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Grade 5 · Unit 1 · PuentesLos Viajes
Los Viajes
Travel
Packing bags and building itineraries: transportation, luggage, tickets, and planning an imaginary trip that the geography unit will bring to life.
Unit objectives
- Name transportation modes and travel items
- Plan a simple itinerary: primero vamos a…
- Handle travel situations: tickets, times, gates
- Pack and justify a suitcase in Spanish
Can-Do targets
- I can plan a simple trip in Spanish.
- I can buy a ticket and ask about departure times.
- I can explain what I packed and why.
Vocabulary scope
el avión, el tren, el autobús, el boleto, la maleta, el pasaporte, el viaje, viajar, salir, llegar, el horario
How this unit builds
Grade 2 time-telling and Grade 4 directions merge into itinerary language; sets up the geography deep-dive next unit.
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 1El transporte — how we go
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Lesson 2En la estación — tickets and times
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Lesson 3La maleta — packing with reasons
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Lesson 4Mi itinerario — trip planning
Cultural connection
Distances that surprise
Chile is longer than the USA is wide; a bus ride across Argentina can take two days. Students calibrate the true scale of the Spanish-speaking world before choosing destinations.