Learning objective
- To identify and describe the geography of Peru.
Success criteria
- I can locate Peru within South America.
- I can
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Languages
Pupils should be
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Before starting this unit, check that the children can recall: Some colour adjectives (see Spanish, Year 3/4 (B), Shapes and colours in Spanish). That vivo en… – I live in…, is followed by a place name or noun with an article. Children in Year 4 may also recall: Adjectives should agree with the gender of the…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
- Should create sentences using the sentence stem and captions from the Activity: What is in Peru sort cards.
- Could listen to the audio from the Presentation: Sentence building to rehearse vocabulary orally.
Pupils working at greater depth:
- Could create extended sentences, listing three or more items which are or are not found in Peru.
- Could research and add additional features, using a dictionary to source new vocabulary as needed.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding can:
- Build two or three factually correct sentences
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Vocabulary
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hay
there is/are
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desierto
desert
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In this unit
Assessment - Spanish Y3/4: The Amazon rainforest
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: Where is the Amazon rainforest?
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Exploring the rainforest
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Amazing Amazon animals
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Animal anatomy
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: Which rainforest animal am I?
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 6: Amazon explorers
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Last update: 9th February, 2026
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