14 The House Grades 3-5

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16 The Community Grades 4-5

GRADE 3-5 Foods

Standard 1.1, 1.2 Communication: Communicate in language other than English

Standard 2.1 Cultures: Knowledge and understanding of other cultures

Standard 3.1 Connections: Connect with other disciplines

Standard 4.2: Comparisons: Comparisons of cultures

Standard 5.1, 5.2 Communities: Participate at home and in the community

Estimated Time Range:

6 weeks and ongoing throughout the year

ENDURING UNDERSTANDINGS

The student will understand that:

1.	Spanish-speaking cultures have words for foods, meals and place settings
2.	Spanish-speaking cultures have traditional foods, including holiday foods
3.	Spanish-speaking cultures have different meal schedules
4.	In Spanish-speaking countries the main meal is eaten mid-afternoon
5.	School children in Spanish-speaking countries often go home to eat the mid-day meal with the entire family

SAMPLE ASSESSMENTS

1.	Identify foods orally and in writing
2.	Identify meals orally and in writing
3.	Identify place setting components orally and in writing
4.	Participate in a meal, either with realia props or some actual foods
5.	Participate successfully in games
6.	Create mini-books of foods and/or menus
7.	Restaurant role-playing and dialogues using props
8.	Label foods in writing
9.	Categorize foods by appropriate meal
10.	Identify specific traditional foods of specific countries
11.	Express likes and dislikes
12.	Graph likes and dislikes

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1.	What are the names of basic foods in Spanish (breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and snack foods)?
2.	What are the names of parts of a place-setting (fork, spoon, knife, napkin, glass, cup)?
3.	What are some unique traditional foods of Spanish-speaking countries?
4.	What time of day do people in Spanish speaking countries have their meals?
5.	How do Spanish-speaking cultures combine family and food?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of 5^th grade the students will be able to:

1.	Name basic foods in Spanish
2.	Identify foods visually
3.	Express likes and dislikes
4.	Classify foods by meal category
5.	Name some unique traditional foods by country
6.	Label foods in writing
7.	Participate successfully in games and role playing with food vocabulary

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

Suggested Vocabulary: El vaso La taza El platillo El plato La servilleta La cuchara El tenedor El cuchillo El tazón/bol/cuenco/posuelo El desayuno: La leche El cereal/Los cereales El pan (tostado) Los huevos Los panqueques El tocino/el beicón Las salchichas

El almuerzo: El bodacillo/sándwich La hamburguesa (con queso) El perro caliente La sopa Las papitas /patatas Las patatas fritas Las papas fritas La pizza La cena: La carne El pollo El arroz El pescado Los espaguetis La ensalada El pavo El jamón

El postre: El helado Las galletas El pastel La tarta/torta Las bebidas: La gaseosa El soda/refresco El café El té El chocolate El agua El jugo (de naranja) El zumo (de naranja) La limonada

Games: Matamoscas Bingo ¿Cuál falta? Memória Concentración Riesgo Pase—pase Vamos de viaje Almuerzo

Books: El Sandwich más grande jamás, Amelia Bedilia Comemos en la tina Cookbooks

Materials: flashcards plastic foods teacher-made materials mini-book masters other black-line masters paper and plastic place setting menus (teacher made and also from Spanish speaking countries)

SUGGESTED CONNECTIONS

Science: growing things/ health