Knowledge and use of the alphabet to
understand and communicate spelling
Connecting Topics: All Topics
Culture: Distinguishing
characteristics of the writing system
Days, Months, Dates & Time:
Names of the days of the week and the
months of the year
Dates of events, holidays, activities,
and celebrations
Connecting Topics: All Topics
Culture: Appropriate activities during
certain seasons, holidays and occasions
School Schedule:
Names, colors, size of classroom
objects
Names of school subjects
Connecting topics: Alphabet; Colors;
Daily Activities; Days, Months,
Dates & Time; Numbers, Places &
Locations
Culture: Personal supplies
Personal Information:
Types of greetings
Exchange of appropriate personal
information
Types of farewells
Connecting Topics: Alphabet; Daily
Activities; Days, Months, Dates &
Time; Family
Culture: Appropriate gestures and
Learning Experiences &
Using the four skills of
listening, speaking, reading,
and writing, students will be
able to understand and
communicate their knowledge of
these topics in the appropriate
context of the culture.
Different types of clothing
Shopping vocabulary
Color and cost
Appropriate times to wear certain
clothes
Connecting Topics: Alphabet; Colors;
Daily Activities; Days, Months,
Dates & Time; Family; Numbers;
Places & Locations; Seasons &
Weather
Culture: Clothing in the culture,
culturally appropriate dress
Description of objects
Preferences
Connecting Topics: Alphabet;
Classroom Objects; Clothing; Daily
Activities, Days, Months, Dates &
Time; Family; Foods & Beverages;
Numbers; Places & Locations
Culture: Color in the culture
Common building names: e.g.
library, museum, store, station
Common geographic words: e.g.
lake, mountain, park, state, country
Connecting Topics: Alphabet;
Classroom Objects; Clothing; Colors;
Daily Activities; Days, Months,
Dates & Time; Family; Foods &
Beverages; Numbers; Seasons &
Weather
Culture: Visits to places and
locations for business and pleasure
Description of immediate family,
friends, and pets
Connecting Topics: Alphabet;
Clothing; colors; Daily Activities;
Days, Months, Dates & Time; Foods &
Beverages; Greetings, Farewells &
Personal Information; Numbers; Places
& Locations
Culture: Importance of friends, family
and family events.
Students’ daily activities
Daily activities of others
Connecting Topics: All Topics
Names of seasons
Different kinds of weather
Connecting Topics: Alphabet;
Clothing; Daily Activities; Foods &
Beverages; Days, Months, Dates &
Time; Numbers
Culture: Similarities and Differences;
Holidays
Common Foods and Beverages
Preferences
Description
Connecting Topics: Alphabet; Colors;
Daily Activities; Days, Months, Dates
& time; Family; Numbers; Places &
Locations; Seasons & Weather
Culture: Specific foods and the
occasions on which they are
consumed; Ordering and Paying in
cafes, bistros, and restaurants
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Use of numbers in dates, time,
counting, telephone numbers,
addresses, currency, shopping, ages,
etc.
Connecting Topics: All Topics
Culture: Currencies; Exchange rates;
Metric and English systems