Does The Somos Curriculum meet Arkansas World Language Standards?
Modified on Wed, 28 Sep, 2022 at 5:56 PM
Yes, The Somos Curriculum meets Arkansas World Language Standards K-12 (2018)
Core Practices for World Language Students
The Somos Curriculum provides opportunities for teachers to help students overcome language acquisition challenges and achieve higher competence and clearer understanding as they pursue world language proficiency. The Somos Curriculum provides opportunities for teachers to discuss, teach and evaluate their students in a manner that is compatible with these student practices.
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are presented with opportunities to engage in these Core Practices.
World Language learners are:
● willing to take risks, make mistakes, and persevere;
● willing to seek opportunities to use the target language outside of class;
● able to set realistic goals, self-assess, and reflect;
● resourceful and willing to collaborate within the classroom and beyond;
● open-minded, curious, and respectful of the target culture;
● consistently improving their language skills;
● engaged in the language-learning process.
Communication: The Somos Curriculum prepares students to communicate effectively in the target language in order to function in a variety of situations and for multiple purposes.
CMC.1 Interpretive Communication: Learners are provided opportunities for students to understand, interpret, and analyze what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics throughout the Somos Curriculum.
CMC.1.1 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “What can I understand, interpret, or analyze in authentic informational texts?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE LOW
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to identify memorized or familiar words when they are supported by gestures or visuals in informational texts. | NOVICE MID
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to identify some basic facts from memorized words and phrases when they are supported by gestures or visuals in informational texts. | NOVICE HIGH
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to identify the topic and some isolated facts from simple sentences in informational texts. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
recognize words, phrases, and idioms; cognates and borrowings; and orthographic symbols, characters, and radicals interprete dialogues of greeting or leave-taking based on prior knowledge and context identify the specific details and organizational features from an invitation for a special event follow simple directions in a game such as a scavenger hunt apply reading strategies such as matching a book cover to its title to enhance comprehension of simple texts on familiar topics interpret a variety of simple and highly predictable texts, such as menu descriptions recognize author’s purpose on a flyer or brochure
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CMC.1.2 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “What can I understand, interpret, or analyze in authentic fictional texts?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE LOW
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to identify memorized or familiar words when they are supported by gestures or visuals in fictional texts. | NOVICE MID
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to identify some basic facts from memorized words and phrases when they are supported by gestures or visuals in fictional texts. | NOVICE HIGH
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to identify the topic and some isolated elements from simple sentences in short fictional texts. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
recognize words, phrases, idioms, cognates, and orthographic characters, symbols, and radicals interpret a nursery rhyme based on prior knowledge and context understand the specific details and organizational features of a short poem apply reading strategies to enhance comprehension of a simple comic strip derive meaning from a variety of simple fictional texts such as a meme or children’s song
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CMC.1.3 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “What can I understand, interpret, or analyze in conversations, discussions, and presentations?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE LOW
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to understand memorized or familiar words when they are supported by gestures or visuals in conversations. | NOVICE MID
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to in identify some basic facts from memorized words and phrases when they are supported by gestures or visuals in conversations. | NOVICE HIGH
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to understand familiar questions and statements from simple sentences in conversations. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
apply strategies for listening and viewing to interpret a radio announcement or flyer match an auditory description to an image organize food into the food pyramid from auditory instructions recognize basic information in words and memorized phrases in interview questions or advertisements determine appropriate responses to simple questions on familiar topics (e.g., greetings, introductions, school schedules) understand the main topic of everyday conversations (e.g., sports, food, weather, hobbies) follow simple directions in familiar contexts, such as classroom commands
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CMC.2 Interpersonal Communication: Learners are provided opportunities for students to interact and negotiate meaning in spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions throughout the Somos Curriculum.
CMC.2.1 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I exchange information and ideas in conversations?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE LOW
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to provide information by answering a few simple questions on very familiar topics, using practiced or memorized words and phrases, with the help of gestures or visuals. | NOVICE MID
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to request and provide information by asking and answering a few simple questions on very familiar and everyday topics, using a mixture of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences. | NOVICE HIGH
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to request and provide information by asking and answering practiced and some original questions on familiar and everyday topics, using simple sentences most of the time. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
introduce people ask simple who, what, where, or when questions respond to personal questions such as name, age or family write a short sticky note response to a discussion question exchange information about which classes are harder or easier than others and why write a response to an email to request more information
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CMC.2.2 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I meet my needs and address situations in conversations?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE LOW
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to express some basic needs, using practiced or memorized words and phrases, with the help of gestures or visuals. | NOVICE MID
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to express basic needs related to familiar and everyday activities, using a mixture of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and questions. | NOVICE HIGH
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to interact with others to meet their basic needs related to routine everyday activities, using simple sentences and questions most of the time. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
say how much money is needed to pay for lunch express and inquiring about conditions (e.g., hunger, cold, happiness) respond to survey questions on educational needs ask for directions when lost make plans for a picnic with others via notes or text
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CMC.2.3 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I express, react to, and support preferences and opinions in conversations?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE LOW
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to express basic preferences or feelings, using practiced or memorized words and phrases, with the help of gestures or visuals. | NOVICE MID
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to express their own preferences or feelings and react to those of others, using a mixture of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and questions. | NOVICE HIGH
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to express, ask about, and react to preferences, feelings, or opinions on familiar topics, using simple sentences most of the time and asking questions to keep the conversation on topic. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
express food preferences ask and answering questions about favorite musicians text or writing a friend about evening plans and replying when appropriate compare schedules with a friend discuss school struggles in classes write a short movie critique
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CMC.3 Presentational Communication: Learners present information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers throughout the Somos Curriculum.
CMC.3.1 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I present information to narrate about my life, experiences and events?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE LOW
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to introduce themselves using practiced or memorized words and phrases, with the help of gestures or visuals. | NOVICE MID
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to present information about themselves, their interests, and their activities, using a mixture of practiced or memorized words, phrases and simple sentences. | NOVICE HIGH
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to present personal information about themselves life and activities, using simple sentences most of the time. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
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CMC.3.2 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I present information to give a preference, opinion or persuasive argument?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE LOW
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to express my likes and dislikes using practiced or memorized words and phrases, with the help of gestures or visuals.
| NOVICE MID
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to express my likes and dislikes on very familiar and everyday topics of interest, using a mixture of practiced or memorized words, phrases, and simple sentences. | NOVICE HIGH
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to express my preferences on familiar and everyday topics of interest, using simple sentences most of the time. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
express opinions on clothing present personal preferences on food support opinions on classes give opinions on hobbies express travel preferences
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CMC.3.3 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I present information to inform, describe, or explain?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE LOW
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to name very familiar people, places, and objects using practiced or memorized words and phrases, with the help of gestures or visuals.
| NOVICE MID
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to present on very familiar and everyday topics using a mixture of practiced or memorized words, phrases and simple sentences. | NOVICE HIGH
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to present on familiar and everyday topics, using simple sentences most of the time. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
describe an ideal house or friend present a family tree create an infographic on vocabulary variations among the language present a memorized poem with gestures describe a class schedule
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Culture: The Somos Curriculum prepares students to interact with intercultural competence and understanding.
CLT.1 Cultural Products, Practices, & Perspectives: Learners are provided with opportunities to use the language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the products, practices, and perspectives of the cultures studied throughout the Somos Curriculum.
CLT.1.1 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I examine the relationship between cultural products and perspectives?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to identify some typical products related to familiar everyday life, in their own and other cultures. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
identify local crops and natural resources that impact local cuisine examine geographic influence on what is considered appropriate fashion experience traditional arts/crafts/food to explore cultural relevance and significance identify monuments connected to local and world artistic or cultural heritage
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CLT.1.2 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I examine the relationship between cultural practices and perspectives?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to identify some typical practices related to familiar everyday life, in their own and other cultures. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
identify celebrations typical of the target culture and one’s own greet and leave people in a culturally-appropriate manner imitate simple patterns of behavior or interaction in settings such as school,family, and the community identify practices observed in a video of the target culture
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CLT.2 Intercultural Competence: Learners are provided with opportunities to demonstrate intercultural competence when interacting with others throughout the Somos Curriculum.
CLT.2.1 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I demonstrate intercultural competence when interacting with others in and from another culture?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE - LANGUAGE
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to communicate with others from the target culture in familiar everyday situations, using memorized language and showing basic cultural awareness. |
NOVICE - BEHAVIOR
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to use appropriate rehearsed behaviors and recognize some obviously inappropriate behaviors in familiar everyday situations. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
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Connections: The Somos Curriculum prepares students to connect with other disciplines and acquire information and diverse perspectives in order to use the language to function in academic and career-related situations.
CNN.1 Making Connections: Learners are provided with opportunities to build, reinforce, and expand their knowledge of other disciplines while using the language to develop critical thinking and to solve problems creatively throughout the Somos Curriculum.
CNN.1.1 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I broaden my knowledge, while using the target language, to help me develop critical thinking and solve problems creatively?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to interact with authentic sources and use my prior knowledge to develop critical thinking and to solve problems creatively as a responsible and contributing citizen. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
identify and labeling maps of cities, states, or countries with civic and geographic features look for and making use of language structures use mathematics skills to convert (e.g., temperatures, sizes, currency) use science knowledge and skills to record weather in locations around the world based on location and time interact with authentic examples of literature, music, art, dance, visualarts, architecture, and cultural movements or styles originating from target-language countries
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CNN.2 Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives: Learners are provided with opportunities to access and evaluate information and diverse perspectives that are available through the target language and its cultures throughout the Somos Curriculum.
CNN.2.1 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “ How can I explore diverse perspectives through the target language and culture(s)?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to explore authentic resources to gain an understanding of diverse perspectives, to access new information, to improve vocabulary, and to develop language skills. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
read and view different text types and genres in order to interpret content (e.g. current events, familiar topics) recognize unique cultural characteristics present in authentic texts identify cultural and linguistic relationships between the target culture(s) and the student’s own culture recogniz discipline-specific contributions from the target culture(s) expand vocabulary through exploration of illustrations, infographics, video clips, websites, and print explore authentic instructional websites, materials, news media, short texts, and videos created for speakers of the target language
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Comparisons: The Somos Curriculum prepares students to develop insight into the nature of language and culture in order to interact with intercultural competence in the target language.
CMP.1 Language Comparisons: Learners are provided with opportunities to use the target language to investigate, explain, and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of the target language and their own throughout the Somos Curriculum.
CMP.1.1 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “ How can I compare the nature of my language to another language?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to demonstrate a basic knowledge of the target language by noting similarities between words and linguistic patterns of the target language and my home language. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
recognize patterns in verb conjugations give examples of borrowed or loan words give examples of ways in which the target language differs from or is similar to the student’s native language compare language registers identify similarities and differences between the sound and writing systems of the target language
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CMP.2 Cultural Comparisons: Learners are provided with opportunities to use the target language to investigate, explain and reflect on the nature of language through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own throughout the Somos Curriculum.
CMP.2.1 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I use language to compare another culture to my own?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to compare simple patterns of behavior, tangible and intangible products, or interaction in various cultural settings to develop insight into the culture. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
identifying and discussing cultural characteristics of the target culture and comparing them to the student’s own culture describing some cultural beliefs and perspectives that relate to family, school, and play in both the target language and their own
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Communities: The Somos Curriculum prepares students to communicate and interact with intercultural competence in order to participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world.
CMN.1 School and Global Communities: Learners are provided with opportunities to use the language both within and beyond the classroom to interact and collaborate in their community and the globalized world throughout the Somos Curriculum.
CMN.1.1 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I use language to collaborate and interact with others?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to communicate and interact with intercultural competence in order to participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
perform for school, campus, or community celebrations identify places that another language is used and attempting to interact with the language in some way (e.g., find products in a language in a grocery store, attempt to speak to a community member) identify professions that require proficiency in another language write and illustrate short texts intended for a specific audience in collaboration with students in other classes
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CMN.2 Lifelong Learning: Learners are provided with opportunities to set goals and reflect on their progress in using languages for enjoyment, enrichment, and advancement throughout the Somos Curriculum.
CMN.2.1 The Somos Curriculum prepares students to answer “How can I set reasonable goals and reflect on my progress in using languages for my enrichment?”. |
The Somos Curriculum is a novice level curriculum that engages students throughout the novice level proficiency standards. |
NOVICE
Throughout the Somos Curriculum students are provided with ample opportunities to set personalized learning goals, measure and reflect on my progress, and develop a lifelong connection to the culture. |
The Somos Curriculum includes opportunities to:
explore personal interests such as sports or games from the target culture explore interests in music, singing songs, or play a musical instrument from the target culture explore materials and/or using media from the language and culture for enjoyment utilize online resources in the target language to plan personal travel
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This alignment document for Arkansas educators was created using verbiage from the Arkansas World Language Standards 2018.