Activities in this teacher's guide for unit one of a Spanish Language Arts curriculum for first graders are grouped into structured reading and listening (related comprehension and interpretation skills for each), and oral language development and language-experience reading. Three small picture books for students (brief Spanish dialogue/descriptions) come with the guide. Basic theme is the child in relation to the classroom, with focuses on the child, his needs, wants and resources, and his use of resources. Specific content includes: left to right orientation and return sweep; auditory recognition of initial sounds and rhyming words; motor coordination; sequence of events related to rhymes/folk stories; literary elements of main ideas, characters, and setting; auditory/visual discrimination of initial sounds; imitative reading; graphemic representation of sounds; verifying statements; retelling episodes; anticipating events; cooperation; appropriate classroom behavior; identification of persons/classroom activities; identification of characters; child's resources; relating personal experiences to activities; illustrating a story; new letters, words, and structures; structured reading; concept development; exploration of feelings; and association of personal experiences. Assessment activities are given. (RS)