Let's Discover Spanish Resources

Theme 1: My Elementary School

• Unit 1: My Classroom
• Unit 2: My School
• Unit 3: My School Schedule

Theme 2: Who Am I?

• Unit 1: My Traits
• Unit 2: My Clothing
• Unit 3: My Family

Theme 3: My Neighbourhood

• Unit 1: My Home
• Unit 2: Touring My Neighbourhood
• Unit 3: People in My Neighbourhood

Theme 4: Animals

• Unit 1: farm animals
• Unit 2: Wild Animals

Theme 1: My Elementary School

• E-Textbook
• E-Workbook
• Animations
• Presentarse
• El alfabeto
• El dibujo bonito
• Arreglar la clase
• Ésta es nuestra escuela
• Audio Tracks
• Games
• ¿Tienes buena memoria? 1
• Las imágenes y las palabras 1
• Las palabras misteriosas 1
• Ve a pescar 1
• Bingo 1
• Las imágenes y las palabras 2
• ¿Tienes buena memoria? 2
• Ve a pescar 2
• Las palabras misteriosas 2
• Las imágenes y las palabras 3
• Ruedas de la fortuna 1
• Glossary

Theme 2: Who Am I?

• E-Textbook
• E-Workbook
• Animations
• Describirse
• ¡Es invierno!
• En el parque de patinetas
• El cumpleaños de mi abuelo
• Un picnic
• Un perrito marrón
• Audio Tracks
• Games
• El ahorcado 1
• Las palabras misteriosas 1
• Los sonidos y las imágenes 1
• Ruedas de la fortuna 1
• Bingo 1
• Las categorías 1
• Las categorías 2
• Los sonidos y las imágenes 2
• Las palabras misteriosas 2
• Bingo 2
• Los sonidos y las imágenes 3
• Ruedas de la fortuna 2
• El ahorcado 2
• Los sonidos y las imágenes 4
• Glossary

Theme 3: My Neighboourhood

• E-Textbook
• E-Workbook
• Animations
• En mi casa
• Mi barrio
• Audio Tracks
• Games
• Ve a pescar 1
• El ahorcado 1
• Los sonidos y las imágenes 1
• ¿Tienes buena memoria? 1
• Bingo 1
• Ruedas de la fortuna 1
• Las palabras misteriosas 1
• Ve a pescar 2
• Bingo 2
• ¿Tienes buena memoria? 2
• Las palabras misteriosas 2
• Ve a pescar 3
• Las palabras misteriosas 3
• Glossary

Theme 4: Animals

• E-Textbook
• E-Workbook
• Animations
• Un día en la granja
• ¡Vámonos al zoológico!
• Audio Tracks
• Games
• Las imágenes y las palabras 1
• El ahorcado 1
• Bingo 1
• Las imágenes y las palabras 2
• Bingo 2
• Los sonidos y las imágenes 1
• El ahorcado 2
• Las palabras misteriosas 3
• Bingo 3
• Glossary

Textbook
The Textbook is available in print and electronic format. It is the starting point of each lesson. The Textbook organizes all of the print and multimedia elements of the program and provides a logical sequence of activities for students that allow them to investigate new concepts, test their understanding, and engage in challenging and fun learning activities. It contains:

• Helpful Hints - presenting language concepts
• Culture Clips - introducing cultural aspects of the language being studied
• Viewing/Listening Activities - introducing language in an interactive way
• Oral Activities - focusing on learning new vocabulary words, pronunciation, and communication
• Recording Activities - for distance or independent learners; the recording is a substitute to the oral activities in the classroom
• References to Workbook - directing students to workbook activities where they can integrate new unit vocabulary words and apply new or previously viewed language concepts in practice activities
• Game Instructions - for instructions on how to play the games in the Workbook
• Glossary - giving students access to the vocabulary introduced in the units (the Glossary is explained in more detail below)
• CD Tracks and Dialogues - providing students with the scripts for the animations and audio tracks used in the Textbook
• Pronunciation Guide - for finding out the pronunciation of letters, letter combinations, and words (the Pronunciation Guide is explained in more detail below)

Workbook
The Workbook is available in print and electronic format. It includes all of the exercises that are referred to in the Textbook. Students will engage in meaningful, real-to-life, and purposeful learning tasks. Many assignments involve audio while others ask for collaboration with peers to complete a task. Reflection activities and language-related games are part of every unit as well. In a workbook format the students are able to write the solutions below the questions and keep their work together. More details about the Workbook activities are given in the section “Assessment Tools”.

Animations
There are 15 animations included in the resources. Each animation provides an overview of the language concepts that will be covered in the theme or unit. They also set the stage and provide real life context for the topics that will be covered. The voice-overs for the animations are done by school-age students. The characters in the animations are woven throughout the Textbook and Workbook.

Audio Tracks
Many activities in the Textbook and Workbook use audio tracks. The resources include four CDs, one CD per theme. In the beginning levels, students spend a lot of time listening and speaking. To help them better understand what they are hearing, written contexts and pictures are provided that show students what is contained in the audio tracks. This helps students to learn and develop listening skills.

Games
At the end of each lesson, students are directed to play language-related games on the computer. Games are an interactive and fun way to practice and reinforce the language. They are also important for motivation and relaxation.

Glossary
The Glossary gives students access to the vocabulary introduced in the units. Students can use the Glossary to look up words, check spelling, and check gender of nouns (masculine or feminine). The print format is found at the back of the Textbook. The online Glossary is searchable. Each entry is available in both English and either Spanish or French, accompanied by a picture and a sound clip.

Pronunciation Guide
The print format is found at the back of the Textbook. Students can consult it to find out the pronunciation of a word. Whenever possible, the guide gives the Spanish or French pronunciation of individual letters and letter combinations, and provides examples of English words containing the same sounds.