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Ms. Ana Gonzalez-Lane Spanish 5-6 gonzalez-lane@townschool.com

The study of Spanish begins in the fifth grade at Town School. The class meets three times per week. The class is designed to introduce the student to the language and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world. The class is taught primarily in Spanish and students are expected and encouraged to be active participants in the learning process. The material is presented in a variety of ways in addition to classroom instruction. Through songs, videos, tapes and various multimedia projects, new material is presented and reviewed. New material is presented and practiced daily and reviewed weekly.

Goals for 5th grade Spanish:

• To give students a sense of enjoyment and accomplishment in learning a second language
• To learn about Spanish-speaking cultures
• To develop ,reinforce and refine proficiency in listening, speaking and basic written skills in Spanish
• To introduce the students to the concept of structure in language and grammar in Spanish
  

Skills:

Students develop the language skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing Spanish in a gradual logical progression

Sequence of Units:

Unit:	Sequence:
Preliminary	Names/Greetings, Numbers/ Classroom Vocabulary
1	Classroom Vocabulary/Definite articles (masculine and feminine, singular and plural) Nouns (singular and plural forms)
2	Colors/ Adjectives (number and gender agreement of nouns and adjectives)/Indefinite article(masculine and feminine ,singular and plural)
3	Expressions of Time/Verbs (singular, present tense forms of “ir”) Definite articles(use with days of the week)
4	School Classes and Places/ Verbs(near future with”ir” plus infinitive, singular forms)Verbs(present tense forms of regular-ar verbs)
5	Seasons/Verbs(singular present tense forms of “gustar”)/Adjectives (use of adjectives as nouns with understood subject)
6	Seasonal Activities/Pronouns (singular subject pronouns)/Prepositions (“a” with a definite article)
7	Personal Expressions/ Pronouns(use of “tu” and “usted” pronoun-verb agreement) Verbs(singular, present tense forms of “tener”)
8	Lengths of Time /Verbs( expressions for telling time)/Interrogative Words(question word formation with interrogative words; diacritical marks)
9	School Subjects/Verbs (singular subject, present tense, plural endings of “gustar”) Pronouns (singular pronouns following preposition “a”)/Verbs (singular present tense of regular –er and –ir verbs)
10	Family Members/Adjectives (possessive adjectives for first, second, and third person singular)/Nouns (diminutive endings and their formation)