Y3/4 (A): Unit 3: Pets and colours in Spanish
Learning the vocabulary for pets and colours; reading and writing a story about a pet shop.
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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
- To apply new and familiar vocabulary when talking about pets.
Y3/4 (A) Lesson 2: Colours
- To recognise and name some colours in Spanish.
Y3/4 (A) Lesson 3: Animal descriptions
- To translate descriptive sentences about animals.
Y3/4 (A) Lesson 4: Mystery animals
- To describe animals using colour adjectives.
Y3/4 (A) Lesson 5: Tales from the pet shop
- To use language detective skills to understand and retell a story.
Y3/4 (A) Lesson 6: Writing stories about pets
- To compose a story about pets.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Unit resources

Knowledge organiser – Spanish: Pets and colours.
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the mixed-age unit 'Y3/4 (A): Unit 3: Pets and…
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 unit 'Pets and colours in Spanish'.
Cross-curricular opportunities
Music: Listening to and recalling sounds.
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