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
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: Colours
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Describing shapes
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Gaudí mosaics
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Tile hunt
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: Tiles of the Alhambra
Y3/4 (B): 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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Spanish phonics videos
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 colourful balls or beanbags in red, yellow, blue and green (one of each colour)
×1 - A feely bag with a selection of coloured 2D shapes: circle, rectangle, square, triangle. ×1
The equipment below is optional
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Colourful paper, scissors, glue
×30 - Clipboards ×15
- Map of Spain ×1
- Sticky notes ×30
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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.
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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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