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Grade 4 · Unit 5 · Mi Región y Tradiciones

Animales y Hábitats
Animals and Habitats

Geography through wildlife: the ecosystems of Latin America and the animals that depend on them — with first conservation vocabulary.

🎯 Novice Mid → Novice High📚 4 lessons planned🚧 Lessons in production

Unit objectives

  • Map five ecosystems of Latin America
  • Describe food chains simply: El jaguar come…
  • Use conservation words: proteger, en peligro
  • Create a habitat poster with five facts

Can-Do targets

  • I can describe an ecosystem and its animals.
  • I can say which animals are in danger and why protection matters.
  • I can present a habitat poster in Spanish.

Vocabulary scope

el ecosistema, la selva tropical, el desierto, los Andes, el arrecife, en peligro, proteger, la naturaleza, come, necesita

How this unit builds

Grade 3’s animal unit gains geography and stakes; this science-social studies crossover models the Connections standard in action.

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

Los ecosistemas — five worlds

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Lesson 2

La cadena — who eats whom

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Lesson 3

En peligro — conservation

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Lesson 4

El cartel — habitat posters

Cultural connection

Guardians of the Galápagos

From the Galápagos to the Monarch butterfly sanctuaries of Michoacán, Latin America protects some of Earth’s most extraordinary places — and local communities lead the guarding.