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Anchor ThemeAnchor TopicEssential StandardCourse LevelNYS THEMES & TOPICS IN THE SOMOS CURRICULUM
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Checkpoint ACheckpoint BCheckpoint CSomos Unit(s)
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Spanish 1A -7th gradeSpanish 1B- 8th grade *Proficiency exam year Spanish 2-3 - 9th-10th grades *At the end of year 3 proficiency examSpanish 4-5- 11th & 12th grades * NYSSB at end of senior year
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Identity & Social Relationships
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IdentitySelf IdentityIdentification of individual characteristicsCultural comparisonsTaking it one step further... what does it mean to have a social identity?Moving toward Checkpoint A and beyond:
Somos 1 Unit 1, Somos 1 Unit 2.5, Somos 1 Unit 4

Moving toward and beyond Checkpoint B:
Somos 1 Unit 13, Somos 2 Unit 3, Somos 2 Unit 4, Somos 2 Unit 5, Somos 2 Unit 10
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Communication
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Standard 1: Interpretive Students will understand, interpret and analyze their identity through the forming of personal descriptions and comparisons of their physical characteristics to others.Students will understand, interpret, and analyze their identity through conceptualizing physical and emotional characteristics to others.Students will understand, interpret and analyze the identity of a culture or a nation through the conceptualized of multicultural descriptions of practicies, products, and perspectives. Students will explore the concepts of what race, nationality, and ethnicity are and understand, interpret and analyze how those topics contribute and influence the identity of individuals and nations.
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Standard 2: InterpersonalStudents will interact and negotiate meaning of physical descriptions of people in spontaneous spoken, visual, or written communication. Students will interact and negotiate meaning of descriptions of physical, emotional, and personal characteristics of themselves and others in spontaneous spoken, visual, or written communication. Students will interact and negotiate meaning of descriptions of physical, emotional, and personal characteristics of themselves and others in a crosscultural context through spontaneous spoken, visual, or written communication. Students will exchange ideas, and share observations to demonstate critical thinking in regards to how ones identity influences any society and culture; They will question social norms and traditional practices that define identity through spontaneous spoken, visual, or written communication.
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Standard 3: Presentational Students will present information and ideas on what their physical identity looks like to them through providing descriptions, information, or narratives.
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Cultures
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Standard 4: Relating Cultural Practices and Products to PerspectivesStudents will
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Standard 5: Cultural ComparisonsStudents will
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Family & Social Relationships Identify nucular family and immediate social relationships. Identify social relationships and extended family Identifying extended social relqationships in society ie: professions, societal roles. Cross-cultural comparrisons of relationships and responsibilities.Taking it one step further... what do these roles and relationships mean to a society and how to they impact identity.Moving toward Checkpoint A and beyond:
Somos 1 Unit 2, Somos 1 Unit 5, Somos 1 Unit 6, Somos 1 Unit 10, Somos 1 Unit 12

Moving toward and beyond Checkpoint B:
Somos 2 Unit 1, Somos 2 Unit 2, Somos 2 Unit 3, Somos 2 Unit 8, Somos 2 Unit 9, Somos 2 Unit 12
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Communication
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Standard 1: Interpretive Students will understand and interpret basic familiar vocabulary, as well as terminology used to identify members of their school community.Students will understand, interpret, and analyze a variety of social relationships and will infer differences within the world.Students will understand the multiple relationships that exist within a society and identify how those relationships look in different countries and societies around the world, and how they impact the products, practices, and perspectives of those nations. Students will examine how different family and social relationships impact cultural norms and traditional lifestyles/ practices.
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Standard 2: InterpersonalStudents will discuss, analyze and
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Standard 3: Presentational
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Cultures
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Standard 4: Relating Cultural Practices and Products to Perspectives
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 Standard 5: Cultural Comparisons
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Celebrations, Customs, & TraditionsMoving toward Checkpoint A and beyond:
Somos 1 Unit 2, Somos 1 Unit 5, Somos 1 Unit 7, Somos 1 Unit 8, Somos 1 Unit 9, Somos 1 Unit 10

Moving toward and beyond Checkpoint B:
Somos 1 Unit 13, Somos 1 Unit 15, Somos 1 Unit 18, Somos 1 Unit 23, Somos 1 Unit 25, Somos 1 Unit 27, Somos 2 Unit 4, Somos 2 Unit 7
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Communication
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Standard 1: Interpretive Students will interpret and understand various celebrations, customs, and traditions that are practiced in the Spanish-speaking world.
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Standard 2: InterpersonalStudents will negotiate meaning of how and why these events occur with others in spontaneous written, spoken, or visual communication.
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Standard 3: Presentational Students will present information and ideas on celebrations, customs and traditions through projects, narratives, and descriptions.
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Cultures
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Standard 4: Relating Cultural Practices and Products to Perspectives
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Standard 5: Cultural ComparisonsStudents will compare and contrast celebrations, customs, and traditions celebrated in the Spanish-speaking world to those within their own culture.
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Contemporary Life
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Food & Meal Taking Moving toward Checkpoint A and beyond:
Somos 1 Unit 8, Somos 1 Unit 10
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Communication
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Standard 1: Interpretive Students will understand and use Spanish vocabulary words to talk about food, drink, meals, and other mealtaking subtopics.
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Standard 2: InterpersonalStudents will discuss and interpret food and drink through spontaneous spoken, written, or visual communication.
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Standard 3: Presentational Students will present on their likes and dislikes of food and drink. Students will present which foods they like more than others.
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Cultures
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Standard 4: Relating Cultural Practices and Products to Perspectives
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Standard 5: Cultural Comparisons
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House & HomeMoving toward Checkpoint A and beyond:
Somos 1 Unit 6

Moving toward and beyond Checkpoint B:
Somos 1 Unit 14, Somos 1 Unit 27
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Communication
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Standard 1: Interpretive
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Standard 2: Interpersonal
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Standard 3: Presentational
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Cultures
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Standard 4: Relating Cultural Practices and Products to Perspectives
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Standard 5: Cultural Comparisons
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School Life & Education Moving toward Checkpoint A and beyond:
Somos 1 Unit 4

Moving toward and beyond Checkpoint B:
Somos 1 Unit 13, Somos 1 Unit 19, Somos 2 Unit 12

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Communication
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Standard 1: Interpretive Students will understand and interpret school supplies in the target language.
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Standard 2: Interpersonal
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Standard 3: Presentational
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Cultures
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Standard 4: Relating Cultural Practices and Products to Perspectives
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Standard 5: Cultural Comparisons
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Travel Moving toward Checkpoint A and beyond:
Somos 1 Unit 7, Somos 1 Unit 8

Moving toward and beyond Checkpoint B:
Somos 1 Unit 17, Somos 1 Unit 23, Somos 1 Unit 25

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Communication
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Standard 1: Interpretive
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Standard 2: Interpersonal
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Standard 3: Presentational
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Cultures
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Standard 4: Relating Cultural Practices and Products to Perspectives
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Standard 5: Cultural Comparisons
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Leisure Moving toward Checkpoint A and beyond:
Somos 1 Unit 2, Somos 1 Unit 5, Somos 1 Unit 11, Somos 1 Unit 21

Moving toward and beyond Checkpoint B:
Somos 1 Unit 25
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Communication
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Standard 1: Interpretive
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Standard 2: Interpersonal
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Standard 3: Presentational
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Cultures
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Standard 4: Relating Cultural Practices and Products to Perspectives
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Standard 5: Cultural Comparisons
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Communities & NeighborhoodMoving toward Checkpoint A and beyond:
Somos 1 Unit 1, Somos 1 Unit 5, Somos 1 Unit 9, Somos 1 Unit 12, Somos 1 Unit 21

Moving toward and beyond Checkpoint B:
Somos 1 Unit 13, Somos 1 Unit 22, Somos 2 Unit 1, Somos 2 Unit 3, Somos 2 Unit 4, Somos 2 Unit 6
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Communication
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Standard 1: Interpretive
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Standard 2: Interpersonal
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Standard 3: Presentational
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Cultures
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Standard 4: Relating Cultural Practices and Products to Perspectives
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Standard 5: Cultural Comparisons
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Shopping Moving toward Checkpoint A and beyond:
Somos 1 Unit 20, Somos 1 Unit 25
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Communication
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Standard 1: Interpretive
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Standard 2: Interpersonal
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Standard 3: Presentational
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Cultures
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Standard 4: Relating Cultural Practices and Products to Perspectives
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Standard 5: Cultural Comparisons
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Earning a Living Moving toward Checkpoint A and beyond:
Somos 1 Unit 4, Somos 1 Unit 5, Somos 1 Unit 8

Moving toward and beyond Checkpoint B:
Somos 1 Unit 15, Somos 1 Unit 26, Somos 1 Unit 27
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Communication
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Standard 1: Interpretive
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Standard 2: Interpersonal
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Standard 3: Presentational
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Cultures
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Standard 4: Relating Cultural Practices and Products to Perspectives
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Standard 5: Cultural Comparisons
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Science, Technology, & the Arts
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Health & WellnessMoving toward Checkpoint A and beyond:
Somos 1 Unit 8, Somos 1 Unit 11
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Communication
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Standard 1: Interpretive
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Standard 2: Interpersonal
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Standard 3: Presentational
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Cultures