Arizona

Communication

• IC Interact and negotiate meaning in spoken, written, or signed conversations to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.

  • IC.1 Communicate on some very familiar topics using single words and phrases that have been practiced and learned.

    • Greeting people and saying goodbye (S-1.M)
    • How are you doing? (S-1.N)
    • Introductions (S-1.O)
    • Listen and choose the appropriate response to basic questions (S-1.Q)
    • Informal and formal language: tú and usted (S-2.H)

• IL Understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard (communicated in ASL) on a variety of topics.

  • IL.1 Recognize a few familiar words or phrases.

    • The Spanish alphabet (S-1.A)
    • Listen and fill in a form with personal information: letters and numbers (S-1.P)
    • Listen and choose the appropriate response to basic questions (S-1.Q)
    • Listen and identify the person from the description (S-2.O)
    • Listen to people describe themselves and others (S-2.P)
    • Listen and recognize classes and school supplies (S-3.Q)

• IR Understand, interpret, and analyze what is read or viewed on a variety of topics.

  • IR.1 Recognize a few letters or characters and learned words and phrases.

    • Weather and seasons (S-1.H)
    • What is the conversation about? (S-1.R)
    • Common adjectives (S-3.J)

• PS Present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners or viewers.

  • PS.1 Present information about self and other familiar topics using single words or practiced phrases.

• PW Present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of readers or viewers.

  • PW.1 Copy some familiar words, characters, or phrases.

    • Provide nouns to identify people (S-2.B)
    • Provide adjectives that describe appearance (S-2.D)
    • Provide adjectives that describe personalities (S-2.F)
    • Name school subjects (S-3.D)
    • Name school supplies (S-3.F)
    • Provide ‑ar verbs related to school (S-3.H)
    • Name things in the classroom (S-4.B)
    • Name places in school (S-4.D)
    • Name immediate family members and pets (S-5.B)
    • Name extended family members (S-5.D)
    • Adjectives for feelings or states of being: provide the correct word (S-5.F)
    • Name meals and types of food (S-6.B)
    • Name food items (S-6.D)
    • Name drinks (S-6.F)
    • Name fruits and vegetables (S-6.H)
    • Name day‑to‑day activities (S-7.B)
    • Name pastimes and hobbies (S-7.D)
    • Name sports (S-7.F)
    • Name people, places, and things associated with sports (S-7.H)

Cultural Competencies

• CUL Use the target language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the practices, products, and perspectives of cultures studied.

  • CUL.1 Recognize basic practices, products, and perspectives of cultures where the target language is spoken (e.g., greetings, holiday celebrations, body language, gestures, traditions).

    • Greeting people and saying goodbye (S-1.M)
    • How are you doing? (S-1.N)
    • Introductions (S-1.O)
    • Informal and formal language: tú and usted (S-2.H)
    • Read about famous people from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-2.Q)
    • Read materials related to school and student life (S-3.S)

  • CUL.2 Participate in age-appropriate and culturally authentic activities such as celebrations, songs, games, and dances; recognize products of culture (e.g., food, shelter, clothing, transportation, toys).

• CON Build, reinforce, and expand knowledge of other content areas and evaluate information and diverse perspectives while using the target language to develop critical thinking and creative problem solving.

  • CON.1 Identify and use familiar vocabulary and phrases in the target language supported by resources (e.g., maps, graphs, visuals, audio, digital media) to reinforce prior knowledge and make connections to new knowledge of familiar topics in other content areas (e.g., geography, history, arts, math, science).

    • Provide the date (S-1.G)
    • Weather and seasons (S-1.H)
    • Recognize Spanish‑speaking countries: North and Central America, Europe, and Africa (S-1.I)
    • Name Spanish‑speaking countries: North and Central America, Europe, and Africa (S-1.J)
    • Recognize Spanish‑speaking countries: South America (S-1.K)
    • Name Spanish‑speaking countries: South America (S-1.L)
    • Telling time: provide hours and minutes (S-3.A)
    • Schedules with ordinal numbers and times (S-3.I)

• COMP Use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language and the concept of culture through comparisons of the target language and cultures studied to one's own.

  • COMP.1 Recognize and compare words, true and false cognates, sound patterns, and basic grammatical structures of the target language with his/her own language (as applicable).

    • Subject pronouns (S-2.G)
    • Informal and formal language: tú and usted (S-2.H)
    • Basics of gender and noun‑adjective agreement: singular forms (S-2.L)
    • Basics of number and forming the plural (S-2.M)
    • Definite and indefinite articles (S-3.L)
    • Gender and number agreement: articles, adjectives, and nouns (S-3.M)
    • Sentence structure in affirmative and negative sentences (S-3.P)

  • COMP.2 Identify and compare products and practices (e.g., celebrations, dances, oral stories, food) typical of the target culture with his/her own culture (as applicable).

• COM Use the target language to participate in the community and in the globalized world, for enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement.

  • COM.1 Communicate using key words and phrases in the target language within the school setting (and beyond, as applicable).

  • COM.2 Participate in simple activities and cultural events within the school setting (and beyond, as applicable).