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Montague Township School District

Spanish Curriculum Guide

Grade 1

2025-2026

Clancey Lane

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01Greetings and Farewells and Ask and State Feelings
02School Supplies & Classroom Objects What items do we use in a classroom?
03Family and Pets
04Clothing and Body Parts
05Colors, Shapes, Sizes
06Weather, Seasons and Numbers Calendar, Dates, Birthdates
07Spanish-Speaking Countries

Description

This K-4 world language curriculum focuses on developing proficiency in the three modes of communication (Interpersonal, Interpretive, and Presentational) through memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences. Students build vocabulary across practical, culturally relevant topics including greetings, classroom objects, family, clothing, colors, shapes, weather, seasons, numbers, and calendar concepts. The curriculum emphasizes understanding Spanish-speaking cultures and practices while making connections to students' own language and culture, preparing them as global citizens who appreciate diversity and commonalities across cultures.

Big Ideas

  • Language, communication, and culture are interconnected and essential to human experience.
  • Learning a world language enhances academic achievement and expands communicative ability in one's native language.
  • Communication requires understanding both language and cultural context, including when, how, and why to convey messages to different audiences.
  • Cultures around the world share commonalities and have unique perspectives that deserve respect and appreciation.

Essential Questions

  • How do we communicate across languages and cultures?
  • Why is learning a world language important for understanding our own language and culture?
  • How do cultural practices and perspectives shape the way people communicate?

Interpersonal Mode

Interpretive Mode

Presentational Mode

ELA
Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Students engage in reading, writing, and speaking activities across units. Students read dialogues and answer comprehension questions, write descriptions and narratives using memorized words and phrases, and perform dialogues with peers, developing listening and speaking skills in the target language and building vocabulary connections to their native language.

Math
Units 5, 6

Students count, identify numbers, and work with shapes, sizes, and colors in Spanish. Students compare and order objects by size, recognize and create shapes, organize data about weather and seasons, and tell time and dates using numbers and calendar concepts while building mathematical vocabulary in the target language.

Social Studies
Units 1, 3, 4, 6, 7

Students explore cultural diversity and family structures in Spanish-speaking countries. Units address how families differ across cultures, how climate and geography affect clothing and customs, how holidays and celebrations vary globally, and how to interact respectfully with different cultural practices and perspectives.

Visual and Performing Arts
Units 3, 4, 5, 6

Students create family tree projects, draw pictures based on descriptions, create posters about seasons and weather, and engage with authentic songs and dances as cultural reflections. Students use visuals, drawings, and creative projects to reinforce vocabulary and express understanding of target culture.

Computer Science
Career & Life Skills
English Language Arts

Students are assessed across formative, summative, alternative, and benchmark approaches throughout the year. Formative assessments include responding to simple questions, following classroom instructions, and identifying memorized words in authentic materials. Summative assessments involve transfer tasks such as creating dialogues, family tree projects, descriptive paragraphs, and presentations. Students demonstrate understanding through both oral and written communication, often supported by visuals, gestures, and realia. Assessment tasks require students to apply vocabulary and cultural knowledge to real-world scenarios, moving from recognition and recall to guided production.

UnitFormativeSummativeBenchmarkAlternative
01Greetings and Farewells and Ask and State Feelings✓✓—✓
02School Supplies & Classroom Objects What items do we use in a classroom?✓✓—✓
03Family and Pets✓✓—✓
04Clothing and Body Parts✓✓✓✓
05Colors, Shapes, Sizes✓✓—✓
06Weather, Seasons and Numbers Calendar, Dates, Birthdates✓✓—✓
07Spanish-Speaking Countries✓—✓✓
Coverage7/76/72/27/7
UnitIEP504MLLAt-RiskGifted
01Greetings and Farewells and Ask and State Feelings✓✓✓✓✓
02School Supplies & Classroom Objects What items do we use in a classroom?✓✓✓✓✓
03Family and Pets✓✓✓✓✓
04Clothing and Body Parts✓✓✓✓✓
05Colors, Shapes, Sizes✓✓✓✓✓
06Weather, Seasons and Numbers Calendar, Dates, Birthdates✓✓✓✓✓
07Spanish-Speaking Countries✓✓✓✓✓
Coverage7/77/77/77/77/7