- Beginner Spanish Homeschool Curriculum

Overview

The Beginner SPANISH Homeschool Curriculum was designed especially for teachers and parents that would like to teach Spanish at home or in informal settings. This Home version does not include the School Accountability Pack. For schools requiring evaluation tools, tests and standard alignments we recommend the complete Sube Kit.

With the Beginner SPANISH Homeschool Curriculum you receive the digital files of all the lesson plans and activities as well as all the components. This cost effective version is perfect for parents who have time to assemble it all themselves.

Just print out the lesson manual, in its entirety or as you need it. Then print, cut and laminate the components themselves as you need them, such as the Flashcards, Bingo cards and Bingo book.

Create your own Sube language components and enjoy the benefits of this multisensory curriculum that integrates proven strategies and techniques for teaching a second language to children. This elementary Spanish curriculum includes all the materials you need to teach Spanish to beginning level students. For 30 min. to one hour classes a week the curriculum spans a 2-3 year period. For daily day classes Sube spans one school year. The combined Sube A and B kit provide a sequential curriculum that takes students from beginning to intermediate level of fluency.

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Features

Unique Sube technique develops speaking skills fast and easy Sube develops oral language skills through the interactive games right from the start so that students learn not only how to read or understand Spanish, but to speak! The Sube method uses a unique scaffolding approach that gently coaxes the speaking skills and builds confidence and self esteem. This method allows for different student levels in the same game, making it perfect for mixed age groups at home.

Ready-to-go lessons save time Our user-friendly manual provides the detailed multisensory lessons for each unit (eight units total) so that you don't have to develop a curriculum from scratch. This is all done for you with step by step sequential lessons that are integrated with the Sube components. If you are going to teach 30-90 minute weekly sessions, the Sube lessons are ready-to-go. For daily instruction, the modules are easily adapted by alternating and adding activities.

Over 200 multisensory activities with teaching techniques built in The Activity section of the manual includes over 200 activities developed with field tested teaching strategies built right into the activities. This feature makes teaching easy for parents and teachers that have never taught a second language. Learn as you play and see the results!

Interactive hands-on approach makes learning at home fun and easy Sube's multisensory approach creates a playful and engaging learning environment that is perfect for the home environment. Homeschool students won't even realize they are in class as they play games with you, watch multicultural music videos and play Simon Dice. Parents will know their children are learning through interactive activities that require students to speak, listen and write in Spanish. Assessment is easy as you watch them use their new Spanish words and phrases effortlessly through art, music and games.

Everything you need in one PDF file All the teaching materials you need can be printed from this PDF file, or can readily be found in your home, thereby simplifying the teaching process. Our innovative activities have been designed to use simple materials that can be found in any home; crayons, markers, blocks or small colored objects, etc. This means that you don't have to go out and buy more materials to teach your Spanish class. The PDF contains the key components; flashcards, reproducibles, reader books and laminated games, as well as the lesson manual. The music video/CD is shipped free with your download purchase. Everything is at your finger tips so that you can focus on teaching.

Free support means easy implementation The Sube program is self contained and easy to use, but we want to make sure that you have support if you should need it. We understand that learning a new program takes time and we are available to make this transition fast and easy. We also offer video tutorials that take you through the key teaching strategies.

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What's included

The Sube curriculum provides the following multisensory components and activities for every Sube unit. These can ve printed from the PDF file or will be found woven through the lesson manual:

A set of color-coded flashcards introducing the core vocabulary through interactive games that develop comprehension and speaking skills.

A multicultural music video and CD which reinforces the same vocabulary and pronunciation through authentic Latin rhythms.

Student Worksheets that develop reading and writing skills around the unit vocabulary.

Art projects for visual and creative development around the content.

Interactive games such as Ay Caramba Bingo and Memory/Pescalo games where they practice speaking and understanding Spanish in groups.

Kinesthetic activities that reinforce the content through movement and play.

Early Reader Books with reproducibles providing opportunities for developing reading,comprehension and writing skills, and is also an art project.

Phonetic activities and Culebra Alphabet Game to develop phomemical awareness through interactive games.

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Beginner Kit Themes

The SUBE curriculum is organized into eight themes/units. The themes for the Level A-Beginner kit are Animals, Food, Home, Verbs, Body, Clothes, Places and Opposites. Woven into these core themes and reinforced hroughout the curriculum are the primary topics; colors, numbers, shapes, the alphabet, and phonics activities. Each SUBE theme integrates a series of multisensory activities that reinforce the vocabulary and skills for that unit. Each theme/unit includes four one-hour lessons. These can be used to teach two 30 minute classes, or a one hour class. For daily instruction the manual includes additional activities that can be added to the basic lesson module.

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What They Will Learn

Depending on age, developmental readiness and allocated class time, the Sube curriculum can take students to beginner or early intermediate level proficiency.

Students at the Beginning proficiency level are able to:

• Comprehend high-frequency words and basic phrases in immediate physical, concrete surroundings
• Produce learned words and phrases
• Use gestures to communicate basic needs
• Interact with frequently used Spanish print in a limited fashion
• Demonstrate initial Spanish print awareness
• Write familiar words and phrases
• Demonstrate understanding of familiar words, phrases and questions drawn from content areas
• Follow classroom routines and schedules
• Express basic personal and safety needs
• Respond to questions with one- and two-word answers and gestures
• Demonstrate and use basic social conventions

Students at the Intermediate proficiency level are able to:

• Comprehend information on familiar topics in contextualized settings
• Produce sustained conversation with others on a variety of general topics
• Interact independently with a variety of simplified print examples
• Write basic information and expand responses in contextualized settings
• Comprehend main ideas and basic concepts in content areas
• Express a variety of personal and safety needs
• Respond to questions using short sentences
• Initiate simple conversations with Spanish speakers outside of school

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Sube Methodology

Sube is a thematic curriculum based on multisensory materials and activities that incorporate successful and research-based teaching strategies to develop comprehension, speaking, reading and writing skills. The Sube methodology provides a balanced curriculum that provides opportunities for each of these skills to be developed simultaneously in a safe and creative environment that nurtures the students confidence, and develops a positive self-esteem around their new language.

The Sube Learning language thru Art, Music & Games program is based on years of research on how to teach a second language effectively in the classroom. It has been field tested successfully in classrooms nationwide during which time we have developed new and excting techniques and strategies that accelerate learning and make the process of teaching and learning a second language easy and fun. Sube incorporates unique activities and techniques based on various language theories and methodologies that have proven successful in second language instruction. In addition, Sube was founded on the valuable lessons learned from children raised in bilingual homes, where the native language and second language are introduced simultaneously.

Sube is foremost based on the Theory of Multiple Intelligences developed in 1983 by Howard Gardner, and is strongly influenced by the *Communicative language teachng views which began in Britain in the 1960s. The Sube Methodology outline provides a detailed explanation of the theories and research that formed the Sube program and how we have developed strategies and techniques based on this research. Sube Methodology (pdf)

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Standard Alignment

Sube Beginner Homeschool Spanish Curriculum correlates to state and national standards. Even though the homeschool version does not include the ststandards, it is important for you to know that it has been designed and field tested to the highest educational standards. You are enjoying the benefits of a school approved comprehensive Spanish curriculum at a cost effective price designed for home budgets.

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