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Grade 5 · Unit 3 · Puentes

Mi Salud
My Health

The doctor visit unit: symptoms, body review, me duele, and healthy habits — practical Spanish with real-world stakes.

🎯 Novice High (emerging)📚 4 lessons planned🚧 Lessons in production

Unit objectives

  • Describe symptoms: Me duele la cabeza, tengo fiebre
  • Role-play a full doctor visit
  • Give simple health advice: Debes descansar
  • Connect habits to health: exercise, sleep, food

Can-Do targets

  • I can say what hurts and describe symptoms.
  • I can understand a doctor’s simple advice.
  • I can give healthy-habit advice to a friend.

Vocabulary scope

me duele, la fiebre, la tos, el resfriado, la medicina, el doctor, la cita, debes, descansar, saludable

How this unit builds

The K/Grade 1 body map gains me duele and debes — advice language that introduces obligation, a middle-school workhorse.

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

¿Qué te duele? — symptoms

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Lesson 2

En el consultorio — the doctor visit

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Lesson 3

Los buenos hábitos — healthy habits

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Lesson 4

El consejo — giving advice

Cultural connection

La farmacia on every corner

In much of Latin America, the neighborhood pharmacist is the first stop for minor ills — consultations at the counter are free and trusted. Students compare healthcare paths.