Mis Clases Locas Curriculum for Spanish 1-4

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Spanish Curriculum – Mis Clases Locas Curriculum

Over the years I have looked at many different Spanish curriculum plans. Remember I have had ultimate freedom as a #deptof1. So, I have had the chance to try out a lot of different things for my Mis Clases Locas curriculum. To be honest, I started creating my own Spanish curriculum, when I realized what worked for me, was a mash-up of many different styles and resources. 

First, it would be helpful to read this post – How I Create a CI Curriculum for Spanish 1-4. 

This is where you will see the thought process of lesson planning for a year, month, and week, using my lesson plan templates. If you teach French, make sure to check out French 1-4 Curriculum.

Below you will find my ideal curriculum. Click on the links for previous blog posts explaining the units or resources to make your life easier. If you are interested in getting many of the resources I use, I would suggest starting with the Spanish 1 Mega Bundle & Spanish 2/3 Mega Bundle (or the same thing on TPT Spanish 1 Mega Bundle) & Mega Bundle Spanish 2 or 3, as well as clicking the links below. 

 Mis Clases Locas Curriculum –  my ideal Spanish Curriculum

Since I have always taught all levels at once, my Spanish class curriculum has always been a mash-up of my own resources & resources from others. While I do not currently have my own classroom, what you see below is what I would use in my ideal situation, with the freedom to use what I want. 

It is important to note that I started moving quickly to keep student interest, such as reading some books in the style of 1 novel in 1 week. This is why it might seem like I have more content listed than in other years. I also pick and choose from SOMOS units, with them typically just lasting 1 week with me cutting out the story activities and other things I am not a fan of. (For a typical story unit I: Intro vocab, do a quick story, and get right into the culture of the unit).

Spanish 1 Curriculum

Spanish 1 Mega Bundle (or the same thing on TPT Spanish 1 Mega Bundle)

(includes many resources listed below)

*Depending on if Spanish 1 has had Exploratory Spanish (which includes Super 7 unit, & SOMOS units 1-3), will depend on where you start in Spanish 1. The plan below is assuming a quarter of exploratory. 

Spanish 1 Quarter 1

• Week 1 plan with Proficiency Introduction using 1st Week of Spanish Back to School BUNDLE
• Super 7 Present Unit Bundle or from my shop Super 7 Present Tense Spanish BUNDLE
• During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day
• SOMOS units 1-3 review or do quickly + unit 5 (maybe Ferdinand)
• El Capibara con botas unit – w/ Ecuador Reading , Cultural Stations: Capibara y Ecuador

Spanish 1 Quarter 2

• Guapo/Calvo/Feo – Sr. Wooly Victor Trilogy Unit
• Mexico/Day of the Dead Unit w/ Day of the Dead & Mexico introduction, Coco 
• Tumba – quick novel read in the style of 1 novel 1 week
• música indígena – for Native American History Month in November
• Choice unit depending on time & access to novels  El Ekeko – novel unit OR SOMOS units 6 & 7
• Navidad/ 3 Reyes – cultural unit

Spanish 1 – Quarter 3

• During February – Afro-Latinx song of the day
• Food – w/ SOMOS unit 8 – Latin Food/Elote & Canela – film unit
• Valentine’s Day Activities
• Colombia – w/ Biblioburro, Yipao & La Bicicleta 
• Peter va a Colombia – novel unit & Encanto

Spanish 1 – Quarter 4 

• During March – March Madness Song Bracket
• Las Fallas – Cultural Unit or get the same Las Fallas unit in my store
• Billy la bufanda – Sr. Wooly Unit
• Selena movie- (for Selena’s b-day in April) or get the same Selena guide here
• Legends Unit w/ Somos Unit 9 – El Cucuy & Chupa OR Maya y los tres
• El Silbón de Venezuela – novel unit
• Culture Project – Final or get the same project in my store

Spanish 2 Mis Clases Locas Curriculum

Spanish 2/3 Mega Bundle from my shop OR TPT Mega Bundle Spanish 2 or 3 includes many resources listed below

Spanish 2 – Quarter 1

• Mi verano past tense unit intro –  Question Cards – Mi Verano  & Find Someone Who
• La Tomatina – cultural unit
• During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day
• Imperfect Unit – using Hybrid Imperfect Bundle
• Intro Past Tense Ir – FSW & Fue Question Cards + maybe some Somos 2.1/2.2
• Fiesta Fatal – novel unit

Spanish 2 – Quarter 2

• Amnesia – Sr. Wooly Unit
• música indígena – for Native American History Month in November
• Living on $1 & Which Way Home w/ Esperanza – novel unit & La Misma Luna – film
• 3 Reyes Magos & Winter Holidays

Spanish 2 Quarter 3

• Return from Winter Break
• Go! Vive a tu Manera intro & then watch each Friday
• Preterite Unit – Super 7 – Preterite Bundle
• Felipe Alou – novel unit w/ Pelotero (baseball & DR) or Vivo (Afro-Latinx) film 
• During February – Afro-Latinx song of the day

Spanish 2 – Quarter 4

• During March – March Madness Song Bracket
• Las Fallas unit
• Sr. Wooly – wooly week song
• Bianca Nieves – novel unit – with Bullfighting, Spain & Ferdinand film study

Spanish 3 Spanish Curriculum

Show each Friday. For 2023 I would pick Tierra Incógnita using Tierra Incógnita Season 1 Spanish class guide.  Past shows I have used are: El Internado (now hard to find & older) & Go! Vive a tu Manera (pretty cheesy)

Spanish 3 – Quarter 1

• Mi verano past tense unit intro –  Question Cards – Mi Verano  & Find Someone Who
• Preterite Unit – Super 7 &/or Imperfect Unit Super 7 (could be done quickly as a review)
• Sr. Wooly Unit – La Dentista song
• During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day
• Intro Costa Rica & El Medio Ambiente + Pachamama
• Robo en la noche – novel unit (past tense)

Spanish 3 – Quarter 2

• Sr. Wooly Unit – Billy y las Botas
• música indígena – for Native American History Month in November
• La Llorona de Mazatlán – novel unit
• NEW Chupa film &/or El camino de Xico (both Mexican films with legends)

Spanish 3 – Quarter 3

• Return from Winter Break
• Vidas Impactantes – mini lit circles – each group reads one biography
• During February – Afro-Latinx song of the day
• Literature Circles – full novels – focusing on past tense (Ideas Problemas, Frida, Noche de Oro)

Spanish 3 – Quarter 4

• During March – March Madness Song Bracket
• Sr. Wooly – wooly week song(s)
• Voces Inocentes film study
• Vida y Muerte – novel unit w/ MS13 Stations

Spanish 4 Curriculum

Show each Friday. For 2023 I would pick Tierra Incógnita using Tierra Incógnita Season 1 Spanish class guide

Spanish 4 – Quarter 1

• Mi verano past tense unit intro –  Question Cards – Mi Verano  & Find Someone Who
• Super 7 Future Unit /Spanish Future Tense High Frequency Verbs BUNDLE El Futuro Simple
• During Hispanic Heritage Month – song of the day
• 48 hours novel unit (new) w/ Pachamama & Environment (if not used in Sp3)

Spanish 4 – Quarter 2

• Literature Circles – full novels
• Introduce Conditional w/ Conditional – FSW
• Sr. Wooly Unit – Encerada en la escuela
• música indígena – for Native American History Month in November
• Vidas Impactantes – mini lit circles – each group reads one biography

Spanish 4 – Quarter 3

• Return from Winter Break
• Cajas de Cartón– short story unit with Postville Raid
• During February – Afro-Latinx song of the day
• Vector – novel unit

Spanish 4 – Quarter 4

Past years curriculum 

• Curriculum Year 6 – Teaching Spanish with Novels
• Curriculum Planning for Upper Level Spanish
• How I Teach Spanish Without a Textbook Curriculum Year 5
• Curriculum Year 4
• Curriculum Year 3
• French Comprehensible Input Curriculum