Learning objective
- To listen and join in with a Spanish finger puppet rhyme.
Success criteria
- I can listen
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National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be
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Cross-curricular links
English
Reading – comprehension
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Silently mouth one of the feelings phrases from Lesson 4: How are you? (see Teacher knowledge): Bien – good (one thumb up). Muy bien – very good (two thumbs up). Mal – bad (one thumb down). Muy mal – very bad (two thumbs down). Fantástico – fantastic (two thumbs up above head). Ask the children…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
Could use the Activity: Puppet template to create the puppets rather than creating them from scratch; could use the Activity: Puppet template to highlight all of the lines in the rhyme which mention Fernando (Me llamo Fernando, ¡Hola Fernando!, ¡Adiós Fernando!) and say the rhyme with a partner in a call and repeat style, so that their partner says, for example, Me llamo Isabel and they respond with Me llamo Fernando.
Pupils working at greater depth:
Should be encouraged to discuss strategies for memorising and performing the rhyme; could consider alternative language they might use or add, for example asking each other how they are.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: joining in with familiar
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Vocabulary
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Vocabulary for this unit has already been introduced in Lessons 1-4.
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 8th September, 2025
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