Spanish Curriculum Map 
Students will work throughout the year to demonstrate their knowledge and skill through project-based learning, labs, individual assessments and collaborative assignments.
6th Grade Curriculum
- Alphabet
- Greetings/Farewells
- Cognates
- Introductions
- Adjectives
- Subject Pronouns
- Numbers
- Colors
- Calendar
- Animals
- Parts of the Body
- Geography of the Spanish-Speaking World
7th Grade Curriculum
- Greetings & salutations
- Introduce people & respond to an
introduction
- Ask & respond about age, origin,
likes/dislikes
- Talk about needs and wants
- Say what’s in your room
- Talk about classes
- Sequence events
- Tell time & at what time something happens
- Describe people and things
- Explain likes/dislikes
- Talk about free time activities
- Tell location of people and things
- Tell how often someone does something
- Talk about a typical week
- Tell date
- Discuss weather
- Subject Pronouns
- Definite Article/Indefinite Article
- "To be" (Ser vs. Estar)
- Adjectives
- Common irregular verbs - to want, to have
- Present tense verb conjugations (regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs)
- Gustar/Encantar
- Negatives
- Question words
8th Grade Curriculum
- Describing family & others
- Discussing family activities
- Giving advice
- Extending/responding to invitations
- Talking on the telephone
- Making plans
- Talking about getting ready
- Talking about food
- Ordering meals/paying in a restaurant
- Talking about giving gifts
- Asking for and giving directions
- Commenting on clothes
- Making comparisons
- Expressing preferences
- Asking about prices/paying for items
- Talking about what is happening right now
- Asking for/giving opinions
- Talking about past events
- Irregular present tense verbs
- Stem-changing verbs
- SER vs. ESTAR
- Personal ‘a’
- Reflexive verbs
- Possessive adjectives
- Interrogatives
- Pronouns
- Prepositions
- Present progressive
- Direct object pronouns
- Indirect object pronouns
- Simple past tense