La Ciudad y Yo
The City and Me
Urban life, compared and critiqued: transit, neighborhoods, street life, and what makes a city livable — through authentic city-tour videos and transit maps.
Unit objectives
- Describe their community’s strengths and problems
- Navigate authentic transit maps and schedules
- Compare urban life across three Spanish-speaking cities
- Propose one community improvement with reasons
Can-Do targets
- I can describe what works and what doesn’t in my community.
- I can use a real metro map from Mexico City or Madrid.
- I can propose an improvement and defend it.
Vocabulary scope
el transporte público, el metro, el barrio, la vivienda, el ruido, la seguridad, mejorar, el espacio público, cómodo, accesible
How this unit builds
Grade 4’s city description gains critical judgment and proposal language — description maturing into civic argument, rehearsing the service project ahead.
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.
Mi comunidad — strengths and problems
El metro — authentic transit
Tres ciudades — comparative city study
La propuesta — my improvement
IPA: La ciudad
Cities built for walking
Latin American and Spanish cities center on plazas, markets, and evening paseos — public life happens outdoors, on foot. Students compare walkability with their own streets.