Elementary

Elementary Spanish Level 4

.5 Credits

9-10 weeks

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Coursework

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Elementary Spanish is an exploratory introduction to the Spanish culture and
language. Students will learn the target language in a story-based framework, providing a fun and positive experience within the learning. Each lesson is taught through an engaging, authentic story that gives students an opportunity to see and hear the language in context. Students will learn foundational skills in listening and speaking in the early levels, and will add Spanish literacy skills beginning in Level 2. The courses provide audio and visual stimuli for all learning types and ample opportunities to hear, speak, read, write, and record the language. This suite also provides strategically-based reviews of past learning. Each course is built on connections to an authentic culture of a specific Spanish-speaking region through the arts, celebrations, and traditions of the culture, leading students on the path to becoming global citizens. Courses provide a natural progression of learning through the following language acquisition stages:

Preproduction
Early Production
Speech emergence
Intermediate fluency

Please view the Elementary Parents Guide for Grades 3-5 with guidance on helping your student transition to online learning and thrive at VLACS.

Competencies

Adjectives, Date, Time, Weather and Spanish Vocabulary for Clothing and Winter Activities

I can identify the months of the year and the associated season in Spanish. I can identify weather expressions in Spanish. I can identify winter clothing in Spanish. I can identify winter activities in Spanish. I can interpret adjectives with the correct gender and number in Spanish. I can interpret time and dates in Spanish.

Greetings, Third Person Plural, Comparisons and Spanish Vocabulary for Animals and Soccer

I can interpret formal greetings using titles in Spanish. I can compare family members using adjectives in Spanish. I can Identify words associated with soccer in Spanish. I can compare subject pronouns in the third person plural in Spanish. I can identify wild animals of South America in Spanish.

Numbers in the Hundreds, Writing Letters and Spanish Vocabulary for Food and Body Parts

I can identify vocabulary associated with the surroundings of Tierra del Fuego in Spanish. I can interpret body parts in Spanish. I can identify numbers 100-1000 in Spanish. I can identify foods in Spanish. I can describe the items needed when writing a letter in Spanish.

Rhyming and Spanish Vocabulary for Fairy Tales and Planets

I can describe aspects of the gaucho culture in Spanish. I can interpret rhyming words in Spanish. I can identify words associated with fairy tales in Spanish. I can identify planets in Spanish. I can describe the Native South American Cultures and their art.

Major Topics and Concepts

Module One

Countries in South America
Culture of Argentina
Formal and informal greetings
Asking and answering questions about greetings
Family member words
Describe people using adjectives
Compare family members based on their appearance
Asking and answering questions about people’s appearances
Words and expressions related to soccer
Third person plural
Famous soccer player Leo Messi
Asking and answering questions using quién
Wild animals of South America
Iguazu Falls
Signs about wild animals
Habitats of wild animals
Asking and answering questions using dónde

Module Two

Seasons and months of the year
Vocabulary related to weather
Seasons are opposite in Patagonia and North America
Asking and answering questions about opposites
Asking and answering questions about weather
Summer clothing
Winter clothing
Conjugations for the verbs poner and tener
Labeling adjectives with correct number and gender
Asking and answering questions about winter clothing
Signs seen at stores
Winter activities
Prepositions related to winter activities
Asking and answering questions about winter activities
Telling time
Writing the date
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
Asking and answering questions about time

Module Three

Wild animals of South America
Tierra del Fuego
Nature and surroundings of Tierra del Fuego
Penguins
Future tense
Ask and answer questions about helping the penguins
Words related to being ill
Body parts of a penguin
Veterinarian vocabulary
Ask and answer questions about body parts and needs
Numbers 1-1000
Counting by 100s
Multiplying by 100s
Foods that penguins eat
Asking and answering ¿Cuántos ________ hay para los pingüinos?
Writing a letter
Vocabulary related to writing a letter
Giving advice
Asking and answering questions about writing letters

Module Four

Gaucho culture
Family words
Rhyming and poetry
Argentine Pampas
Past tense
South American animals
Vocabulary related to fairy tales
Key points of a fairy tale
Asking and answering questions about fairy tales
Vocabulary related to the solar system
Planets in the solar system
Constellations
Asking and answering questions about planets and their distance from the sun
Native South American cultures and their art
Imperfect verbs
Native North and South American cultures
Ask and answer questions about Native South American cultures

Course Materials

All levels of Spanish require independent reading skills. We recommend students begin Spanish sometime during grades 2 or 3, depending on their reading level. Those who are not yet reading independently can take the course, provided an adult is available to read material to the student.

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students and families are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers because, when teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.

Required Materials – Please view the list of materials before registering.