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 Exchange some personal information

  • COMM.1.2 Exchange information using texts, graphs, or pictures

  • COMM.1.3 Ask for and give simple directions

  • COMM.1.4 Make plans with others

    • Ask questions related to plans and preferences (S-6.U)
    • Respond to plans and invitations by giving reasons and excuses (S-7.U)

  • COMM.1.5 Interact with others in everyday situations

    • Listen to questions about student life and choose the appropriate response (S-4.N)
    • Question words: review (S-7.I)

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

  • COMM.2.1 Understand simple questions or statements on familiar topics

    • Recognize question words: set 1 (S-4.F)
    • Listen to questions about student life and choose the appropriate response (S-4.N)
    • Recognize question words: set 2 (S-6.J)
    • Time expressions to talk about frequency (S-6.M)
    • Listen to statements about actions and habits related to food (S-6.R)
    • Question words: review (S-7.I)
    • Time expressions to talk about the present and the future (S-7.K)
    • Listen to conversations about making plans (S-7.R)

  • COMM.2.2 Understand simple information via pictures and graphs

    • Schedules with ordinal numbers and times (S-3.I)
    • Read materials related to school and student life (S-3.S)

  • COMM.2.3 Usually understand short simple messages on familiar topics

    • Read about famous people from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-2.Q)
    • Listen to people talk about the school day (S-3.R)
    • Read materials related to school and student life (S-3.S)
    • Listen to people talk about their school and everything in it (S-4.O)
    • Read about schools and education in the Spanish‑speaking world (S-4.P)
    • Listen to people talk about their families (S-5.S)
    • Read about families from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-5.T)
    • Listen to people talk about their favorite foods and drinks (S-6.S)
    • Read about typical meals and foods from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-6.T)
    • Listen to people talk about sports, hobbies, and free time (S-7.S)
    • Read street interviews about plans, habits, and free time (S-7.T)

  • COMM.2.4 Understand short simple descriptions

    • Listen to people describe themselves and others (S-2.P)
    • Listen and match the statement to the image (S-5.R)

  • COMM.2.5 Understand the main idea of published materials

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

• 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 and write information using phrases and simple sentences about one´s life and familiar experiences or about a familiar person, place, or thing

    • Write sentences about yourself, your family, or people you know (S-5.V)
    • Write sentences that are true for you about sports, hobbies, and free time (S-7.V)

  • COMM.3.2 Write short notes about things learned, and request information

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 Use appropriate, gestures, and social courtesies in a variety of structured, everyday situations

  • CULT.4.2 Investigate common social practices in relevant situations

  • CULT.4.3 Examine major traditions and celebrations and the practices associated with them

• 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 Examine how the contributions of people from the target culture(s) have impacted areas such as science, technology, and the arts

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 identify geographic locations, terms, and features

  • CONN.6.2 Use basic math functions in target language

  • CONN.6.3 Compare, contrast, and discuss or 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 Compare and contrast measurement systems

  • CONN.7.2 Describe cultural products

  • CONN.7.3 Recognize authentic resources

  • CONN.7.4 Interact with 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

    • Cognates and parts of speech (S-5.J)
    • Read about typical meals and foods from the Spanish‑speaking world (S-6.T)
    • Read street interviews about plans, habits, and free time (S-7.T)

  • 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

    • Common stem-changing verbs: e to ie (S-6.L)
    • Present tense of stem‑changing verbs: e to ie (S-6.P)
    • Acabar de + infinitive (S-6.Q)
    • Common stem‑changing verbs: o to ue and jugar (S-7.J)
    • Recognize the correct form of gustar + infinitive (S-7.L)
    • Provide the correct form of gustar + infinitive (S-7.M)
    • Present tense of stem‑changing verbs: o to ue and jugar (S-7.N)
    • Ir a + infinitive to talk about the future (S-7.O)
    • Select the use of tener or tener que (S-7.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 language registers and their uses

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

    • Question words: review (S-7.I)

• 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