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Seneca Valley School District Elementary Spanish Program Curriculum

Explore the curriculum development process and thematic units integrating language and subject matter, enhancing academic language proficiency in Spanish. Get insights into motivating teaching methods and sample unit activities. Includes a demonstration and questions on comprehension and interactive communication.

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Seneca Valley School District Elementary Spanish Program Curriculum

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  1. Seneca Valley School DistrictElementary Spanish Program Curriculum Heather J. Hendry Tabitha Waltman Christina Laporte July 18, 2017

  2. Agenda • CBI: A definition and rationale • Demonstration: Número Misterioso • Curriculum Development Process • Curriculum overview • First/Second Thematic Units • Second/Third Thematic Units • Sample Unit: “All About Me” • Questions

  3. Content-based Instruction • What? • An approach to language instruction that integrates the teaching of concepts from subject matter classes (e.g. math, science, etc) within the context of teaching the foreign language (Crandall & Tucker, 1990).

  4. Content-based Instruction • Why? • Comprehensible input • Development of academic language which leads to higher levels of proficiency • Interpersonal communication • ZPDs and differentiation • Cognitively demanding and intrinsically interesting (Curtain and Dahlberg, 2015) • Motivating: connects with a variety of interests, strengths, academic backgrounds • Supports academic content knowledge of other subjects

  5. Demonstration: NúmeroMisterioso Preguntas: ¿Es par? ¿Esimpar? ¿Esmás de ___? ¿Esmenos de ___? ¿Es entre ___ y ___? 10 diez 20 veinte 30 treinta 40 cuarenta 50 cincuenta 60 sesenta 70 setenta 80 ochenta 90 noventa 100 cien

  6. Example Lesson Below is a link to a video of a sample activity. The activity focuses on numbers and math concepts. http://svtube.svsd.net/play?id=ut5karb6au

  7. Curriculum Development Process

  8. Curriculum Development Process • Unit Plan Inventory

  9. Curriculum overview • First/Second grade units • AllAbout Me • ¿Oso pardo oso pardo que ves? (Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do yousee?) • El Mitón (TheMitton) • Buenas Noches Luna (Goodnight Moon) • Third/Fourth grade units • 1. La Oruga muy Hambrienta (TheVeryHungry Caterpillar) • 2. El Montón de Tamales (TooMany Tamales) • 3. El Árbol Generoso (The Giving Tree)

  10. Sample Unit: All About Me

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