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A1.13 (Spanish lesson): Telling the time and reading the clock

Decir la hora y leer el reloj

A1.13 (Spanish lesson): Telling the time and reading the clock

Learning goals:

  • Preguntar y decir la hora (Ask and tell the time)
  • Lee el reloj (Read the clock)
  • Verb: Leer (to read) - Presente (Present)
  • Verb: Llegar (to arrive) - Presente (Present)
  • Grammar: ¿Cómo decir la hora? (How to tell the time?)
  • Culture: Los Relojes de Dalí (The Clocks of Dalí)

Learning history

Module: De horas a estaciones (From hours to seasons)

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Teaching guidelines +/- 60 minutes

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Core vocabulary (23)

 En punto: On the dot (Spanish)

En punto

(On the dot)

 Y media: Half past (Spanish)

Y media

(Half past)

 Y cuarto: And a quarter (Spanish)

Y cuarto

(And a quarter)

 Menos cuarto: Quarter to (Spanish)

Menos cuarto

(Quarter to)

 El mediodía : The noon (Spanish)

El mediodía

(The noon)

 La medianoche : The midnight (Spanish)

La medianoche

(The midnight)

 Es la una: It's one o'clock (Spanish)

Es la una

(It's one o'clock)

 Son las: It's (Spanish)

Son las

(It's)

 El minuto: The minute (Spanish)

El minuto

(The minute)

 La hora: The time (Spanish)

La hora

(The time)

 ¿Qué hora es?: What time is it? (Spanish)

¿Qué hora es?

(What time is it?)

 Y cinco: And five (Spanish)

Y cinco

(And five)

 Y diez: And ten (Spanish)

Y diez

(And ten)

 Y veinte: Twenty past (Spanish)

Y veinte

(Twenty past)

 Menos veinte: Twenty to (Spanish)

Menos veinte

(Twenty to)

 Menos diez: Ten to (Spanish)

Menos diez

(Ten to)

 Menos cinco: Five to (Spanish)

Menos cinco

(Five to)

 De la mañana: In the morning (Spanish)

De la mañana

(In the morning)

 De la tarde: In the afternoon (Spanish)

De la tarde

(In the afternoon)

 De la noche: At night (Spanish)

De la noche

(At night)

 De la madrugada: In the early morning (Spanish)

De la madrugada

(In the early morning)

 Marcar (to mark) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Marcar

(to mark)

 Llegar (to arrive) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Llegar

(to arrive)

Lesson materials

Handouts, exercises and audio to discuss during conversation lessons.

A1.13.1 What time is it?

Pedro y Ana hablan sobre la hora en un diálogo corto y fácil. Aprende a leer el reloj y a decir la hora en español.

(Pedro and Ana talk about the time in a short and easy dialogue. Learn to read the clock and say the time in Spanish.)

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Teaching guidelines +/- 15 minutes

A1.13.2 Spanish grammar: How to tell the time?

(Learn to tell the time at any time of the day.)

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A1.13.3 Spanish short story: Every minute counts

Sigue a Carlos mientras revisa la hora a lo largo del día. Aprende a decir la hora en español.

(Follow Carlos as he checks the time throughout the day. Learn to tell the time in Spanish.)

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A1.13.4 Spanish culture: The Clocks of Dalí

Aprende sobre el tiempo y su significado a través de una pintura española de Salvador Dalí.

(Learn about time and its meaning through a Spanish painting by Salvador Dalí.)

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Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

Conversation exercise

Teaching guidelines +/- 10 minutes

  1. Di qué hora es en cada imagen. (Say what time it is on each picture.)

Example phrases:

  1. Son las tres y media. (It's half past 3. )
  2. ...