Colorado

1 Communication in Languages Other Than English

• 1.1 Participate in basic conversations (written or oral) on a variety of familiar and predictable topics using isolated words and learned phrases (interpersonal mode)

  • 1.1.a Use basic greetings and expressions of courtesy

    • Greeting people and saying goodbye (S-1.M)
    • How are you doing? (S-1.N)
    • Introductions (S-1.O)
    • 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)

  • 1.1.b Express feelings, basic needs, emotions, or opinions

  • 1.1.c Ask and answer questions using high-frequency and learned phrases

    • Listen to questions about student life and choose the appropriate response (S-4.N)
    • Ask questions related to plans and preferences (S-6.U)
    • Question words: review (S-7.I)
    • Respond to plans and invitations by giving reasons and excuses (S-7.U)

  • 1.1.d State and follow simple oral or written requests or directions

• 1.2 Comprehend short exchanges (written or oral) that use learned vocabulary and grammatical structures on familiar topics (interpretive mode)

  • 1.2.a Identify main ideas from oral, visual, or written sources

    • Read about families from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-5.T)

  • 1.2.b Respond appropriately to simple directions

  • 1.2.c Recognize meaning from cognates and context, intonation and visual cues

    • Read about famous people from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-2.Q)
    • Read materials related to school and student life (S-3.S)
    • Read about schools and education in the Spanish‑speaking world (S-4.P)
    • Cognates and parts of speech (S-5.J)

  • 1.2.d Demonstrate comprehension of a listening activity or reading selection

    • 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)
    • Listen to people talk about the school day (S-3.R)
    • Listen to questions about student life and choose the appropriate response (S-4.N)
    • Listen to people talk about their school and everything in it (S-4.O)
    • Listen and match the statement to the image (S-5.R)
    • Listen to people talk about their families (S-5.S)

• 1.3 Present using learned and simple phrases or expressions (written or oral) on very familiar topics (presentational mode)

  • 1.3.a Write and speak using a variety of visual cues

  • 1.3.b Share information about personal interests

    • Write sentences that are true for you about sports, hobbies, and free time (S-7.V)

  • 1.3.c Produce and share basic communication

    • Write sentences about yourself, your family, or people you know (S-5.V)

  • 1.3.d Apply age-appropriate writing process strategies (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing)

2 Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures

• 2.1 Reproduce common practices of the cultures studied

  • 2.1.a Initiate greetings and use appropriate gestures with support

  • 2.1.b Imitate some common social practices

  • 2.1.c Describe some major traditions and celebrations

• 2.2 Describe familiar products of the cultures studied

  • 2.2.a Examine the use and relevance of common daily products (such as food, clothes, and transportation)

    • Read about typical meals and foods from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-6.T)

  • 2.2.b Compare similarities and differences of common expressive products between the native and target cultures (songs, artwork, crafts, etc.)

3 Connections with Other Disciplines and Information Acquisition

• 3.1 Summarize information gathered from target language resources connected to other content areas

  • 3.1.a Locate and identify resources connected to other content areas in the target language (daily practices in other countries like schedules, transportation, and cuisine)

  • 3.1.b Recognize some commonalities of structures, information, and vocabulary between the target language resources connected to other content areas

    • Cognates and parts of speech (S-5.J)

• 3.2 Organize information acquired from authentic resources

  • 3.2.a Extract main ideas and supporting details from authentic resources

  • 3.2.b Use obtained knowledge to expand awareness about relevant topics

4 Comparisons to Develop Insight into the Nature of Language and Culture

• 4.1 Expand knowledge of similarities and differences of basic structural patterns of language through comparisons of the student's own language and the language studied

  • 4.1.a Identify structural patterns in both the native language and their own language to make comparisons

    • The prepositions a and de and the contractions al and del (S-4.M)
    • Select the correct possessive adjective (S-5.L)
    • Provide the correct possessive adjective (S-5.M)
    • Recognize the correct form of gustar + infinitive (S-7.L)
    • Provide the correct form of gustar + infinitive (S-7.M)
    • Select the use of tener or tener que (S-7.P)

  • 4.1.b Describe the relationship between languages based on grammatical structures

  • 4.1.c Recognize differing pronunciation and intonation patterns

  • 4.1.d Identify features of their native and target language such as prefixes, suffixes, word roots, idioms, and sentence structure

    • Acabar de + infinitive (S-6.Q)
    • Select the use of tener or tener que (S-7.P)

• 4.2 Investigate the nature of culture through comparisons of the target culture(s) and the student's own culture and how the two cultures interact

  • 4.2.a Research the relationship between cultural perspectives and expressive products (music, visual arts, age-level forms of literature) of the target culture(s) and their own

  • 4.2.b Begin to apply an understanding of the form, meaning, and importance of certain practices in the target culture(s) and their own

    • Read about typical meals and foods from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-6.T)

  • 4.2.c Describe and compare tangible products (toys, sports equipment, food) and intangible products (concept of time, daily routine, peer relationships, holidays, traditions) of the target culture(s) to those of their own

  • 4.2.d Identify the contributions of the target cultures to the student's culture and vice versa