Where will your learners start in their Calico Spanish journey?
The Calico Spanish curriculum is split into 4 levels (A, B, C, & D) with comprehensive learning for elementary grades K-5. Use this placement guide to figure out where your learners should start their Calico journey.
See where they fit:
Level A
Level B
Level C
Level D
Do your learners' language skills meet or exceed the standards developed for Level A (with Pedro and his amigos)? Find out in three easy steps:
1. Can they complete all of the Learning Goals?
Learners start their journey and meet Pedro the fish and Maria the monkey, who help them learn about:
- I can describe something as blue or yellow.
- I can identify a monkey or a fish.
- I can identify the number of objects in a group up to 3.
- I can begin to identify the days of the week.
- I can describe the size of something as big or small.
- I can greet someone, answer basic questions, and give information about myself, including: my name, my age, how I am doing, what I am like and what I like to do.
2. Do they understand everything in the Unit 8 Video Story?
3. Can they successfully complete the Sí, ¡se puede! Assessment?
Do your learners' language skills meet or exceed the standards developed for Level B (with Camilo and his amigos)? Find out in three easy steps:
1. Can they complete all of the Learning Goals?
- I can begin to talk about the months of the year.
- I can describe the color of something as brown, black, or white.
- I can talk about the number of objects in a group, up to six.
- I can identify a dog, cat, or rabbit.
- I can tell someone, “I love you.”
- I can ask and answer the question “How many?”
- I can ask simple questions to discover what people like.
- I can talk about my pets.
- I can react to something I think is cool.
- I can answer basic questions and give information about my family, including:
- family words
- names
- pets
- what people are like
- what others like to do
2. Do they understand everything in the Unit 8 Video Story?
3. Can they successfully complete the Sí, ¡se puede! Assessment?
Do your learners' language skills meet or exceed the standards developed for Level C (with Raúl and his amigos)? Find out in three easy steps:
1. Can they complete all of the Learning Goals?
- I can welcome someone to my house.
- I can describe the color of something green, gray, or red.
- I can identify a frog or a mouse.
- I can politely ask for something to eat or drink.
- I can talk about whether I want or need something.
- I can say that I’m hungry or thirsty.
- I can mention some foods and drinks I like or don’t like.
- I can talk about how I feel.
- I can mention something someone has to do.
- I can say whether I want or don’t want to do something.
- I can mention some things that people do during the day.
- I can categorize something as a person, place, or thing.
- I can answer questions and give information about my home and routine, including:
- making references to time (what time of day it is, what time it is, at what time I do something, that it is time to do something)
- describing what my house is like
- talking about some foods and drinks I like or don’t like
- telling how I feel
- expressing that I need, want, or have to do something related to my daily activities
- talking about my daily activities
- describing where an object is located
2. Do they understand everything in the Unit 8 Video Story?
3. Can they successfully complete the Sí, ¡se puede! Assessment?
Do your learners' language skills meet or exceed the standards developed for the final level of our program, Level D? Find out in three easy steps:
1. Can they complete all of the Learning Goals?
- I can count objects up to one hundred.
- I can use debes to suggest to someone what they should do.
- I can map the monarch butterfly migration.
- I can say whether something is close or far, north or south, left or right.
- I can say that I go, stay at, and return to a place.
- I can talk about farm animals and the sounds they make.
- I can use phrases including vocabulary for parts of the body to tell someone how I feel and if something hurts.
- I can use some frequency words and phrases to tell someone how often something happens.
- I can talk about what I eat for different meals.
- I can use connecting words to put a story in order.
- I can answer questions and give information about activities outside in various types of weather:
- describing the weather
- talking about the seasons
- talking about what someone is going to do
- talking about what clothes I need for particular weather
2. Do they understand everything in the Unit 8 Video Story?
3. Can they successfully complete the Sí, ¡se puede! Assessment?
Are your learners able to meet these goals? They may be ready for Level B!
If your learners are missing some of these skills, struggle to comprehend the video story content, or require extra help to complete the assessment, consider taking some time to review the content in Level A before moving on to Level B.