Mis Responsabilidades
My Responsibilities
Chores, duties, and tener que: what we have to do at home and school — plus the negotiation language every ten-year-old dreams of.
Unit objectives
- Name ten chores and responsibilities
- Use tener que: Tengo que lavar los platos
- Negotiate politely: ¿Puedo… después?
- Compare responsibilities across families and cultures
Can-Do targets
- I can say what I have to do at home and school.
- I can politely negotiate when I do my chores.
- I can compare my responsibilities with kids elsewhere.
Vocabulary scope
tengo que, lavar los platos, sacar la basura, hacer la cama, limpiar, cuidar, ayudar, después, antes de, la responsabilidad
How this unit builds
Tener que joins poder and deber from earlier units — the modal verb toolkit is now complete for expressing duty, ability, and advice.
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.
Los quehaceres — the chores
Tengo que — obligation
La negociación — after homework, please
En otras casas — comparing responsibilities
Everyone pitches in
In many Spanish-speaking households, children’s responsibilities extend to the family enterprise — the shop, the market stall, younger siblings. Work and family often share a roof.