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Grade 4 · Unit 1 · Mi Región y TradicionesMi Ciudad
Mi Ciudad
My City
Grade 2’s town grows into a city: more places, more happening, and hay — there is / there are — to describe it all.
Unit objectives
- Name twelve city places and features
- Describe a city with hay: Hay un museo grande
- Compare city and countryside life
- Write a postcard describing a city
Can-Do targets
- I can describe what my city has and lacks.
- I can compare city and country life.
- I can write a short postcard about a place.
Vocabulary scope
el museo, el banco, el mercado, la estación, el edificio, el puente, el barrio, hay, no hay, mucho tráfico, tranquilo
How this unit builds
Hay joins está from Grade 2 — existence plus location, the full toolkit for describing places, feeding this year’s capstone.
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.
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Lesson 1Los lugares de la ciudad — city places
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Lesson 2Hay — describing what exists
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Lesson 3¿Ciudad o campo? — comparing
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Lesson 4La postal — postcard writing
Cultural connection
Mega-cities and pueblos
Mexico City holds more people than many countries; a Guatemalan pueblo may hold three hundred. Students explore both extremes of Spanish-speaking urban life.