Enrich students’ linguistic skills and teach them to comprehend the basics of the Spanish language with Spanish One.  Author Olga A. Tcherviakova teaches Spanish in Nazareth, Pennsylvania and has designed a lucid curriculum that can be used without a supplementary textbook. Students will learn and understand the Spanish parts of speech, how to tell time, how to form descriptions, verb conjugation, and varied expression constructions. Students will obtain a strong grasp on the Spanish language as they study coherent lessons and practice dialogues with their peers. These materials explain Spanish in a clear and step-by-step manner, thus decreasing teacher prep time while leaving no student behind.  Equipped with class notes on overhead masters, these materials cover all national and/or state standards.  Included in the curriculum are traditional quizzes and tests, as well as performance assessments. New and out-of-field teachers will find the detailed Lesson Plan book helpful and easy to use. Students with all learning styles and all ability levels will be able to succeed in speaking basic Spanish!

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction to Spanish language
   Covers: Spanish Subject Pronouns, Nouns, Articles and Verbs and reading skills.
2. Providing basic personal information/ Talking about class schedule
   Covers: verbs Ser and Estar, telling time, telling the day and the date, verb Tener, telling age, and talking about classes and schedules.
3. Describing our classroom/ Describing our room
   Covers: expression Hay, classroom vocabulary and bedroom vocabulary.
4. Describing people
   Covers: Spanish Adjectives.
5. Complete information on Presente de Indicativo in language context
   Covers: conjugation of all verbs in Present tense.

6. Describing what is happening at the present moment
   Covers: talking about weather and Presente Progresivo construction.
7. Talking about our plans
   Covers: construction Ir+a (to be going to).
8. Talking about our obligations, likes and dislikes
   Covers: construction Tener+que (to have to) and verb Gustar.
9. Talking about our daily routine
   Covers: reflexive verbs and daily routine vocabulary.
10. Talking about our families
    Covers: Professions vocabulary, possessive adjectives, possessive case and family vocabulary.

Course materials cover a full year with daily support for all aspects of instruction. The Teacher’s Edition includes a syllabus; correlation to standards; pacing guide; daily lesson plans; teacher’s workbook; CD with daily class notes in PDF (for use as color overheads) and/or PowerPoints; complete assessments. Classroom sets includes 25 Student Workbooks and Teacher Edition with CD. After purchase of Teacher’s Edition, additional Student Workbooks are available for individual purchase. Click here for details.