¡Bienvenidos!
Totino-Grace seeks the best placement for our incoming students. We want you to be in the most appropriate level to develop your skills to the best of your abilities. All students who have the equivalent of at least a one-year high school Spanish experience should take the placement test.
Below, you will find links to vocabulary and grammar practice that you will need to be successful in level 2 Spanish or higher at Totino-Grace.
The placement test is online. The test will be open from April 19 to May 4, 2025. You will be notified of your placement during the week after the testing window closes. Please contact nora.flom@totinograce.org with questions.
Here is the link for the testing page.
The open testing window is now closed, but you can still arrange to take the test.
To take the placement test, please contact Shari Nichols (shari.nichols@totinograce.org) or Isabelle Jordan (isabelle.jordan@totinograce.org) for the password. When you are done taking the test, please notify one of them or Nora Flom (nora.flom@totinograce.org) to let them know it's done.
Things to know before taking the test:
Take the test using a computer. There have been problems with attempting to take the test from a cellphone and from a tablet.
Do the test without moving location. If you start the test, and then close the laptop to finish taking it from a different location, that cuts the connection, and the test will be recorded as "abandoned" even if you are able to finish and submit the test.
Be ethical about taking the test. Do your best, but know that the test is not meant to see EVERYTHING you can do. There might be things on the test you've never seen. That doesn't necessarily mean you won't place in level 2. The test also helps us determine who might be successful in level 3.
Allow yourself at least an hour to take the test. Most people finish well within that hour. There is a 2 hour time limit to finish, but it should not take you that long.
Once you start, you will not be allowed to pause and finish another time.
Please make sure to sign in with your real first and last name (not a Spanish nickname). If the name you use to sign in does not match your name on TG registration materials, we will not know who you are!
If you have any questions about the test or the results, please email nora.flom@totinograce.org.
Totino-Grace Spanish uses the series ¡Qué chévere! by Carnegie Learning.
In level one, we work toward proficiency in the following themes:
Personal identity (introducing yourself, meeting new people, making introductions, describing people, etc.)
School (classes, supplies, activities, etc.)
Cities (places, activities, etc.)
Family and friends (people, descriptions, likes, etc.)
Daily routine and celebrations (what we do in a day, how we celebrate special days)
The home (descriptions, obligations, foods, etc.)
We focus on cultural aspects of the following Spanish-speaking areas:
The United States
Mexico
Puerto Rico
The Dominican Republic
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Venezuela
Colombia
Here are links to the vocabulary we cover in Spanish 1 at TG. Of course, it's important to know these words, but it's more important to be able to use them for communication! Can you have conversations using these words? Can you write a paragraph or give a speech or do a role-play?
These links will help you practice some of the grammar to express yourselves in ways that make sense, and to make sense of what you hear and read. It's important to know the grammar, but it's more important to be able to use the grammar to communicate effectively!