Look around the room. Your jumper, the board, the door, a pencil case. Spain's flag is full of colour too. Point at four things and name each colour in English first. How many colours can you spot before we start?
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Say eight colour words in Spanish
- Match each colour word to something you can see
- Spot which Spanish colours sound like English ones
Here are today's eight colours, in two sets of four.
First set: tap each one, listen, then say it back together. Then we point at real things in the room and say those four Spanish colours out loud.
Second set: same again with the next four. Listen for the ones that sound almost like English, and the ones that give you no help at all.
Watch the board. When it is your turn, flip two cards and say the Spanish colour out loud before you claim a match. Everyone else: whisper the Spanish word from your seat as each card turns. After every match, the whole class whispers the Spanish word together once more like a secret code.
The word list stays on the board: copy the spellings from it. Open your copy and write all eight Spanish colours. Beside four of them, write the English name of something in this room that is that colour.
These pictures are from a mercado in Valencia: fruit stalls with naranjas and tomates, bright awnings, football scarves. Volunteers click the labels on the board. Everyone else: when you know the colour, point at something that colour in the room (or hold up a matching colouring pencil) and say the Spanish word quietly. On three, we all say it together, then the volunteer clicks that label.
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