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Grade 3 · Unit 8 · Mi Vida Diaria

Todo Sobre Mí
All About Me

The Grade 3 capstone: each student writes, illustrates, and presents an eight-page All About Me book — the first big artifact of the K–8 portfolio.

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Unit objectives

  • Write eight themed pages using the year’s vocabulary
  • Illustrate and assemble a real book
  • Present the book aloud to an audience
  • Begin the portfolio that continues through Grade 8

Can-Do targets

  • I can write a book about myself in Spanish.
  • I can present my book to my class and family.
  • I can look at my work and say what I do well.

Vocabulary scope

Integrates the full year: routine, home, hobbies, food, weather, animals, plus me llamo, tengo, me gusta, soy

How this unit builds

Every Grade 3 unit contributes one page; the finished book opens the student portfolio that Grade 5 and Grade 8 will defend.

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 1

El plan — planning the book

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Lesson 2

Escribimos — drafting pages

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Lesson 3

Ilustramos — art and assembly

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Lesson 4

Mi libro — the author presentation

Cultural connection

The autobiography tradition

From Frida Kahlo’s diaries to the memoir tradition of Latin American letters — telling your own story is a treasured art. Students join it at age eight.