Fourth-gradeAssessmentsBy the end of end of September(by 4th Wednesday)

Essential Learning

4-1Appropriately respond to ‘¿Cómo te sientes? with three feelings

Common Assessment

4-1Listen to each students’ response

Grading Rubric

By the end of end of October(by 4th Wednesday)

4-2Name ‘aunt’, ‘uncle’, female cousin, male cousin and ‘cousins’ in Spanish

4-2Write the correct family member from a word bank on the blanks in La Familia sheet

By the end of end of November(by 4th Wednesday)

4-3Describe oneself through height, hair and eye color

4-3Write and draw personal descriptions of height, hair and eye

color on worksheet

By the end of end of November(by 4th Wednesday)

4-4 (Culture)Demonstrate cultural awareness of family’s migrational history

4-4 (Culture)Create and present booklet with heritage, flag and traditional food

By the end of end of November(by 4th Wednesday)

4-5 (Culture)Demonstrate cultural knowledge of differences and similarities between Day of the Dead and Halloween

4-5 (Culture)Complete Dia de losMuertos Project

By the end of end of February(by 4th Wednesday)

4-6 (Culture)Describe a Spanish explorer

4-6 (Culture)Appropriately answer the 3 questions asked in an interview: ¿Cuándo nació Usted? ¿A dónde fue? ¿Cuándo murió?

By the end of end of March(by 4th Wednesday)

4-7 (Culture)Name three Spanish-speaking artist and the artist’s style

4-7 (Culture)Show student three artists, ask who it is and which style they used

By the end of end of April(by 4th Wednesday)

4-8Name three biomes

4-8Show each student three biomes and ask which biomes they are

By the end of end of May(by 4th Wednesday)

4-9Show understanding of five question words: ¿Qué?, ¿Cómo?, ¿Quién?, ¿Dónde?, and ¿Cuándo?

4-9Appropriately answer the five questions asked by another student in an interview

By the end of May (by 4th Wednesday)

4-10¿Qué te gusta hacer?

4-10 Make written or multimedia project about favorite activities in Spanish.

By the end of end of June(by 4th Wednesday)

4-11 (Culture)Identify map, pop’n, and currency of a Spanish-speaking country

4-11Create booklet with this information and presents it to class