ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Foreign Language
Scope and Sequence
4x4 schedule
Spanish
Level I
The Level I language course focuses on the development of communicative competence in the target language and understanding of
the culture(s) of the people who speak the language. It assumes that the students have minimal or no prior knowledge of the language
and culture.
UNIT
THEMES/CONCEPTS
GPS
SUGGESTED PACING
Unit 1:
Getting Started in Spanish
Essential Question:
What is it like to learn a
foreign language?
•
Alphabet, Sounds / Pronunciation
• Diacritical marks
• Formal and informal greetings
• Expressions of courtesy
• Subject pronouns
• Geography of the Hispanic world
• Numbers 0-31
• Days, months
• Colors
• Classroom instructions
• Telling time
• Weather Expressions
•
Body parts
MLI.IP1A
MLIIP1G
MLI.IP1H
MLI.INT1C
MLI.CCC1A
MLI.CCC1C
MLI.CCC3A
MLI.CCC3B
1.5 weeks
Unit 2:
Geography
Essential Question:
What is the Spanish-speaking
world like?
• Geographical vocabulary (mountain, lake,
capital, compass points, etc.)
• Weather expressions
• Subject pronouns
• Ser and estar (conjugation only)
• Basic descriptive adjectives (tall, short,
brunette, blonde, large, small, etc.)
• Noun/Adjective agreement
•
Ir a + location (I am going to Madrid.)
MLI.IP1E
MLI.IP1G
MLI.INT1D
MLI.P1C
MLI.CCC1A
2.5 weeks
ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Foreign Language
Scope and Sequence
4x4 schedule
• Hay
• Me gusta/no me gusta (just the concept, not
agreement)
Unit 3:
Family and Friends
Essential Questions:
What is a family? Who makes
up a family?
• Vocabulary for members of immediate and
extended families
• Numbers 0-31
• Some pastimes
• Self-descriptive adjectives
• Expressions of like and dislikes
• Possessive adjectives
• Cultural background for application of Hispanic
last names
• Verbs: to be, to have, to live, to name or to call
oneself
MLI.IP1G
MLI.P1B
MLI.P2A
MLI.CU1C
MLI.CCC2A
2 weeks
Unit 4:
House and Home
Essential Question:
What would it be like to live
in a home in a foreign
country?
• Possessive adjectives (my, your, his/her)
• Verb conjugation:
• Present tense of verb “to have”
• Present tense of verbs “to live,” “to prepare,”
“to dine,” etc.
• Prepositions of location (on, in under)
• The expressions: “there is,” “Is there?,” “What
is there.. ?”
MLI.INT1D
MLI.P1B
MLI.P1C
MLI.CCCB
MLI.CCC3A
MLI.CCC5A
2 weeks
Unit 5:
School
Essential Question:
How might the experience of
going to school in another
• Gustar (Expressions for liking and disliking)
• Telling time
• Numbers
• Ordinal numbers 1st through 10th
• Vocabulary for school subjects, school rooms
MLI.IP1A
MLI.IP1H
MLI.INTA
MLI.INT1B
MLI.P1A
MLI.CU1B
2 weeks
ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Foreign Language
Scope and Sequence
4x4 schedule
country be different from
going to school in the US?
and places, and school supplies
• Verbs: empezar ( to begin), terminar ( to end),
almorzar (to eat lunch), estudiar ( to study),
enseñar ( to teach), aprender ( to learn),
dibujar ( to draw), pintar ( to paint), borrar ( to
erase), llevar ( to carry), usar ( to wear), leer (
to read), escribir ( to write), ir ( to go), llegar
(to arrive), ser and estar ( to be)
• Adverbs of frequency (often, sometimes,
everyday, never, always)
•
Descriptive adjectives
MLI.CCC1B
Unit 6:
Sports and Leisure
Essential Question: What do
Hispanic teens like to do in
their spare time?
• Present tense verbs such as jugar (to play),
ganar (to win), perder (to lose), ser, estar (to
be), tener (to have), encontrar (to find), pensar
(to mean, to think), creer (to believe)
• Soccer terms such as partido (game or match),
fútbol (soccer), etc.
• Names of European countries and cities
• Cardinal numbers to 100
• Time
• Expressions of like/dislike
• Basic body parts
• Sports terms
• Movie types
• Colors
• Family members
• Descriptive adjectives
ML1.INTA
ML1.P1A
ML1.CCC1A
ML1.CCC4A
ML1.CCC4B
ML1.CCC5A
ML1.CCC.5B
2 weeks
Unit 7:
Food: Let’s Eat
• Subject pronouns
•
Present tense of ser and tener
MLI.IP1B
MLI.IP1C
2 weeks
ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Foreign Language
Scope and Sequence
4x4 schedule
Essential Questions: What is
it like to go to a restaurant in a
Spanish-speaking country?
What do I need to know to
feel confident when I talk to
the waiter?
• Present tense of verbs (e.g. comer/beber, deber)
• Stem-change verbs (e.g. pedir and querer)
• Formation of questions with interrogative
words
• Negative and affirmative commands
MLI.IP1E
MLI.IP1F
MLI.IP1G
MLI.INT2B
MLI.CU1B
MLI.CCC2B
Unit 8:
Stores, Shopping, Clothing
Essential Questions:
What is shopping like in a
Spanish-speaking country?
How is shopping here in the
United States different than
shopping in a Spanish-
speaking country? Is
“fashionable” the same in all
countries?
• Informal Commands
• Descriptive Adjectives
• Adjective Agreement
• Verbs: to have, to be, to be able to, to like (I
like)
• Ir + a + infinitive (To be going to …)
• Vocabulary related to: Colors, Clothing,
Numbers 0-100, jewelry, foods, store
names/places, directions, body parts, and
weather conditions.
• Idioms: to be fashionable, to be ____ years old
ML1.IP1B
ML1.IP1F
ML1.INT2B
ML1.CU1A
ML1.CU1C
ML1.CCC2A
2 weeks
