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Spanish Day — El Día

Fifth graders learn the Spanish words for the parts of the day — la mañana, el mediodía, la tarde, la noche — and how to talk about time and their daily routine in a new language.

Grade 5El Día35 minutes1 class periodACTFL / CommunicativeExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name parts of the day in Spanish.
  • ✓Put them in order.
  • ✓Ask ¿qué hora es?
  • ✓Talk about your day.
Essential Question

A day moves from morning to noon to night. Now you can name each part of the day in Spanish! What are they, and in what order do they come?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order El Día

Project this and have students put the parts of the day in order — mañana, mediodía, tarde, noche.

🌅 Put the parts of the day in order!Try it
Tap la mañana (morning) first!
The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

35 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — De la Mañana a la Noche

5 min

A day goes from morning to night — how do we name the parts in Spanish?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask what part of day it is.
  • Ask how to say it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Consider.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — El Día

8 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Present each part.
  • Say them aloud.
  • Note the order.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Repeat.
  • Note order.
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Practice — Order El Día

9 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order El Día.
  • Put them in order.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Explain.
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Speak — Speak

8 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say a daily activity and time.
  • Ask ¿qué hora es?
  • Describe your day.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Ask it.
  • Describe.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a part of the day.
  • Say what comes first.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say first.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice).

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand parts of the day and time.

ACTFL
Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: talk about daily routine.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to time and the calendar.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare time words across languages.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Part-of-day picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “Por la ___.”
  • Use a clock.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with mañana and noche.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Tell the time.
  • Describe a daily routine.
  • Add “hoy” and “mañana.”
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🕑A clock
  • 💻Order El Día
  • 🗣️Time audio
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

el díadayla mañanamorningel mediodíanoonla tardeafternoonla nochenighthoytodaymañanatomorrow¿qué hora es?what time is it?
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What is “la mañana” in English?
Morning.
QUESTION 2
What part of the day comes after el mediodía (noon)?
La tarde (afternoon).
QUESTION 3
How do you ask “What time is it?” in Spanish?
¿Qué hora es?

Reflect: mi día.

Have students say one thing they do in the morning (la mañana) and at night (la noche) in Spanish. A printable el-día sheet is in the World Languages library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Spanish Parts of the Day (El Día)Print
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: el día, el mediodía, hoy, la mañana, la noche, la tarde, mañana, ¿qué hora es?
  1. today
  2. noon
  3. morning
  4. night
  5. day
  6. tomorrow
  7. what time is it?
  8. afternoon

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What is “la mañana” in English?
  2. What part of the day comes after el mediodía (noon)?
  3. How do you ask “What time is it?” in Spanish?
Answer key — Part A: 1) hoy · 2) el mediodía · 3) la mañana · 4) la noche · 5) el día · 6) mañana · 7) ¿qué hora es? · 8) la tarde
Part B: 1) Morning. 2) La tarde (afternoon). 3) ¿Qué hora es?