1 - Best Day, Worst Day ~5 mins
Which day of the week is best, and which is worst? Say why in English, in one short sentence each.
In many Spanish schools the week is written as a horario (timetable). Today you will learn the seven day names so you can read one.
En España, muchos dicen que su día favorito es el sábado o el domingo. ¡Vamos a aprender los siete!
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Name all seven days in Spanish
- Put a day and a time together in a short routine sentence
- Spot where Spanish day names come from
Take three or four quick answers only. The point is to get them thinking about the week as a pattern, not to debate weekends. Flash the Spanish teaser line once for flavour; do not teach the seven days yet. The word-table in the next step does that. Remind them they already met time phrases earlier, because today those join onto the day names in a simple horario pattern.
2 - Seven Spanish Days ~10 mins
Here are all seven days in Spanish. We will learn them in two chunks: weekdays first, then the weekend. Tap each one, listen, then say it back together.
Watch the accents on miércoles and sábado, and notice that Spanish days do not start with a capital letter.
Our pattern for today:
Los lunes a las ocho juego al fútbol = On Mondays at eight I play football.
Say the model with the class, then swap the day or the time and say it again.
Chunk the presentation. First tap and chorus lunes–viernes only. Do a quick point-and-say check (you point, class says). Then add sábado and domingo. Finish with one full run Monday to Sunday. Class repeats twice in each chunk: once all together, once by table.
Stress guide: LOO-nes, MAR-tes, MYER-koh-les, HWEH-bes, BYER-nes, SAH-bah-doh, doh-MEEN-goh. Flag the two accents so pupils copy them later. Miércoles is the mouthful: celebrate anyone who lands the accent and the middle stress.
Pattern in plain English (read this before you model): Spanish often uses Los + day for “on Mondays” (habit). Day names stay lowercase. Today’s core target is day + time; the short activity phrase on the board is a recycled scaffold, not new vocabulary to memorise.
Board model (write and leave up through the copy task): Los lunes a las ocho juego al fútbol (LOHS LOO-nes ah lahs OH-choh HWEH-goh ahl FOOT-bol) = On Mondays at eight I play football.
Activity chunks on the board (pick from these only): juego al fútbol (I play football), veo la tele (I watch TV), hago los deberes (I do my homework).
Oral beat before you leave this step: Chorus the full model 2–3 times, then substitute: you change the day or the time, class answers with the full line. Aim for four or five different day+time lines so every table has said the join pattern aloud. Example prompts: Los martes a las tres… / Los viernes a las nueve… / Los sábados a las diez…
3 - Match the Days ~8 mins
Watch the board. When a Spanish day is turned, whisper it. Hands up if you want a turn to flip two cards and find each Spanish day with its English name.
After every match, the whole class whispers the Spanish day together.
Whole class on the IWB with volunteers taking turns. Non-volunteers still speak: class-wide whisper or thumbs-check after every match. If a pair is missed twice, stop and say the Spanish day together before moving on. Listen especially for the soft j sound in jueves (HWEH-bes) and the stress on the middle syllable of domingo (doh-MEEN-goh). Keep the pace brisk so every day is heard more than once. Quick praise when someone lands miércoles cleanly.
4 - Into Your Copy ~6 mins
You have heard the days again in bingo. First we say a few day-and-time lines together from the board. Then open your copy and write two lines for your own horario.
Board model: Los lunes a las ocho juego al fútbol (On Mondays at eight I play football).
Each line needs a day, a time, and one activity from the board list. Take care with the accents on miércoles and sábado , and keep day names lowercase.
Keep the word-table and the full board model visible. Bingo has just given another full listening pass, so start with a one-minute oral substitute drill only: you prompt a day and a time, class choruses the full line using one board activity chunk. Then everyone writes two full sentences (not a bare list of day names).
Board supports to leave up:
- Model: Los lunes a las ocho juego al fútbol
- Chunks only: juego al fútbol / veo la tele / hago los deberes
- Time recycle from earlier work: a las ocho, a las tres, a las nueve, a las diez
Walk the room and check accents, lowercase days, and that each line follows day + time + activity. Do not collect these. If a pupil freezes, point at the model and ask them only to change the day first.
5 - Days Bingo ~9 mins
You will get a bingo card now. Listen carefully for each Spanish day (sometimes inside a short phrase) and mark it on your card. First full line calls out.
How to Play Bingo:
Option 1: Students on Devices (Digital Version)
- Use the digital version where your teacher view of the lesson displays the cards that are being called out.
- Play the pronunciation sound of each word and the children mark it off their unique digital bingo card.
- Each student has a randomised bingo card so winners will vary!
Option 2: Print Out the Bingo Cards
- Print out the Bingo Cards from the attachment above, cut out the cards, and give one to each student.
- You call out the vocabulary words and students mark off their sheets.
- First student to complete a line (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) calls "Bingo!" and wins.
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