5th grade

Country of Study: Peru 🇵🇪

Theme for Q4

This quarter, students will continue to practice the differences between the two verbs that mean "to be" in Spanish (SER and ESTAR). They will focus on getting to know a little more about Peruvian culture, its food and its customs.

Quarter 4 Objectives: Novice High

Interpretive: I can identify the topic and some isolated facts from simple sentences in informational texts.
Interpersonal: I can express, ask about, and react with some details to preferences, feelings, or opinions on familiar topics, by creating simple sentences and asking appropriate follow-up questions.
Presentational: I can present on familiar and everyday topics using simple sentences.

Theme for Q4

Quarter 4 Objectives: Novice High

Interpretive: I can identify the topic and some isolated facts from simple sentences in informational texts.
Interpersonal: I can express, ask about, and react with some details to preferences, feelings, or opinions on familiar topics, by creating simple sentences and asking appropriate follow-up questions.
Presentational: I can present on familiar and everyday topics using simple sentences.

Theme for Q3

For 2023-2024: This quarter, students will continue to practice the differences between the two verbs that mean "to be" in Spanish (SER and ESTAR). . They will review family vocabulary and present about a family tradition.

Quarter 3 Objectives: Novice High

Interpretive: I can identify the topic and some isolated elements from simple sentences in short fictional texts.
Interpersonal: I can contribute to a conversation about a story by identifying who, what, when, and where.
Presentational: I can give biographical information about myself and others. / I can describe a family tradition.

Theme for Q2

This quarter, students will continue to discuss the three regions of Peru by exploring the stories found in the books Pequeños artesanos, Pequeños cocineros and Pequeños danzantes. Students will begin to understand the differences between the two verbs that mean "to be" in Spanish (SER and ESTAR). They will review family vocabulary and present about a family tradition.

Quarter 2 Objectives: Novice High

Interpretive: I can identify the topic and some isolated elements from simple sentences in short fictional texts.
Interpersonal: I can contribute to a conversation about a story by identifying who, what, when, and where.
Presentational: I can give biographical information about myself and others. / I can describe a family tradition.

Theme for Q1

This quarter, students will learn about the three major geographic regions of Peru: the coast, the mountains and the rainforest. They will read and discuss different activities that can be done in each region. This quarter, students will learn how to conjugate regular present-tense verbs.

Quarter 1 Objectives: Novice High

Interpretive: I can identify the topic and some isolated facts from simple sentences in informational texts.
Interpersonal: I can exchange information about different activities to do in different places.
Presentational: I can recommend places and activities for those visiting Peru or Chicago.

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.