Vamos Unit 1 | Chocolate | Exploratory Spanish

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The Vamos Curriculum™ for Exploratory Spanish

$25.00

Language: Spanish
Level: Beginner (Level 1)
Formats: PDF
Duration: 8 days

Vamos™ is a proficiency-oriented curriculum designed for Exploratory Spanish courses. As an Exploratory curriculum, Vamos has three primary objectives:

development of linguistic proficiency
exposure to products, practices, and perspectives from a range of Spanish speaking communities
fostering interest in continuing language study

VAMOS UNIT 1: CHOCOLATE

Unit 1 of The Vamos Curriculum assumes that students have no prior exposure to Spanish. Each day is filled with communicative, target language activities that build connections within the classroom and between the classroom and the outside world.

Core Verbs: es, le gusta, prefiere, dice
Featured Country: Mexico
Cultural Focus: Chocolate's origin in Aztec culture

Throughout the course of this unit students will learn an authentic rhythm hand game, communicate about their preferences, engage in cooperative storytelling, play games, learn about world geography, and learn facts about Mexico and Chocolate: all in the target language!

Content is scaffolded to build confidence in students as they get their first taste of a language class!

MATERIALS INCLUDED

activities for introducing vocabulary
activities based on the short film
a TPRS® story script
an interactive Storybuilder presentation
story-based activities
a rhythm hand game sheet
an informational text
authentic video
the materials to play This or That?
a printable personal inventory
materials to play games
a slideshow including daily warm-ups
complete lesson plans
a student printables files
answer keys
detailed activity instructions
Grudgeball game
a complete unit overview with abbreviated daily plans, can-do statements, World Readiness standards, Common Core alignment, AP themes, Essential questions, and Proficiency Orientation

All unit materials are stored in a Google Drive folder that is accessed via a clickable link in the purchased Licensed Access Document. Materials may be downloaded and editable files converted to Powerpoint or modified in Google Suite.

Other Units from the Vamos Curriculum:

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I love, love, love Vamos. Everything is provided: slides, lesson plans, handouts, answer keys, everything. It's fun to teach, my students love class, and my lesson prep is as easy as reading over everything, making copies, and occasionally cutting some game cards.

Katie L.
My students love this curriculum. I really appreciate the variety that is included in each unit. My students come to class eager to find out what we are doing in class every day.

Letitia B.
I LOVE Vamos!! This has been such a wonderful curriculum for my middle schoolers. It's perfectly designed for their age level and attention span. The flow keeps the students engaged from start to finish. I've heard my kids say "Class is over already?" and "That was so fun!" more times than I can count. Other teachers (including teachers who are parents of my students) stop me in the hallway to tell me that students love my class. It's because Vamos is awesome!

Katie L.
Obsessed with the Vamos curriculum! I have been using Somos for 8+ years and these resources are perfect for an exploratory or beginning of 5th/6th grade program!

Caitlin K.
I'm so excited that The Comprehensible Classroom created a curriculum for the exploratory level! I start using Somos in 6th grade and was looking for something for my 5th graders. When I saw The Vamos Curriculum I knew I had to get it. The curriculum is easy to follow and comprehensible for the younger grades.

Emily T.
Just ran into a parent at our kids’ flag football game and she couldn’t stop raving about how much Spanish her child has already acquired. She said it is a breath of fresh air because he comes home everyday with something that he has learned or taken away the class. I couldn’t do it without The Vamos Curriculum!

Amanda Schultz
This is such an incredible curriculum for younger age groups (typical for Explore programs). I teach Exploratory Spanish for 5th and 6th grades and Spanish I/II at a high school. I am a dedicated Somos teacher with my high schoolers. My students are LOVING this already and I love how MS friendly it is. Everything you need is there and it is fun and engaging to even the most "unenthusiastic" students in my class.

Emily Stricklin