Spanish | Grade 5

Unit 1: Review and Language Strategies

This unit helps students become familiar with strategies that will enable them to comprehend and express more Spanish than is taught in the class. It will also help them understand the structure and formation of sentences so they can form their own complete thoughts in Spanish with greater confidence.

Instructional Topics

• Pronunciation
• Cognates
• Context Clues
• Verbs: Ser & Tener (to be & to have)
• Physical characteristics / Personality traits
• Noun/Adjective Agreement & Sentence structure
• Integrate a variety of 4th grade vocabulary throughout the unit such as: colors, numbers, interrogatives, clothing, etc.

Materials and Resources

• Paper Study Guide (Digital on Google Classroom)
• Google Classroom
• Google Slides
• Google Forms
• Nearpod
• Quizlet
• Flashcards
• Mono Sílabo (YouTube)
• Kahoot
• Blooket
• GimKit
• Teacher-made Games

Essential Questions

• Do I know how to use the Spanish room as a resource?
• Can I pronounce any word I see?
• Can I express/understand descriptions of people and things around me? 
• Can I ask/understand questions to acquire information?

Culturally Relevant Connections

• Flags/Maps Posted in Classroom
• Hispanic Heritage Month

Transdisciplinary Connections

• Nouns
• Adjectives

Summative Assessment

• Test in Google Forms
• Projects

Unit 2: Wants, Needs, and Questions

This unit allows students to communicate wants, needs, and questions with more than one verb in a sentence.

Instructional Topics

• Foundational Verbs: Tener que, Querer, Ir, Poder
• Ask and answer questions 
• Incorporate previous knowledge of topics such as:
  • noun/adjective agreement 
  • sentence structure
  • cognates
  • context clues
  • interrogatives (question words)
• Incorporate a variety of previously learned vocabulary

Materials and Resources

• Paper Study Guide (Digital on Google Classroom)
• Google Classroom
• Google Slides
• Google Forms
• Nearpod
• Quizlet
• Flashcards
• Kahoot
• Blooket
• GimKit
• YouTube Videos
• Song Lyrics
• Crossword puzzles
• Teacher-made Games
• Student Whiteboards

Essential Questions

• Do I understand how to use them in a sentence?
• Can I use them to ask questions to acquire information?

Culturally Relevant Connections

• Flags/Maps posted in classroom
• Music Videos/Song Lyrics from target culture
• Holidays and Celebrations

Transdisciplinary Connections

• Verbs
• Subject
• Predicate

Summative Assessment

• Test in Google Forms

Unit 3: Communicating in the Present Tense

Students will be able to use any verb in the present to communicate complete thoughts.

Instructional Topics

• Action Words (to dance, to sing, to run, etc.)
• Using present tense to say what I do (in general) and what I’m doing right now. 

Materials and Resources

• Paper Study Guide (Digital on Google Classroom)
• Google Classroom
• Google Slides
• Google Forms
• Nearpod
• Quizlet
• Flashcards
• Kahoot
• Blooket
• GimKit
• YouTube Videos
• Song Lyrics
• Crossword puzzles
• Teacher-made Games
• Student Whiteboards

Essential Questions

• Can I communicate what I do in general and what I am doing now? 
• Can I recognize the different forms of a verb and how they are used?

Culturally Relevant Connections

• Black History
• Women’s History
• Music Videos/Song Lyrics from target culture

Summative Assessment

• Test in Google Forms
• Children's Book Project

Unit 4: Listening Comprehension

This unit allows students to enhance their listening comprehension by implementing all the strategies learned throughout the year. It will also help students become familiar with Comprehensible Input, which will be implemented with a focus on learning about Spanish-speaking countries like Colombia..

Instructional Topics

• Implementation of all the strategies learned for improving Listening comprehension 
• Spanish-speaking countries, i.e. Colombia 

Materials and Resources

• Paper Study Guide (Digital on Google Classroom)
• Google Classroom
• Slides
• Quizlet
• Flashcards
• Kahoot
• Blooket
• GimKit

Essential Questions

• Can I use the skills I’ve learned to help me comprehend what I hear?
• Can I identify/talk about the topics we learn about Colombia?

Culturally Relevant Connections

• Cinco de Mayo
• Flags/Maps posted in the classroom
• Colombian poster

Transdisciplinary Connections

• Listening comprehension strategies (nonverbal cues, gestures, cognates, context clues, etc.)

Summative Assessment

• Listening Assessment
• Project on one of the Spanish-speaking countries