Week 1
Lesson 1
Preliminary Unit 
Understand the rules and expectations of
the course

Learn the Spanish alphabet and pronunciation of letter sounds including vowels sounds

Use new vocab to engage in casual conversations in Spanish (orally and written) Greet, farewell, introduce, and ask how someone is

Focus:
Alphabet
Greetings
Farewells
How are you/basic emotions


Assessment: Quiz
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Preliminary Unit Continued 
Ask where someone is from using ser + de

Find out someone’s phone number

Count in Spanish 

Focus:
Where are you from
Ser (to be)
Numbers
Days of the Week
Weather

Assessment: Exam
 Week 3
Lesson 3
Unit 1- Lesson 1
Given the forms of the verb SER you will tell where you and others are from.

Focus:
Ser (to be)
Spanish speaking countries
Subject Pronouns

Assessment: Quiz

 Week 4
Lesson 4
Unit 1- Lesson 1 Continued 
Given the forms of the verb GUSTAR and other verbs, you will talk about what you and others like and don’t like to do.

Focus:
Likes/dislikes
Common activities
Common foods

Assessment: Exam
 Week 5
Lesson 5
Unit 1 - Lesson 2
Use adjectives, nouns, articles, and the verbs ser & tener (agreement!) to describe yourself and others

Focus:
Adjectives to describe people
Tener (to have)

Assessment: Quiz
 Week 6
Lesson 6
Unit 1- Lesson 2 Continued
Cutlural highlight: The life of Frida Kahlo and describing others

Focus:
Adjectives to describe people
Tener (to have)

Assessment: Optional project, exam
 Week 7
Lesson 7
Unit 2- Lesson 1
Use new vocabulary and TENER to talk about what classes you have and the school subjects

Focus:
School subjects
Time

Assessment: Quiz
 Week 8
Lesson 8
Unit 2- Lesson 2 
Talk about what time things are at

Use AR verbs to describe what’s happening

Focus:
Common -ar verbs to express actions
High frequency words (always, sometimes, never, etc)

Assessment: Exam
 Week 9
Lesson 9
Unit 3- Lesson 1
Review the verb ir to talk about future goals and where we go

Talk about what you and others like using
gusta/gustan

Focus:
Estar (to be)
Locations
Prepositions of place


Assessment: Writing assignment
 Week 10
Lesson 10
Unit 3- Lesson 1 Continued 
Narrate events in the present using er and
ir verbs

 Use tener expressions to talk about hunger, thirst, and what you want to do

Focus:
School objects
Advanced emotions and states of being

Assessment: Exam
 Week 11
Lesson 11
Unit 3- Lesson 2
Talk about relationships and describe your family in Spanish.

Focus:
Members of the family
Expressing age


Assessment: Speaking & Listening Quiz
 Week 12
Lesson 12
Unit 3- Lesson 2 Continued 
Compare members of your family in Spanish.

Focus:
Advanced descriptions of people

Assessment: Exam
 Week 13
Lesson 13
FINAL EXAM
Review guide and final exam at your own pace
80% of higher needed to take 2nd semester of Spanish 1 course and receive certificate