HOLY NAME SCHOOL
SPANISH CURRICULUM BENCHMARKS

GRADE 4

To pray The Sign of the Cross and The Hail Mary
To greet persons in Spanish
To understand and respond to the question, "What is your name?" and "How are you?"
To count from 0-10
To give the number for their age
To solve simple addition and subtraction facts
To identify some food item
To learn the sounds of the Spanish vowels
To recognize the question, "What is ....?"
To learn how to ask what something is
To learn how to identify nouns with "el" or "la"
To learn the names of some pieces of furniture
To learn the names of some school supplies
To learn the plural of some school items
To learn the Spanish alphabet
To learn last names and names of nouns
To learn words for family members
To learn the names of some farm animals
To review colors
To learn the farm animal song that incorporates the colors
To learn the names of some clothing

GRADE 5

To pray The Sign of the Cross and to learn The Hail Mary
To review greetings and espressions of courtesy
To learn the names of classroom objects
To recognize and respond to classroom "commands"
To learn numbers 1-31
To learn how to tell dates and to create a monthly calendar
To learn the days of the week and the months of the year
To learn the names of the seasons and weather espressions
To locate on a map the countries where Spanish is the principal language
To review names of family relatives
To ask and respond to the question, "What is someone's name?"
To learn more food words and to respond to the question, "What do we have to eat?"
To be able to respond to the question, "What hurts?' or "How do you feel?"
by saying and identifying a part of the body
To learn the names of articles of clothing
To learn dialogue lines for shopping, e.g., expensive, inexpensive, cost, color
To learn the names of the seasons and weather expressions

GRADE 6

GRADE 7

To pray The Sign of the Cross, The Hail Mary, The Glory Be and/or Prayers
Before and After Meals at the beginning of class
To talk about school subjects and supplies
To compare school schedules and subjects in the U.S. with those in countries where
the foreign language is spoken
To describe class schedules
To compare class schedules with other students
To talk about what students need for various classes
To talk about location
To ask and tell when something takes place
To express and understand traditional and military time
To become familiar with international time zones
To compare leaisure-time activities
To ask or tell where someone is going
To talk about after-school or weekend activities
To express doing certain activities, i.e. present tense
To invite or turn down invitations
To learn the names for relatives
To learn words to describe persons, animals, and things
To identify articles of clothing and to describe clothes
To talk about preferences in colors of clothes
To discuss prices
To talk about shopping and places to shop for clothing
To talk about having done certain activities, i.e., past tense

GRADE 8

To learn the Our Father, and The Apostles Creed
To review concepts and dialogues learned in grades 6 and 7
To review names of places and things by learning new vocabulary
for clothing and places
To talk about home and/or apartment and its rooms
To name and describe some household furniture and appliances
To talk about chores
To learn names of buildings and stores in a town
To tell where to go to accomplish certain errands
To identify means of transportation
To ask, listen for, and give directions
To express health situations and suggestions for maintaining good health
To review foods and learn about some regional foods
To express past tense in the three basic groups of verbs
To talk about movies and T.V. shows
To express an opinion about movies and T.V. shows
To be introduced to the study of Latin
To study the cultures of several Spanish speaking countries