spanish early level

Spanish Early Level

Los días de la semana

Early Level Significant Aspects of Learning

• Explore and recognise patterns and sounds of the language.• Listen and join in with simple songs and rhymes.• Actively take part in simple daily routine language• Participate in familiar games

VocabularyDays of the week Aim to teach all 7 days before leading up to months and birthdays in 1st and 2nd level.

¿Qué día es hoy? What day is it? Es… It’slunes Mondaymartes Tuesdaymiércoles Wednesdayjueves Thursdayviernes Fridaysábado Saturdaydomingo Sunday

NB: Days of the week do not have capital letters in Spanish

¿Qué día es hoy?

Hoy es

Hoy es martes

Hoy es miércoles

Hoy es jueves

Hoy es viernes

Hoy es sábado

Hoy es domingo

Embedding the language

Use the Spanish day of the week classroom signs (on the website) and ask pupils to pick the correct one each day.

Sample activities You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level Greetings.

lunesmartes

miércoles jueves viernes sábado

domingo

¿Qué día es hoy?

• Pupils should look at the slides, listen to the day of the week in Spanish and try and match the day of the week to the correct word in English.

• You could support this further by using day of the week fans so that pupils could do their own individual version.

¿Qué día es hoy?Tuesday Sunday

Monday Wednesday

¿Qué día es hoy?Friday Thursday

Tuesday Sunday

¿Qué día es hoy?Saturday Monday

Tuesday Thursday

¿Qué día es hoy?Tuesday Sunday

Monday Wednesday

¿Qué día es hoy? 2

• Pupils should look at the slides and try and guest which day of the week it is hidden behind the question mark.

• To support this they could have days of the week on cards in front of them. This can be further supported

¿Qué día es hoy?

Hoy es…

¿Qué día es hoy?

Hoy es…

¿Qué día es hoy?

Hoy es…

¿Qué día es hoy?

Hoy es…

¿Qué día es hoy?

Hoy es…

¿Qué día es hoy?

Hoy es…

¿Qué día es hoy?

Hoy es…

¿Qué día es hoy?

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¿Qué día es hoy?

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¿Qué día es hoy?

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Songs and videos!

You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

You will find a set of more challenging activities in First Level Days of the Week and Months.

Days of the week rap

Los días de la semana

You will find a bank of sample ICT activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

Each of the slides contains an image of the website page. If you click on the image it will take you to the page. Alternatively you can use a link address which you will find in the slide notes.

ICT Resources online

BBC Primary Spanish Days of the week activities

¡Adiós!