1 - Insects You Barely Notice ~5 mins
How many insects have you seen today without noticing? An ant on the path, a bee on a flower, a beetle under a leaf: they are everywhere once you start looking.
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Name eight insects in Spanish
- Say where a creature lives in a short sentence
- Talk about which insects are useful to people
2 - Eight Spanish Insects ~10 mins
Here are today's eight insects. Tap each one, listen, then say it back together. Watch which ones take la and which take el.
Place strip (we will use these today):
- la colmena (the hive)
- el jardín (the garden)
- el árbol (the tree)
- el parque (the park)
- el pino (the pine)
Sentence frame: ___ vive en ___
La abeja vive en la colmena. (The bee lives in the hive.)
La oruga vive en el pino. (The caterpillar lives in the pine.)
La mariposa vive en el parque. (The butterfly lives in the park.)
3 - Where Does It Live? ~10 mins
Spin the wheel. When it lands on an insect, say the Spanish word, then finish the frame using a place from the strip.
Frame: ___ vive en ___
Places we know:
- en la colmena
- en el jardín
- en el árbol
- en el parque
- en el pino
4 - Into Your Copy ~3 mins
Open your copy and write two sentences from the board bank. Each one names an insect and where it lives. Use el or la, vive en, and one place from the strip. Copy accents only if they appear on the model (for example the accent in jardín).
5 - Label the Insects ~10 mins
Look at each picture on the board. On three, the whole class whisper-says the Spanish label. Then a volunteer clicks the answer. After each one, thumbs up if you agree.
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