South Harrison Township Elementary School District
Committed to Excellence
South Harrison Township Elementary School District
Course Name: World Language
BOE Adoption Date: October 17, 2016
Grade Level (s): Sixth Grade
Revised:
ABSTRACT
World Language instruction focuses on the ability to communicate at a basic literacy level in at least one language other than English and to
demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationship between language and culture in order to create well-educated citizens in today’s
society. Instruction emphasizes knowledge about second language acquisition, the importance of communication and the relationship between
language and culture as a new basis for program development. Studying a world language helps strengthen critical thinking skills through
problem solving, provides an appreciation of and respect for the cultural perspectives, practices and products of different cultures in addition to
providing a competitive edge in career choices and in professional development. Starting world language instruction at the elementary level
shows greater cognitive development in areas such as creativity, mental flexibility and higher order thinking skills. Furthermore, it helps to
develop an improved self-concept and sense of achievement. Students will explore vocabulary in Spanish, formulate sentences, communicate at
a novice level as well as study the cultural traditions and practices in order to foster a positive attitude towards nations and groups perceived as
different. In addition, studying Spanish will help develop an awareness of a global community.
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Trimester I
World Language
Month/Marking
Period
Standards
New Jersey
Student Learning
Standards
(NJ SLS)
Essential Question
Enduring
Understandings
Skills and Topics
September
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.1, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.2, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.3,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.3, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.4,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.3, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.4,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.5
 What are subject pronouns?

Subject pronouns are used
to replace the subject of a
verb.
Students will be able to…
 Identify subject pronouns in
Spanish.
 Match the correct subject
pronoun with its English
counterpart.
 Use subject pronouns
correctly in a sentence.
October
November
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.1, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.2,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.3, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.4,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.1, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.2,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.3, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.4,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.2, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.3,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.4, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.2, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.3,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.4, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.2, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.3, NJ NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.2, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.4, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.5
SLS.7.1.NM.C.4, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.5

How can you recognize
antonyms in a sentence?
 In Spanish, writing the opposites
of things has to match in gender
and number.
Students will be able to…
 Identify vocabulary for
antonyms in Spanish.
 Match the opposites of each
noun with its counterpart.
 Match pictures that are
opposites with vocabulary.
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

How can you identify a verb in
Spanish?
All verbs in Spanish end in either
AR, ER or IR
Students will be able to…
 Conjugate regular AR verbs in
the present tense.
 Write sentences using verbs to
match the appropriate subject
pronoun.
 Match conjugated forms of
verbs to the correct subject
pronoun.
Integration of
Technology:
Writing:
Formative
Assessments:
Internet: https://www.vocesetextbooks.com, Web Quests, Content-related websites, computer laboratory, classroom
computers, SMART Boards, CDs, DVDs, YouTube.
Matching, fill in the blank, open-ended responses, complete the sequence, crossword puzzles.
Teacher-student discussions/conversations, student participation, teacher observation, self-assessment, verbalization,
learning stations, think-pair-share, scoring rubric, benchmark assessments
Summative
Assessments:
Performance
Based Assessments
(PBA):
Interdisciplinary
Connections:
Students will complete written and oral quizzes showing mastery of each unit.
21st century
Themes:
st
21 Century Skills:
X Global Awareness
X Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy
X Creativity and Innovation
Memory game, Label pictures correctly to match subject pronouns, Pictures that represent antonyms, Students draw
pictures that represent different AR verbs.
ELA: Write sentences correctly using
subject pronouns.
Arts: Play memory with the words
and pictures of what each subject
pronoun represents.
Technology: Show pictures of
people and label the correct subject
pronoun.
21st Century Life/Careers: Discuss
the different uses of subject
pronouns in different Latin
American countries.
ELA: Students will read a book about
opposites in Spanish.
Arts: Students will draw pictures to
represent opposites.
Social Studies/Science/Health-Discuss
what is the opposite of having good
health habits.
Technology: Online memory matching
the antonyms.
21st Century Life/Careers: Discuss how
things in Latin America are sometimes
the opposite of how things are done in
the US.
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ELA: Students will write out sentences
using the correct conjugation of AR
verbs.
Arts: Students will draw pictures to
represent one of the AR verbs we are
talking about. For example: Caminar
means to walk so they draw a picture of
walking using the verb.
Social Studies/Science/Health-Discuss
what AR verbs help represent different
ways to stay healthy.
Technology: YouTube rap about AR
verbs.
21st Century Life/Careers: List new AR
verbs that represent new trends in
today’s society.
X Civic Literacy
X Health Literacy
X Media Literacy
Resources:
Instructional
Accommodations
and Modifications
Assessment
Accommodations
and Modifications
Careers:
X Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
X Life and Career Skills
X Information and Communication Technologies Literacy
X Communication and Collaboration
X Information Literacy
Textbook: Teach Them Spanish Grade K Series, Voces Classroom Digital Series: Introduction to Spanish (Online Program),
Magazines, Maps, Culturally-Authentic Documents, Teacher-created resources
 Allow students to point to pictures that represent vocabulary instead of writing it out.
 Use individualized/small group instruction
 Use manipulatives and demonstrate concepts
 Check often for understanding/review
 Break assessments into manageable chunks and/or require only selected test items.
 Allow students extra time and the ability to re-take assessments.
 Read aloud instructions and allow students to answer orally.
Applicable career options are discussed as they arise throughout the social studies program. Career options include, but
are not limited to, the following career clusters: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Career Cluster; Architecture and
Construction Career Cluster; Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications Career Cluster; Business, Management, and
Administration Career Cluster; Education and Training Career Cluster; Finance Career Cluster; Government and Public
Administration Career Cluster; Health Science Career Cluster; Human Services Career Cluster; Information Technology
Career Cluster; Law, Public Safety, Correction, and Security Career Cluster; Manufacturing Career Cluster;
Marketing Career Cluster; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Career Cluster; Transportation, Distribution,
and Logistics Career Cluster. Interpreter, International Banker
Note: In grades kindergarten through grade 5, individual student differences are addressed through techniques, such as flexible grouping and
differentiated instruction in the World Language classrooms.
**2016 New Jersey Student Learning Standards
E/LA RL: Reading Literature
RI: Reading Informational Text
L: Language
Math: MD: Measurement and Data
N: Real Number System
G: Geometry
S: Statistics and Probability
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W: Writing
SL: Speaking and Listening
A: Algebra
F: Functions
Trimester II
World Language
Month/Marking
Period
Standards
New Jersey
Student Learning
Standards
(NJ SLS)
Essential
Question
Enduring
Understandings
Skills and Topics
December
January
February
March
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.1, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.5
 How can you identify
a verb in Spanish?
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.1, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.5
 How can you identify a
verb in Spanish?
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.1, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.5
 How can you
identify a verb in
Spanish?
 All verbs in
Spanish end in
either AR, ER or IR
Students will be able to…
 Conjugate regular
ER verbs in the
present tense.
 Write sentences
using verbs to
match the
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.1, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.5
 How can you
identify a verb in
Spanish?
 All verbs in
Spanish end in
either AR, ER or IR
Students will be able to…
 Conjugate regular
IR verbs in the
present tense.
 Write sentences
using verbs to
match the

All verbs in Spanish
end in either AR, ER
or IR
Students will be able to…
 Conjugate regular AR
verbs in the present
tense.
 Write sentences
using verbs to match

All verbs in Spanish end
in either AR, ER or IR
Students will be able to…
 Conjugate regular ER
verbs in the present
tense.
 Write sentences using
verbs to match the
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Integration of
Technology:
Writing:
Formative
Assessments:
Summative
Assessments:
Performance
Based
Assessments:
Interdisciplinary
Connections:
the appropriate
appropriate subject
appropriate
appropriate
subject pronoun.
pronoun.
subject pronoun.
subject pronoun.
 Match conjugated
 Identify whether the
 Identify whether
 Identify whether
forms of verbs to the
verb ends in AR or ER
the verb ends in
the verb ends in
correct subject
based on their endings.
AR or ER based on
AR or IR/ER based
pronoun.
their endings.
on their endings.
Internet: https://www.vocesetextbooks.com, Web Quests, Content-related websites, computer laboratory, classroom
computers, SMART Boards, CDs, DVDs, YouTube.
Matching, fill in the blank, open-ended responses, complete the sequence, solving riddles, crossword puzzles.
Teacher-student discussions/conversations, student participation, teacher observation, self-assessment, verbalization,
learning stations, think-pair-share, scoring rubric, benchmark assessments, comprehension of cultural videos with
questions.
Students will complete written and oral quizzes showing mastery of each unit.
Sentences written correctly using the right format, Pictures representing the different verbs, PowerPoint with ER verbs,
Listing verbs that show us how to stay healthy.
ELA: Students will write out
sentences using the correct
conjugation of AR verbs.
Arts: Students will draw
pictures to represent one of
the AR verbs we are talking
about. For example: Caminar
means to walk so they draw a
picture of walking using the
verb.
Social
Studies/Science/HealthDiscuss what AR verbs help
ELA: Students will write out
sentences using the correct
conjugation of ER verbs.
Arts: Students will draw
pictures to represent one of
the ER verbs we are talking
about. For example: Comer
means to eat so they draw a
picture of eating using the
verb.
Social
Studies/Science/HealthDiscuss what ER verbs help
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ELA: Students will write out
sentences using the correct
conjugation of ER verbs.
Arts: Students will draw
pictures to represent one of
the ER verbs we are talking
about. For example: Comer
means to eat so they draw a
picture of eating using the
verb.
Social
Studies/Science/HealthDiscuss what ER verbs help
ELA: Students will write
out sentences using the
correct conjugation of IR
verbs.
Arts: Students will draw
pictures to represent one
of the IR verbs we are
talking about. For
example: Abrir means to
open so they draw a
picture of opening a door
or book using the verb.
represent different ways to
stay healthy.
Technology: YouTube rap
about AR verbs.
21st Century Life/Careers:
List new AR verbs that
represent new trends in
today’s society.
21st century
Themes:
21st Century
Skills:
Resources:
Instructional
Accommodation
s and
Modifications
Assessment
Accommodation
s and
Modifications
Careers:
represent different ways to
stay healthy.
Technology: Create a
PowerPoint using ER verbs in
the correct format.
21st Century Life/Careers:
List new ER verbs that
represent new trends in
today’s society.
represent different ways to
stay healthy.
Technology: Create a
PowerPoint using ER verbs in
the correct format.
21st Century Life/Careers:
List new ER verbs that
represent new trends in
today’s society.
Social
Studies/Science/HealthDiscuss what IR verbs
help represent different
ways to stay healthy.
Technology: Show
pictures of different verbs
and identify if they are
AR, ER or IR endings.
21st Century
Life/Careers: List new IR
verbs that represent new
trends in today’s society.
X Global Awareness
X Civic Literacy
X Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy
X Health Literacy
X Creativity and Innovation
X Media Literacy
X Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
X Life and Career Skills
X Information and Communication Technologies Literacy
X Communication and Collaboration
X Information Literacy
Textbook: Teach Them Spanish Grade K Series, Voces Classroom Digital Series: Introduction to Spanish (Online Program),
Magazines, Maps, Culturally-Authentic Documents, Teacher-created resources
 Allow students to point to pictures that represent vocabulary instead of writing it out.
 Use individualized/small group instruction
 Use manipulatives and demonstrate concepts
 Check often for understanding/review
 Break assessments into manageable chunks and/or require only selected test items.
 Allow students extra time and the ability to re-take assessments.
 Read aloud instructions and allow students to answer orally.
Applicable career options are discussed as they arise throughout the social studies program. Career options include, but
are not limited to, the following career clusters: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Career Cluster; Architecture
and Construction Career Cluster; Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications Career Cluster; Business, Management, and
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Administration Career Cluster; Education and Training Career Cluster; Finance Career Cluster; Government and Public
Administration Career Cluster; Health Science Career Cluster; Human Services Career Cluster; Information Technology
Career Cluster; Law, Public Safety, Correction, and Security Career Cluster; Manufacturing Career Cluster;
Marketing Career Cluster; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Career Cluster; Transportation, Distribution,
and Logistics Career Cluster. Interpreter, International Banker.
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Trimester III
World Language
Month/Marking
Period
Standards
New Jersey
Student Learning
Standards
(NJ SLS)
Essential
Question
Enduring
Understandings
Skills and Topics
April
May
June
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.1, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.2, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.3,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.3, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.4,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.3, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.4,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.5
 How can you identify a verb
in Spanish?
 All verbs in Spanish end in
either AR, ER or IR
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.1, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.2, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.3, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.4, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.A.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.1, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.2,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.3, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.4,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.A.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.2, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.B.4, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.2, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.3,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.4, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.B.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.2, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.3, NJ
SLS.7.1.NM.C.4, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.5
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.2, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.3,
NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.4, NJ SLS.7.1.NM.C.5
Students will be able to…
 Conjugate regular IR verbs
in the present tense.
 Write sentences using verbs
to match the appropriate
subject pronoun.
Students will be able to…
 Conjugate the three irregular
verbs: ser, estar and tener.
 Write sentences using the correct
forms of the three irregular
verbs.


How can you identify an irregular
verb in Spanish?
Irregular verbs do not follow
traditional verb rules. Therefore,
their conjugated forms are
different for each one.
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
How can you identify an
irregular verb in Spanish?
 Irregular verbs do not follow
traditional verb rules.
Therefore, their conjugated
forms are different for each
one.
Students will be able to…
 Conjugate the three irregular
verbs: ser, estar and tener.
 Write sentences using the
correct forms of the three
irregular verbs.
 Compare the difference
between a regular present

Integration of
Technology:
Writing:
Formative
Assessments:
Summative
Assessments:
Performance
Based
Assessments
(PBA):
Interdisciplinary
Connections:
tense verb and an irregular
Identify whether the verb
 Compare the difference between
present tense verb.
ends in AR or IR/ER based
a regular present tense verb and
on their endings.
an irregular present tense verb.
Internet: https://www.vocesetextbooks.com, Web Quests, Content-related websites, computer laboratory, classroom
computers, SMART Boards, CDs, DVDs, YouTube.
Matching, fill in the blank, open-ended responses, complete the sequence, crossword puzzles.
Teacher-student discussions/conversations, student participation, teacher observation, self-assessment, verbalization,
learning stations, think-pair-share, scoring rubric, benchmark assessments
Students will complete written and oral quizzes showing mastery of each unit.
Sentences written correctly using the right format, Pictures representing the different verbs, Listing verbs that show us
how to stay healthy, PPT to represent ESTAR when talking about emotions.
ELA: Students will write out
sentences using the correct
conjugation of IR verbs.
Arts: Students will draw pictures to
represent one of the IR verbs we are
talking about. For example: Abrir
means to open so they draw a
picture of opening a door or book
using the verb.
Social Studies/Science/HealthDiscuss what IR verbs help represent
different ways to stay healthy.
Technology: Show pictures of
different verbs and identify if they
are AR, ER or IR endings.
ELA: Students will write out sentences
using the correct conjugation of irregular
verbs.
Arts: Students will draw pictures to
represent one the uses of one of the
irregular verbs we are talking about. For
example: Tener means to have, but is
used to describe your age, when you’re
hungry, thirsty, etc.
Social Studies/Science/Health-Discuss
what ways ESTAR phrases help represent
different ways to stay healthy. “Estar
sano”
Technology: Show a PPT of how ESTAR is
used to describe different emotions.
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ELA: Students will write out sentences
using the correct conjugation of
irregular verbs.
Arts: Students will draw pictures to
represent one the uses of one of the
irregular verbs we are talking about.
For example: Tener means to have,
but is used to describe your age, when
you’re hungry, thirsty, etc.
Social Studies/Science/HealthDiscuss what ways ESTAR phrases
help represent different ways to stay
healthy. “Estar sano”
21st Century Life/Careers: List new
IR verbs that represent new trends
in today’s society.
21st century
Themes:
21st Century
Skills:
Resources:
Instructional
Accommodations
and
Modifications
Assessment
Accommodations
and
Modifications
Careers:
21st Century Life/Careers: Discuss the
different ways to be professional using
the irregular verb, SER.
Technology: Show a PPT of how
ESTAR is used to describe different
emotions.
21st Century Life/Careers: Discuss the
different ways to be professional
using the irregular verb, SER.
X Global Awareness
X Civic Literacy
X Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy
X Health Literacy
X Creativity and Innovation
X Media Literacy
X Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
X Life and Career Skills
X Information and Communication Technologies Literacy
X Communication and Collaboration
X Information Literacy
Textbook: Teach Them Spanish Grade K Series, Voces Classroom Digital Series: Introduction to Spanish (Online Program),
Magazines, Maps, Culturally-Authentic Documents, Teacher-created resources
 Allow students to point to pictures that represent vocabulary instead of writing it out.
 Use individualized/small group instruction
 Use manipulatives and demonstrate concepts
 Check often for understanding/review
 Break assessments into manageable chunks and/or require only selected test items.
 Allow students extra time and the ability to re-take assessments.
 Read aloud instructions and allow students to answer orally.
Applicable career options are discussed as they arise throughout the social studies program. Career options include, but
are not limited to, the following career clusters: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Career Cluster; Architecture
and Construction Career Cluster; Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications Career Cluster; Business, Management, and
Administration Career Cluster; Education and Training Career Cluster; Finance Career Cluster; Government and Public
Administration Career Cluster; Health Science Career Cluster; Human Services Career Cluster; Information Technology
Career Cluster; Law, Public Safety, Correction, and Security Career Cluster; Manufacturing Career Cluster;
Marketing Career Cluster; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Career Cluster; Transportation,
Distribution, and Logistics Career Cluster. Interpreter, International Banker.
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