Learning objective
- To use spelling patterns and rhythms to learn and perform rainforest animal names.
Success criteria
- I can listen for familiar phonemes in new
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National curriculum
Languages
Pupils should be taught to:
- Explore
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Pair the children and ask them to think of five things found in Peru (in Spanish or English). Use the Presentation: Sentence building as a reminder if needed.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
- Should focus initially on cognate animal names with two or three syllables.
- Could use the Resource: Animal flashcards for support, where each name is broken into syllables.
- Could record their voices on sound buttons to aid repetition.
Pupils working at greater depth
- Could include additional language in their performance such as the names of the different forest layers.
- Could create a chorus to teach the whole class.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding can:
- Repeat animal names with increasing
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Vocabulary
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un armadillo
an armadillo
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un delfín
a dolphin
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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
Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: What is the Amazon rainforest like?
Developing an understanding of vegetation belts and exploring further the ‘tropical grasslands’ of the Amazon...
Lesson 3: The rhythm of the forest floor
Creating body percussion rhythms to suit the movement of the animals within layers of the...
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Habitats and seasonal change
Exploring different habitats and their inhabitants and presenting observations of how a woodland habitat changes...
