MS Spanish Guide

SPANISH LEVEL B

INTRODUCTION PARA EMPEZAR

PACING

PROFICIENCY LEVEL RESOURCES

KEY LANGUAGE USE(S)

2-3 weeks

Novice Mid

Auténtico o Realidades B

I NFORM

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S)

CULTURAL CONNECTION(S)

● What strategies and/or resources will help me to communicate in linguistically culturally appropriate ways? ● How do Spanish speakers greet each other, demonstrate courtesy, and request essential information? ● How can students discuss everyday activities and events?

● Review topics related to Spanish-speaking countries: ● greetings and expression of courtesy ● time expressions ● weather in the northern & southern hemisphere

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS FOR NOVICE MID PROFICIENCY LISTENING SPEAKING When students exhibit Novice Mid listening pro fi ciency in Spanish, they can understand … 1. Simple words and phrases about daily activities 2. Simple questions on familiar topics 3. Multi-step directions or instructions, especially when accompanied by gestures and repetition 4. What people say in a short conversation on familiar topics

When students exhibit Novice Mid speaking ability in Spanish, they can… 1. Greet someone in a culturally appropriate manner 2. Introduce self 3. Ask “how are you?” 4. Respond appropriately to the question “how are you?” 5. Answer simple questions to provide basic information 6. Ask simple, formulaic questions 7. Provide simple information on subject matter content When students exhibit Novice Mid writing ability in Spanish, they can … 1. Write basic personal information (name, address, phone number, birth date) 2. Brie fl y describe people or places mostly in list form 3. Respond to simple questions 4. Write simple information related to subject matter content WRITING

READING

When students exhibit Novice Mid reading ability in Spanish, they can understand … 1. Words on a list from very familiar topics 2. Very simple information on familiar topics 3. Short, simple descriptions, especially if there are pictures or other supportive visuals

END OF UNIT COMPETENCY WITH LANGUAGE EXPECTATIONS

● Talk about general topics and identify the key language using the language functions and features: ● numbers, weather vocabulary and expressions (hace calor, hace frío, hace sol, etc.) to read and listen to descriptions of the weather and compare the northern and southern hemisphere ● school vocabulary and verbs in the in fi nitive form to respond to classroom directions (levantar la mano, escuchar, mirar, leer, etc.) ● numbers and expressions to ask about and tell time (¿qué hora es?, son las …, etc.)

● the Spanish alphabet to spell and pronounce key phrases ● de fi nite articles (el, la, los, las) to use the correct tense of verbs ● adjectives that agree in gender and number form (-a ending, -s ending) ● Greet others using the language functions and features: ● greetings and expressions of courtesy (hola, ¿cómo estás?, etc.) ● words to distinguish different times of the day (buenos dias, buenas tardes,etc.) ● words to introduce yourself (me llamo, ¿cómo te llamas?, mucho gusto, etc.)

https://wida.wisc.edu/sites/default/ fi les/resource/WIDA-ELD-Standards-Framework-2020.pdf

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* Updated 6.10.24