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Curriculum Maps

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The following Foreign Language Curriculum Maps for Spanish emphasize the communication, cultures, comparisons, connections, and communities strands from the August 1999 version of the Massachusetts Foreign Languages Curriculum Framework.  The purpose of the curriculum map is to provide guidance to teachers, administrators and parents in the Topsfield Public Schools as we work to design a quality program that integrates languages and cultures. 

 In a “FLES Program (Foreign Language in the Elementary Schools), students in grades one through four are expected to demonstrate the following proficiencies from the Stage 1 level.  In time, students in grades five and six will work towards demonstrating proficiencies from the Stage 2 level as prescribed in the MA Foreign Languages Curriculum Framework, pages 31-34, 40, 46, 48, and 61.  Suggested topics of study and sample scenarios for each standard are included in the MA Frameworks.  See Appendix A:   Early Language Learning in the Elementary School, for information on the components of quality programs, page 66.

Overview

“The educational benefits of language learning manifest themselves as early as the first weeks of instruction. As students learn the foundation elements of any language—the underlying system of symbols (i.e., words) that denominate the most common objects and the most common actions observable in their world—they broaden their outlook by noting that their own language also has similar fundamental elements, which serve the identical function: to name and describe the world around them. That observation encourages students to compare the two languages, thus learning about the nature of all language.”                                                               
(MA Frameworks)


What Do We Expect Learners to Know and Be Able to Do?

Stage 1 Proficiency Level from MA Foreign Language Frameworks



Spanish Curriculum Maps