Preschool Program
Elementary School
Middle School
Spanish Curriculum
Art Curriculum
Music Curriculum
Phys. Ed. Curriculum
NYS Test Results
Schedules
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Grades K-4
In these grades, the students will address the following topics:
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• Prayers and greeting |
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• The geography and culture of Spain, Mexico and Latin America |
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• Alphabet, numbers, days of the week, months, seasons, weather |
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• Colors |
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• How are you and responding, commands |
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• Religious holidays and saints |
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• Spanish songs |
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• Simple math with Spanish numbers, telling time |
Grades 5-6
In these grades, the students continue their study of Spanish with the following topics:
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• Spanish prayers – Sign of Cross, Hail Mary, Our Father |
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• Alphabet, numbers 1-100 |
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• Greetings, expressions of courtesy, commands |
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• Geography and culture, holidays and holy days |
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• Classroom objects |
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• Houses and furnishings |
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• Family, parts of the body, clothing and food |
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• Days of the week, months, calendar, weather, seasons, telling time |
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• Pronouns, Introduction of AR verbs, present tense |
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• Things I like to do, using gustar |
Grades 7
In grades 7-8, the students will build on the vocabulary and skills introduced in the lower grades, and will also study the following topics:
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• Nouns with articles, definite and indefinite articles |
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• Present tense verbs |
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• Reflexive verbs, use and conjugation |
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• Question words |
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• Conjugation of AR/ER/IR verbs |
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• Irregular verbs, plural nouns, adjective/noun agreement |
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• Difference between SER and ESTAR |
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• Writing sentences and paragraphs in Spanish |
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• Likes/dislikes using gustar and encantar, wants and needs |
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• Telephone conversations |
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• Accepting/turning down invitations |
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• Classes, sequence of events |
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• Food, meal planning, ordering/paying in a restaurant, Spanish menu |
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• Discussion of how food tastes |
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• Planning a fiesta |
At the end of grade 8, our students take the Spanish Competency Exam. Based on their performance on this test, most of our students go into Spanish II as freshmen. |
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