B L U E V A L L E Y D I S T R I C T C U R R I C U L U M World Language Elementary 2 nd Grade - Novice Low Performance level QTR ORGANIZING THEME/TOPIC COMMUNICATION STANDARDS & SKILLS = assessed 1 UNIT 1: PREPÁRENSE PARA EL CRUCERO (AP: Contemporary Life >social customs and values) Time Frame: August and September (re-entry from 1 st grade) Greetings and farewells Courtesy phrases Calendar Colors Numbers 1-31 Weather Classroom objects; Yo tengo. Shapes Prepositions Classroom teacher phrases Cultural Focus: Locate Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic and identify the re Ask simple information questions: What is your name? and how are you? (1.1) Use basic courtesy phrases appropriately. (1.1) Answer yes/no, either/or and practiced questions with memorized words and phrases. (1.1) Answer questions about classroom objects that one has. (1.1) Understand and respond to short, practiced classroom directions with repetition and visual support. (1.2) Recognize colors, numbers, shapes. (1.2) Recognize classroom objects and where they are located from an oral cue. (1.2) Recite days of the week and months of the year. (1.3) State the day and date.(1.3) Report the day s weather conditions. (1.3) Name vocabulary words from a visual cue. o Name 4 classroom items from a visual cue.
1 UNIT 2: VAMOS A CONTAR (AP: Contemporary Life> travel & leisure) Time Frame: October Numbers Weather Cultural Focus: Typical weather patterns in the Caribbean Answer questions about the weather (1.1) Recognize numbers 0-60. (1.2) o Recognize four numbers 0-30, out of order. Recognize basic weather vocabulary. (1.2) o Recognize 6 types of weather. Report the day s weather conditions. Say numbers 0-60 in sequence. Recite numbers 0-60 by 5s. (1.3) o Skip count by 5 s from 0-60. 2 UNIT 3: VAMOS A UN CRUCERO (AP: Contemporary Life> travel & leisure) Time Frame: November Information question State of being/discomforts Transportation Alphabet Cultural Focus: Modes of transportation in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic Ask and answer the question How are you? (1.1) Answer questions about modes of transportation. (1.1) Recognize modes of transportation. (1.2) o Recognize four modes of transportation from a visual cue. Match vowel and consonant sounds to written alphabet letters. (1.2) Say modes of transportation (1.3)
2 UNIT 4 ADÓNDE VAMOS? (AP: Contemporary Life >travel and leisure) Time Frame: December Geography Continents Cardinal directions (re-entry) Alphabet Cultural Focus: Geographical features and holiday traditions of Puerto Rico Answer simple personal information questions. (1.1) o Tell you where I live when you ask me. Answer yes/no, either/or and practiced information questions. Recognize geographical places that one goes to on vacation. (1.2) Point to or identify places on a map based on oral cardinal directions. (1.2) Match vowel sounds to written alphabet letters. (1.2) State landform vocabulary from a visual cue. (1.3)
2 UNIT 5: MI ENSALADA DE FRUTAS (AP: Contemporary Life > lifestyles) Time Frame: January & Mid-February Information questions Fruits Colors and shapes (re-entry) Alphabet Cultural Focus: Tropical fruits of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic Answer yes/no, either/or and practiced questions with memorized words and phrases. (1.1) Recognize fruit vocabulary. (1.2) Recognize vowel and consonants sounds. (1.2) o Match six vowel and consonant sounds to written alphabet letters. Listen and match one or two single syllable chunks to written letter chunks. (1.2) Name fruit vocabulary from a visual cue.(1.3) Use color and shapes words to describe fruits. (1.3) Recite the alphabet. (1.3)
UNIT 6: VAMOS AL DOCTOR (AP: Personal & Public Identities> self-image) Time Frame: Mid-February & Mid-March Body parts Physical comforts Calendar Weather information Cultural Focus: Recreational activities of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic Ask and answer questions about how one feels. (1.1) Answer questions about what hurts. (1.1) o Tell you 3 body parts that hurt based on a visual cue. Recognize basic parts of the body vocabulary (1.2) Name parts of the body from a visual cue. (1.3) State day and date. (1.3) Report day s weather conditions. (1.3) UNIT 7: QUÉ HORA ES? (AP: Families and Communities> customs and values) Time Frame: End of March & April Time Calendar Numbers Cultural Focus: Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic Respond to questions about the calendar and time (half hour) (1.1) o Respond in a complete sentence to What day is today? (1.1) Recognize time to the half hour. (1.2) o Recognize time to the hour on 3 clock faces. Recognize numbers 0-30 out of sequence. (1.2) Report calendar information for yesterday, today and tomorrow. (1.3) Skip count by 5 s to 60. (1.3)
UNIT 8: VAMOS A CASA (AP: Families and Communities> family structure) Time Frame: May Extended Family Pets (re-entry) Cultural Focus: Animals of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Dominican Republic Answer questions yes/no, either/or and information questions. (1.1) o Tell how many items I have, based on a visual cue Recognize a variety of members of a family. (1.2) Recognize a variety of family pets. Name family members and pets from a visual cue. (1.3) o Name five members of a family from a visual cue. (1.3)