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1. Meeting Michigan Graduation Requirements for World Languages Integrating Grade Level Content Expectations and State Standards & Benchmarks Across the Curriculum Convivencia March 2009 © Presented by Sandra L. Cade, Ph.D.

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- Minimum Passing Grade Acceptable 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 Integrated Content Area Units: Spread throughout year Co-designed & taught by HQ content area & Spanish teachers w/ help from Culture Focus Interns 30-45 hours Throughout two academic years 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 (México, Puerto Rico, Cuba) Multilingualism Food Chain/Food Web Agriculture & Climate Money 5 th Grade Central América (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá) Explorers/Empires Weather Friction/Resistance 6th Grade Comparative Studies: Agriculture Religion Environment Cultural Mosaic Civic Life Economy International Relations

11. Immersion Topics

12. WLES Maple Valley Schools Pilot Program Year Two 2007 2008 Sra. Mindy Otto, Maestra de español Coach Tony & Don Chemo Rodriguez Cultural Consultants

13. 2007-2008 was the second year elementary students at Maple Valley Schools got the chance to learn Spanish. The 3 rd graders were exposed to the basics like…

14. Program Year One

15. Third graders used passports to travel to the Spanish-speaking countries of Argentina and Mexico

16. We learned the jarocho song “La Bamba” and Don Chemo taught us the dance to go with it!

17. We learned a few songs from Argentina like “Los Elefantes,” and “El Gallo Pinto.” We used some traditional instruments like maracas to go with the song.

18. We had a great time learning out body parts. We are great at “Simon Dice,” and the song “Cabeza, hombros, rodillas, pies.”

19. The Fourth graders continued to learn a lot this year in Spanish. Some topics they covered were…

21. We used our passports to travel to the Spanish-speaking countries of Cuba, Mexico, and Colombia.

22. We have gotten really good at reading and understanding Spanish this year!

23. We like to tell Señora Otto the answers! It’s really exciting when we know what she is saying.

24. We learned quite a few dances from Don Chemo this year. Here, we are doing the Cumbia.

25. These couples are dancing a ranchera for our Tex-Mex style song, “Lluvia de Estrellas” from Mexico. These girls are practicing the moves that a girl performs during the Cumbia.

26. We have really enjoyed learning Spanish this year and can’t wait until next year when we can learn even more. We are also excited to travel with our passports to more Spanish-speaking countries all over the world!