Plymouth Elementary School s Mission Statement: Educating children to become caring, capable citizens and lifelong learners in a global community.

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1 Plymouth Elementary School s Mission Statement: Educating children to become caring, capable citizens and lifelong learners in a global community. Spanish Philosophy Statement: The purpose of the Spanish program is to offer an introduction and exposure to the Spanish language and its cultures through music, games, partner and group activities, audio & visual activities, and cultural art projects. Each year incorporates and expands upon previously introduced material/content. Kindergarten Experience (Once a week for 35 minutes) Grade One Experience (Once a week for 45 minutes) Grade Two Experience (Once a week for 35 minutes) Greeting and Goodbyes, Numbers 1 10, Day of the Dead, Hispanic Christmas Traditions, Colors, Feelings, Asking and telling one s name, Shapes, Animals. Greet and respond to someone while speaking Spanish, Count to and identify numbers to ten in Spanish, Greetings, Numbers, 11 30, Colors, Animals, Hispanic Christmas Traditions, Days of the week, Food and drink, Sentences, Body parts, People, Family. Read and produce Grade One Spanish vocabulary, Discuss traditions from one s own Action verbs, Family, Day of the Dead, Hispanic Christmas Traditions, Classroom objects, Places around town, Transportation, Numbers Read and correctly pronounce Grade Two Spanish vocabulary, Arrange Spanish story sentence

2 Identify colors in Spanish. culture and the Hispanic culture, Differentiate between a Hispanic calendar and an American calendar, and create Spanish sentences, Sing and act out Spanish songs. strips in order, Read and comprehend stories written in Spanish, Understand traditions and their origins in Hispanic culture. Grade Three Experience (Once a week Grade Four Experience (Once a week Grade Five Experience (Once a week Spanish alphabet, Numbers , Day of the Dead, Transportation, Countries, Christmas in Hispanic countries, Months, Seasons, Weather, Cinco de Mayo, God s Eyes, Time. Three Spanish Vocabulary, Identify countries on a World Map, new vocabulary based on various mini stories. Four Spanish Vocabulary, new vocabulary based on various mini Spanish speaking countries, Identify the 21 Spanish speaking countries, Five Spanish Vocabulary,

3 Understand traditions and their origins in Hispanic culture. Understand the differences between the calendar in Hispanic countries and in the U.S.A. Grade Six Experience (Twice a week for 45 minutes) Grade Seven Experience (Twice a week Grade Eight Experience (Based on screening at the end of 7 th Grade) Spanish I High School Course (Four times a week) Spanish 8 (Once a week) What are language patterns and how can they help me learn and use a new language? people s perspectives, practices, products, and their language? Interpersonal skills, Metric system, What are language patterns and how can they help me learn and use a new language? people s perspectives, practices, products, and their language? people s perspective, practices, products, and their language? Review & recycling of previous material,dinner foods, Leisure activities, Places, Extending/Accepting/Declining invitations, Regular & Irregular verb

4 Punctuation marks, Accents marks, Festivals. Six Spanish Vocabulary, Appropriately engage in conversations while Speaking Spanish, Discuss the typical differences in greeting people and saying goodbye between people from the US and people from Spanish speaking countries, Discuss geography and climatology in the Southern hemisphere, Discuss things that they like and do not like to do, Describing one s own personality and characteristics, Describing someone else s personality and characteristics, School subjects, School supplies, Ordinal numbers, Conjugating regular verbs, Prepositions, Breakfast and lunch food and drinks, Personality traits, Familiar objects, Friendships, Adjectives, Definite and indefinite articles. Seven Spanish Vocabulary, Engage in conversations while Speaking Spanish, Discuss building vocabulary through the use of root words Explain gender agreement rules with the use of adjectives, Four Spanish Vocabulary, conjugations, Families and Traditions, and Celebrations, Restaurant. Exhibit understanding of the conventions of grammar mechanics and usage of the Spanish language through both original written work and speaking. Make meaningful connections and comparisons between Spanish Speaking cultures and their own from information gained through reading, discussions, and multimedia sources,,

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