250+ ENHANCED ACTIVITIES

New topics added to core themes

You now have more content to play with. We have added Family, Transportation, and World themes plus new activities for Shapes, Math and Community. The Math section includes a multitude of activities exploring fractions, and ordinal numbers. More

Multisensory activities keep students engaged

We kept all the multisensory Sube games from the last version. You will see the popular Ay Caramba Bingo, Memoria and the Alphabet Snake Puzzle, and other favorites such as the kinesthetic activity, Action Game and art projects, Clay Play and Dream House.

More words in one place

All the key words from interactive games and projects played throughout the year have been compiled into one convenient list. Now you can create a word wall, develop writing advanced activities, or send groups of words home with the kids for home study.

Music video reinforces and accelerates learning

The Sube music video incorporates vocabulary and phrases from the curriculum. A powerful tool to reinforce the content through visual, kinesthetic and auditory modalities. Kids sing and dance along to the short 4 minute clips and beg for more.

Enhanced activities for deeper learning

You will find that familiar games from the previous manual have new versions or suggestions. These additions were designed to help you spiral the curriculum, revisiting and building upon the basic concept to provide your students with deeper learning.

Collaborative play makes learning meaningful

Students work in centers, playing at their own pace and interacting with their peers in a safe and collaborative environment. Sube's unique Enhancements and Versions allow for peer-to-peer activities that make learning personal and meaningful.

IMPROVED ASSESSMENT

Scope and sequence for every unit

Scope and sequence is now available for every unit. See the learning objectives from all activities in the unit overview. This can help as you integrate your language unit into school themes, or to customize your teaching to meet specific learning objectives. More

Language proficiency benchmarks

The Sube Scope and Sequence Overview helps you determine the proficency level of your class and provides the proficiency benchmarks for each Sube program level: Beginner, Early-Intermediate, and Advanced. This chart also helps determine students proficiency. More

Unit tests provide valuable feedback

Unit tests were designed to help you assess student progress. They can be administered before each unit (to demonstrate prior knowledge) or after (to demonstrate growth). Includes a student-directed test and a teacher-directed test for every unit. These tests were developed by a NYC teacher following the NYSELAT standards to optimize tracking and feedback. More  

Performance based activities mean instant feedback

Sube activities are hands-on and interactive so that you can see where your students are and can quickly adapt to their needs. Sube's unique scaffolding technique* allows for differentiated learning. Students at different stages of proficiency can play the same game and progress at their own pace.

Improved Student Evaluation Chart

This individualized evaluation chart has been expanded to target each students progress in specific learning areas: numbers and operations, book knowledge and appreciation, geometry and spatial sense, personal and social skills, etc. This tool helps you to stay in touch with each child's unique development. More

Testing for speaking proficiency is easy

Sube's unique isolating technique* emphasizes oral language development in a way that is natural and effortless. Using a building block approach students progress in their speaking skills with confidence.

NEW ORGANIZATION TOOLS

Curriculum Map to personalize your lessons

The New Curriculum Map organizes Sube activities into a convenient chart by related theme and skill base (literacy, math, communication, etc.). Each activity is labeled with an icon that estimates time duration. Now you can customize your lessons and identify learning gaps quickly and easily. More

Easy-to-use Lesson Modules

The New Curriculum Map organizes Sube activities into a convenient chart by related theme and skill base (literacy, math, communication, etc.). Each activity is labeled with an icon that estimates time duration. Now you can customize your lessons and identify learning gaps quickly and easily.

Curriculum Planner keeps you organized

All the Sube activities; Core, Enhancements and Ongoing, are at your fingertips in the new Curriculum Planner. You can easily see all the activities available to you and customize your lesson plans accordingly. This school year planner lists the activities, songs and video that you will introduce for each unit. More

 Take-Home Sheets for parents

Your job gets easier when you have a take-home sheet for every unit. Parents know what you will be covering and can help support your work at home. Students come to class more prepared and ready to get to the next level.

New Implementation Tips

You will find more detailed descriptions on how to adapt and implement the Sube curriculum for your unique classroom needs. New sections such as Getting Started, How to organize your lessons, and Adapting the Sube curriculum, provide you with the tips you need to get started quickly and easily. More

All materials and reproducibles included

No need to run around looking for more materials. Everything you need to teach Spanish is included as components in the box, or as reproducibles in the appendix. The student activity book is also a reproducible so you can have handouts for every class.

Research-based, Standard Aligned Curriculum

Aligned to New Mexico state standards

Sube was founded in New Mexico and therefore provides a complete standard alignment with the NM Performance Standards for Modern, Classical, and Native Languages K-5. These standards can easily be correlated to your state standards.

Resources on latest research keeps you up to date

Keeping up with the latest research on language learning  and best teaching strategies can be challenging. Our Research Resource page provides the best articles and links to this relevant research.

Aligned with TESOL international standards

The Sube Spanish is mirror content form the Sube English curriculum which was aligned with the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) standards. These internationally recognized standards and benchmarks for language proficiency were then used to align our Sube Spanish curriculum.

Research based methodology

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.