Primary 5th Class Languages
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Spanish for 5th Class

A full year of beginner Spanish for 5th Class, building pre-A1 communicative competence through greetings, food, animals, self-expression and daily life.

  • Student Activity Book
  • Mapped to the NCCA curriculum
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The whole first lesson, as your class sees it. No sign-in needed.

On the interactive whiteboard
Spin for a number
Naming things in the classroom
Matching the vegetables
Number bingo

What your school gets

Everything a teacher needs to teach Spanish for 5th Class this year.

In class

  • 30 lessons, ready to teach Each one planned step by step, taught from the interactive whiteboard. 9 interactive activities across the course.
  • Module assessments 5 module assessments.
  • Try the first lesson: Hola at the School Gate

On paper

The whole books come with the course, in each class's Resources.

For planning

Included with the course. Teachers find them in their class's Resources.

The curriculum it covers

Every lesson is mapped to the specification. This course teaches 8 of the 9 outcomes for this class.

Primary Language Curriculum (MFL)
Communicative Competence In The L3 8 of 9 outcomes
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Curriculum Area
Outcomes
Communicative Competence In The L3
Developing communicative relationships through language
S4.CR.1 S4.CR.2 S4.CR.3
Understanding the content and structure of language
S4.CS.1 S4.CS.2
Exploring and using language
S4.EU.1 S4.EU.2 S4.EU.3 S4.EU.4

Tap any outcome to read it. The coloured ones are taught in this course. The curriculum does not include official reference codes for individual learning outcomes, so we have assigned a code scheme to make it easier to identify and track coverage.

The course, module by module

30 lessons and 5 assessments in 5 modules. The lesson marked Sample opens in full.

1 Welcoming Words 6 lessons and an assessment · about 6 hours

First contact with Spanish: greetings, goodbyes, colours, numbers, classroom objects and shapes. Pupils learn to open and close a conversation and name what they can see around them.

  1. Hello and Goodbye
  2. 1 Hola at the School Gate Sample lesson
  3. 2 Wave Goodbye (Las Despedidas)
  4. Colours and Numbers
  5. 3 Spot the Colours
  6. 4 Count to Ten (Los Números)
  7. Classroom and Shapes
  8. 5 Name Classroom Items
  9. 6 Spot the Shapes (Las Formas)
  10. Module 1 assessment: Welcoming Words Assessment
2 Delicious Discoveries 6 lessons and an assessment · about 6 hours

Food, drink and the language of asking politely. Pupils meet grammatical gender through fruits and vegetables, practise café language, and name family members.

  1. Fruits and Vegetables
  2. 7 Fruit Names with El and La
  3. 8 Vegetables at the Mercado
  4. Food, Drinks and Manners
  5. 9 Food at the Café
  6. 10 Sip Drinks (Las Bebidas)
  7. 11 Use Polite Words (Por Favor)
  8. Family Members
  9. 12 Meet the Family (La Familia)
  10. Module 2 assessment: Delicious Discoveries Assessment
3 Amazing Animals 6 lessons and an assessment · about 6 hours

Pets, farm animals, wild animals, birds, sea creatures and insects. Pupils build a wide concrete noun vocabulary and keep practising articles and listening.

  1. Pets and Farm Animals
  2. 13 Name Your Pets
  3. 14 Visit La Granja in Andalucía
  4. Wild Animals and Birds
  5. 15 Spot Wild Animals (Los Animales Salvajes)
  6. 16 Watch the Birds (Los Pájaros)
  7. Sea Creatures and Insects
  8. 17 Dive with Sea Creatures
  9. 18 Catch Insects (Los Insectos)
  10. Module 3 assessment: Amazing Animals Assessment
4 About Me Stories 6 lessons and an assessment · about 6 hours

Pupils move from naming things to talking about themselves: introductions, age, body, clothes, emotions and the rooms of a house.

  1. Introductions and About Me
  2. 19 Introduce Yourself (Me Llamo)
  3. 20 All About Me
  4. Body and Clothes
  5. 21 Point to Body Parts (Las Partes Del Cuerpo)
  6. 22 Clothes (La Ropa)
  7. Emotions and Home
  8. 23 Show Your Emotions
  9. 24 Tour a Spanish House
  10. Module 4 assessment: About Me Stories Assessment
5 Daily Life Explorers 6 lessons and an assessment · about 6 hours

Nature, weather, transport, days, sports and furniture close the year. Pupils talk about the world outside school and look back on how much they can now say.

  1. Nature and Weather
  2. 25 Explore Nature Features
  3. 26 Check the Weather (El Tiempo)
  4. Transport and Days
  5. 27 Travel Modes (El Transporte)
  6. 28 Plan the Days
  7. Sports and Furniture
  8. 29 Sports I Like (Los Deportes)
  9. 30 Home Furnishings (Los Muebles)
  10. Module 5 assessment: Daily Life Explorers Assessment

What pupils learn

A full year of beginner Spanish for 5th Class, building pre-A1 communicative competence through greetings, food, animals, self-expression and daily life, with culture beats drawn from the Spanish-speaking world.

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