1. Haz Ahora Answer the following questions about the Spanish Alphabet:
Today’s Objective:
To become familiar with the Spanish Alphabet
Haz Ahora
Answer the following questions about the Spanish Alphabet:
How many letters are there in the Spanish alphabet?
What is different about the letter H in Spanish?
What two letters are pronounced differently in Spain than in Latin America.

2. DO NOW Using The Info sheet on the alphabet,
Today’s Objective:
To become familiar with the Spanish pronunciation
DO NOW
Using The Info sheet on the alphabet,
Phonetically spell your name: (ejemplo)
w a l l y
doble u/a/ele/ele/i griega
s e i n
ese/e/i/ene

3. Write these words in your notebook then practice pronouncing them
¡Haz Ahora!
Write these words in your notebook then practice pronouncing them
ferrocarril ¡Venga!
anaranjado geografía
uña gato
feliz hombro
anillo quinto
juntos quetzal
año zoológico
Today’s Objective:
To become familiar with the Spanish pronunciation

4. El alfabeto español a – a j – jota r - ere b – be k – ka s - ese
c – ce l – ele t - te
d – de m – eme u - u
e – e n – ene v – uve, ve chica
f – efe ñ – eñe w – doble u, doble ve
g – ge o – o x - equis
h – hache p – pe y – i griega
i – i q – cu z - zeta

5. Las vocales La vocal La pronunciación El vocabulario El inglés
a as in the word “palm” casa house
fama fame
cama bed
e as in the word “very” lento slow
verde green
mes month
i as in the word “elite” mitad half
as in the word “beet” primo cousin
vino wine
o as in the word “oh” no no
oso bear
todo all
u as in the word “lunar” luna moon
as in the word “boot” uno one
cuna crib

6. Las consonantes
The letters b and v have the same pronunciation as b. bien, victoria
The c of ca, co, cu is pronounced like the c in cot. cama, coco, cubo
The c of ce, ci is pronounced like the c in center in cerebro, cierto
Latin America; and with a th sound in Spain.
The g of ga, go, gu is pronounced like go. gato, gorra, guante
The g of ge, gi is pronounced like helium. gente, gira
The letter h is always silent. hotel, hospital
The letter j is pronounced like the h in heavy. Jorge
The letters k and w are usually found in words kilogramo, windsurf
borrowed from other languages.
The letter combination ll is pronounced like the y
in the word you or like the s in the word measure or the letter j lluvia, calle
The letter ñ sounds like an ny. Señor, Señorita, uña
The letter combination que is pronounced like kay and queso, quetzal
the letter combination qui is pronounced like key. Quijote, arquitecto
The letter r at the beginning of a word and the letter Rita, perro
combination rr is trilled.
The letter z is pronounced like s in Latin America and lápiz, zona
like th in Spain.

7. a - la  da  ta  ba  fa
e - le  de  te  be  fe
i - li   di   ti   bi   fi
o - lo  do  to  bo  fo
u - lu  du  tu  bu  fu
la  de  ti   bo  fu
lu  do  ti   be  fa