Grafiquémos+la+Escuela

__**Level:**__ Grade 6 math content, appropriate for grades 6, 7, and 8 __**Language:**__ Spanish __**Author:**__ Rina Catania McGinley, Spanish teacher, Jared Eliot Middle School, Clinton, CT
 * Unit Title:** Grafiquémos la Escuela

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__**Guiding questions:**__
 * How do I use graphs and charts to help me to understand information?
 * What are some similarities and differences between schools in different Spanish-speaking countries?

__**Summary:**__

This unit is based on a grade 6 Connecticut mathematics standard. During the unit, students collect data using the three modes of communication, chart and graph the information from students’ personal opinions about different school topics such as favorite school classes, favorite teachers, friends, what do students like and dislike. In the beginning, students represent in a table/graphic the collected data from a single topic. This continues building up to a more complex high-thinking skill, where students represent a variety of data in only one graphic. Throughout the unit, students learn about school subjects, express opinions, describe people and subjects, express possession, and learn about differences and similarities between schools in Spanish-speaking countries. For the interpretive assessment, students listen to “Pepito’s friends school story”. In the story, Pepito has eight friends that express their likes and dislikes about their classes in “Heroes de Independencia School”. Students collect, chart and represent the data from what they understand about the story. See Assessment #1. For the interpersonal assessment, students interview their peers in class, chart the collected information and represent it on a graphic. See assessment #2. For the presentational assessment, students present a speech their “personal data”. See assessment #3.

**[|Mexican school video]**