iHola chicos y chicas! 

 !Bienvenidos a español! I hope you will find useful all the following blocks of information. 

YEAR 3 - TERM 1 - We are busy learning the following:  

VOCABULARY:

• Greetings: hello - goodbye - good morning - good afternoon - good evening.
• Colours (x11)
• Numbers (0-10)
• Some animals (from the story 'Brown Bear')

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Q&A):

• What is your name?
• How are you?
• How old are you?

GRAMMAR & PHONICS:

• Some words are feminine and some are masculine
• In Spanish we use a question mark upside down  (¿) at the beginning of a question.
• We also use an exclamation mark upside down (¡) at the beginning of an exclamation
• PHONICS: We heve looked at the pronunciation of the letters: h - ll -  j - ñ - z

INTERCULTURAL CONTENT:

• The location of Spain in a map of the world
• Some common Spanish first names (and how a full name looks like)
• The tradition of the Three Wise Men or Three Kings, bringing Christmas presents on the 6th January

LANGUAGE LAERNING STRATEGIES:

• There are some techniques we should use to help with learning new words and structures:  singing a song, reading a story, rhymes or poems
• Also, adding an action to a sound or word
• Finally, playing games is a good way to learn the new material