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The Somos family of curricula includes Somos, Vamos, and Nous sommes. These proficiency-oriented curricula are designed to promote language acquisition from Day 1!
Whether you're brand new to proficiency-oriented teaching or just new to Somos, you've landed in the right place. This page is your starting point: a curated collection of videos that will help you understand the mindsets behind the curriculum, the principles that shape it, and the practical tools that bring it to life. But don't worry! You don’t need to learn everything at once. Start where you are, and let each video guide you one step closer to confident, joyful teaching.
I have never been so in love with a Spanish curriculum. Every activity is designed well and is comprehensible to students. I love being able to use the plans without needing to create my own materials but having the flexibility to do so if I want to. Worth every penny!
This curriculum is so engaging. My students love that they are using the language instead of just memorizing vocabulary and completing conjugation charts. They also enjoy all the cultural elements. Thank you!
Somos has been a game changer in my classroom. My students are engaged every day and they love the lessons, activities, and games. The curriculum begins to build their confidence from Day 1. Everything is complete and ready for the teacher!
SOMOS is great for SPAN1 and also great in learning to navigate and use CI. My students do so well and it has really brought me into the joy of teaching language through connection and I find that my students get it and enjoy it!
The Somos Curriculum has literally been a lifesaver for me this school year! It is so fun and so thorough! The curriculum uses songs, stories, and really fun things to help students learn how to communicate in Spanish! My students are able to communicate instead of just memorizing vocabulary!
This curriculum was worth every penny! The resources provided are top quality and the plans themselves are very well thought out and developed. My students love the movie talks, all the musical activities, and even the notes and daily warm ups are entertaining. If you're on the fence about getting this, do it!
My students loved the material. Each unit had a memorable story and/or a song that students would remember for weeks! Also, the small amount of target vocabulary used is not threatening to students, specifically to those with special needs. This curriculum also gave me the tools I needed to write lesson plans super fast and easily.
I love using Somos in my classroom! It makes my job so much easier with already made plans, slides, and student work. It is also so easy to modify to fit students' needs. We especially enjoy the songs and silly stories.
My students were engaged and speaking, reading, writing in Spanish for the first time. They used to hate Spanish, but now they love it. I see growth and fluency going higher.
“It’s not what you’d expect… and that’s a good thing.”
Somos isn’t your typical textbook. In this video, we unpack the shift from thinking of curriculum as a list of grammar topics or vocabulary sets to thinking of it as a map to real communication. Learn how Somos invites you to center connection, context, and comprehension—and why that might feel different than what you're used to.
Curriculum from The Comprehensible Classroom is delivered digitally. Each license holder receives a Licensed Access Document that contains a clickable link to the curriculum Drive. Inside the Drive, you will find everything you need to teach each unit!
The Comprehensible Classroom hosts a free implementation support group on Facebook. Experienced Curriculum Mentors engage directly with members, helping to answer the most important questions! Other teachers using the curricula share ideas and offer advice and encouragement.
Our goals as language teachers likely include enjoying our job, connecting with our students, and helping our students make forward progress on the path to proficiency and toward becoming positive contributors to the world.
In order to HAVE these results, there are certain things that we must DO: we must connect with our students in class, we must use the target language in class in such a way that our students understand, we must expand their worldview and challenge their thinking.
If we want to DO those things effectively, we must BE in the right frame of mind. Realizing our vision for our classes and our students begins with our MINDSET.
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