Spanish 1 power standards

Spanish 101 Power Standards

1. Students will be able to communicate basic information about themselves. (Para Empezar)

• I can pronounce the letters in the Spanish Alphabet

• I can start and end a conversation with an appropriate greeting

• I can give name, age, birthdate, favorites

• I can identify numbers 0-50

• I can communicate about the weather

• I can identify calendar vocabulary

• I can understand and give the time

• I can identify body parts.

• I can begin to give basic information about another person

1. Students will be able to communicate about likes and dislikes. (Chapter 1A/1B)

• I can identify a variety of activities

• I can use “me gusta” and “te gusta” and “le gusta”

• I can use weather and calendar to express when I like to do activities

• I can communicate about what others like and don’t like to do.

• I can describe personality traits.

• I can use connecting words to add details

• I can make agreement with adjectives

• I can use definite and indefinite singular articles

• I can use adverbs to communicate how much I like and don’t like activities

1. Students will be able to communicate about school (Chapter 2A/2B)

• I can identify classes 

• I can use ordinal numbers

• I can use adjectives to describe my classes

• I can identify and use personal pronouns

• I can use regular “ar” verbs to communicate what I and others do and don’t do.

• I can identify classroom objects

• I can use plural nouns and plural definite and indefinite articles

• I can use “estar” and prepositions to communicate location of items.

• I can use contractions “al” and “del”

• I can communicate about my school schedule

1. Students will be able to write spontaneously on a limited number of topics at a Novice Low 3 Level

• I can write about a given topic without notes, phones, help, or time to create a planned writing.

• I can communicate on my own at a level in which my control of the grammar rarely impedes my message being understood.

• I can write using a variety of structures and vocabulary that is level appropriate.

1. Students will be able to speak spontaneously on a variety of topics at a Novice Low 3 Level.

• I can speak about a given topic without notes, phones, help, or time to create a planned outline.

• I can communicate on my own at a level in which my control of the grammar rarely impedes my message from being understood.

• I can speak using a variety of structures and vocabulary that is level appropriate.

1.  Students will be able to read a variety of simple readings on basic topics.

• Students can answer comprehension questions.

• Students can respond to a reading in Spanish.

1. Students will be able to compare and contrast celebrations in Spanish speaking countries to my own celebrations.

• I can explain Mexico’s Independence Day.

• I can describe Dia de los Muertos and compare it to our own culture.

• I can compare and contrast daily school life in Spanish speaking countries with my own.

1. Students will be identify what Mexico is?????

• I know the regions of Mexico.

• I can plot important cities, states, and geography of Mexico on a map.

• I have been exposed to mariachi music.

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