Plan de estudios / Curriculum
The following are the topics that we cover throughout the year. Although the topics are roughly the same for each grade level, each year we review previously learned material and I introduce additional vocabulary and increasingly complex language structures and grammar.
September:
- Greetings (hola, buenos días, buenas tardes, buenas noches, adiós)
- Conversation (¿Cómo te llamas? Me llamo ___. / Cómo estás? Muy bien, gracias. ¿Y usted?)
- Titles (Señor, Señora, Señorita)
- Numbers (in order: Kinder #1-10, 1st #1-15, 2nd #1-20, 3rd #1-30, 4th #1-50, 5th #1-100)
- Basic Classroom Commands & Routines (Siéntense. / Levántense. / Formen un círculo. / etc.)
- Calendar activities
October:
- Verbs
- Left / Right (izquierda / derecha)
- More greetings (hasta luego, etc.)
- More emotions (Estoy feliz. Estoy triste. Estoy cansado/a. Estoy enfermo/a.)
- Conversation (¿De dónde eres? Soy de ___. / ¿Cuántos años tienes? Tengo ___ años.)
- Colors
- Country of the Month: Mexico
November:
- Classroom Objects
- Prepositions
- There is / There are / There is not / There are not (Hay / No hay)
- Conversation (¿Hay? ¿Dónde está(n)?)
- Polite Words (por favor, gracias, de nada, etc.)
- Country of the Month: El Salvador or Guatemala
December:
- Family Vocabulary
- People & places in the community
- Describing people & places (Es __. / Son __.)
- Conversation (¿Quién(es) son? ¿Cómo es/son?)
- Country of the Month: Colombia
January:
- Calendar (Days of the Week, Months of the Year)
- Seasons
- Weather
- Conversation (¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños? ¿Qué tiempo hace?)
- Country of the Month: Ecuador
February:
- Animals
- Adjectives
- Opposites
- Telling time (1st - hour, 2nd - half hour, 3rd - quarter hour, 4th - 5 minute intervals, 5th - all times)
- Conversation (¿Qué hora es?)
- Maps
- Country of the Month: Perú
March:
- Emotions
- Expressing Likes & Dislikes (¿Te gusta __? Me gusta __, No me gusta ___, etc.)
- Sports & hobbies
- Pets, more animals
- Conversation (¿Te gusta __? ¿Cuál te gusta mas - __ o __?
- Country of the Month: Argentina
April:
- Parts of the Body, the doctor’s office
- Clothing, the clothing store
- Conversation (¿Cuánto cuesta? ¿Qué te duele?)
- Country of the Month: Costa Rica
May:
- Food & Drink
- Conversation (Tengo hambre. / Tengo sed. ¿Qué quieres comer/tomar? Quiero ___.)
- Country of the Month: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic
June:
- Review of material previously learned through games (Bingo, Jeopardy, etc.)
- All conversations
- Country of the Month: Spain
