SpanishI

Teacher:

Email:

WarrenBillings

wbillings@pittsfieldnhschools.org

Semester(s):

Phone:

YearLong2016/17

4356701ext.4226

CourseDescription:

SpanishIisanintroductorycourseforlearnerswithuptoonesemesterofexperiencespeakingSpanish.Bytheendoftheyear
learnerswillbeabletocommunicateusingavarietyofwordsandphrasesthathavebeenpracticedandmemorized.

Learnerscollaboratetomakeandunderstandmeaninginthetargetlanguage,rememberingthatthereisnosinglecorrect
answer.Learnersuseinformationtobuildtheirownideasandconnectlearningacrosssubjectareas.

Learnershavecontroloverwhattheylearn.LearnersdemonstrateevidenceofCommonCorealignedlearningtargetsand
demonstrateproficiencyduringourbiweeklysummativeassessments.Learnersformthreepersonteamseverytwoweekstoset
goalsandsupporteachotherbeforethesummativeassessments.Themostrecentassessmentwillevaluatestudentproficiency.

Learnersearncreditassoonastheymeetthelearningtargetsandproficiencyguidelines.Inthecaseofthelearnerearning
creditbeforetheendoftheyears/hemaychoosetocontinuegrowingfromSpanishItoSpanishIIproficiencywiththesame
class.

Studentsareabletodemonstratecompetencyinawaythatworksforthem.Below,thecourseassessmentsarelistedto
giveyouanideaofthesummativeopportunitiesthatwillbeprovidedwithinthecourseforstudentstodemonstrate
competency.

CourseCompetencies
Competency1:Speaking

Studentswilldemonstratetheabilityto
applyavarietyofwordsandphrases
thathavebeenpracticedand
memorizedtocommunicateacross
familiarcontexts.

SummativeAssessments
PresentationAssessments:Describemyselfandothers,mylikesanddislikes,
familiarobjects,dailyactivities,andsomethingIlearned.
DiscussionAssessments:Sayhelloandgoodbye,introducemyselfandothers,
answersimplequestions,makesimplestatements,asksimplequestions,andshare
personalinformationanddailyactivities.
1. Icanrespondtodirectquestionswithtwoorthreewordsatatimeorastock
answer.
2. Icanpausefrequentlytosearchforsimplevocabulary.
3. Icanrecyclethewordsintheconversation.

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Competency2:Writing

Studentswilldemonstratetheabilityto
applylistsandmemorizedphrases
acrossfamiliarcontexts.
Competency3:Listening

Studentswilldemonstratetheabilityto
applysomefamiliarwordsandphrases
whenIhearthemspokenacross
familiarcontexts.
Competency4:Reading

Studentswilldemonstratetheabilityto
applysomelearnedormemorized
wordsandphraseswhenIreadacross
familiarcontexts.

Icanbeunderstoodwithdifficultyevenbysympatheticlistenersaccustomed
todealingwithnonnatives.
5. WhendealingwithtopicsandfunctionsoftheIntermediatelevelIresortto
repetition,wordsfrommynativelanguage,orsilence.
PresentationAssessments:Describebasicinformation,myself,dailyactivities,
andsomethingIvelearned.
1. Icanexhibitahighdegreeofaccuracywhenwritingonwellpracticed,
familiartopicsusinglimitedformulaiclanguagebutmakefrequenterrors
whenoutsideofwellpracticedtopics.
InterpretiveAssessments:Courtesyphrases,basicinformation,somethingI
learned.
Learnersdrawanddescribetodemonstratethefollowingindicators:
1. Icanrecognizeandbegintounderstandanumberofhighfrequency,highly
contextualizedwordsandphrases.

InterpretiveAssessments:Vocabulary
1. Icanidentifyanumberofhighlycontextualizedwordsandphrases.

StudentExpectations:

Ourclassroomgoalsareattainablechoicesthatalllearnerscanmakethatsupportacademiclearning.Theyareformatively
assessedbiweeklyinclasswithinputfromthelearner,classmates,instructor,andparents.Classroomandschoolnormsare
whatweneedfromeachothertolearn.Ourgoalsarestrategiestolearnthefastestandeasiest,whetherasagroupor
individually.

ClassroomGoals
1. Ichoosetospeak100%Spanish.(Professionalism)
2. Ichoosetoparticipateandbepartoftheclass.(Leadership)
3. Ichoosetomakemistakes.(Ambition)
4. Ichoosetocommunicatemessages.(Integrity)
5. Ichoosetotrytounderstandthemessagesofthepeopleinmycommunity.(Grit)

PMHSNORMS
1. TheNORMSapplytoeveryoneinvolvedwiththePMHScommunity.
2. Wealltreateachotherhowwewanttobetreated.
3. Weusemannersandpracticecommoncourtesyandmodesty.
4. Wenurtureindividual,social,andintellectualgrowthasacommunity.
5. Wepracticehonesty,tolerance,andpatience.
6. Wecollaboratewithotherstocommunicatedifferencesandchallengeswhileallowingeveryvoice
7. Wevaluethediversityofpeopleandcultures.
8. Wewelcomeindividualsinourcommunity,helpingthemtofeelcomfortablebeingthemselvesand
9. Wepromoteintegrity,courage,honor,anddignity.
10. Wetakeresponsibilityforourselves,ourenvironmentandeachother.

CourseEvaluation&AssessmentPractices:

1. Masteryofallcoursecompetenciesshallbethebasisforawardingcoursecredit.
2. Summativeassessmentsareworth100%andformativeassessmentsareworth0%towarddeterminingthescorefor
eachcompetency.
3. Onlywhenastudenthasmasteredallcoursecompetencieswillthefinalcoursescorebecalculatedbyaveragingthe
individualcoursecompetencies.
4. Rollingprogressreportsareissuedapproximatelyeverynine(9)weeks.

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Studentsareencouragedtorecovermissedcompetenciesthroughoutthecourseandnotwaituntiltheendofa
course/coursefailure.
Thetranscriptwillreportonlyfinalcoursescores.Uponrequestforatranscript,acopyofthemostrecentrolling
progressreportwillbeused.
Traditionalextracreditisnotanappropriatemeasureofstudentlearningandwillnotbeassignedorincludedinscore
calculation.
Rubricsandthecorrespondingnumericalpointscalewillbeusedtoassessstudentprogressandmastery.
Amidtermsummativeassessmentwilloccurattheendofthefirstsemesterandwillbeusedtopreparestudentsfor
college,giveanopportunitytoshowmasteryofcompetencies,and/ordevelopcompetencyrecoveryplans.

AdditionalNotes:

Newstudentswillbeprovidedacompositionbook.Pleasebringpensand/orpencils.

Returningstudentsneedtobringtheirowncompositionbooksandpensand/orpencils.

Assignifiedbyoursignatures,wehavereceivedandreadthiscourseoutline.

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