Topics taught in Spanish 1 

 

Verbs 

 

6​th​ grade ­​no verbs are taught, but they are included in phrases that we learn 

 

7​th​ grade 

 

1. Regular present tense ar/er/ir verbs 

2. Ser­ to be 

3. Estar­ to be

 4. Ser vs estar usage 

5. Tener­ to have 

6. Tener+que+infinitive=obligation 

7. Tener expressions

 8. Ir­ to go 

9. Ir+a+infinitive=simple future tense 

10. Gustar­ to like 

 

8​th​ grade 

 

1. Yo form changers Hacer­ to make/do, Salir­ to go out/leave, Saber­ to know a fact/how to do something, Traer­ to bring, Poner­ to put, Dar­ to give, Conocer­ to know a person/place, Ver­ to see

2. Stem changers­ Querer­ to want, Encontrar­ to find, Poder­ to be able to 

3. Present progressive (­ing) (introduced briefly) 

 

Vocab 

 

6​th​ grade

 

1. Alphabet 

2. Greetings 

3. Weather 

4. Days/Months/Seasons 

5. Numbers 

6. Telling Time 

7. Classroom objects 

8. Colors 

9. Family

10. Possessive adjectives

 

7​th​ grade

 

1. Feelings/Physical characteristics/Personality Traits 

2. Animals 

3. Question words 

 

8​th​ grade 

 

1. Food

2. Furniture 

3. Rooms 

 

Grammar 

 

6​th​ grade 

 

1. Root words that influence Spanish (Latin, Greek, Nahuatl, Quechua, Maya Quiche Yucatec, English, Arabic etc) (not tested on exam)

2. Definite/Indefinite articles 

3. Gender/number agreement 

4. Word order of adjectives, articles and nouns 

 

7​th​ grade

 

1. The four forms of you 

 2.. Subject pronouns 

 3. Verb/pronoun agreement 

 4. De+el/A+el 

 5. Adjective agreement 

 

8​th​ grade 

 

1. Comparisons 

2. Prepositions of location/directional words 

3. Negative expressions 

 

Culture

 

6​th​ grade 

 

1. Countries and Capitals of Spanish speaking countries

2. Day of the Dead/Aztec Connection

3. Incan Empire/Spanish conquest 

 

7​th ​Grade 

 

1. Holiday Season 

2. Cinco de Mayo 

3. Mayan Empire/Popol Vuh/Equinox and Pyramid connections 

4. Virtual field trip to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Mayan exhibit 

 

8​th​ Grade

 

1. El Cid/Spanish history 

2. Muslim invasion/occupation of Spain 

3. Field trip to Margaritas to learn about Mexican art, food and culture 

4. Don Quijote novel history/influence on literature/movies/pop culture references (not tested on exam)

5. Read an intermediate reader of Don Quijote in Spanish as a class 

 

Miscellaneous­​ 

 

Movies, video clips, commercials in Spanish to hear the language spoken by native speakers