Elementary World Language
First Grade Unit: Nuestro Ambiente
Spanish Language
Overview. In this unit, students learn about the country of Spain. Students also learn about
means of transportation, the seasons, weather, temperature and various activities people can do in
Spain throughout the year.
Essential Questions:
● How do we travel? (week 1)
● What do we do during the year? (week 2)
● How does the environment change during each season? (week 3)
● What’s the day like? (week 4)
Enduring Understandings:
● Earth is a large planet, but through modes of transportation people can travel to many places
throughout the globe.
● Spain is a place on Earth where people speak Spanish. ● People use transportation to travel within Spain.
● People do different activities depending on the month and time of year. ● People do different activities depending on the weather condition.
● Plants change depending on the season.
CURRICULUM STANDARDS / STUDENT OUTCOMES
Communication
1.1 Interpersonal - Students will:
● Ask and answer questions about the season and the weather.
● Ask and answer questions about travel and transportation.
● Ask and answer questions about the months of the year.
1.2 Interpretive Reading and Listening - Students will:
● Read and listen to information about the the weather and the seasons; read a picturebased story.
● Listen to and watch a video about how people travel.
● Read a travel brochure and identify words related to transportation.
● Identify the sounds of the letters n and ñ.
1.3 Presentational Speaking and Writing - Students will:
● Describe different geographical features of Spain.
● Recommend clothing based on the season and weather.
● Describe how people use different means of transportation to travel.
● Give activity recommendations based on the weather.
● Explain how plants change throughout the seasons. ● Describe different activities people do during the seasons. ● Use the prepositions en and con appropriately. ● Describe events that are going to happen in the future. Culture
2.1 Practices and Perspectives - Students will:
● Compare and contrast modes of transportation in Spain with those in their country.
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● Identify common activities in Spain. ● Identify yearly events in Spain. 2.2 Products and Perspectives - Students will:
● Examine a weather forecast from a newspaper in Spain. ● Identify traditional clothing worn during the San Fermín festival. Connections
3.1 Cross-curricular - Students will:
● Identify and describe the weather conditions yesterday, today and tomorrow.
● Compare and contrast temperature.
3.2 Target Culture - Students will:
● Acquire information about events in Spain through Spanish language media sources.
Comparisons
4.1 Language - Students will:
● Demonstrate one-to-one correspondence between spoken and printed words.
● Compare the sounds of the letters n and ñ in Spanish and in English.
● Compare words for transportation, weather, seasons and recycling between Spanish and
English.
4.2 Culture - Students will:
● Compare and contrast activities that people in Spanish do throughout the year.
● Compare and contrast events that occur in Spain with special events that occur in their
own country.
Communities
5.1 Beyond the School - Students will:
● Participate in simulations that replicate authentic conversations about weather, seasons,
and travel.
5.2 Lifelong Learner - Students will:
● Utilize the language to experience news and entertainment available through print and
electronic Spanish language media.
FUNCTIONS • VOCABULARY • STRUCTURES
LANGUAGE
FUNCTION
Name various means
CONTENT VOCABULARY
Transportación:
LANGUAGE
STRUCTURE
● ¿Cómo viajas?
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of transportation.
Say how people
travel.
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First Grade Unit: Nuestro Ambiente
Spanish Language
avión
barco
bicicleta
bus
carro
metro
tren
Ambiente:
● agua
● aire
● calle
● vía
Verbos:
● viajar
Tell what activities
people do throughout
the year and where
they do them.
Meses:
● enero
● febrero
● marzo
● abril
● mayo
● junio
● julio
● agosto
● septiembre
● octubre
● noviembre
● diciembre
Actividades:
● esquiar
● nadar
● visitar
● jugar
Lugares:
● montaña
● río
● isla
● mar
● Yo viajo en
(transportación).
● Me gusta viajar en
(transportación).
● ¿Cómo viaja(n)?
● Viaja(n) en
(transportación).
● ¿Cómo viajas a la
escuela?
● Yo viajo a la escuela en
(transportación)
● ¿Cómo viajas por
(ambiente)?
● Yo viajo por (ambiente)
en (transportación).
● ¿Qué mes es?
● Es (mes).
● ¿Cuáles son los meses
del año?
● ¿Cuáles son los meses
de (estación)?
● Los meses son . . .
● En qué mes visitas la
playa?
● Yo visito la playa en
(mes).
● ¿En qué mes juegas en
el parque?
● Yo juego en el parque
en (mes).
● Yo esquío en (lugar).
● Yo nado en (lugar).
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● playa
Compare and contrast n:
n and ñ
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ñ:
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Identify types of
weather.
Say what the weather
was like yesterday
and what it will be
like tomorrow.
negro
niña
noviembre
nubes
montaña
muñeca
niño
piña
Tiempo:
● lluvioso
● nublado
● soleado
● hace calor
● hace frio
Cosas:
● lluvia
● sol
● tiempo
Ciudades:
● Sevilla
● Pamplona
● Madrid
Identify the four
seasons.
Describe the four
seasons.
● ¿Cómo está el día?
● El día está (tiempo).
● ¿Qué tiempo hace?
● Hace frio/calor.
● ¿Cómo está el día hoy?
● Hoy el día está
(tiempo).
● ¿Dónde está (tiempo)
en España?
● En (ciudad) está
(tiempo).
● En (ciudad) hace
frío/calor.
Estaciones:
● primavera
● verano
● otoño
● invierno
● ¿Qué estación es?
● Es (estación).
Cosas:
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●
●
● ¿En qué estación ves
(cosa)?
● (Estación).
● En qué estación tienen
flores las plantas?
● (Estación).
● ¿Con qué te gusta jugar
en cada estación?
● Me gusta jugar con
flor/flores
hoja/hojas
nieve
planta/plantas
viñedo
Tiempo:
● hace calor
● ¿Qué estación te gusta?
● Me gusta (estación).
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First Grade Unit: Nuestro Ambiente
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● hace frío
● hace mucho (tiempo)
● hace un poco de (tiempo)
Tell what is going to
happen in the future.
Verbo Ir + a:
● Voy a
● Vas a
● Va a
● Vamos a
● Van a
(cosa) en (estación).
● ¿Dónde (ir + a) jugar?
● (Ir + a) jugar en (lugar).