The Spanish language program at St. Francis de Sales begins with the kindergarten classes. K-2 Spanish classes are taught once a week. In these years, children learn basic vocabulary such as numbers, colors, days of the week, and greetings. Starting in the third grade, Spanish classes are provided by Fun Fluency Program. Fun Fluency uses a multi-sensory language method which combines movement, games, and songs. As the grades progress, vocabulary is increased, and verb conjugations are introduced. By eighth grade, students have developed skills in the three modes of communication: Interpersonal, Interpretive and Presentational.
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Curriculum
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Elementary School
(1st - 3rd)
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Intermediate School
(4th - 5th)
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Middle School
(6th - 8th)
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SPANISH
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1ST GRADE
- Hispanic culture
- Greetings
- Poems
- Alphabet
- Verbs
- Write words
- Reading sentences
- Numbers to 10
- Colors
- Farm and Zoo Animals
- Family members
2ND GRADE
- Hispanic culture
- Seasons
- Familia
- Poems
- Alphabet
- Conjugate Verbs
- Write Sentences
- Read Paragraphs
- Numbers to 20
- Shapes
- Sea and Wild Animals
- Food
3RD GRADE
- Emotions
- High Frequency vocabulary
- Common verbs
- Present tense he/she verbs
- Question words
- who, what, where, why, how
- Storytelling
- Comprehension
- Hispanic culture
- Communication
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ALL INTERMEDIATE AND MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADES focus on
discovering and understanding the culture of various Spanish Speaking countries through fiction and non-fiction texts, authentic experiences, and project-based learning.
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4TH GRADE
- PRIMARY TEXT: Fun Fluency workbook
- Listening, speaking, reading and writing using
- Emotions
- 100 most frequently used vocabulary
- Common verbs
- Question words
- who, what, where, how
- Connector words
- depends, almost, toward, but
5TH GRADE
- PRIMARY TEXT: Fun Fluency workbook
- Listening, speaking, reading and writing using:
- 100 most frequently used vocabulary
- High Frequency action words
- Adjectives to describe oneself
- Expressions and rejoinders
- Ask to do things or advocate for
themselves in Spanish
- Question words
- who, what, where, how
- Connector words
- depends, almost, toward, but, for, etc.
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6TH GRADE
- PRIMARY TEXT: Fun Fluency workbook
- Listening, speaking, reading and writing using:
- High frequency vocabulary
- first and third person, plural
- Present and past tense action words
- Advanced story and novel vocabulary
- Modals + infinitives
- Simple future tense first and third person
- Ordinal numbers and story sequence
- Adjectives to describe personalities
- Conjunctions
- Adverbs
- How to make a sentence negative
7TH GRADE
- PRIMARY TEXT: Fun Fluency workbook
- Listening, speaking, reading and writing using:
- High frequency vocabulary
- first and third person, plural
- Regular and irregular verbs
- present, preterit, and imperfect tense
- Vocabulary to express likes and dislikes
- Modals + infinitives
- Simple future tense first and third person
- Ordinal numbers and story sequence
- Adjectives to describe personalities & physical attributes
- Present progression
- How to form a question
- Adjectives and verbs used to describe
- people, places and objects
- Story sequencing
- Conjunctions
- Prepositional phrases
- All question words
- Some weather phrases
8TH GRADE
- PRIMARY TEXT: Fun Fluency workbook
- Listening, speaking, reading and writing using:
- High frequency vocabulary
- first and third person, plural
- Present progressive tense
- Reflexive verbs
- Story sequencing words
- Direct and indirect objects
- Regular and irregular verbs in the present, preterit, & imperfect tenses
- Vocabulary to express dislikes and likes
- Modals + infinitives
- Simple future tense first and third person
- Present progression
- How to form a question
- Adjectives to describe a person, place or object
- Story sequencing words
- Conjunctions
- Expressions and rejoinders
- Ask to do things or advocate for oneself
- Some weather phrases
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