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Grade 1 · Unit 4 · Mi Familia y Mis AmigosMi Cumpleaños
Mi Cumpleaños
My Birthday
Days, months, and the best day of the year — the calendar learned through the one date every child knows by heart.
Unit objectives
- Say the days of the week and months of the year
- Say their birthday: Mi cumpleaños es el…
- Sing the first verse of Las Mañanitas
Can-Do targets
- I can say the days of the week in order.
- I can say the date of my birthday.
- I can sing part of a real Spanish birthday song.
Vocabulary scope
lunes–domingo, enero–diciembre, el cumpleaños, la fiesta, el pastel, el regalo, ¿cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
How this unit builds
Numbers 0–31 from the previous unit make dates possible; days and months complete the calendar toolkit.
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 1Los días — the week
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Lesson 2Los meses — the year
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Lesson 3¡Feliz cumpleaños! — the celebration
Cultural connection
Las Mañanitas and the piñata
Las Mañanitas is Mexico’s beloved birthday song — slower and sweeter than Happy Birthday. Piñatas, another Mexican birthday export, get their history told too.