LESSON PLAN: Parts of the Body (Partes del Cuerpo)

DURATION: 15 minutes

CLASS: Standard Two

NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 24

Context
Spanish has been named as the official second language of Trinidad and Tobago. Also, Trinidad
is surrounded by many Spanish speaking countries. Students need to be able to know simple
vocabulary to build foundation for when they need to communicate with relatives or travel to a
foreign country.
Set Induction
Teacher will engage students in a discussion about the different parts of their body and articles of
clothing associated with them. The class will then sing Head, shoulders, knees and feet in
English.
Objectives
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:

Name their body parts in Spanish.

Develop a competency in Spanish communicative skills.
Answer questions orally using learned material.

Students Prior Knowledge

Body parts in English

Counting 1- 10 in Spanish
Clothing associated with each body part
Edited version of Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.
Resources

Flash cards
1

Computer
Projector
Pencil
Worksheets
Poster with human figure
Crayons/markers

Assessment for learning:

Observation
Matching
Worksheet

Teaching Strategy
Activity
Review body
parts

Procedure
Teacher will review body parts in English by singing Head,

in

Shoulders, Knees and Toes. Students sing along to Head,

English.

Shoulders, Knees and Toes. Teacher will ask students how

many toes they have. Students will count from one to ten in
Spanish (Prior knowledge). Teacher will tell students that there

Flash Cards

Video

are names for their body parts in Spanish also.

Using flash cards, the teacher introduces the Spanish names for

the body parts. Students repeat each word after the teacher.
The teacher shows a video. Students view the video and sing
along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlYpkpAB8k8
Teacher and students play this game. The teacher calls out the
name of body part and the students must call its Spanish name.
Teacher will stick a picture of a person on the board. Students

Simon

says.
Matching

Sing song

will be given a flash card to stick on the correct body part.

Students and teacher sing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Feet in

Assessment

Spanish as reinforcement.
Crossword and worksheet will be done in groups.