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Elementary Spanish Curriculum
Celebrate Communication
Promote Proficiency
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The Calico Spanish Methodology Leads to Student Success! Calico Spanish is designed to help your students enjoy learning Spanish. Level 1 develops a student’s receptive language skills using a variety of engaging, researchbased techniques. In Level 2, these same techniques guide your novice learners toward intermediate language skills. The curriculum relies predominantly on Tracy Terrell’s Natural Approach to language instruction, as well as integrating Stephen Krashen’s language acquisition theories and James Asher’s Total Physical Response (TPR) methods. Your students will learn Spanish by communicating in Spanish.
What Students Learn Level 1
Level 2
• Understanding calendar concepts
• Asking common questions
• Describing my daily routines and activities
• Using numbers in context
• Talking about my body
• Talking about my family and home
• Spelling and using discrete alphabet sounds • Identifying colors and shapes
• Identifying objects in my classroom • Describing with opposite words
• Responding to • Talking about my actions instructions and questions with actions • Identifying animals and words
• Expressing my likes and dislikes • Talking about my community
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• Talking about the weather and climate • Describing people and clothing • Inventing a setting and changing details
• Exploring cultures and • Giving directions traditions including food, art, celebrations, • Describing my home life shopping, and geography
“My students are having a blast learning Spanish. The colorful pictures make learning fun and lessons easy to understand. The teacher’s manual is a great resource filled with ideas and techniques that are fun and interactive.”
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Immersion alone doesn’t teach language — your students need immersion by design.
Expand their world by interacting with the vibrant cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.
Children seem to learn language easily and naturally, but immersion alone is not enough. Students need fun, engaging and scaffolded instruction in order to gain lasting, level-appropriate language skills from an immersion environment.
You can’t really understand a language without understanding the cultures of the people who speak it. Calico Spanish lessons provide a variety of cultural competencies that are necessary for balanced multicultural education. In these lessons, your students will explore a number of Spanish-speaking cultures through exceptional children’s books, and traditional stories, games, and music.
Educate
Accurate input leads to accurate production. The patterns inherent in a Natural Approach curriculum promote accurate language production. As students receive consistent and accurate input they will naturally change off-target language. The lesson plans and teacher’s manual guide you step-by-step as you systematically introduce communicative language that fosters accuracy.
Engage
Inspire the attention that leads to acquisition.
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Move your students systematically to successfully produce communicative language. A major goal of Calico Spanish is to encourage students to effectively communicate with simple sentences and useful phrases. Our lesson plans guide you in encouraging students to produce meaningful language. As students successfully use vocabulary in real-life contexts, they will gain confidence in their language skills and excitement about learning.
At Calico Spanish, we believe that the greatest impact on language learning is not intellectual ability, but engagement. Every child can learn Spanish, and we want to help you create the most motivating environment possible. Through energetic music, vibrant visuals, and colorful and interesting children’s literature, students and teachers will create fun learning experiences that focus on full language integration.
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Put Calico Spanish to work in your classroom today!
Meets or exceeds national standards
Communication · Cultures · Connections Comparisons · Communities Interpretive · Interpersonal · Presentational Calico Spanish resources are aligned to ACTFL’s proficiency standards. You will use research-based techniques to integrate the 5 Cs of language learning (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities) and the 3 modes of communication:
Easily adapts to your schedule
All-inclusive and portable. Tired of negotiating with shared-room teachers over bulletin board or wall space? Finally, a portable program that doesn’t skimp on fun and colorful posters, props, and other visuals, while still fitting everything on your teacher’s cart or on your electronic whiteboard.
Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational.
Fits your budget
One set, one teacher, unlimited students!
Your curriculum pack covers all your students for years to come. With the Student Resources CD-ROM, print unlimited PDF copies of activities and assessments.
“My students loved learning Spanish with Calico Spanish. The songs, music, activities and daily lessons were engaging and rich with content. Our class had a range of students from 4-8 years old, and they were equally engaged throughout the lessons. “ H. Laurance — Spanish Teacher; School Director, Oregon
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Addresses the needs of all learners
Proven, diverse methods of language acquisition.
Calico’s colorful, engaging visuals enable students to connect words and images for better comprehension and retention of material. To further enhance learning, students are exposed to a variety of communication methods, including interactive songs and poems. In response to research showing that physical movement helps create memory, Calico Spanish cements learning through fun games and activities for individuals and groups, many of which use Total Physical Response (TPR).
“When I discovered the Calico Spanish curriculum I got really excited because Spanish language teachers are desperate for this type of program. It uses excellent Spanish so I don’t have to make grammar corrections to the resources. It’s so fun and so well integrated!”
Integrates technology
Interactive resources that spark student interest.
Your students can practice Spanish anywhere with our online games, videos, and lesson supplements. Teachers with interactive whiteboards also love creating interactive lessons using digital galleries. Drag and drop songs, graphics, and activity sheets to easily engage students with your electronic whiteboard. Custom digital resources are available for installation into SMART™ Notebook, Promethean ActiveInspire or Mimio Notebook software.
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C. Colyer — Spanish Teacher, Oregon
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Calico Spanish Level 1 Engaging beginning students in grades K-5.
Cultivating a Love of Language
Foster Comprehension
Calico Spanish features a vibrant mix of activities and strategies that cater to your students’ particular learning needs and foster comprehension and communication. Children absorb language through observing gestures, visual aids, pantomime, and demonstrations. They comprehend more through audio cues, visual aids, and actions that stimulate the brain’s language acquisition centers. Finally, they have the opportunity to naturally communicate in Spanish as they engage in fun activities and sing along with our custom Mi guitarrí music resources.
Level 1 Classroom Set
Celebrate Communication
Calico students successfully communicate in Spanish! Through the concepts and vocabulary presented and reinforced with contextual clues and prior knowledge, students develop conversational skills by the end of Level 1. Interactive activities give each student opportunities to begin to communicate with their Spanish. And because this program makes Spanish so fun, students become comfortable using their newly acquired skills, gradually responding appropriately with more and more independent ideas. You’ll be amazed at how quickly children in your class will progress to meet learning objectives.
“I want my students to see that Spanish is used for everything, not just in the classroom. There is nothing else out there for fourth grade and under that teaches kids Spanish so well.” C. Medina — University Spanish Professor; K-4 Spanish Teacher, Illinois
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Fully Flexible Lesson Plans
At Calico Spanish, we know that Spanish teachers need flexibility. Our dynamic lessons engage all types of learners, work in a variety of schedules, and cut your preparation time while allowing you to add your own material on your own terms. You have a wealth of cultural and language experiences and stories to share with students, and our program is easily customizable, so you can quickly integrate your unique activities and ideas.
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• Enjoy 160 flexible, easy-to-follow lesson plans • 30 interactive songs and poems • Vibrant, effective visual aids • Skill-building games • Total Physical Response (TPR) activities • A variety of relevant projects • Targeted assessments
Teaching Tools
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Level 1 Teacher’s Manual Proven teaching methods guide you throughout each of 15 chapters. Organize your time easily with 160 flexible, easy-tofollow lesson plans that require minimal preparation. Extension activities enable teachers to quickly modify lessons based on student needs and abilities. Assessments Assessments designed for group settings inform your teaching and save you time. Our customized oral assessment rubric guides expectations and provides tailored goals for your students’ language growth and production. The diverse assessment styles help you understand students’ overall progress rather than focusing on only one aspect of their abilities.
“I am so excited about the Calico Spanish program!!! It is so music based. I really believe kids learn so much through song and storytelling. Calico Spanish has an activity or story to go with each song. Awesome! ” Jessica P.— Spanish Teacher, Kentucky
Student Activity Pack Every student makes an individual connection with Spanish by creating his/her own songbook, calendar, alphabet sheet, and much more. Each classroom set includes a license to make unlimited copies for your students. Reproducible Resources CD-ROM This versatile resource lets you make unlimited copies of PDF versions of student activity sheets and assessments.
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Calico Spanish Level 1 Engaging beginning students in grades K-5.
Create an Immersion Classroom
Immerse your students in an environment rich with spoken language, literacy, and culture with easy-to-implement technology, memorable music, meaningful visual aids, supportive literature, and a detailed teacher’s manual.
Comprehensive Visuals and Level-Appropriate Books
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Verbos Flash Cards (Trend Publishing) Flash cards clearly illustrating 94 action verbs enhance the immersion environment by helping you avoid English translation. Calico Spanish Image Cards Custom images add visual power to your bulletin boards and games and help students focus and remember as you present new concepts. Calico Spanish Classroom Bulletin Board Set Create your own Spanish Center with these custom full-color, classroom-sized components. Includes labels and posters in Level 1 topics including calendar, alphabet, emotions, numbers, colors, and classroom items. ¡Corre, perro, corre! by P.D. Eastman Help students reach literacy and comprehension milestones as you read from this Spanish paperback.
First Thousand Words in Spanish by Heather Amery This whimsical visual dictionary for children features appealing, humorous illustrations.
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Interactive Technology Students can dive into Spanish through rhythmic videos on YouTube and custom games at Quia. com. Because these activities are designed specifically for the Calico Spanish curriculum, you’ll love how easily they fit into your lesson plans.
Our Complete Calico Spanish Gallery for use with electronic whiteboard software contains all image, audio, and video files for Calico Spanish Level 1. You can quickly create lessons and activities for your students with over 300 images and 30 audio files. The Level 1 gallery set comes complete with the Mi guitarrí music, custom verb images, numbers, letters of the alphabet, weather, greetings, and much more. Sold separately.
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“The music with this program is just incredible. My students love the music, they love that they can look at the lyrics in the songbook, and they love anything we can do that has actions to it.“ C. Medina — University Spanish Professor; K-4 Spanish Teacher
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Delightfully Memorable Music
Mi guitarrí Music Resources
The Mi guitarrí album flows with repetitive but captivating tunes that shorten students’ “silent phase.” Students can’t resist joining in the fun and quickly begin laughing, singing, and dancing along.
Spanish Songs for Kids CD • Custom and traditional songs, poems, games, and memory aids • Level-appropriate topics such as days of the week and parts of the body • Exposure to an authentic accent through Joel Valle’s clear vocals
Children develop fluent and authentic Spanish pronunciation through the clear, friendly vocals recorded by a native Spanish-speaking singer. Many songs and poems are based on traditional pieces that bring an element of culture into each lesson and encourage students to learn the stories behind the language.
Songbook • Full lyrics • Piano melody and guitar chords for every song • Additional cultural connections Big Book of Lyrics • An added literacy encounter • Vocabulary practice with key illustrations • A customer favorite Calico Spanish Music Video DVD • 19 song videos connecting visual and audio cues • Custom graphics • On-screen lyrics
“My kids love the Mi guitarrí music CD! The words are easy for the children to repeat and the songs are fun to sing to as well.” J. Friend — Spanish Teacher, Washington
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Calico Spanish Level 2 Literature-based for intermediate students in grades 2-6.
Connecting with Language Literacy
Promote Proficiency
Level 2 Classroom Set
Student-centered
The perfect complement and successor to Calico Spanish Level 1, our Level 2 program provides more of the irresistible resources that students and teachers love. Seventeen captivating children’s books and abundant related activities allow you to guide students toward intermediate language proficiency. Because these features make learning Spanish fun, students are excited for class and participate more, which facilitates their language acquisition. Also, Calico Spanish Level 2 caters to your students’ particular learning needs through kid-friendly, engaging resources. Designed by teachers and centered on students, the program offers ample opportunities for students to practice communicating in the presentational, interpersonal, and interpretive modes.
Excellent input leads to quality output. This is a foundational truth for all language learners; the more comprehensible input you offer students, the more successful they will be in acquiring Spanish skills. Calico Spanish Level 2 guides teachers to use literature, music, and conversations to provide increasingly complex input. Level 2 guides your novice students on their journey to develop intermediate Spanish proficiency. See the proficiency guidelines developed by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages for details on language skill levels. Calico Spanish Level 2 provides culturally-rich content through literature and online media as a foundation for each thematic unit. Generate enthusiasm for the Spanish language and cultures through a wide variety of engaging resources.
“This curriculum is amazing. This is truly the way Spanish should be taught. The way you have selected quality literature and built lessons around the books is so well done!” Barbara C. — Spanish Teacher, Minnesota
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Teacher-friendly
The lesson plans supply teachers with an array of options for introducing and reviewing concepts and vocabulary in Spanish. These varied methods appeal to all types of learners to create an environment where teaching and learning Spanish is enjoyable for everyone. Since children are discovering the language for themselves through vibrant visual aids, catchy music, and TPR activities, they better retain the language and want to use their Spanish.
•Enjoy easy-to-follow lesson plans that require minimal preparation time
From the first presentation to the last targeted assessment, teachers are equipped to engage each of their students to make learning Spanish fun.
•Research-based strategies
Teaching Tools
•Thematic units full of dynamic lessons and relevant projects •17 vibrant children’s books and engaging visual aids •Skill-building games and captivating music resources •Targeted assessments
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The Teacher’s Manual allows you to quickly and easily adjust lessons to fit any schedule with little to no preparation time using numerous extension activities and detailed, flexible lesson plans. This makes preparing and teaching lessons a cinch so that you can spend more time engaging with your students.
Thematic Units
Activities, children’s books, songs, and other resources are inspired by the themes in Calico Spanish Level 2 so that students are hooked into each lesson and easily grasp the material. Our motivating, proficiency-based topics include: • Mi rutina (Routines) • Mi familia (Family)
Teachers love how easy Calico Level 2 makes it to implement effective lessons and reinforce material through a variety of student activities. Activities include graphic organizers, selected readings, maps, Venn diagrams, mini-posters, and much more. Each classroom set includes a license to make unlimited copies for your students.
• La comida (Food) • La comunidad (Community) • Celebraciones y tradiciones (Celebrations and Traditions) • Estaciones y el clima (Seasons and Climate)
Targeted group and individual assessments provide valuable feedback regarding students’ Spanish comprehension and language acquisition. Our customized oral assessment rubric guides expectations and provides appropriate goals for student language acquisition and production. The variety of assessment styles gives teachers a broader understanding of students’ abilities.
Each unit contains multiple detailed lessons that are quickly adjustable based on the special needs of your class.
Make unlimited copies of the Student Activity Sheets and Assessments from the PDF versions found on the Reproducible Resources CD-ROM.
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Calico Spanish Level 2 Literature-based for intermediate students in grades 2-6.
Surround Students with Spanish
Surrounding your students with comprehensible Spanish is easy and effective with the Calico Spanish resources. The quality music, visual aids, and detailed teacher’s manual will enable you and your students to learn and communicate exclusively in Spanish. Calico Spanish is an incredible enrichment program for providing elementary-aged children with the opportunity to become bilingual, biliterate, and bicultural.
Visual Resources
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Calico Spanish Image Cards Custom image cards feature colorful artwork to post on the bulletin board, use in games, and assist in presenting new concepts. The 85-card set includes family, jobs in the community, opposites, conjugation of verbs, verb phrases, and pronouns.
Posters The vibrant Calico Spanish posters support writing and speaking activities with communicative graphics and labels. 12 posters
Online Activities
Electronic Whiteboard Resources Our Calico Spanish electronic whiteboard gallery contains the Calico Spanish Level 2 posters and image cards, and copies of the student activity pack and assessment pages. This comprehensive package allows teachers to quickly create customized whiteboard activities to reinforce concepts. Easily demonstrate expectations or work as a class to complete graphic organizers and Venn diagrams. Galleries are designed to be installed into your SMART™ Notebook, Promethean ActiveInspire or Mimio Notebook software. Sold separately.
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Videos and Custom Resources Students love accessing our webbased resources for each Level 2 unit, and you’ll love how easy it is to give them engaging, culturally relevant experiences they can enjoy at home or in the lab.
“Calico Spanish Level 2 is terrific! The activities and literature are excellent and my students are engaged in the lessons. We are really enjoying the program and students are flourishing.” Paula Lindquist — Spanish Literacy Teacher, Oregon
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Literature
Calico Spanish Level 2 expands greatly on the literacy base set with Level 1’s ¡Corre, perro, corre! and First Thousand Words in Spanish. Level 2’s literature-based approach means your set comes with 17 full-color illustrated children’s books carefully selected to fit your goals and increase comprehension. • Use images instead of English to enhance comprehension with resources like Primer atlas del mundo, Enciclopedia del fútbol, and First Thousand Words in Spanish. • Integrate key vocabulary, introduce new phrases, and initiate discussions and comparisons with books like ¡Corre, Nicolás, corre! and Jorge el curioso encuentra trabajo. • Expand children’s horizons by exploring cultures using books such as Barrio, Los tamales de Ana, and Sube y baja por los Andes.
Music Children learn through play, and the lively, engaging music included with Calico Spanish Level 2 is another resource that infuses your classroom with fun language learning. Get students into Spanish mode from the start to finish of class with music that appeals to all students. Additional music resources are provided via our YouTube channel. • Use memory-enhancing songs to introduce and reinforce vocabulary like opposites, greetings, animals, action verbs, and more. • Upbeat rhythms make kids want to sing and dance, appealing to both auditory and kinesthetic learners. • Songs that start and end class, as well as help with transitions, make it easy to use music instead of English to mark the class schedule, a trend continued from Level 1 that will seem very familiar to continuing Calico students.
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“Just wanted to say that I feel lucky to be part of this great group of educators who share and collaborate in such a generous way. #langchat” @DiegoOjeda66
Weekly Professional Development
Work directly with our curriculum specialists! We want you to be successful in the classroom. Our teacher training programs are customized to meet the needs of teachers at all levels. Whether you are a credentialed teacher with years of classroom experience, or a native speaker desiring to share your language for the first time, we can guide you to implement Calico Spanish effectively. Our trainers have extensive classroom experience, have been closely involved in the development of the curriculum, and can meet with you in person or online. Call 888-375-8484 to Schedule Professional Development Sessions
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#LangChat Supports Language Teachers
Through the Twitter #LangChat hashtag, teachers and world language aficionados gather weekly to discuss and share education philosophy, strategy, resources and encouragement. Join us to take advantage of the opportunities that Twitter provides for quick, relevant professional development sessions that put colleagues from around the world at your fingertips. Don’t have time for Twitter? No problem. Calico Spanish is home to the #LangChat summaries. Visit our blog to search through over 2 years of peer discussions on teaching language effectively using the latest tools, techniques and technology.
“Love the ideas from everyone tonight! Thank you so much! #langchat” @ZJonesSpanish “Once again, I leave you all feeling refreshed and encouraged. #langchat” @louvre2012
Connect with Calico
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Description Calico Spanish for Schools: Level 1 Complete Set
CS Level 1 Teacher’s Manual CS Level 1 Assessments CS Level 1 Classroom Poster Set CS Level 1 Classroom Labels CS Level 1 Student Activity Pack
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$1079.00
CS Level 1 Image Cards CS Level 1 Reproducible Resources CD-ROM Verbos Flash Cards First Thousand Words in Spanish ¡Corre, Perro, corre!
Calico Spanish for Schools: Level 2 Complete Set
CS Level 2 Teacher’s Manual CS Level 2 Assessments CS Level 2 Posters CS Level 2 Student Activity Pack CS Level 2 Image Cards CS Level 2 Reproducible Resources CD-ROM Olivia ¡Corre, Nicolás, corre! Veloz como el grillo
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Mi guitarrí Spanish Songs for Kids Music CD Mi guitarrí Big Book of Lyrics Mi guitarrí Songbook Mi guitarrí Music Videos on DVD
$1099.00
Isla Family, Familia Las empanadas que hacía abuela Huevos verdes con jamón La fiesta de las tortillas Mi primer atlas del mundo Jorge el curioso encuentra trabajo Barrio Los tamales de Ana
Mi pequeña enciclopedia de fútbol Sube y baja por los Andes El picnic de Tío Chente Cuadros de familia First Thousand Words in Spanish Basho & Friends: En español Music CD Basho & Friends: Aún más Music CD
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Calico Spanish Level 1 Student Activity Pack
$9.99
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First Thousand Words in Spanish by Heather Amery (Level 1 and 2)
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¡Corre, Perro, corre! by P.D. Eastman (Level 1)
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Interactive Whiteboard Gallery Level 1* Specify whiteboard brand (SMART, Promethean, or Mimio)
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Calico Spanish Level 2 Student Activity Pack
$12.99
Lit-Set
Complete set of Level 2 Literature: 17 books (see list in the Level 2 Class Set)
$180.00
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Interactive Whiteboard Gallery Level 2* Specify whiteboard brand (SMART, Promethean, or Mimio)
$199.00
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