Spanish background in class 3W

We are based in the class of 3W at Hampton Junior School.

The students of year 3 at Hampton Junior School have never had any
Spanish lessons before and only some of them know basic vocabulary in
Spanish because they did this language in an after school club. The second
language taught at school is French.
The tutor of our class, who is also the coordinator of Key Stage 2,
recommended us to try to explain the activities is Spanish but including some
translations or explanations in English when necessary to ensure the students
understand everything.
Pupils now understand some basic vocabulary like the colours and the
numbers as well as some welcoming expressions and how to ask some
questions about oneself. They have also been taught vocabulary regarding
how to describe a person.
In the past lessons, they have created an amigo/amiga who works as an
avatar to whom they can talk to and explain things in Spanish. It has also
been used to learn how to describe the physical features of a person and will
be used in this lesson to learn some vocabulary about seasons, months and
birthdays.

Lesso
n3
Year
3-4

Learning
Objective

Activity
Whole class work/guided work/independent work/differentiation/pupil
reflection/use of ICT/Targeted support/other adults/key questions
To learn the STARTER:
seasons of Whole class group.
the year.
Oral review about some introductory expressions. + Say HOLA
To learn the AMIG@ and hanging the friend from their clothes.
months of PRESENTING THE LEARNING OBJECTIVE:
the year.
- Aprender las estaciones y los meses del ao.
SEASONS:
Whole class group.
- Let the students guess what estaciones could mean by
giving some clues.
- Teachers representations of each of the seasons, letting
students guess the meaning of each season.
- Students have the letters of each season and they have to
order them to create the word, while teachers help them.
- Teachers with students help match each season with its
representative picture (using IWB).
MONTHS:
Whole class group.
- Let the students guess what meses could mean by giving
some clues.
- Teachers pronounce each months and students repeat it, in
order to figure out some spelling difficulties and solving
them before the song.
- Learning a brief song and dance about months. By

Expectation

Material

Bronze: At
least we
want
students to
learn some
of the
seasons or
months.

-Clothespin (1 for
each student).
-Nuestro amig@
(each student
already has his/her
own paper).
-Printed letters for
the ordering task.
-Seasons
flashcard.
-Writing tools.
-Glues.
-Printed symbols
for the friends
birthday final task
(snowflake, leaf,
sun and flower).

Silver: To
learn all the
seasons and
some
months.
Gold: To
learn
seasons and
months
perfectly.

repeating teachers and watching a video.

*We always introduce simple movements when teaching a
song because we consider that it makes easier to remember
the meaning of the words.
FINAL TASK:
Whole class group.
- Explain them the meaning of CUMPLEAOS, by using some
of the displays they have in class about their birthdays,
and taking advantage of their previous knowledge about
the AOS meaning (from the first lesson).
Activity:
Independent work.
1. To choose the month they prefer for their Spanish
friends birthday.
2. To write it down next to their friend.
3. To figure out the season that each month belongs to, by
watching the explicative slide.
4. To take and glue next to their friend the representative
symbol for the season they have chosen.
*We always try to include mi amig@ in all the lessons, to
create a sense of continuity.
ENDING:
Say ADIS AMIG@ + Give the clothespin to the volunteer
student and keep their friend in the trey.

OTHER RESOURCES IN CASE WE HAVE MORE TIME:

- Reviewing the months song.
- Reviewing the elephants song from the first session.
- Play to VEO VEO, to review the colours from the last session.