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1. Meeting Michigan Graduation Requirements for Languages Other Than English (LOTE) Integrating Grade Level Content Expectations and State Standards & Benchmarks Across the Curriculum Convivencia Sept 2008 ©

5. Credit Verification Adding to the Status Quo -- Every body does two years in high school or its equivalent 7 th -9th A developmental K-8 program, integrating Grade Level Content Expectations and State Standards & Benchmarks to verify credit achievement prior to high school Add FTE World Language Teachers D- Novice High Certification .

9. Program Components Developing School Skills and Target World Language & Cultural Foundations Reinforcing Standard Curriculum via Target World Language Exploring & Learning via Target World Language Proficiency Testing to meet Graduation Requirement Grades Sessions per week & length of sessions Annual instructional hours Total program hours K – 3 Minimum TWO times per week at 20 minutes per session Including minimum ONE Culture Focus session per month at 40 minutes per session [1] 27 hours 135 hours 4-6 Minimum TWO times per week at 30 minutes per session Including minimum TWO Culture Focus session per month at 30 minutes per session 36 hours 72 hours 7-8 Integrated 9-week Exploratories: Minimum FIVE times per week @ 40-60 minutes per session, including cross curricular studies and TWO Culture Focus sessions per month @ 40 -60 minutes per session 30-45 hours 60-90 hours 267-297 hours

10. Kindergarten Mexico & the Caribbean Developing Reading & Writing Skills Greetings & Farewells Responsibility & School Behavior Living or Non-Living? Plants & Animals (Pets) Geometric Shapes & Patterns Measuring Time: Past/Present/Future Milestone Events 1 st Grade Southern South America: Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, & Uruguay My Family Leaders Baby Animals Sink or Float? 2 nd Grade Northern South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia My Community Transportation Continents Plants 3rd Grade Mexico & Spain Indigenous Peoples Colonization Leaders & Activists Solar System 4 th Grade Hispanic Immigrants to Michigan: MexicoPuerto Rico, Cuba Multilingualism Food Chain/Food Web Agriculture & Climate Money 5 th Grade Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama) Explorers/Empires Weather Friction/Resistance