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Your Curriculum
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De cabo a rabo series consists of a textbook (Vocabulario/Gramática), a reader (Lectura), and a workbook, (Actividades). Together, they are your curriculum for Spanish 1, 2, 3, and 4 (see more detailed descriptions below). Over the course of 30 units/chapters, your students seamlessly transition from one course to the next (see semester breakdown below).​
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Al fin y al cabo series is the advanced follow-up, which can be used for your AP course or, alternatively, as your Spanish 4 curriculum if you use a traditional base textbook series that only covers Spanish 1, 2, and 3.
Middle/High-School Program
De cabo a rabo
Spanish 1
Spanish 2
Spanish 3
Spanish 4
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Unidades 1-4
Unidades 9-11
Unidades 16-18
Unidades 23-25
Unidades 5-8
Unidades 12-15
Unidades 19-22
Unidades 26-29
Bonus Units - Unidad 30 & Unidad X
Advanced Placement
Al fin y al cabo
College/University Program
De cabo a rabo
Semester 1
Semester 2
Semester 3
Semester 4
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Unidades 1-8
Unidades 9-15
Unidades 16-22
Unidades 23-29
Bonus Units - Unidad 30 & Unidad X
Semesters 5-6
Al fin y al cabo
Spanish Language School
De cabo a rabo
Beginner 1
Beginner 2
Beginner 3
Intermediate 1
Intermediate 2
Intermediate 3
Unidades 1-5
Unidades 6-10
Unidades 11-15
Unidades 16-20
Unidades 21-25
Unidades 26-30
Bonus Unit - Unidad X
Advanced
Al fin y al cabo
De cabo a rabo: The Most Comprehensive Guide to Learning Spanish Ever Written
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De cabo a rabo - Vocabulario/Gramática is one textbook for all levels (Vocabulario and Gramática also available as individual titles). Students seamlessly transition from one course to the next. Students who need a simple review or significant remediation will have it at their fingertips with a book they are already familiar with from their previous course(s). Students who are ready to charge ahead also have individual advancement at their fingertips. Any student that jumps into your program midstream from some other background will have instant access to everything that their new classmates have had access to up to that point. What they are expected to know or have previously learned will not be an abstract expectation or mystery. Don't miss Vocabulario audiobook on the resources page!
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De cabo a rabo - Lectura is a reader that increases in linguistic complexity with each chapter, inspiring students to keep learning and pushing their knowledge and skill sets in order to see where the story leads. Each unit of Vocabulario and Gramática unlocks new vocabulary and new grammatical structures (underlined throughout the respective chapter), which become fair game in Lectura for that corresponding chapter and beyond. You can have your students read at home and discuss in class, read aloud with their classmates during class time, or even rotate groups to perform chapters in front of the class. Don't miss Lectura audiobook on the resources page!
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De cabo a rabo - Actividades is a single workbook that will take your students every step of the way from the first day of Spanish 1 to the last day of Spanish 4, should they choose to go that far. Since this workbook is a consumable resource, schools most commonly charge students a one-time class fee their first year in the program to cover the cost of the book and students then carry it forward from course to course for as long as they are in the program.​​
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The more you, as the teacher, know the books, the quicker and more easily you will be able to direct your students to the topic in question, whether it be contained within the current course or outside of its scope.​
Scaffolding, Unit by Unit (click to expand)
Al fin y al cabo: A Follow-up to the "De cabo a rabo" Series
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The Al fin y al cabo - Spanish series is an advanced curriculum, which can be used to teach the skills needed for success in an AP class if your school uses De cabo a rabo for Spanish 1-4 or as a Spanish 4 curriculum if your school uses another curriculum for Spanish 1-3.​
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Al fin y al cabo - Actividades is an advanced workbook that reviews and recycles the vocabulary and grammar themes of De cabo a rabo - Vocabulario/Gramática in new and challenging ways. Unlike the De cabo a rabo - Actividades book, the Al fin y al cabo - Actividades book does not increase in linguistic complexity, allowing the teacher to pick and choose the exercises that best suit their classroom needs, whether as the main course curriculum or as a supplemental resource.
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Al fin y al cabo - Relatos y análisis is an illustrated, original short-story book that exposes students to new vocabulary and pushes them to the next level with content comprehension questions, content and grammar analysis, and a related writing prompt. The illustrations serve as a pre-reading, anticipatory activity. Unlike De cabo a rabo - Lectura, Al fin y al cabo - Relatos y análisis does not increase in linguistic complexity, allowing the teacher to pick and choose the stories that best suit their classroom needs, whether as the main course curriculum or as a supplemental resource. 
What De cabo a rabo - Spanish is and is not
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​​The De cabo a rabo - Spanish series is pure language. It was carefully and meticulously crafted to provide you with a roadmap from beginning to end. Simply put, it's the most elaborate and detailed scope and sequence you've ever seen. It is the "WHAT" that keeps you and your students on track and in sync with your colleagues in your department. When a student transitions from one course to another, each teacher can have confidence in WHAT language skills and content the students were previously exposed to.
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The De cabo a rabo - Spanish series is not the teacher. It's not the class or course. It's not a teaching method or an approach. It makes no attempt to tell you "HOW" to teach, and we wouldn't have it any other way. Each teacher/department must determine the HOW, the method, the approach that best works for them. You will not find "big c" culture like art and architecture or "little c" culture like family traditions and festivals in these books. You will not find stock photos or silly clipart in these books. You will not find music, cinema or other performing arts in these books. And that is not to say that they aren't all important and relevant to your Spanish-language classroom. Your personal cultural experiences, anecdotes and photos, your love of art or architecture, your knowledge of theater, music, dance, sports, etc. are how your students will connect with the cultural aspect of language learning. With the help of the internet, modern technology, and the Unit by Unit resources on this website, we are confident you will have all the tools you'll need to bring the Spanish-speaking world into your classroom. You don't have to reinvent the wheel when it comes to the language itself; we've done that for you, but, as the teacher, with your passions, your creativity and your ability to read your students, you are what makes your class your class. We believe in you and we have your back!