- Elementary Spanish Curriculum|Spanish curriculum for homeschool|Sube

Overview

Everything you need to teach to teach a multi-year curriculum across grade levels in one convenient box The Intermediate Spanish Level A kit is a complete curriculum in a box for teaching Spanish as a second language in a classroom setting. This kit is age-appropriate for 1st grade through 5th grade students who are at an Intermediate proficiency level. Instructions are provided where applicable for adaptations to different grade levels. For help determining proficiency levels see What Will They Learn.

This elementary Spanish curriculum includes all the materials you need and requires minimal prep time. For classes that are 60-90 minutes a week the curriculum spans a 2-3 year period. For every day classes Sube spans one school year. The combined Sube A and B kit provide a sequential curriculum that takes students to intermediate level of fluency.

Highest quality products and our unique replacement policy make Sube a one time investment When you purchase a Sube kit it is a one time investment. Our materials are of the highest quality, durable and adaptable to your changing needs. Once you purchase a kit, it has a lifetime guarantee. That means if you lose or damage any individual components we can replace them for a minimal cost. You never have to buy the kit all over again. Our digital upgrades are free and printed upgrades are also available to Sube customers at a minimal cost. This means you have a curriculum that is always updated and adapted to your school needs at a price you can afford.

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Features

Unique Sube technique develops speaking skills fast and easy Develop speaking skills through interactive games right from the start! Our unique scaffolding approach gently coaxes the speaking skills and builds confidence and self esteem as your students advance to higher levels. This method allows for different student levels in the same game and accelerates learning.

Ready-to-go lessons save time Tired of developing a curriculum from scratch on a budget? Our user-friendly manual gives you complete step by step lessons for each unit and for a multi-year curriculum. Whether you are instructing in 30-90 minute weekly sessions or daily, the lessons are ready-to-go and easily adaptable.

Over 200 multisensory activities with teaching techniques built in Field tested teaching strategies and classroom management tips are built right into the activities. So whether you are an experienced language specialist or a new teacher just getting started, you can get started right away and experience the results.

Multisensory method makes learning fun Who says you have to choose between an academic research based curriculum and a playful and fun teaching style? Sube offers both with its unique multisensory teaching system. All content is organized around themes and provides multisensory components and activities for each lesson in every theme. This proven technique accelerates learning by addressing the diverse learning style of each student (visual, kinesthetic, auditory, etc.) in every class.

Everything you need in one box Do you find yourself scrambling around to find activities and materials for each class? With the Sube Kit all your lessons and key components are included in the kit; Flashcards, reproducibles, reader books, laminated games and music video/CD. Our innovative activities have been designed to use simple materials that can be found in any classroom; crayons, markers, blocks or small colored objects, etc. Everything is at your finger tips so that you can focus on teaching.

Proven method assures success We know one of the greatest challenges of teaching a second language in schools is providing a consistent and sequential system that tracks student progress. The Sube Accountability Pack provides easy tools for evaluating strengths and weakenesses, and tracking student progress. Our Benchmark evaluation charts, tests and scope and sequence charts make evaluations clear and simple.

Free support means easy implementation We understand that learning a new program takes time and we are available to make this transition fast and easy. The Sube program is self contained and easy to use, but you also get free phone and online support if you should need it.

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What's included

The Sube curriculum provides the following multisensory components and activities for every Sube unit. These are found in the Sube box or woven through the lesson manual. You can also click on the component links next to the Sube box above for full page details on each component.

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 Bruja Mágica/Escuela Escondida games where they practice speaking and understanding Spanish in groups.

Kinesthetic activities that reinforce the content through movement and play.

Esa Cosa Rara Storybook providing opportunities for developing reading,comprehension and writing skills.

Conjugation ganes and activities that explore grammar elements to develop grammar awareness through interactive games.

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Themes

The SUBE curriculum is organized by themes. The themes for the Level B-Intermediate kit are Review A, Family, School, Nature, Transportation, Professions, Activities, and Year Review. This curriculum also includes conjugations and other grammatical themes incorporated into games and writing 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 bilingual teachers using the curriculum every day, the manual includes additional activities that are 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 intermediate or early intermediate or early advanced level proficiency.

Intermediate Level Proficiency

Students at at the intermediate level of Spanish-language proficiency begin to refashion learned material to meet
their immediate communication and learning needs. 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 English speakers outside of school

Early Advanced Proficiency Level
Students at the early advanced level of Spanish-language proficiency begin to utilize the Spanish language in
more complex, cognitively demanding situations and are able to use Spanish as a means for learning in
other academic areas. Students at the Early Advanced Proficiency Level are able to:

• Comprehend detailed information with fewer contextual clues on unfamiliar topics
• Produce, initiate and sustain spontaneous language interactions using circumlocution when necessary
• Interact with increasingly complex written material while relying on context and prior knowledge to
obtain meaning from print
• Write to satisfy limited social and academic needs through the recombination of learned vocabulary
and structures
• Participate actively in all content areas
• Express more complex feelings, needs and opinions using extended oral and written production
• Participate actively in non-academic settings that require English

Evaluation Tools

To help assess and track individual students progress toward these goals, the Sube curriculum provides a Benchmark Evaluation Chart and Unit Tests. When using the Intermediate Spanish Kit across grade levels, this charts is also used to help transition students from one grade to the next, and to determine areas of strength and weakness.

Intermediate Benchmark Evaluation Chart (pdf)

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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. The Sube methodology is a balanced curriculum that provides opportunities to develop comprehension, speaking, reading and writing skills simultaneously in each unit. This approach creates 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 Intermediate Spanish correlates to the state standards. We include in the lesson manual a copy of the standards and a convenient chart that links each Sube activity to its standard and benchmark. This making it easy for you to customize your lessons and still have the corresponding benchmarks readily available. These standards can easily be correlated to your state standards. Please call us if you have any questions about this.

Click on the following for PDF files of Sube standard alignments.

New Mexico State Department of Education Modern, Classical, and Native Language Content Standard Alignment Sample

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Intermediate Spanish curriculum