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Grade 1 · Unit 5 · Mi Familia y Mis AmigosEl Cuerpo en Acción
El Cuerpo en Acción
The Body in Action
Kindergarten’s body words come back attached to verbs — jumping, clapping, and dancing through commands like a bilingual obstacle course.
Unit objectives
- Add hombros, rodillas, dedos, oreja to the body map
- Follow and give two-step action commands
- Run full-speed Simón dice with 11 body words
Can-Do targets
- I can follow two-step commands in Spanish.
- I can command a friend to jump, clap, or dance.
- I can name eleven body parts.
Vocabulary scope
los hombros, las rodillas, los dedos, la oreja, salta, aplaude, toca, corre, baila, mueve
How this unit builds
K Unit 7 nouns + new action verbs = the program’s first verb vocabulary, learned through the body.
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 1Hombros y rodillas — new parts
In production
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Lesson 2Los verbos — action words
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Lesson 3Simón dice 2.0 — the championship
Cultural connection
The whole song, every word
Cabeza, hombros, rodillas y pies — by the end of this unit students sing every word of the song they hummed in Kindergarten.