5th Grade
In 5th grade Spanish, students are taught some learning strategies for gaining skills in Spanish, and work on developing some basic communication skills: greetings and goodbyes, asking questions, sharing some information about oneself and inquiring about others (basic demographics, emotions, preferences, and interests, for example). They learn personal pronouns and become able to use some high frequency verbs to express themselves in the present tense. They learn some commonly used nouns, adjectives, and adverbs also, through stories and targeted lessons. Students also begin to learn about Spanish and Spanish-speaking cultures across the world, and within the U.S.
6th Grade
In 6th grade Spanish, students continue to practice language learning strategies and work on proficiency. Students expand their basic communication skills, increase their vocabulary, and gain more structural understanding of Spanish, through targeted lessons. Students learn some of the conjugation patterns in the present indicative for frequently used verbs.
7th Grade
In 7th grade Spanish, students have targeted lessons to support their language learning strategies and build proficiency. They learn additional grammatical patterns and become able to comprehend and express themselves using some common verbs in the simple future and simple past tenses. They begin to read short texts in Spanish independently and with regularity, for comprehension. Through listening and reading with stories and music, and practicing with visual interactive materials, students continue to gain skills in comprehension and expression. Students continue to learn about the Spanish and Spanish speaking cultures that exist across the world, and within the U.S.
8th Grade
In 8th grade Spanish, students have targeted lessons to support their language learning strategies and build proficiency. They learn the grammatical patterns that allow them to begin to understand and express themselves in the imperfect indicative, conditional, and present subjunctive tenses. Students read texts in Spanish independently and regularly, and share their thoughts in writing on varied topics. Students begin to participate in 1:1 conversational check-ins with the instructor and/or each other.
Through listening and reading with stories and music, and practicing with visual interactive materials, students gain skills in comprehension and expression.
Students wrap up their learning about Spanish and Spanish-speaking cultures that exist across the world, and within the U.S., including current events that impact Hispanic/Latino communities.