Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of animal vocabulary to ask and answer questions about pets.
- Recognise and name some colours.
- Translate descriptive sentences about animals and their colour.
- Write descriptive sentences about animals, positioning the adjective after the noun each time.
- Apply language detective skills to deduce meaning and make predictions about a story.
- Compose and write a story about pets.
Suggested prior learning
Y3/4 (A) Spanish numbers and ageLessons
Y3/4 (A) Lesson 1: Pets
Y3/4 (A) Lesson 2: Colours
Y3/4 (A) Lesson 3: Animal descriptions
Y3/4 (A) Lesson 4: Mystery animals
Y3/4 (A) Lesson 5: Tales from the pet shop
Y3/4 (A) Lesson 6: Writing stories about pets
Key skills
Language comprehension
- Listening
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Key knowledge
Phonics
To know:
- The
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Key vocabulary
un caballo
un conejo
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – Spanish: Pets and colours.
Aimed at pupils, a single page that gives key facts and definitions from the unit.
Translations Y3/4: Pets and colours in Spanish
Translations of key texts and transcripts from resources in this unit.
Vocabulary display: Pets and colours in Spanish
A display version of the key vocabulary from the Pets and colours in Spanish unit.
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Music: Listening to and recalling sounds.
English: Reading comprehension, writing composition.