1st Grade STANDARDS: my family and yours

During the year, the children will be engaged in an in-depth exploration of, and interaction with, the host nation culture, customs, and people through a study of family members, family responsibilities, leisure time and family needs of shelter, food, and clothing.  The student will use the host nation language in familiar situations to enhance oral communication skills and vocabulary development.

Standard 1:  Communication Competency

1. 1. 1. Interpersonal Communication

• Use non-verbal communication for the host nation appropriately.

• Recognize and name host nation family members, pets, and clothing in the host nation language.

• Identify and practice simple host nation phrases in ordinary family situations and activities. 

• Role play with puppetry, simple host nation phrases in ordinary family situations and activities.

• Follow simple directions given in the host nation language pertaining to family situations.

• Practice the host nation language with native speaker(s) including the host nation teacher.

1. 1. 2. Interpretive and Presentational Communication

• Printed Resources

  • Recognize a limited number of letters, symbols or characters in taught words.

  • Follow a story read aloud by the host nation teacher in the host language and recognize characters and/or words. 

  • Match printed materials and pictures of family with spoken word in host nation language.

• Writing

  • Copy or transcribe familiar words or phrases and form letters in an alphabetic system.

  • Copy and produce isolated, basic strokes in languages that use syllabaries or characters.

• Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas 

  • Describe people, places, things, and events associated with family life in the host nation with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly.

  • Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings with ideas and phrases in the host nation language.

  • Identify and sing simple popular host nation songs that emphasize family themes.

  • Identify and practice popular elementary school songs, dances and games and identify stories, holidays and celebrations related to the host nation language.

Standard 2:  Intercultural Competency 

• Inquiry, Research, and Informed Action

  • Develop questions with the teacher about family life in the host nation.

  • Use multimedia (books, films, magazines, Internet, etc.) to find the answers to the questions.

  • Explain a unique feature of family life in the host nation to parents and have the family try the feature from host nation family life.

• Create host nation arts and crafts projects associated with a celebration.

• Identify and participate in preparing a host nation food associated with a celebration.

• Participate in host nation customs and traditions.

• Describe seasonal host nation family activities for recreation, sports, and leisure.

• Identify traffic signs and traffic safety rules of the host nation.

• Identify similarities and differences in family life between a host nation family and one's own.

• Identify household chores and responsibilities of host nation family members.

• Locate the host nation and the United States on the map and globe recognizing that maps used in the United States may look different to the maps used in the host nation.

• Participate in a study trip (virtual or real) to a host nation site.

• Participate in an exchange (virtual or real) to a host nation school.

• Demonstrate age-appropriate social norms for the host nation.

• Demonstrate respect for the people of the host nation.

• Participate in a cultural project involving the base community, parents, and local nationals (class, grade level or whole school).