to Spanish AND
Spanish to English!
- Play the
Online Matching Game with the months and the
seasons.
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Directions: Click the tab on the
bottom labeled, “Los Meses” to see
a calendar that shows the months of the year.
Then click on months along the side of the
calendar to see all twelve months in the year!
Click here to view this website.
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Optional
Activity:
Print a color
copy of the playing cards for
Months of the Year.
You can play many games using these cards. See
some suggestions on the directions card.
- See if you
can remember the Spanish word for each of the
English words below. Check your answers by
clicking and dragging your mouse over each of
the tan word boxes below each English word.
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Summer |
Winter |
Fall |
Spring |
January |
February |
March |
April |
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Verano |
Invierno |
Otono
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Primavera |
enero
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febrero |
abril |
marzo
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May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
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mayo |
junio |
julio |
agosto |
septiembre |
octubre |
noviembre |
diciembre |
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Differentiation
Extension: Click and drag each month to
place them in the proper order in the
Click and Drag Match Game.
Support:
Finish this
Crossword
Puzzle using Calendar vocabulary that
you learned in Lesson 1.
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Lesson
3:
Learning
the Days of the Week
Duration: @ 30 min.
Standard 3:
Students read and derive meaning from a
variety of materials written in a foreign language.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students use comprehension
skills to understand text.
Enduring Understanding:
Languages are built on basic rules that help people communicate with
clear understanding.
Essential Questions:
Comparisons - How do I determine the most effective
language learning style for me?
Assessment: Journal Entry (7 points)
Activities
- Look at this
Classroom Sign.
Create your own
poster, similar to this one to help you remember
the days of the week in Spanish.
- Learn the
days of the week in Spanish using the
Days of the Week Quizlet.
- Copy the
Spanish words for the days of the week in your
Spanish Journal.
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
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lunes |
martes |
miércoles |
jueves |
viernes |
sábado |
domingo |
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Differentiation
Extension: Try your memory out with this
Matching Squares Game!
Support: Play this
Draw the Line Game as quickly as you can!
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Lesson
4:
Creating
a Calendar
Duration: @45 min.
Standard 3: Students read and derive meaning from a
variety of materials written in a foreign language.
District Indicator: Benchmark
A: Students use comprehension skills to understand
text.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions:
Cultures
- How can cultural awareness enhance my language learning and vice
versa?
Assessment: Completed calendar (24 points
using the Checklist)
Activities
- Look through the
Online
Spanish Calendar.
- Review the
Seasons, days, months, and calendar vocabulary.
- Print out this
calendar and decorate it according to the
season that accompanies it.
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Research
holidays from different Spanish-speaking
countries and add them to your calendar.
Differentiation
Extension: Which of these holidays have an
equivalent in the United States? Add these to
the calendar as well. How are they different?
How are they the same?
Support:
Follow this link for more practice.
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Lesson
5:
Giving Dates: Day and
Month
Duration: @ 45 min.
Standard 3: Students read and derive meaning from a
variety of materials written in a foreign language.
District Indicator: Benchmark
A: Students use comprehension skills to understand
text.
Enduring Understanding: Developing knowledge and skills in a second language helps us better
understand different cultures.
Essential Questions:
Cultures
- How can cultural awareness enhance my language learning and vice
versa?
Assessment: Written list of 5 friends and
birthdays (5 points)
Activities
- View
this
PowerPoint Presentation on giving days and
months in Spanish.
- In your Spanish
Journal, list 5 friends or
family members with their birthdays, first as a
number, then written out in Spanish.
Differentiation
Extension: Make small place cards with the
months of the year on them. Decorate them
according to the season. Mix them up and
practice putting them in order.
Support: Use the cards as flash cards to
practice spelling.
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Lesson
6: Practicing
Pronunciation
Duration: @30 min.
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language
through listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator: Benchmark A: Recognize memorized
common expressions.
Enduring Understanding: Languages are built on basic
rules that help people communicate with clear understanding.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning
a language enhance my life?
Assessment: Oral
Pronunciation of Days of the Week and Months (19
points)
Activities
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Listen to the
Days of the Week in Spanish.
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Listen to the
Months
of the Year in Spanish.
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Look at this picture of the
Four Seasons in Spanish.
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Play
Hangman
With Days and Months
Differentiation
Extension: Play the
Play this game with additional vocabulary.
Support:
Play
this game with the months in Spanish.
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Lesson
7:
Practice Writing the Days of the Week
Duration: @30 min.
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language
through listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator: Benchmark A: Recognize memorized
common expressions.
Enduring Understanding: Languages are built on basic
rules that help people communicate with clear understanding.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning
a language enhance my life?
Assessment: Written Days of the Week (7 points)
Activities
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Listen to the following dates.
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Download and print this page to practice
writing the days of the week in Spanish.
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Write
the days of the week and
turn your paper into your teacher.
Differentiation
Extension: Try to complete this
puzzle.
Support:
Play this game as many times as you need.
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Lesson
8:
Practice Test on the Days of the Week
Duration: @30 min.
Standard 1: Students comprehend the foreign language
through listening to a variety of sources.
District Indicator: Benchmark A: Recognize memorized
common expressions.
Enduring Understanding: Languages are built on basic
rules that help people communicate with clear understanding.
Essential Questions: Communication - How will learning
a language enhance my life?
Activities
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Download and print this page to practice
writing dates in Spanish.
Differentiation
Extension:
Support: Review Vocabulary from this unit with a partner.
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Lesson
9:
La quinceañera
Duration: @ 30-45 min. or 1 class period
 
Standard 3: Students read and derive meaning from a
variety of materials written in a foreign language.
District Indicator:
Benchmark A: Students use
comprehension skills to understand text.
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: Fill out this
Venn Diagram comparing the two parties. ( 6 points)
Activity
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Learn about
Verónica's 15th Birthday Party.
It will help you understand the traditional celebrations
in the Spanish culture.
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Watch this video about
La quinceañera. Do we have the same traditions in
the United States?
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Watch the
Super Sweet 16
video.
After viewing both videos ask yourself the following
questions. How do these parties differ from each
other? How are they the same? What can you
conclude about your own community after watching these
two videos?
Differentiation
Extension:
Support: Review Vocabulary from this unit with a partner.
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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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