- You can tell someone who you are and where you are from in Spanish.
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- You can tell someone how old you are and the date of your birthday in Spanish.
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- You are able to tell someone your favorite season, colors, sports and animals in Spanish.
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- You can give out your telephone number and address in Spanish.
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- You are able to describe your hair color and type (short, long, straight, etc.) and your eye color in Spanish.
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- You know two different ways to talk about your hair and eye color (example: using Tengo ___ or using Mi ___ es.)
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- You are able to describe your stature (short, medium, tall) in Spanish.
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- You are .able to describe your personality characteristics in Spanish (artistic, athletic, funny, shy etc.)
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- You know most of the Spanish adjectives and their opposites (example: tall vs. short, shy vs. sociable, rich vs. poor, etc.).
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- You know how to tell someone what you like to do in Spanish.
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- You know how to tell someone what you love to do in Spanish.
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- You know how to tell someone what you don't like to do in Spanish.
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- You know how to tell someone what you don't like at all to do in Spanish.
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- You know how to use también and tampoco in Spanish.
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- You know how to use the verb ir to talk about where you go in Spanish (ex. I go to the gym. You go to the beach.)
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- You know the names of most places to go in Spanish (ex. the mall, the movies, the amusement park, the park, the city, the country, school, home, etc.).
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- You know how to use the formula Ir + a + infinitive verb to talk about things you are going to do (ex. We are going to talk in Spanish, You are going to play football, She is going to dance.)
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- You know most of the -ar infinitve verbs (ex: to ride, to take, to swim, to dance, to sing, to work, to rest, to play, to draw, to paint, to listen, etc.).
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- You still remember how to use the verb Ser (to be ) like in: Yo soy ___ in a sentence and how it differs from the other (to be verb - Estar).
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- You know how to conjugate the verb Estar (to be) like in: Yo estoy __ and you are able to use it in sentences that describe something temporary like your feelings or your location.
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- You are able to talk about your family (how big or small and how many brothers, sisters and pets) in Spanish.
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- You know the difference between a paragraph written in the first person and one written in the third person in Spanish.
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- You know all the subject pronouns and how to use them in sentences in Spanish. (Ex. Yo, Tú, Él, Ella, Nosotros, Ellos, Ellas).
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- You understand why we are able to leave the subject pronoun out of a sentence in Spanish. (ex. Voy al gimnasio. vs. Yo voy al gimnasio.)
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- You understand the difference between using Tú and Usted.
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- You know how to use Ustedes in a sentence in Spanish and understand what it means. (Ex. Ustedes son atléticos.).
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- You know how to say the date in Spanish.
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- You know how to answer the question: ¿Qué día es hoy? and you know all the days of the week.
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- You know all the Spanish months and remember if they should be capitalized or not.
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- You know how to answer the question: ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? and you have a good variety of answers.
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- You know your Spanish numbers up to 100.
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- You know your Spanish colors.
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- You know your Spanish alphabet.
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- You know your Spanish seasons of the year.
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- You can talk about what you like to do in the different seasons.
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- You can talk about typical weather for the different seasons of the year.
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- You know most of the greetings and good-byes in Spanish.
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- You know how to ask someone how they are feeling in Spanish.
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- You are able to answer the question: ¿Qué hora es? in Spanish and understand the difference between Es la ___ and Son las ___.
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- You understand most of the Spanish classroom commands: Silencio, Levantense, Sientense, Levanta la mano, Baja la mano, Abra la puerta, etc.
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- You still remember most of the names of classroom objects (the pen, pencil, paper, notebook, desk, flag, folder, book, etc.)
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- You know how to say "I need a pencil" and "I need a piece of paper please" in Spanish.
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- You are able to ask permission to go to the bathroom or get a drink of water in Spanish.
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- You know how to aks someone if they would like to do something with you in Spanish.
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- You know how to decline an invitation politely using "No puedo porque ____ " with a reasonable excuse.
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- You know how to say what you did yesterday after school and what you are going to do tomorrow in Spanish.
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- You know how to conjugate the verb Ir in the preterite tense (past tense) like Yo fui, etc.
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- You remember many of the Spanish speaking countries of Central and South America and some of their capitals.
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- You understand "material" and "non-material" characteristics of "culture" as it relates to cultures of the many different people and countries in our world.
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- You are able to give some specific examples of characteristics of the Hispanic culture.
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