The vet unit teaches us body parts and review the weather expressions. During the brunch unit we learn about different cultural foods as we watch the friends each prepare a special dish from their home country. Alex takes us to his geography club meeting on Saturday where we learn different countries, commands, time and classroom furniture as we try to rearrange the classroom after a windstorm blows everything all over the place. In the second unit we spend time with Sarah as she looks after and tutors different children here we learn the days of the week, time as well as toys and different verbs conjugated in the third person singular and plural. The first unit also introduces the students to weather expressions, seasons, and time of day. We find out more about each friend as we meet their families in the target language countries of Germany, China, Colombia, Morocco, and the USA. Not only what they like to do at school but also their after-school activities. In this module, we get to know the friends more in-depth. Lastly the “School Fair” unit introduces all the different subjects, days of the week and time as the kids discuss their schedules with the parents who are visiting again. As they shop for an outfit we add girl’s clothing to our boys’ clothing vocabulary base from the first semester. Lina, the fashionista, helps Sarah, a tomboy, pick out an outfit for a party in “Shopping with the girls”. We spiral back through sports and hobbies when the friends chat about their different after school activities this time adding the sports equipment and instruments. During the parent weekend, we expand on the rooms of the house vocabulary adding furniture as the friends clean the dorm to prepare for the parents’ arrival. Bo takes us into the art study where the friends help him on a collage and we learn arts and crafts materials. We get familiar with body parts as we study with Alex and Lina, who aspires to be a doctor, for a biology exam. We learn sports and hobbies as we accompany friends to their favorite activities. Lina teaches us the rooms of the house as she shows Jack around the dorm. For example, we learn clothing expressions when Alex is interested in trying ice hockey and Jack, the jock, helps him to buy his equipment. We will get to know the individual characters through their likes and dislikes. In “The Arrival” unit we learn introductions when the friends pick Jack up from the airport. Alex loves geography and soccer, Bo is an aspiring artist who loves Rock and Roll and plays the drums, Sarah is a math wiz who also enjoys sports such as basketball and swimming, Jack is a sports enthusiast who plays every sport you can imagine and loves playing during recess and Lina is an aspiring doctor who loves biology, music and fashion. In this module, we get to know the five friends, Alex, Jack, Sarah, Lina, and Bo. With six individual modules, each encompassing a year of language learning there is sure to be something for everyone. Trailblazer kits pursue a purely oral communicative approach where are Explorers kits add a written language component. Years of experience have helped us fine tune these kits to meet the specific needs of language learners at each grade level. Each kit is packed with age appropriate material to keep your class moving. We offer two unique curricula designed to engage children in either grades K-2 (Trailblazer) or students grades 3-5 (Explorer). All kits are available in Chinese, French, German, and Spanish. Each week through our comic, storybook, puppet skits, felt board, spinner activities, games, and playwriting, students work on interpretive, interpersonal and presentational communication goals. All curricula are aligned with the Standards of Foreign Language learning of the 21st century. We will teach you how to teach, and the materials are so easy to use you don’t need a formal teaching background to start Chinese, French, German, or Spanish classes at your school or in your homeschool group.Įasy to follow instructions for activities and curriculum planning make setting up your language program straightforward and simple. One World Kits are designed with teachers in mind.
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