Elementary World Language Kindergarten Unit: Nuestro Ambiente

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Elementary World Language
Kindergarten Unit: Nuestro Ambiente
Spanish Language
Overview. In this unit, students learn about Argentina in the context of a visit to different
regions of the country. Students talk about the means of transportation people use to travel from
one place to another. They describe the weather during the previous day and today, and predict
what the weather will be like the following day. Students identify the four seasons, and talk
about the weather associated with each season and the clothes they wear during each season.
Finally, students identify several recyclable materials and talk about recycling.
Essential Questions:
● How do you travel? (week 1)
● What’s the weather like? (week 2)
● What are the seasons? (week 3)
● What do you recycle? (week 4)
Enduring Understandings:
● Argentina is a large country with a wide range of climates and geographic features.
● Argentina has geographic features and climates similar to the United States.
CURRICULUM STANDARDS / STUDENT OUTCOMES
Communication
1.1 Interpersonal - Students will:
● Ask and answer questions about the season and the weather.
● Ask and answer questions about travel and transportation.
● Give clothing recommendations based on the weather.
● Discuss items and identify them as recyclable or not recyclable. 1.2 Interpretive Reading and Listening - Students will:
● Read and listen to information about the the weather and the seasons; read a picturebased story.
● Listen to and watch a video about proper recycling practices.
● Read a travel brochure and identify words related to transportation.
1.3 Presentational Speaking - Students will:
● Instruct the class about where to place certain recyclable items.
● Recommend clothing based on the season and weather.
● Describe how the transportation they use to travel.
Culture
2.1 Practices and Perspectives - Students will:
● Compare modes of transportation in Argentina with those in their own culture.
● Discuss recycling practices in Argentina and the United States.
● Identify climates and weather in Argentina.
2.2 Products and Perspectives - Students will:
● Identify the seasons in Argentina and the corresponding weather.
Spanish Language
● Compare and contrast climates and geographical areas in Argentina with the United States.
Connections
3.1 Cross-curricular - Students will:
● Identify and describe the weather conditions yesterday, today and tomorrow.
3.2 Target Culture - Students will:
● Acquire information about Argentina through Spanish language media sources.
Comparisons
4.1 Language - Students will:
● Demonstrate one-to-one correspondence between spoken and printed words.
● Recognize the consonant r.
● Practice describing words as it pertains to recycling.
4.2 Culture - Students will:
● Compare weather and climate in Argentina with the United States.
● Compare words for transportation, weather, seasons and recycling between Spanish and
English.
Communities
5.1 Beyond the School - Students will:
● Participate in simulations that replicate authentic conversations about weather, clothing,
seasons, recycling and travel.
5.2 Lifelong Learner - Students will:
● Utilize the language to experience news and entertainment available through print and
electronic Spanish language media.
FUNCTIONS • VOCABULARY • STRUCTURES
LANGUAGE
FUNCTION
Name various means
of transportation.
Say how people
travel.
Identify the author’s
point of view in a
reading.
CONTENT VOCABULARY
LANGUAGE
STRUCTURE
Transportación:
● avión
● barco
● bus
● carro
● tren
● viaje
● ¿Cómo te gusta viajar?
● Me gusta viajar en
(transportación).
Ambiente:
● agua
● ¿Por dónde viaja?
● Viaja por (ambiente).
● ¿Cómo viaja(n)?
● Viaja(n) en
(transportación).
Spanish Language
● aire
● tierra
Gente:
● él / ella
● ellos / ellas
Expresiones:
● por debajo de
Say what the weather
is like today.
was like yesterday
and what it will be
like tomorrow.
Tiempo:
● sol
● tiempo
● lluvioso
● nublado
● soleado
Lugares:
Recognize the letter r.
● playa
●
●
●
●
¿Cómo está el tiempo?
Ayer estaba (tiempo).
Hoy está (tiempo).
Mañana estará
(tiempo).
Consonantes:
● r
Días:
● ayer
● hoy
● mañana
Identify the four
seasons.
is like during each
season.
Say what clothes they
wear during each
season.
Estaciones:
● primavera
● verano
● otoño
● invierno
● estación / estaciones
Tiempo:
● hace calor
● hace frío
● hace mucho (tiempo)
● hace un poco de (tiempo)
● ¿Cuántas estaciones
son?
● Hay (números)
estaciones.
● ¿Qué estación es?
● (Estaciones).
● ¿Qué ropa usas en
(estaciones)?
● En (estaciones) uso
(ropa).
Ropa:
● botas
● suéter
Descripciones:
● largo / larga
Identify recyclable
Reciclaje:
● ¿Dónde reciclas?
materials.
Say what materials
they recycle and
where they put them.
Practice describing
words.
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Spanish Language
botella
contenedor
latas
papeles
periódicos
plásticos
vidrios
reciclaje
● (Lugares).
● ¿Para qué es?
● Es para (reciclaje).
● ¿Qué reciclas?
● Yo reciclo (reciclaje).
Verbos:
● reciclar

Elementary World Language Kindergarten Unit: Nuestro Ambiente

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