1. Seneca Valley School District Elementary Spanish Program Curriculum
Heather J. Hendry
Tabitha Waltman
Christina Laporte
July 18, 2017

2. Agenda CBI: A definition and rationale
Demonstration: Número Misterioso
Curriculum Development Process
Curriculum overview
First/Second Thematic Units
Second/Third Thematic Units
Sample Unit: “All About Me”
Questions

3. Content-based Instruction
What?
An approach to language instruction that integrates the teaching of concepts from subject matter classes (e.g. math, science, etc) within the context of teaching the foreign language (Crandall & Tucker, 1990).
The amount of content varies depending on the program. There is a wide spectrum of programs. Immersion being one extreme where all academic content is taught through the language, to partial immersion, to content-based, content-related.

4. Content-based Instruction
Why?
Comprehensible input
Development of academic language which leads to higher levels of proficiency
Interpersonal communication
ZPDs and differentiation
Cognitively demanding and intrinsically interesting (Curtain and Dahlberg, 2015)
Motivating: connects with a variety of interests, strengths, academic backgrounds
Supports academic content knowledge of other subjects
Comp input (i+1), comprehensible (context, manipulatives/gestures, visuals, hands-on demonstrations, comprehension checks)
5-7 yesrs to develop academic language (CALP) (BICS) 1-2 years – start early
Interpersonal communication and output is needed for acquisition but also one of communicative modes – lots to talk about (what is happening, what do you see, what do you think? What are you wondering about?)
Classes of different levels (allows for differentiation) students can be challenged cognitive and linguistic levels

5. Demonstration: Número Misterioso
Preguntas: ¿Es par? ¿Es impar? ¿Es más de ___? ¿Es menos de ___? ¿Es entre ___ y ___?
10 diez
20 veinte
30 treinta
40 cuarenta
50 cincuenta
60 sesenta
70 setenta
80 ochenta
90 noventa
100 cien

7. Example Lesson
Below is a link to a video of a sample activity. The activity focuses on numbers and math concepts.

8. Curriculum Development Process
Content
Science
Math
Social Studies
Language Arts
Music/Drama
Art
Physical Education/Health

9. Curriculum Development Process
Unit Plan Inventory

10. Curriculum overview First/Second grade units Third/Fourth grade units
All About Me
¿Oso pardo oso pardo que ves? (Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?)
El Mitón (The Mitton)
Buenas Noches Luna (Goodnight Moon)
Third/Fourth grade units
1. La Oruga muy Hambrienta (The Very Hungry Caterpillar)
2. El Montón de Tamales (Too Many Tamales)
3. El Árbol Generoso (The Giving Tree)

11. Sample Unit: All About Me