ELEMENTARY SPANISH CURRICULUM PROJECT
Third Grade
Topic: Animals
- (Last Updated: July 12, 2006)
Objectives:
- Students will understand how animals move (caminan, vuelan, nadan, corren; rápido, lento) and different places for animals to live (casa, jardín, granja, mar, bosque tropical, zoológico)
- Students will identify where animals live
- Students will be able to say: "Vive en...", "Come...", "Es grande/pequeño", "Es anfibio/..."
- Students will identify animals of Spanish-speaking world: loro, quetzal, cóndor, tucán, coquí, jaguar, toro, llama, urraca
- Students will identify other animals: gato, caballo, vaca, pato, cerdo/chancho, perro, mariposa, abeja, araña, ratón, conejo, ardilla, serpiente, pájaro, rana, pez, caballo de mar, gaviota, cangrejo, tortuga, tiburón, pulpo, cerdo, burro, gallina, pavo, oveja, cocodrilo, elefante, león, buho, oso, mono
- Students will listen to and understand stories about animals
- Students will understand vocabulary related to butterflies: patas, alas, antenas, mariposa, huevos, oruga, masticar, morder, piel, crecer, comer, insectos, hojas, pupa, volar, néctar
- Students will view pictures of butterflies of the Spanish-speaking world
- Students will learn sounds made by different animals
- Students will classify animals by kind: anfibio, ave, mamífero, reptil
- Students will understand "animal vertebrado"
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Authors: Eileen Zeitz