The Vamos Curriculum
A proficiency-oriented curriculum for Exploratory or Middle grades Spanish courses
Launch the journey toward proficiency
Make your middle grades Spanish program count. The Vamos Curriculum begins developing Spanish language proficiency through authentic communication and culture from Day 1!
Middle school and Exploratory language programs set the tone for students' language-learning journey. The Vamos Curriculum helps beginning language students to develop real-world communication ability, experience success, and feel connected.
Every unit of The Vamos Curriculum is content-based and communicative, focused on building students' linguistic and cultural proficiency.
The Vamos Curriculum
Explore geography, practices, and people groups in 10 different Spanish speaking countries. The Vamos Curriculum uses high-frequency vocabulary to facilitate authentic communication in the classroom about real-world topics.
Program goals
The Vamos Curriculum has been developed to support common goals of Exploratory and Middle Grades Spanish programs:
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Foster enthusiasm for learning Spanish through engagement in a positive, student-centered course experience.
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Develop linguistic proficiency implicitly through communicative, acquisition-focused activities.
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Explore a variety of countries, products, practices, and perspectives from the Spanish speaking world.
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Build a foundation for Interculturality to develop through personal reflection, learning, and questioning.
Teachers love Vamos
I am so greatful for Vamos! Vamos is definitely perfect for middle school ages.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
Excellent! Excellent! This resource is well organized, time saver for the teachers, fun and engaging for the students. My classes are learning so much without even noticing. They loved the games and stories. Language structures are easy to get because of the repetitions. No more hard grammar lessons or vocabulary lists.
My students absolutely love this curriculum! As 7th graders entering the Spanish classroom for the first time, I used to spend a lot of time showing them how to use their resources, but with this curriculum and the patterns it uses, most students are able to speak in memorized phrases and experiment with mixing and matching words they learn on their own by the end of of this unit!
My students loved learning about Papas in Unit 3. I love the diversity in the content. It made each day super engaging and very productive. Very very pleased with this curriculum!
My students loved Unit 1 of Vamos. It is very easy to get prepped for class. The activities are engaging and they learned a lot. They loved the chocolate song! I love this curriculum.
Wow! Martina always creates great materials and this one did not let me down. Easy to follow directions and activities that kept my students engaged. Thank you for creating something specifically for middle school.
I am SO happy I decided to purchase the Vamos units for my 5th grade class. I start using Somos in 6th grade and this is the perfect step to get them prepared for the next calendar year. My students love these lessons and enjoy all the activities so much! I also really enjoy teaching them. It's a win win!
My students loved learning about Costa Rica in Unit 2. I love the diversity in the content. It made each day super engaging and very productive. Very very pleased with this curriculum! The games are perfect for this age group. Getting prepped for class is very easy with the lesson plans and unit at a glance.
The Vamos curriculum has totally changed how I teach my fifth grade students. It is giving me the opportunity to try new games available in the Somos curriculum that have haven't been brave enough for yet. Bingo specifically was a huge hit for my students, but also Pencil Grab. This is the most exciting way I have reviewed calendar since second grade level. Great curriculum.