SCHOOL ______________________________________________ TEACHER ___________________________________________

COURSE _____________________________ LEVEL A 2.1

Period 1 Contents Abilities Standards Achievement Indicators

• Understands when spoken to or asked about her/his personal
Understands personal information regarding her/his interests & objects in her/his environment.
classmates & teacher. • Identifies people relating them to their respective countries &
nationalities.
Follows attentively what the teacher or her/his classmates
• Follows & carries out by actions the instructions s/he hears.
say during a game or other activity.
• Evidences understanding of songs, rhymes & rounds by the body
Memorizes & follows the rhythm of popular songs.
Listening movements s/he engages in.
Participates in games & activities following simple • Recognizes instructions when participating in games & other
instructions. activities in class.
Identifies the names of people & main events when they are • Identifies key actions & vocabulary when listening to a short text
1 Personal information mentioned in teacher’s reading & aided by images. that is illustrated.
Are You • Reads & identifies vocabulary & expressions related to the main
New at Countries & nationalities Recognizes in a short narrative text what, who, when & characters, events, moments & places in a short, narrative text.
School? where. • Enjoys reading & evidences interest in it by familiarizing
Telephone numbers her/himself with some high-frequency words.
Reading • Identifies key words & understands simple sentences s/he relates
2 Associates a drawing with its written description.
to images.
Sports and Sports
Recognizes & follows simple instructions that are properly • Reads & understands short & simple instructions related to
Hobbies illustrated. classroom activities.
Hobbies • Evidences understanding of the vocabulary about sports & hobbies
Uses graphics to organize the most relevant information in when classifying them in a graphic.
a text. • Identifies key actions & vocabulary when reading a short,
descriptive text & uses graphics as a classification aid.
Participates in word search games. • Reads aloud about countries, nationalities & sports & uses this
knowledge to participate in games.
• Understands simple sentences & identifies key words s/he relates
to illustrations in a word game.

Verifies the spelling of words s/he writes frequently.
Writes descriptions & short narrations based on a sequence
of illustrations.
Writing
Uses satisfactorily structures & grammatical patterns.
Spells words s/he knows.
Recites a simple tongue twister, a rhyme or sings the
chorus of a song.
Monolog
Talks about the activities s/he engages in habitually.
Participates actively in word games & rounds.
Conversation Answers personal questions such as name, age, nationality
& address.
• Writes correctly words related to countries, nationalities, sports &
hobbies.
• Writes personal information on simple forms observing correct
English spelling.
• Writes very short sentences about sports & hobbies some people
participate in using a sequence of illustrations.
• Writes satisfactorily simple phrases that describe what & who as
related to images & key vocabulary.
• Completes in writing short phrases using the basic structures of
the Simple Present.
• Pronounces satisfactorily the letters of the alphabet when spelling
familiar words.
• Improves oral abilities via the physical participation in rhymes &
songs.
• Repeats & pronounces satisfactorily the key sounds of the tongue
twisters studied during this period.
• Enjoys songs, rhymes & poems & evidences interest in learning
them.
• Uses key vocabulary to describe her/his habitual sports &
recreational activities.
• Names vocabulary related to sports, hobbies, nationalities &
countries.
• Uses proper intonation when expressing her/himself briefly &
simply to describe actions s/he takes part in.
• Applies the vocabulary & expressions learned when participating in
games.
• Expresses & structures descriptive, short phrases to interact & play
in class.
• Responds verbally to questions related to her/his personal
information such as name, nationality, address & telephone number.
• Asks & answers questions about the personal information of
people in her/his environment.
• Asks & answers simple questions about the sports a person
practices.

Period 2 Contents Abilities Standards Achievement Indicators

Understands information given by her/his classmates or
teacher.
Listening
Memorizes & follows the rhythm of popular songs.
Identifies the names of the main people or events in a story
read by the teacher & aided by illustrations.
• Evidences understanding of the information s/he gives concerning
occupations, professions, places in the city & addresses.
• Understands the way to get to a place in the city when hearing
phrases such as Go straight and Turn left.
• Understands the instructions for classroom activities.
• Evidences understanding of songs, rhymes & rounds that s/he
memorizes, repeats & sings.
• Identifies key actions & vocabulary when listening to a short text
that is illustrated.
 • Reads aloud vocabulary related to some jobs & occupations,
Participates in word search puzzles for unknown words.
places in the city & addresses & uses these when playing games.
Understands short descriptions about people, places & • Reads & understands words & short sentences related to
familiar actions. illustrations that refer to occupations, places & addresses in the city.
• Identifies key words & phrases in descriptive texts.
Recognizes in a narrative text what, who, when & where. • Reads short, narrative texts & identifies elements, people, special
moments & places.
Reading • Understands the title of a short story & makes predictions based
Predicts the plot of a story based on its title, illustrations & on the images, sequences & expressions found in it.
key words. • Enjoys reading & evidences interest in learning high-frequeny
words.
• Completes in writing short phrases using the basic structures of
the Simple Present in the third person singular.
• Structures short answers to describe actions, places & addresses
Uses structures & grammatical patterns satisfactorily.
in the city.
• Uses key words such as prepositions to complete descriptive,
Occupations short phrases in English when aided by illustrations.
3 • Writes correctly words related to some jobs, occupations & places
Wonderful Writing in the city.
Jobs & professions Verifies the spelling of high frequency words.
• Writes proper vocabulary & expressions to complete simple dialogs
Jobs
using correct English spelling.
Workplaces • Uses satisfactory intonation when expressing her/himself briefly &
4 Talks about the activities s/he engages in frequently.
simply to describe actions s/he engages in.
Around the The city • Learns & says tongue twisters & rhymes placing emphasis on the
City Recites a simple tongue twister, a rhyme, a song or sings key sounds worked during this period.
Addresses in the city the chorus of a song. • Sings & recites rhymes & tongue twisters s/he understands with
satisfactory pronunciation & intonation.
• Uses key words s/he spells correctly to refer to occupations,
Spells familiar words.
places in the city & addresses.
Monolog • Evidences interest in participating in role plays & dialogs s/he has
repeated or memorized & understands while using the vocabulary &
Looks for opportunities to practice what s/he knows in
expressions worked during this period.
English.
• Pronounces correctly some expressions for giving directions in the
city such as It is on the right. It's across from...
• Applies the vocabulary & expressions learned when participating in
Follows & gives basic instructions when participating in games & rounds.
familiar games. • Uses short & simple expressions to interact in class & play with
her/his classmates.
• Participates in simple dialogs asking & answering questions about
Mantains a simple conversation in English with a classmate occupations & jobs people have or do.
Conversation when engaged in classroom activities. • Asks & answers about the location of some places in the city.
• Offers & asks directions in the city to get to a given location.

Period 3 Contents Abilities Standards Achievement Indicators

 • Identifies physical characteristics of people when listening to
phrases or short texts that describe them.
• Distinguishes basic vocabulary in listening comprehension
Identifies who is talking to her/him by the talker’s physical
activities.
description.
• Recognizes basic characteristics of people, animals & action
words & relates them to illustrations when listening to them in
sentences.
Listening • Evidences understanding of the main facts of an illustrated story
Identifies the names of the characters & the main events in s/he listens to & identifies the story’s characters.
an illustrated story read by the teacher. • Recognizes some wild animals when listening to sentences or
short texts that name or describe the animals.
• Reads short, narrative texts & identifies elements, people, certain
moments & places.
Recognizes in a short, narrative text story aspects such as
Comparisons • Reads & understands complete sentences that describe
what, who, when and where.
5 characteristics of people, animals & actions.
Wow! I´m Physical characteristics • Identifies in a short text wild animals & the actions they engage in.
• Reads & understands new words when aided by images.
Bigger!
Associates a drawing with its written description. • Reads & understands descriptions of people & places & relates
Wild animals Reading these to their respective illustrations.
6 • Understands the new vocabulary presented in short texts using the
Superlatives Uses the dictionary as an aid to understanding texts.
Wildlife dictionary as an additional resource.
• Writes correctly words related to some adjectives of comparison
Action words (bigger, slower) and superlatives (the biggest, the slowest).
• Writes correctly some words related to wild animals & their
Verifies the spelling of high frequency words.
characteristics.
• Writes satisfactorily the vocabulary & expressions to complete
simple dialogs observing correct English spelling.
• Completes in witing short phrases using basic English structures.
Writing • Structures short answers to describe characteristics & actions
Uses structures & grammatical patterns satisfactorily. using expressions such as It can swim but it can't walk.
• Uses key words such as this, that, these & those to complete
short, descriptive phrases when aided by illustrations.
• Uses expressions & vocabulary that s/he understands to describe
Describes her/himself & other people using simple, short
people & make comparisons keeping in mind differences related to
phrases keeping in mind ages & physical characteristics.
ages & physical characteristics.
• Uses key words spelled correctly to refer to the characteristics of
Spells correctly familiar words.
people & wild animals.
Monolog • Uses satisfactory intonation & pronunciation to recite, sing & say
Recites a simple tongue twister, rhyme or sings the chorus poems.
of a song. • Repeats & learns tongue twisters correctly pronouncing key
sounds.
Looks for opportunities to use her/his English knowledge & • Uses illustrations as an aid to describe & compare some
skills. characteristics of her/his surroundings.
• Uses satisfactory intonation when expressing her/himself briefly &
simply.

Uses short sentences to say what s/he can or can not do.
Participates actively in word games & rounds.
Conversation
Maintains a simple conversation in English with a classmate
when engaging in classroom activities.
• Applies vocabulary about action words to describe the illustrations
of some wild animals.
• Identifies the actions that some wild animals can or cannot take
aided by her/his prior knowledge & illustrations.
• Uses expressions & vocabulary learned to interact spontaneously
in class.
• Applies the vocabulary & expressions learned when participating in
games.
• Enjoys the activities planned for the classes & participates in them
actively.
• Asks & answers in a simple way about characteristics of people &
of some wild animals.
• Participates in simple dialogs when speaking about her/his
surroundings.
• Participates in short conversations in which s/he uses adjectives of
comparison.

Period 4 Contents Abilities Standards Achievement Indicators

Follows attentively what the teacher & her/his classmates • Evidences understanding of instructions when carrying them out by
say during a game or other classroom activity. her/his movements & actions in class.
Participates in games & activities by following simple
• Understands the instructions given by the teacher or on a CD.
The menu instructions.
• Distinguishes basic vocabulary in activities of listening
comprehension.
Foods, beverages & Identifies objects, people & familiar actions in a descriptive,
• Recognizes words related to a menu, places to eat, activities or
desserts short text read by the teacher.
7 Listening plans for the future & action words.
Eating Out • Identifies basic information related to ordering food in a restaurant.
Places to eat Identifies the sequence of the actions associated with plans • Recognizes actions & future plans of people & relates them to their
in the near future. respective illustrations.
8 Plans • Reads & understands descriptions of situations & events & relates
What Are You them to their respective illustrations.
Going to Do? Associates a drawing with its written description.
Future activities • Reads & understands new words about a menu & the attractions of
a park when aided by images.
Action words Reading Uses graphics to depict the most relevant information in a • Identifies key vocabulary when reading a short, descriptive text &
text. when aided by graphics in order to classify it.
Recognizes in a short, narrative text the what, who, when & • Reads & identifies vocabulary & expressions related to the main
where. people, events, moments & places of a short, narrative text.
Identifies in a short text the places & moments in which the • Understands key words & images that help to identify places in
actions occur. which actions or future plans occur.
Identifies the actions in a short sequence of events. • Recognizes & understands the sequence of events which
establishes the plot in a narrative text.
• Enjoys reading short stories & evidences an interest in their
content & messages.

Writes short descriptions & narrations based on a sequence
of illustrations.
Uses satisfactorily structures & grammatical patterns of high
Writing frequency.
Verifies the spelling of words s/he frequently writes.
Recites a simple tongue twister, says a rhyme or sings the
chorus of a song.
Mentions things s/he likes & dislikes.
Monolog
Responds to questions about plans & future actions.
Maintains a simple conversation in English with a classmate
when engaged in classroom activities.
Conversation
Participates actively in word games & rounds.
• Writes satisfactorily simple phrases that describe what and who
related to images & key vocabulary.
• Writes short sentences to offer food in a restaurant when aided by
a series of illustrations.
• Completes simple phrases & charts to express likes & dislikes &
the preferences of some people regarding the menu.
• Structures questions & short answers to refer to a menu e.g. What
would you like? I would like a tuna salad.
• Uses key structures to refer to her/his plans in the near future e.g. I
am going to go to the park after class.
• Writes & spells satisfactorily the words worked during this period.
• Uses satisfactory intonation & pronunciation to recite, sing & say
tongue twisters.
• Names correctly the basic vocabulary related to foods that
comrpise a menu.
• Uses key expressions to refer to her/his preferences as regards a
restaurant menu.
• Expresses clearly & simply her/his plans for the near future.
• Applies new vocabulary & expressions to describe the activities
that other people are going to engage in during their leisure time.
• Asks & answers in a simple way questions about choosing food on
a menu.
• Participates in role playing simple dialogs that include the
vocabulary & expressions worked during this period.
• Expresses her/himself verbally when participating in short role
plays s/he has prepared & understood.
• Uses the vocabulary & expressions learned when participating in
games & rounds.
• Follows & gives simple instructions using action words.
• Enjoys the activities planned for the class & participates actively.