4th grade

Country of Study: Argentina 🇦🇷

Theme for Q4

This quarter, students will learn about climate and weather and its influence on clothing. Students will learn about ponchos, worn in Argentina in other countries throughout South America.

Quarter 4 Objectives: Novice Mid - Novice High

Interpretive: I can identify some basic facts from memorized words and phrases when they are supported by visuals in informational texts.
Interpersonal: I can present personal information about my life and activities, using simple sentences most of the time. / I can describe my clothing.
Presentational: I can present information about myself, my interests and my activities using a mixture of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences. / I can present about weather or clothing of a region.

Theme for Q3

This quarter, students will learn about landforms and geographic features found in Argentina. They will practice how to read a map and to describe places using es (is, for description), está (is, for location), tiene (has) and hay (there is/there are).

Quarter 3 Objectives: Novice Mid - Novice High

Interpretive: I can identify some basic facts from memorized words and phrases when they are supported by visuals in informational texts. / I can read a map for key information.
Interpersonal: I can request and provide information by asking and answering a few simple questions on very familiar and everyday topics, using a mixture of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences. / I can describe a landform.
Presentational: I can write about very familiar and everyday topics using a mixture of practiced or memorized words, phrases and simple sentences. / I can present about places to go and what I can do there.

Theme for Q2

This quarter, students will learn about cities and their places and transportation. Students will practice the verb IR (to go) so that they can discuss how they move around. They will use this new vocabulary to compare Buenos Aires with Chicago.

Quarter 2 Objectives: Novice Mid

Interpretive: I can understand how travelers feel about transportation options in their city.
Interpersonal: I can communicate some basic information about my everyday life. I can talk about places I go.
Presentational: I can write a short note, text or email to my friend about places I do and things I do in my city.

Theme for Q1

This quarter, students will learn how to talk about their daily routine, or actions they complete every day. They will compare routines with classmates and with the schedules of students in Argentina.

Quarter 1 Objectives: Novice Mid

Interpretive: I can recognize a time or date when plans for an event are discussed.
Interpersonal: I can share the time and date of an upcoming activity or event.
Presentational: I can list my activities and tell what time they start and end and who does them with me

For more specific information about study resources and assignments, please visit the Spanish Google Classroom page for your grade level with a student log-in. Please remember that students should be studying 5-10 minutes per day.