Unit 2: Shapes and colours in Spanish
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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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Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: Colours
- To recognise and name some colours in Spanish.
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Describing shapes
- To begin to describe shapes using colour adjectives.
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Gaudí mosaics
- To create and practise descriptive phrases orally.
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Tile hunt
- To read and recognise descriptive phrases in Spanish.
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: Tiles of the Alhambra
- To write a design brief using shape and colour vocabulary.
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 6: Tile designs
- To create a short presentation using descriptive phrases.
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Unit resources

Knowledge organiser – Spanish Y3/4 (B): Shapes and colours in Spanish
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit ‘Shapes and colours in Spanish’.

Vocabulary display – Spanish Y3/4 (B): Shapes and colours in Spanish
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit ‘Shapes and colours’.

Translations: Shapes and colours
Translations of key texts and transcripts from resources in this unit.
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.