Grades 6 - 8

Weeks 1-3

• Greetings
• Introductions
• Basic Conversation
• Culture

Weeks 4-6

• Days of the Week
• Months
• Numbers

Weeks 7-9

• Colors
• Animals
• Family Members
• Weather | Seasons

Weeks 10 - 12

• Food and Eating
• Sports
• Leisure

Quarter 1

• Greetings and Alphabet
• Likes and Dislikes
• School
• Sports
• Numbers 1-100
• Gender of Nouns
• Definite Articles

Quarter 2

• Family
• Telling Time (hour and half hour)
• Adjectives
• Verbs: essere and avere
• Animals
• Colors
• Indefinite articles
• Plural of Nouns

Quarter 3

• Present tense of -are/ere Verbs
• Musical Instruments
• Verb: fare
• Nationalities, Countries, and Languages
• Telling Time
• Interrogatives
• Pronouns

Quarter 4

• Means of Transportation
• Present tense of -ire verbs
• Verb: andare
• Places in Town
• Telling Time" "at what time" (alle)
• Food, Drinks, and Meals

Quarter 1

• Personal Identification

• Family Life

• House and Home

• Education

• Review of Present Tense (regular & irregular verbs)

• Verb dovere

• Possessive Adjectives

Quarter 2

• Education

• Community and Neighborhood

• Location & Prepositions

• Meals, Food, and Drink

• Shopping

• Demonstrative Adjectives

Quarter 3

• Health and Welfare

• Physical Environment

• Geography of Italy

• Earning a Living

• Past Tense of Verbs with avere & essere

Quarter 4

• Earning a Living

• Leisure

• Public and Private Services

• Travel and Modes of Transportation

• Level I Review

Quarter 1

• Greetings and salutations

• Numbers 1–1,000,000

• Days, months, and seasons

• Definite and indefinite articles

• Singular and plural nouns

• Irregular verbs: avere, essere, stare, fare, andare, dare

Quarter 2

• Describing people and objects using adjectives and colors

• Discuss classes

• Talk about wants, needs, and physical states

• Present tense of regular verbs

• Simple prepositions

• Family and possessive pronouns

• Describing home

• Compound prepositions

Quarter 3

• Using sapere vs conoscere

• Irregular verbs: scegliere, dire, salire, uscire, venire

• Discuss seasons and weather

• Discuss leisure activities

• Talk about what you can do, have to do, and want to do

• Daily routines and reflexive verbs

Quarter 4

• Discussing places and locations in town

• Clothing and demonstrative adjectives

• Talking about past events using the passato prossimo

• Discuss music, theater, and cinema

• Talk about holidays, traditions, and celebrations

• Review for final exam

Quarter 1

Getting To Know You

• Classroom expressions
• The Spanish alphabet
• Greetings in Spanish
• Expressing feelings in Spanish

• Formal and informal address: tú and usted

​​Quarter 2

Talking About School

• School supplies
• Nouns: masculine and feminine
• Definite and indefinite articles
• Colors
• Numbers 20-110
• Telling time
• School classes
• Shopping for school supplies

Talking About Family

• Family Members
• Talking about our families

Quarter 3

Talking About Family (continued)

• Subject pronouns
• Conjugating ser
• Adjectives
• Hair and eye color

Past Time Activities

• Present tense conjugations: -ar, -er, and -ir verbs
• Tener and querer conjugations

Weather, Seasons, and Dates

• Weather
• Seasons
• Months of the year

Quarter 4

Weather, Seasons, and Dates (continued)

• Days of the week
• Places and towns
• The verb ir
• Contractions: al

Places in Town

• Giving directions
• Contractions: al, del
• Estar and ir review
• Review shopping
• Final Exam Review

Quarter 1

Review Chapters 1-6 & Chapter 7

Chapters 1-6

• Ch. 1: ¡Mucho gusto!
• Ch. 2: ¡Organízate!
• Ch. 3: Nuevas clases, nuevos amigos
• Ch. 4: ¿Qué haces esta tarde?
• Ch. 5: El ritmo de la vida
• Ch. 6: Entre familia

Ch. 7: ¿Qué te gustaría hacer?

• talk on the telephone
• extend and accept invitations
• make plans
• talk about getting ready
• turn down an invitation and explain why

Quarter 2

Chapters 8-9

Ch. 8: A comer

• talk about meals and food
• comment on food
• make polite requests
• order dinner in a restaurant
• ask for and pay the bill in a restaurant

Ch. 9: ¡Vamos de compras!

• discuss gift suggestions
• ask for and give directions downtown
• comment on clothes
• make comparisons
• express preferences
• ask about prices and pay for something

Quarter 3

Chapters 10-11

Ch. 10: Celebraciones

• talk about what you’re doing right now
• ask for and give an opinion
• ask for help and respond to requests
• tell a friend what to do
• talk about past events

Ch. 11: Para vivir bien

• make suggestions and express feelings
• talk about moods and physical condition
• say what you did
• talk about where you went and when

Quarter 4

Chapter 12 and Review all chapters 

Ch. 12: las vacaciones ideales

• talk about what you do and like to do every day
• make future plans
• discuss what you would like to do on vacation
• say where you went and what you did on vacation

Review all chapters (1-12)

• Vocabulary terms/spelling
• conjugating regular/irregular verbs
• present vs. past tense

Let’s dance!

• learn how to dance salsa, merengue, bachata