Belongings: 'tener' and articles 'un' and 'una'

Belongings: 'tener' and articles 'un' and 'una'

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Why this why now

This unit adds 'tener' to pupils' early knowledge of highly frequent Spanish verbs. Pupils build on their knowledge of gender in Spanish when they learn masculine and feminine indefinite articles and nouns. They are introduced to forming plural nouns and indefinite articles, and will extend their repertoire of nouns, plural nouns, and determiners in later units. Hard c is introduced to a, o, u to expand their knowledge of vowels. New sounds l and ll are taught.

Prior knowledge requirements

  • Pupils know how to use 'es' with an adjective.
  • Pupils know how to ask yes/no questions using raised intonation.
  • Pupils know the sound-symbol correspondences for [a], [o], [u].
  • Pupils know the word 'y'.
  • Pupils know how to use singular nouns in Spanish.

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Why this why now

This unit adds 'tener' to pupils' early knowledge of highly frequent Spanish verbs. Pupils build on their knowledge of gender in Spanish when they learn masculine and feminine indefinite articles and nouns. They are introduced to forming plural nouns and indefinite articles, and will extend their repertoire of nouns, plural nouns, and determiners in later units. Hard c is introduced to a, o, u to expand their knowledge of vowels. New sounds l and ll are taught.

Prior knowledge requirements

  • Pupils know how to use 'es' with an adjective.
  • Pupils know how to ask yes/no questions using raised intonation.
  • Pupils know the sound-symbol correspondences for [a], [o], [u].
  • Pupils know the word 'y'.
  • Pupils know how to use singular nouns in Spanish.