Manos a la Obra
Let’s Get to Work
Service learning, for real: students design and execute a small project that serves Spanish speakers in their community — the year Spanish leaves the classroom.
Unit objectives
- Identify a real community need involving Spanish
- Plan a project: goals, steps, roles, timeline
- Execute and document the project
- Reflect on impact in past tense
Can-Do targets
- I can plan a project with goals and steps in Spanish.
- I can use my Spanish to help someone outside class.
- I can report what we did and what changed.
Vocabulary scope
el proyecto, la necesidad, el objetivo, el paso, colaborar, servir, el voluntario, el resultado, documentar, el impacto
How this unit builds
The Communities standard made real: bilingual signage, translated welcome guides, reading buddies — Spanish with consequences beyond a grade.
What this unit will contain
Lessons are produced in the same fully interactive format as Kindergarten — flashcards with audio, games, listening tasks, and take-home activities — and will unlock here as they are finished.
La necesidad — finding the need
El plan — project design
La acción — execution weeks
La documentación — capturing it
IPA: Nuestro proyecto
The minga tradition
Andean communities practice the minga — the whole village shows up to build, harvest, or repair together. Community service isn’t charity; it’s membership. Students join the tradition.