Learning objective
- To write opinion phrases about different celebrations.
Success criteria
- I can use familiar vocabulary to describe what
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National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be taught to:
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Cross-curricular links
None.
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Organise the children in pairs. Hand out the Knowledge organiser (one between two). Play ‘Veo, veo‘ (I spy) using the Knowledge organiser to spot Spanish words or phrases. For example: I spy a Spanish verb beginning with ‘c’ (correr or comer). I spy a Spanish festival beginning with ‘t’ (La Tomatina). Allow a few minutes…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
- Should use the Activity: Writing about fiestas for sentence stem prompts during the Main event.
- Could write about parties in general instead of a specific festival.
Pupils working at greater depth:
- Should use the conjunctions y – and, and pero – but.
- Could look up additional language in the dictionary, such as a festival of their choice, verbs or nouns for adding extra detail to actions.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding can:
- Apply vocabulary learnt in this unit to express
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Vocabulary
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¿Qué te gusta hacer?
What do you like to do?
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In this unit
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 9th February, 2026
Assessment – Spanish Y3/4: Spanish celebrations
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Festival likes and dislikes
Listening to spoken language; identifying festival activities people like and dislike to do.
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: Adding details to actions
Using a bilingual dictionary to look up nouns that add extra detail to actions; listing...
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Verbs in Spanish
Selecting appropriate vocabulary; looking up verbs in a bilingual Spanish-English dictionary.
