Manzana, Plátano, Leche, Pan
Apple, Banana, Milk, Bread
📐 Standards alignment
ACTFL World-Readiness: Communication (interpersonal, interpretive, presentational) · Cultures (breakfast foods across the Spanish-speaking world) · Comparisons (Spanish vs. English)
Can-Do targets (NCSSFL-ACTFL, Novice Low):
- I can name four foods in Spanish.
- I can ask for food politely in Spanish.
- I can say what I like and do not like eating.
Learning objectives
- Name four foods in Spanish
- Ask for a food with por favor
- Give a real opinion: Me gusta / No me gusta
Materials
The actual foods, if possible — this lesson doubles as snack time. Pictures work too (but taste worse).
Prior knowledge
Por favor and gracias from Unit 1 do heavy lifting today.
Key vocabulary
la manzana · el plátano · la leche · el pan
Snack table setup
Set out (or show pictures of) today’s four foods. Rule of the day: anything requested in Spanish, with por favor, shall be granted.
Meet four new words
Tap each card to flip it and hear how it sounds. Look at the picture, say the Spanish word out loud, then check the back for the English meaning.
Say it three times
Go back through the cards above. For each word: the grown-up (or the 🔊 listen button) says it once, then your child repeats it three times, nice and loud. Silly voices are encouraged!
The Spanish snack bar
You are the snack bar; Spanish is the currency. La manzana, por favor → apple granted → ¡gracias! Model Me gusta (mmm!) and No me gusta (honest face) after tasting. Real opinions only — No me gusta la leche is perfect Spanish.
Memory game: ¡Encuentra el par!
Find the matching pairs — each Spanish word has its picture hiding somewhere in the grid.
Find the matching pairs!
Escucha y elige — Listen and choose
Press each play button and choose what you heard.
1. Press play. What did you hear?
2. Press play. What did you hear?
3. Press play. What did you hear?
Fruit salad scramble
Assign everyone a food word. Call la manzana — all manzanas hop in a circle. Call ¡ensalada de frutas! (fruit salad!) — EVERYONE scrambles to new seats. The caller drops colors in too: ¿Quién es amarillo? Plátanos jump!
One more flip-through
Scroll back up to the flashcards and let your child flip through them on their own, saying each word before checking the back. No help this time — just see what they remember!
Show what you know
1. “La leche” is…
2. How do you say “banana”?
¡Muy bien!
Four foods, requested and tasted in Spanish: la manzana, el plátano, la leche, el pan — plus honest opinions with Me gusta / No me gusta. Snack time is now Spanish practice, three times a day.
Take it home
The Spanish snack
At one meal this week, ask for something in Spanish with por favor. Draw what you asked for and how it tasted: circle Me gusta or No me gusta.
Name: Date:
Fridge labels
With a grown-up, put sticky-note labels on la leche and el pan in your kitchen. Read them every time you open the fridge this week!
Note for teachers & parents
Pacing: if using real food, the lesson happily stretches to 30 minutes. The tasting-opinion moment is the pedagogical center.
Watch for: No me gusta must stay a celebrated answer — the goal is honest Spanish, not pretend enthusiasm about milk.