01-INTRODUCTION

**Where the unit fits in ** In this unit children revise and extend previously learnt language associated with food. They apply their knowledge of plural nouns to new contexts. They learn how to form compound sentences using simple connectives. They are already familiar with saying the date and have further opportunity to practise this. This unit could support other activities in relation to the National Healthy Schools programme.

__It is helpful if children already know__:
 * Prior learning **

• names of some food and drinks • Me gusta(n) and No me gusta(n) • (Yo) prefiero • (Yo) odio • how to say the date

• Talking about what has been eaten or drunk • Expressing likes, dislikes and preferences (about food and drink) • Following and writing instructions (as in a recipe) • Preterite tense: comer (Comí, Comiste) and beber (Bebí) • The use of unos, unas • Plural nouns with los, las, unos and unas • Compound sentences with connectives y and pero • Imperatives: tú form of some regular and irregular verbs in the present tense • Phonic focus: a; revision of qu
 * New language **

• Picture flashcards, real or plastic items of food and drink • Sets of food picture cards • Smiling and sad face cards • Word cards for food • Word and phrase cards for jumbled sentences • A3 sheets with a picture of a famous person or character and an empty speech bubble • Two identical sets of individual cards showing numbers up to 31, days of the week and months • Photographs or film clips of Spanish fiesta celebrations • Calendar grid on an interactive whiteboard with pictures of food and drink • Ingredients or pictures to show how to make a simple recipe (a pizza recipe is available at the end of this unit) • Six sentences from the recipe printed in different colours • Multi-link cubes in corresponding colours • Writing frame for a pizza recipe • Bilingual dictionaries • Equipment and utensils for making a pizza
 * Resources **

__Primary framework for literacy:__ show relationships of time, reason and cause through subordination and connectives; use knowledge of different organisational features of text to find information effectively; write non-narrative texts using structures of different text types. __Primary framework for mathematics:__ Measuring strand – read, choose, use and record standard metric units to estimate and measure length, weight and capacity. __History:__ have knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past; identify and describe reasons for, and results of, historical events, situations and changes in the period studied. __PSHCE:__ develop good relationships and respect the differences between people; think about the lives of people living in other places and times, and people with different values and customs __Design and technology:__ follow safe procedures for food safety and hygiene; design and make assignments using a range of materials
 * Links with other subjects **