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- Year 5
Christmas lottery
Learning outcomes
I can appreciate the Spanish tradition of the Christmas lottery.
I can accurately pronounce a range of sound-spelling correspondences and words with strong and weak vowels.
- Year 5
Christmas lottery
Learning outcomes
I can appreciate the Spanish tradition of the Christmas lottery.
I can accurately pronounce a range of sound-spelling correspondences and words with strong and weak vowels.
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Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [ca], [co], [cu] are hard sounds whilst [ce], [ci], [z] and [ch] are soft sounds.
- [a], [e], [o] are strong vowels whilst [i] and [u] are weak vowels.
- 'La lotería de Navidad' is an annual event taking place on 22nd December. It is a tradition for families to buy tickets.
- The big prize is called 'El Gordo' and is worth a lot of money.
- The verb 'tener' means 'to have, having'. To say 'I have' we use 'tengo'. To say 'she, he, it has', we use 'tiene'.
Keywords
Tengo - verb 'I have', part of the verb ‘tener’ meaning ‘to have’
Tiene - verb 'she, he, it has', part of the verb ‘tener’ meaning ‘to have’
Common misconception
All vowels are pronounced separately.
[a], [e], [o] are strong vowels and are pronounced separately whilst [i] and [u] are weak vowels and merge with [a], [e] and [o] to make a single syllable.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Which word means 'date'?
Q2.Match the Spanish to the English.
to learn, learning
to eat, eating
to listen, listening
to buy, buying
to write, writing
to be, being
Q3.Match the Spanish to the English.
yellow
white
blue
red
green
orange
Q4.Order the months from earliest in the year to latest.
Q5.'Tienes un billete especial.' Translate this sentence into English.
Q6.'The big draw interests me.' Translate this sentence into Spanish.
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the Spanish to the English.
to sing, singing
to speak, speaking
to have, having
to draw, drawing
to decide, deciding
to classify, classifying, to sort, sorting