Spanish Classes Pre-K – Eighth
Scope and Sequence

Pre-K

• Greetings reinforced with good morning song
• Short Bible verse along with sign language – English and Spanish
• Colors
• Shapes
• Numbers  1-10
• Opposites, happy/sad, up/down, in/out, hot/cold etc.
• Coloring sheets to reinforce concept learned that day

Kindergarten

• Review everything taught in pre-k
• New Bible verse taught every month – English/Spanish and Sign Language
• Body parts – with song
• Alphabet immediately following Christmas break
• A-abeja        B-bote        Words to go with letters
• A notebook is supplied for each child and daily records what they learned that day

First Grade

• Greetings and expressions of courtesy
• Bible verse along with sign language – English and Spanish
• Review what was taught in kindergarten
• Build a basic vocabulary – professions, modes of transportation, clothing, animals, food and family community vocabulary etc.
• They work every day in their homework notebook – illustrations and gestures are given to give clues to the meaning of words
• Record key words in Spanish in their vocabulary notebook

Second Grade

• Greetings and expressions of courtesy
• Bible verse along with sign language – English and Spanish
• Review the highlights of what was taught in first grade
• Build on basic vocabulary – Household items, tools and materials, health, country and agriculture, nature and activities, etc.
• They will work every day in their workbook – illustrations and gestures are given to give clues to the meaning of the words
• Record key words in Spanish in their vocabulary notebook

Third Grade

• Greetings and expressions of courtesy
• Bible verse along with sign language – English and Spanish
• Review and build on basic Spanish vocabulary
• Beginning short sentence development
• Spanish review games (interactive games) Tira la pelota, Spanish Pictionary
• They work every day in their Spanish workbook – illustrations and gestures are given to give clues to not only word but also phrases

Fourth Grade

• Greeting and expressions of courtesy
• Bible verse along with sign language – English and Spanish
• Review and build on basic vocabulary
• Begin basic Spanish dialogue – they learn how to express themselves and talk about their families and friends.  They learn how to greet people and how to describe people, places and things
• Begin basic sentence structure – adjectives, cognates, beginning verbs etc.
• They learn how to express emotions in Spanish
• They will also be taught some Spanish history – Spain, Spanish America and history of the language

Fifth Grade

• Greetings and expressions of courtesy
• Bible verse along with sign language – English and Spanish – every student gets a Spanish/English new Testament – verses are not only oral but also written
• More advanced sentence structure – verb conjugation, ar infinitives, introgatives and negatives
• How to ask and answer questions
• Simple grammar – simple sentences
• Review games – Around the World, Spanish Pictionary and TLP
• They will work every day in their Spanish workbook – and they will complete a notebook to demonstrate they understand the basics

• Quizzes and testing – students now receive a weighted grade in Spanish and it does affect their overall G.P.A.
• The focus of the class is simple conversational skills.  Spanish immersion is the emphasis in this class environment
• They will learn a more advanced vocabulary and are required to not only speak it but also to write it
• Course outline and assignments are handed out at the beginning of the semester and require parent’s signature

Each student is supplied with a bi-lingual New Testament for Bible memory work and a textbook

• 10:00 minutes of each class is spent learning memory verses.  Oral repetition and sign language gestures are used to reinforce the materials studied.
• 10:00 minutes is for review of the previous day’s work – drill for skill
• 30:00 minutes for introduction of new material
• 1 materials quiz is done bi-monthly
• 1 trimester test will be given
• Homework is assigned weekly

It is my desire to instill in the students of Western Christian a deep love for God and an appreciation for the Spanish language that He created.  It is my hope to foster in them a lifetime desire for learning.  Work in the class will involve note taking, fill in the blank workbooks, handouts, activities and simple projects.  The goal is that each student will be able to master basic Spanish vocabulary and simple conversational skills upon completing the eighth grade.