Unit Planner
Week 2 •
La familia
Day 5
(
pages 20–21)
Language Functions
Students will
•
learn the names of family members.
•
introduce family members.
•
recognize vowels and vowel sounds.
Vocabulary
Essential Question
¿
Quiénes son los miembros
de una familia?
What are the names of family
members?
Activate Prior Knowledge
Frontload Vocabulary
Build Background
Language in Context
Predict
Listening and speaking activities to elicit
ideas and Spanish vocabulary to make
predictions.
Close
Interactive exercise involving listening
and speaking that brings closure to Day.
Day 6
(
pages 22–23)
Read
Mi ¿esta de cumpleaños
Warm-up
Echo Read
Multiple Access Strategies*
Meeting Individual Needs*
Practice and Apply
Listening, speaking, and
reading activities.
Close
Confirm-predictions activity
and interactive exercise
involving listening and
speaking that brings closure
to Day.
Extension
Writing activity involving
Cuaderno de práctica.
Day 7
(
pages 24–25)
Check Pronunciation
Multiple Access Strategies*
Meeting Individual Needs*
Scaffold and Apply
Listening, speaking, and
reading activities.
Close
Interactive exercise involving
listening and speaking that
brings closure to Day.
Extension
Writing activity involving
Cuaderno de práctica.
Day 8
(
pages 26–27)
Explore Connections
Multiple Access Strategies*
Meeting Individual Needs*
Review and Apply
Informal Assessment
Culminating Activities
Writing Process
Escribe
Álbum de recuerdos
Extension
Multiple Intelligences*
Descubre Online
Writing activity involving
Cuaderno de práctica.
abuelo/abuela
hermano/hermana
papá/mamá
cumpleaños
familia
fiesta
pastel
perro
es
prepara, preparan
*
Differentiated Instruction, including Accessing Critical-Thinking Skills activities and activities for heritage speakers.
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