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Grade 2 · Unit 6 · Mi Escuela y Mi ComunidadLa Comida
La Comida
Food
Three meals a day, described and compared: what we eat, when we eat it, and the vocabulary of a proper Spanish-speaking table.
Unit objectives
- Name the three meals and eight new foods
- Say what they eat for each meal: Para el desayuno como…
- Set and name a full table place-setting
Can-Do targets
- I can say what I eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- I can name what is on the table.
- I can compare my meals with meals in other countries.
Vocabulary scope
el desayuno, el almuerzo, la cena, el arroz, los frijoles, la sopa, la ensalada, el jugo, el plato, el vaso, como, bebo
How this unit builds
Kindergarten foods were snacks; Grade 2 organizes eating into meals with the verbs como and bebo — first food sentences.
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 1Las tres comidas — the three meals
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Lesson 2En la mesa — setting the table
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Lesson 3¿Qué comes? — comparing plates
Cultural connection
Rice and beans, a thousand ways
Arroz y frijoles appears across the Spanish-speaking world — gallo pinto in Costa Rica, moros y cristianos in Cuba, casamiento in El Salvador. One dish, many names.