Conversation / Weather / Calendar / Geography of Mexico, Central and South America / History of Ancient Mexico and the Aztec Culture / The Spanish Conquest / Mexico Today / Calendar / Seasons / Colors / Geometric Shapes / Prepositions & Grammar / Numbers & Math Problems 1-1000 / Family / Professions / The Body and the Head / Clothing / School / Telling Time / Our Garden / Food Pyramid / Transportation / Traditional Holidays / Stories / Songs.
Spanish Fifth Grade
Review / Essential Greetings / Introduction to Cultural Aspects / Songs / Cultural Items / Learning to Express Specific Information / Culture / Grammar: Regular & Irregular Verbs / Grammar: Adjectives & Noun Genders / Sentences / Simple Question (Yes, No) Formation / Response / Information Questions / The Verb 'Ser' / The Verb 'Estar' / Irregular Verbs / Restaurants / Meals
Spanish Sixth Grade
Basic Simple Dialogues / 'ar,er & ir' Verb Conjugation / Basic Simple Dialogs for New Vocabulary: "Como eres" (biographical descriptions), "Que clases tienes" (creating schedules), "Que prefieres comer" (creating menus), "Como es tu familia" (family albums), "Adonde vas a ir de vacaciones" (travel brochures), "Que desea Ud."(what not to wear), "Que haces en tu casa" (floor plans) / Adjective placement and agreement / Answering Yes, No Questions / Negation / Beginning Written Expression / Forming Yes, No, Questions / Specific Informational Questions / "ir", "tener", "hacer", "poder", "saber" in Present Tense / Formation and use of the Imperative Mood / Definite and Indefinite Articles / Plurals / Contractions with 'a' and 'de' / Possession of Nouns / Subject Pronouns / Present Tense to Form Future "ir+a+infinitive".
French Sixth Grade
Basic Simple Dialogs / 'er' Verb Conjugation / Liaison / Elision / Basic Simple Dialogs for New Vocabulary / 'etre' Conjugation / Yes, No Questions / Negation / Beginning Written Expression / Forming Yes, No, Questions / Specific Informational Questions / Negation / 'avoir', 'faire', in Present Tense / Formation and use of the Imperative Mood / Definite Articles / Plurals / Contractions with 'a' and 'de' / Possession of Nouns / Subject Pronouns / 'aller' / Present Tense to Form Future 'proche'
Spanish Seventh Grade
Review of Materials from Sixth Grade Course / Simple Writing / Increased conversation skills / New vocabulary: "Como te sientes" (health and body parts), city destinations, "Que te gustaria ver" (television shows and movies), "Para proteger la tierra" (environmental topics), "Vamos a una fiesta" (celebrations) / Intense Work on Problems in Accent and Pronunciation / Oral Reading / Preterite tense--"ar, er, and ir" verbs / Comparatives and Superlatives / Present Progressive tense / Increased work with irregular verbs / Reflexive verbs
French Seventh Grade
Review of Materials from Sixth Grade Course / French in English Dictionary / Simple Writing / Correspondence / Adjectives With and Without Sound Changes / Adjectives With Spelling Changes / Nouns / Adjectives of Nationality / Names of Languages / School Subjects / Regular and Irregular er, ir, re Verbs / Partitive / Survey of French Culture, Geography, History, Arts, and Architecture / Oral Reading / Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns
Spanish Eighth Grade
Review of Materials from Seventh Grade Course / More complex writing and reading / Increased conversation skills / New vocabulary: "Como te diviertes" (hobbies and passtimes), "Cuando yo era pequeno (writing about childhood, with emphasis on the use of preterite and imperfect tenses),"Que te gustaria ver" (television shows and movies, with oral oral presentations, "Para proteger la tierra" (extensive work creating posters on environmental topics and what we can do and not do), "Vamos a una fiesta" (emphasis on Latinamerican celebrations; la quinceanera) / Intense Work on Problems in Accent and Pronunciation / Oral Reading / Verbs - Preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, present progressice, present perfect tenses and commands and subjunctive mood of verbs / Comparatives and Superlatives / Pronouns - Subject, direct, indirect, and reflective. Study of history, geography and culture of Spain, Mexico, Central America and South America.
French Eighth Grade
Demonstratives / Affirmative 'si' / 'venir', and compounds and idiomatic uses / Objective Pronouns / Reading and Writing / 'prendre' and its Compounds / Disjunctive Compounds / Quantities / 'en' / Passe Compose with 'avoir' and Objective Pronouns / Narrative / 'passe compose' with 'etre' / Pronoun 'y' / Narratives / Review of Verb Rules and Generalizations / Interrogative Constructions and Their Uses in Verb Tenses / Formation and Use of the 'Imparfait' Tense / Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs / Various Sources and Media