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Grade 2 · Unit 7 · Mi Escuela y Mi ComunidadEn el Mercado
En el Mercado
At the Market
The unit where money, food, and politeness collide: a running market role-play where students buy, sell, and bargain in Spanish.
Unit objectives
- Run a full market exchange: greet, ask price, buy, thank
- Use numbers to 100 for realistic prices
- Ask for quantities: un kilo de manzanas
Can-Do targets
- I can ask how much something costs.
- I can buy something politely from start to finish.
- I can say something is expensive or cheap.
Vocabulary scope
¿cuánto cuesta?, cuesta… pesos, muy caro, barato, un kilo, quisiera, aquí tiene, el cambio, la fruta, la verdura
How this unit builds
Everything converges: Unit 4 numbers, Unit 6 food, Kindergarten politeness — assembled into the year’s richest role-play.
Planned lessons
What this unit will contain
Lessons are produced in the same fully interactive format as Kindergarten — flashcards with audio, games, listening tasks, and take-home activities — and will unlock here as they are finished.
In production
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Lesson 1¿Cuánto cuesta? — prices
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Lesson 2En el puesto — running a stall
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Lesson 3El gran mercado — market day
Cultural connection
Market day
The mercado is the beating heart of towns across Latin America — pyramids of fruit, shouted prices, and vendors who know every customer. Students build their own.