Unit 1: Spanish greetings with puppets
Greeting people and making introductions in Spanish using puppets.
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Unit 1: Spanish greetings with puppets
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Form short phrases to say hello and introduce themselves.
- Follow a sequence of phonemes and begin to notice key phonemes in Spanish words.
- Recognise and respond to different greetings.
- Use actions to show their understanding of different feelings phrases.
- Join in with and perform a finger rhyme.
- Begin to relate written captions to the words that they hear.
Suggested prior learning
This is the first unit in the Kapow Primary Spanish scheme.Lessons
Lesson 1: Introductions
Lesson 6: Puppet parade
Lesson 2: Saying goodbye
Lesson 3: Greetings day and night
Lesson 4: How are you?
Lesson 5: Learning a finger rhyme
Key skills
Key knowledge
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)
Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Teddy or soft toy 1
The equipment below is optional
To make puppets
- A selection of Cardboard tubes
- Coloured card
- Scissors right- and left-handed options recommended. ×30
- Colouring pencils As needed
- Glue stick ×15
- A selection of Wool
- A selection of Beads
- A selection of Finger puppets
- Red and yellow cubes, counters or cards
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Five paper plates with emoji faces drawn on: smile, bigger smile, cheesy grin, sad face, and crying face
Equipment list
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Teddy or soft toy 1
The equipment below is optional
To make puppets
- A selection of Cardboard tubes
- Coloured card
- Scissors right- and left-handed options recommended. ×30
- Colouring pencils As needed
- Glue stick ×15
- A selection of Wool
- A selection of Beads
- A selection of Finger puppets
- Red and yellow cubes, counters or cards
-
Five paper plates with emoji faces drawn on: smile, bigger smile, cheesy grin, sad face, and crying face
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: Spanish – Y3 Greetings with puppets
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit "Unit 1: Spanish greetings with puppets".
Vocabulary display: Spanish greetings with puppets
A display version of the key vocabulary from the unit 'Spanish greetings with puppets'.
Translations: Spanish greetings with puppets
Translations of key texts and transcripts from resources in this unit.