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Spanish Daily Routine — La Rutina

Seventh graders learn to describe their daily routine in Spanish — waking up, getting dressed, eating breakfast, and going to school — an introduction to reflexive verbs and everyday storytelling.

Grade 7La Rutina Diaria40 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…

  • ✓Describe your routine in Spanish.
  • ✓Put actions in order.
  • ✓Use me despierto, me visto.
  • ✓Talk about your day.
Essential Question

From the moment you wake up, your day follows a routine. Now you can describe your whole morning in Spanish! What do you say?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order the Daily Routine

Project this and have students put a morning routine in order in Spanish — from waking up to going to school.

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Tap “Me despierto” (I wake up) first!
The Lesson · Communicative Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

40 minutes, five moves

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

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Warm-Up — Mi Día

5 min

Your day follows a routine — how do you describe it in Spanish?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask about their morning.
  • Ask how to say it.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Consider.
  • Guess.
  • Get ready.
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Present — La Rutina

9 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

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

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Repeat.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Order the Routine

11 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order the Daily Routine.
  • Put them in order.
  • Say them aloud.

🎒 Student Actions

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

10 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Describe your morning.
  • Use the actions in order.
  • Ask a partner.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Describe.
  • Order it.
  • Ask.
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Reflect — Reflect

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a routine action.
  • 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 1.1

Interpersonal: describe a daily routine.

ACTFL
Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand routine verbs.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to daily life.

ACTFL
Comparisons 4.1

Compare routine expressions across languages.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Routine picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “Primero ___, luego ___.”
  • Use action pictures.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with wake up and dress.
  • Order two at a time.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add an evening routine.
  • Tell your whole day.
  • Explain reflexive verbs.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🕑A clock
  • 💻Order the Daily Routine
  • 🖼️Action pictures
  • ✏️Pencils
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

la rutinaroutineme despiertoI wake upme levantoI get upme vistoI get dresseddesayunoI eat breakfastvoyI gome acuestoI go to bedtodos los díasevery day
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 does “me despierto” mean?
I wake up.
QUESTION 2
What comes after “me levanto” (I get up)?
Me visto (I get dressed).
QUESTION 3
What does “desayuno” mean?
I eat breakfast.

Reflect: mi rutina.

Have students say two things they do every morning in Spanish, in order. A printable rutina 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.

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Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: desayuno, la rutina, me acuesto, me despierto, me levanto, me visto, todos los días, voy
  1. I get dressed
  2. I go
  3. I get up
  4. I eat breakfast
  5. every day
  6. I go to bed
  7. routine
  8. I wake up

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What does “me despierto” mean?
  2. What comes after “me levanto” (I get up)?
  3. What does “desayuno” mean?
Answer key — Part A: 1) me visto · 2) voy · 3) me levanto · 4) desayuno · 5) todos los días · 6) me acuesto · 7) la rutina · 8) me despierto
Part B: 1) I wake up. 2) Me visto (I get dressed). 3) I eat breakfast.