Primary 5th Class Languages
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German for 5th Class

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

  • Student Activity Book
  • Mapped to the NCCA curriculum

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 German 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: Say Hallo

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 9 of the 9 outcomes for this class.

Communicative Competence In The L3 9 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

Pupils meet essential social language and concrete classroom vocabulary: greetings, goodbyes, colours, numbers, classroom objects and shapes.

  1. Hello and Goodbye
  2. 1 Say Hallo Sample lesson
  3. 2 Tschüss or Auf Wiedersehen
  4. Colours and Numbers
  5. 3 Spot the Colours
  6. 4 Eins to Zehn!
  7. Classroom and Shapes
  8. 5 Name Classroom Items (Das Klassenzimmer)
  9. 6 Spot the Shapes (Die Formen)
  10. Module 1 assessment: Welcoming Words Assessment
2 Delicious Discoveries 6 lessons and an assessment · about 6 hours

Pupils build food and drink vocabulary, meet grammatical gender through nouns with articles, and practise polite requests.

  1. Fruits and Vegetables
  2. 7 Pick Fruits
  3. 8 Market Vegetables
  4. Food and Drinks
  5. 9 What's on the Menu? (Das Essen)
  6. 10 Ordering Drinks (Die Getränke)
  7. Polite Words and Family
  8. 11 Polite Words at the School Kiosk
  9. 12 Meet the Family (Die Familie)
  10. Module 2 assessment: Delicious Discoveries Assessment
3 Amazing Animals 6 lessons and an assessment · about 6 hours

Pupils name pets, farm animals, wild animals, birds, sea creatures and insects, practising recognition and pronunciation through varied games.

  1. Pets and Farm Animals
  2. 13 Name Your Pets
  3. 14 Visit the Farm (Die Bauernhoftiere)
  4. Wild Animals and Birds
  5. 15 Spot Wild Animals (Die Wildtiere)
  6. 16 Watch the Birds
  7. Sea Creatures and Insects
  8. 17 Dive with Sea Creatures
  9. 18 Insect Spotters
  10. Module 3 assessment: Amazing Animals Assessment
4 About Me Stories 6 lessons and an assessment · about 6 hours

Pupils learn to introduce themselves, share age and simple facts, and talk about body parts, clothes, emotions and rooms of the house.

  1. Introductions and About Me
  2. 19 Introduce Yourself
  3. 20 Share About Me
  4. Body and Clothes
  5. 21 Point to Body Parts
  6. 22 Dress Up (Die Kleidung)
  7. Emotions and Home
  8. 23 How I Feel (Glücklich)
  9. 24 Tour the House (Die Zimmer)
  10. Module 4 assessment: About Me Stories Assessment
5 Daily Life Explorers 6 lessons and an assessment · about 6 hours

Pupils talk about nature, weather, transport, days of the week, sports and furniture, closing the year with around 240 words.

  1. Nature and Weather
  2. 25 Explore Nature (Die Natur)
  3. 26 Check the Weather
  4. Transport and Days
  5. 27 Travel Modes: Buses, Bikes and Boats
  6. 28 Days of the Week (Die Wochentage)
  7. Sports and Furniture
  8. 29 Play Sports (Der Sport)
  9. 30 Home Furnishings (Die Möbel)
  10. Module 5 assessment: Daily Life Explorers Assessment

What pupils learn

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

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