KS2 · Spanish · Year 4
The vowels: [a] [e] [i] [o] [u]: classroom instructions
In class: infinitive verbs, estar + location/state
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Your learning goal
I can recognise and understand instructions in the classroom.
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The vowels: [a] [e] [i] [o] [u]: classroom instructions: slides adapted from the imported teaching text; recall questions created from its keywords, learning points and common mistakes. Self-check practice, with no automatic grading or XP. Answers stay on this page and are cleared when you leave.
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Download original PowerPoint ↓What you’ll learn
I can recognise and understand instructions in the classroom.
Key learning points
- The vowels [a] [e] [i] [o] [u] are pronounced differently in Spanish and in English.
- When you know the sound-symbol correspondences (SSCs) you can read aloud words and short sentences correctly.
- Knowledge of Spanish sound-spelling correspondences can be strengthed by joining in with a song.
- Spanish verbs escuchar, escribir, leer and hablar are useful words to use in the classroom.
- Common instructions in Spanish lessons include escucha (listen), escribe (write), lee (read) and habla (speak).
Words to know
- vowels
- letters [a] [e] [i] [o] [u]
- SSC
- sound-symbol correspondence is the relationship between letters and their sounds
- verb
- a word that communicates actions or states
Common mistakes
Vowels sound the same in Spanish and English.
Although the letters look the same, the vowel sounds are different in Spanish and English.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Use the song regularly in class as a way to encourage participtation and motivation. The song will also help commit language to memory and to help tune in to the sounds of the language.