Nevada

COMM Communication

• COMM.1 Interpersonal Communication: Learners interact and negotiate meaning in spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.

  • COMM.1.1 Greet and leave people in a polite way

    • Greeting people and saying goodbye (S-1.M)
    • How are you doing? (S-1.N)
    • Informal and formal language: tú and usted (S-2.H)

  • COMM.1.2 Introduce self and others

    • Introductions (S-1.O)
    • Informal and formal language: tú and usted (S-2.H)

  • COMM.1.3 Answer a variety of simple questions

    • Listen and choose the appropriate response to basic questions (S-1.Q)

  • COMM.1.4 Make simple statements in a conversation

  • COMM.1.5 Ask simple questions

• COMM.2 Interpretive Communication: Learners understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.

  • COMM.2.1 Understand a few courtesy phrases

    • How are you doing? (S-1.N)

  • COMM.2.2 Recognize and understand basic information

    • The Spanish alphabet (S-1.A)
    • Numbers 0‑10 (S-1.B)
    • Numbers 11‑20 (S-1.C)
    • Numbers 21‑31 (S-1.D)
    • Listen and fill in a form with personal information: letters and numbers (S-1.P)
    • Recognize numbers: 30‑100 (S-5.G)
    • Provide numbers: 30‑100 (S-5.H)

  • COMM.2.3 Recognize and understand words for a specific purpose

    • Recognize nouns to identify people (S-2.A)
    • Recognize adjectives that describe appearance (S-2.C)
    • Recognize adjectives that describe personalities (S-2.E)
    • Recognize school subjects (S-3.C)
    • Recognize school supplies (S-3.E)
    • Recognize ‑ar verbs related to school (S-3.G)
    • Common ‑ar verbs (S-3.K)
    • Recognize things in the classroom (S-4.A)
    • Recognize places in school (S-4.C)
    • Recognize immediate family members and pets (S-5.A)
    • Recognize extended family members (S-5.C)
    • Adjectives for feelings or states of being: recognize the correct word (S-5.E)
    • Common ‑er and ‑ir verbs (S-5.I)
    • Recognize meals and types of food (S-6.A)
    • Recognize food items (S-6.C)
    • Recognize drinks (S-6.E)
    • Recognize fruits and vegetables (S-6.G)
    • Verbs for talking about food, eating, and drinking (S-6.I)
    • Recognize day‑to‑day activities (S-7.A)
    • Recognize pastimes and hobbies (S-7.C)
    • Recognize sports (S-7.E)
    • Recognize people, places, and things associated with sports (S-7.G)

  • COMM.2.4 Recognize and understand words, phrases, and characters with visuals, guidance, or through association with what learners already know

    • Weather and seasons (S-1.H)
    • Listen and choose the appropriate response to basic questions (S-1.Q)
    • What is the conversation about? (S-1.R)
    • Listen and identify the person from the description (S-2.O)
    • Common adjectives (S-3.J)
    • Listen and recognize classes and school supplies (S-3.Q)
    • Prepositions of place (S-4.E)
    • Describe scenes from around school (S-4.Q)
    • Common prepositions: a, con, de, en, para (S-5.K)

• COMM.3 Presentational Communication: Learners 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, readers, or viewers.

  • COMM.3.1 Present information using words or phrases about self, daily activities, likes, and dislikes

  • COMM.3.2 Fill out a simple form with basic information

    • Listen and fill in a form with personal information: letters and numbers (S-1.P)

  • COMM.3.3 Write about self, using learned phrases as well as memorized expressions

  • COMM.3.4 List daily activities and write lists that help in day-to-day life

CULT Cultures

• CULT.4 Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives: Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied.

  • CULT.4.1 Initiate greetings and use appropriate gestures

    • 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)

  • CULT.4.2 Identify some common social practices

    • Informal and formal language: tú and usted (S-2.H)
    • Read about schools and education in the Spanish‑speaking world (S-4.P)

  • CULT.4.3 Describe some aspects of major traditions and celebrations

• CULT.5 Relating Cultural Products to Perspectives: Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the products and perspectives of the cultures studied.

  • CULT.5.1 Identify culture-specific products and their uses

  • CULT.5.2 Identify similarities and differences of common expressive products between learners' culture and the target culture(s)

CONN Connections

• CONN.6 Making Connections: Learners build, reinforce, and expand their knowledge of other disciplines while using the language to develop critical thinking and to solve problems creatively.

  • CONN.6.1 Describe and situate geographic locations relative to each other on a map

    • 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)

  • CONN.6.2 Use basic math functions in target language

  • CONN.6.3 Compare and contrast, and discuss and retell aspects of authentic texts

  • CONN.6.4 Identify dates, figures, or events of historical importance

• CONN.7 Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives: Learners access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives that are available through the language and its cultures.

  • CONN.7.1 Identify measurement systems

  • CONN.7.2 Describe cultural products

    • Read about famous people from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-2.Q)

  • CONN.7.3 Recognize and interact with simple authentic resources

COMP Comparisons

• COMP.8 Language Comparisons: Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own.

  • COMP.8.1 Recognize cognates, word families, and language patterns

    • 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)

  • COMP.8.2 Demonstrate that languages have important sound distinctions

  • COMP.8.3 Analyze the writing system of the target language

  • COMP.8.4 Identify language patterns and grammatical functions

    • Subject pronouns (S-2.G)
    • Sentence structure in affirmative and negative sentences (S-3.P)

• COMP.9 Cultural Comparisons: Learners use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.

  • COMP.9.1 Identify cultural differences about traditions, celebrations and customs

  • COMP.9.2 Recognize various uses of language register

    • Greeting people and saying goodbye (S-1.M)
    • How are you doing? (S-1.N)
    • Introductions (S-1.O)
    • What is the conversation about? (S-1.R)
    • Informal and formal language: tú and usted (S-2.H)

COMT Communities

• COMT.10 School and Global Communities: Learners use the language both within and beyond the classroom to interact and collaborate in their community and the globalized world.

  • COMT.10.1 Identify settings where the target language can be used

• COMT.11 Lifelong Learning: Learners set goals and reflect on their progress in using languages for enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement.

  • COMT.11.1 Apply knowledge of language to personal, real world interests

  • COMT.11.2 Self-evaluate acquired skills

  • COMT.11.3 Reflect on acquired skills