CarlosS1

Stage 1 Identify Desired Results Establish Goals: (G) A. Communication: Students communicate in the target language.

Performance Indicators & Descriptors Students use memorized words or phrases and visuals in short oral/signed presentations.
 * A3 Presentational**
 * Pre-K-2**

__Modern and Classical__ a.Provide simple descriptions of people, places, and objects.

Students communicate in Spanish to make new friendships.

What understandings are desired? Students will understand that: (U) •Communicating in a world languages is a way of making new friendships with children who speak those languages . Producing project products about one's own environment for children in other countries helps to open up to future friendships. •Communicating things in my world can help to establish commonality with children from other countries.

What essential questions will be considered? Essential Questions: (Q) •How can communicating what I know about the Monarch butterfly in Spanish to children in another country bring me closer to knowing who they are? •How can learning about the Monarch butterfly and its migration help me broaden my understanding of other people's cultures? •What things can I include in my project that would help children in other countries understand what the place where I live is like? What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?

Students will know: (K) 1. vocabulary and phrases for information of the Monarch butterfly's life cycle and migration to Mexico.

Students will be able to: (S) •Describe in Spanish through a song, narration or poem the process of transformation the Monarch butterfly goes through from the time it is a caterpillar and it becomes a mature butterfly. •Describe in Spanish the Monarch butterfly's journey to Mexico. • • •

2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe