Badges for the Spanish Classroom

These badges can easily be integrated into the Spanish 1 Classroom to motivate students to go above and beyond expectations.

1. Beginner
2. This badge is given to students after completing their first unit.
3. For Spanish 1, High School Students
4. Criteria: See below*. Students must be able to check off all of the boxes in at least three of the five standards to move to the next level.
5. Issuer: Teacher
6. Evidence: Students will perform at a Beginner level in a reading, listening and speaking performance assessment asking them what their name is, where they are from and how old they are and answering those same questions about someone else. They must answer all questions to get the badge. 

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1. Novice Low
2. This badge is given to students after completing their second unit.
3. For Spanish 1, High School Students
4. Criteria: see bellow*. Students must be able to check off all of the boxes in at least three of the five standards to move to the next level.
5. Issuer: Teacher
6. Evidence: Students will perform at a Novice Low level in an integrated performance task at the end of the unit. They must perform at level to get the badge. 

1. Novice Mid
2. This badge is given to students after completing their third unit.
3. For Spanish 1, High School Students
4. Criteria: see below*. Students must be able to check off all of the boxes in at least three of the five standards to move to the next level.

1. Issuer: Teacher
2. Evidence: Students will perform at a Novice Mid level in an integrated performance task at the end of the unit. They must perform at level to get the badge.

1. Novice High
2. This badge is given to students after completing their fourth and final unit. (If students stays at Novice mid they can receive a star for their badge)
3. For Spanish 1, High School Students
4. Criteria: see below*. Students must be able to check off all of the boxes in at least three of the five standards to move to the next level.
5. Issuer: Teacher
6. Evidence: Students will perform at a Novice High level in an integrated performance task at the end of the unit. They must perform at level to get the badge.

1. Reader Pro
2. This badge is given to students after completing extra reading assignments
3. For Spanish 1, High School Students
4. Criteria: Students must read and comprehend at a Novice Mid
5. Issuer: Teacher
6. Evidence: Students will read extra short stories and get 100% of the comprehensions questions right at least 5 times. 

1. Listener Pro
2. This badge is given to students after completing extra listening assignments
3. For Spanish 1, High School Students
4. Criteria: Students must read and comprehend at a Novice Mid
5. Issuer: Teacher
6. Evidence: Students will listen to extra listening assignments and get 100% of the comprehensions questions right at least 10 times. 

1. Writer Pro
2. This badge is given to students after completing extra writing assignments
3. For Spanish 1, High School Students
4. Criteria: Students must read and comprehend at a Novice Mid
5. Issuer: Teacher
6. Evidence: Students will write extra writing assignments stories and meet Novice Mid Standards at least 5 times. 

1. Speaker Pro
2. This badge is given to students after completing extra writing assignments
3. For Spanish 1, High School Students
   
4. Criteria: Students must read and comprehend at a Novice Mid
5. Issuer: Teacher
6. Evidence: Students will do extra speaking assignments and meet Novice Mid Standards at least 5 times. At least 3 of the assignments have to be about other people, not yourself.

1. Chef
2. This badge is given to students that cook something Hispanic for the class
3. For Spanish 1, High School Students
4. Criteria: Students must cook a Hispanic dish for the class.
5. Issuer: Teacher
6. Evidence: Students will bring in a dish, explain where it is from, how it is made and what is in the dish.

1. Dancer
2. This badge is given to students that learn how to dance a Hispanic Dance.
3. For Spanish 1, High School Students
4. Criteria: Students must learn the steps to a Hispanic Dance
5. Issuer: Teacher
6. Evidence: Students will explain to the teacher (and possibly to the class if they are not shy) the steps of the dance they choose and share a song.

*Standard: Writing 1
How Will I Know I Have Mastered My Learning?

1 – Beginner
☐ I can copy some letters and words that I see on the wall or board, in a book, or on the computer.
 
2 – Novice Low
☐ I can write words and phrases that I have learned.
☐ I can label familiar people, places, and objects in pictures and posters.
 
3  - Novice Mid
☐ I can fill out a simple form with some basic personal information.
☐ I can write about myself using learned phrases and memorized expressions.
☐ I can list my daily activities and write lists that help me in my day-to-day life.
☐ I can write notes about something I have learned using lists, phrases, and memorized expressions.

4 – Novice High
☐ I can write information about my daily life in a letter, blog, discussion board, or email message.
☐ I can write short notes using phrases and simple sentences.
☐ I can write about a familiar experience or event using practiced material.
☐ I can write basic information about things I have learned.
☐ I can ask for information in writing.

Standard: Speaking 1
How Will I Know I Have Mastered My Learning?

1 – Beginner
☐ I can recite words and phrases that I have learned.
 
2 – Novice Low
☐ I can state the names of familiar people, places, and objects in pictures and posters using words or memorized phrases.
☐ I can introduce myself to a group.
☐ I can recite short memorized phrases, parts of poems, and rhymes.
 
3  - Novice Mid
☐ I can present information about myself and others using words and phrases.
☐ I can express my likes and dislikes using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
☐ I can present information about familiar items in my immediate environment.
☐ I can tell about my daily activities using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
☐ I can present simple information about something I learned using words, phrases, and memorized expressions.
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4 – Novice High
☐ I can present information about my life using phrases and simple sentences.
☐ I can present a familiar experience or event in simple terms using phrases and simple sentences.
☐ I can present information about a familiar person, place, or thing using phrases and simple sentences.
☐ I can present information about others using phrases and simple sentences.
☐ I can give basic instructions on how to make or do something using phrases and simple sentences.
☐ I can present basic information about things I have learned using phrases and simple sentences.

Standard: Reading 1
How Will I Know I Have Mastered My Learning?

1 - Beginner
☐ I can connect a few words or phrases to their meanings.
 
2 - Novice Low
☐ I can recognize words and phrases with the help of visuals.
☐ I can recognize words and phrases when I associate them with things I already know

3  - Novice Mid
☐ I can usually understand short simple messages on familiar topics
☐ I can sometimes understand short, simple descriptions with the help of pictures or graphs.
☐ I can sometimes understand the main idea of published materials
☐ I can understand simple everyday notices in public places on topics that are familiar to me.
 
4 – Novice High
☐ I can understand messages in which the writer tells or asks me about topics of personal interest.
☐ I can identify some simple information needed on forms.
☐ I can identify some information from news media.
 
Standard: Listening 1
How Will I Know I Have Mastered My Learning?

1 – Beginner
☐ I can occasionally identify the sound of a word
 
2 – Novice Low
☐ I can occasionally understand isolated words that I have memorized, particularly when accompanied by gestures or pictures.
 
3  - Novice Mid
☐ I can understand a few courtesy phrases.
☐ I can recognize and sometimes understand basic information in words and phrases that I have memorized.
☐ I can recognize and sometimes understand words and phrases that I have learned for specific purposes.

4 – Novice High
☐ I can sometimes understand simple questions or statements on familiar topics.
☐ I can understand simple information when presented with pictures and graphs.
☐ I can sometimes understand the main idea of conversations that I overhear.
 

Standard: Communication 1
How Will I Know I Have Mastered My Learning?

1 – Beginner
☐ I can greet my peers with one word answers.
☐ I can answer a few simple questions with one word answers.
 
2 – Novice Low
☐ I can greet my peers.
☐ I can introduce myself to someone.
☐ I can answer a few simple questions.
 
3  - Novice Mid
☐I can greet and leave people in a polite way
☐I can introduce myself and others.
☐I can answer a variety of simple questions.
☐I can make some simple statements in a conversation
☐I can ask some simple questions.
☐I can communicate basic information about myself and people I know.
☐I can communicate some basic information about my everyday life.
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4 – Novice High
☐I can exchange some personal information.
☐I can exchange information using texts, graphs or pictures
☐I can ask for and give simple directions.
☐I can make plans with others.
☐I can interact with others in everyday situations.