00-+INTRODUCTION


 * INTRODUCTION**

In this unit children learn more phrases about the weather and how to say the temperature (including with negative numbers). Aesop’s fable //El Viento y el Sol// (‘The Wind and the Sun’) is used for text-based work (the text can be found at the end of the unit). Children learn the names of some common articles of clothing and relate these to the weather. They learn to say the date and to write and say telephone numbers.

This unit consolidates and extends work on the weather covered in Unit 7. Children are already familiar with numbers, the days of the week and months of the year. They use this knowledge to create their own weather reports.
 * Where the unit fits in**

It is helpful if children already know: • some weather phrases • ¿Qué tiempo hace en ...? • numbers zero to 40 • days of the week • months of the year • fuerte (strong)
 * Prior learning**

• Describing the weather • Revision of numbers to 40 • Saying the temperature (plus and minus) • Saying the date • Complex sentences starting with a subordinate clause using //Cuando ..//. • //llevar: (yo) llevo, (tú) llevas// • Phonic focus: oi/oy; revision of key phonemes, especially v; consolidation of phoneme–grapheme correspondence; breaking words into individual phonemes; synthesising phonemes to build words
 * New language**

• Picture flashcards of weather • Mini-picture cards with weather symbols • Large outline map of Spain with weather symbols • Counting stick or number line • Large ball • Numbered tiles, balls or flashcards up to 40 • Pictures of hot and cold places labelled with the symbol of a thermometer • Thermometer on interactive whiteboard • The text of Aesop’s fable //El Viento y el Sol// • Phrases or sentences from //El Viento y el So//l cut into strips • Clothing and props to match weather phrases • Jumbled sentences on card or strips of paper • Word cards for days of the week, months, //el// and //de//
 * Resources**

Primary framework for literacy: use knowledge of phonics, morphology and etymology to spell new and unfamiliar words; distinguish the spelling and meaning of common homophones Primary framework for mathematics: know and use multiples of numbers to 10; interpret intervals and divisions on partially numbered scales and record readings accurately Geography: use atlases, globes, maps and plans at a range of scales; identify and describe what places are like (for example, in terms of weather); use appropriate geographical vocabulary (for example, temperature)
 * Links with other subjects**

At the end of this unit most children will: understand and say weather phrases; say which clothes they might wear in different conditions; respond appropriately when asked the date; use the new language in a short presentation some children will not have made so much progress and will: understand and say numbers, the days of the week and weather phrases when prompted understand names of clothes; need prompting to recall vocabulary and structures some children will have progressed further and will: initiate conversations when working in pairs or groups; cope with retrieving information from extended descriptions; take part in a presentation using mainly memorised language
 * Expectations**