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Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Point to a colour that matches a spoken word.
- Say the names of some colours in Spanish.
- Read and recognise descriptive phrases and match them to an image.
- Identify shapes with their name and colour in Spanish, placing the colour adjective after the noun.
- Write or copy shape and colour names with accuracy.
- Recall and produce some key vocabulary from memory.
Suggested prior learning
Unit 2: Spanish numbers and ages
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Lessons
Lesson 1: Colours
Lesson 2: Describing shapes
Lesson 3: Gaudí mosaics
Lesson 4: Tile hunt
Lesson 5: Tiles of the Alhambra
Lesson 6: Tile designs
Key skills
Language comprehension
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Key knowledge
Phonics
- To know
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Key vocabulary
¿Qué color es?
amarillo
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Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
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Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
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Four Beanbags in red, yellow, blue and green (one of each colour).
Feely bag activity
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2D including circle, rectangle, square and triangle
As needed
The equipment below is optional
- 2D shapes
- Coloured card
- Scissors right- and left-handed options recommended. ×30
- Glue stick ×30
- Pre-cut paper shapes
- Clipboards ×30
- Map of Spain
- Sticky notes
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: Spanish – Year 3 Shapes and colours
Aimed at pupils, a single page document that gives key facts and definitions from the unit 'Unit 3: Shapes and…
Vocabulary display: Shapes and colours in Spanish
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit 'Shapes and colours in Spanish'.
Translations: Shapes and colours
Translations of key texts and transcripts from resources in this unit.
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Cross-curricular opportunities
Mathematics: Geometry – properties of shapes: Compare and sort common 2-D and 3-D shapes and everyday objects.
Art and design: Great artists, architects and designers in history; Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space.
Physical education: Take part in outdoor and adventurous activity challenges both individually and within a team.
Design and technology: Use research and develop design criteria to inform the design of innovative, functional, appealing products that are fit for purpose, aimed at particular individuals or groups; Generate, develop, model and communicate their ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, cross-sectional and exploded diagrams, prototypes, pattern pieces and computer-aided design.
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Unit 4: Classroom objects in Spanish
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