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Felices Pascuas from Mexico! In “Easter in Mexico or Pepper y Pascua" Pepper helps students learn how and why Easter is celebrated in Mexico with Spanish vocabulary for the holiday. Pepper is in Mexico for two weeks for la Semana Santa and la Semana Pascua, Holy Week and Easter Week. These two weeks celebrate the last few days of the life of Jesus Christ, Jesús Cristo, and His resurrection, la resurrección. There is a detailed ten-page 'newspaper' for older students, simpler eight-page boo

In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 through October 15 in the U.S.), Pepper brings you her package on Independence Days and struggles for independence celebrated in Latin American countries during the months of September and October. It covers independence days and struggles for El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Chile, Puerto Rico and Cuba, and discusses la Raza celebration. It is most suitable for students aged 3 to 14 (pre-K to grad

In this booklet, interactive PowerPoint presentation, pictures and thankful sheet, join Pepper in Canada for Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October and learn about the history of this celebration. This package is most suitable for those in grades pre-K to 5 (or ages 3 to 10). NEW for 2016: Pepper has added a booklet and PowerPoint completely in French. (If you already own this product, you can download this for free!) (To purchase only the completely French booklet and PowerPoint

In this package Pepper provides booklets, quizzes and PowerPoint presentations for teaching how to tell the time in Spanish to both students in grades 1 - 4 (ages 6 - 9) and students in grades 3 - 8 (ages 8 - 13) either learning introductory Spanish 1 or reviewing in Spanish 2. The documents are in PDF, PowerPoint and Word so you can edit them. To tell the time in French go here and for English click here. For students aged 6 - 9, choose from a booklet showing digital times at fifteen minute

Join Pepper to discover seasons, months and days of the week in English and French. The pictures for each month show seasonal weather and not cultural celebrations. For those in the Southern Hemisphere go here. For Spanish go here. There are three interactive Powerpoints in English and three with French vocabulary. The eight-page booklets (made out of one sheet of paper) are suitable for ages 6 and up, and come in color and in black and white for students to color. For ages 3 and up th

Pepper faces several weather conditions to bring you sixteen common weather phrases including it is hot, it is cold, it is sunny, it is raining, it is windy, it is snowing, it is cloudy, it is foggy, it is stormy, the weather is good, the weather is bad and what is the temperature. Pepper also includes a brief explanation for converting Fahrenheit into Celsius in the notes in her PowerPoint presentation. Click here for weather with Pepper in English or Spanish. Pepper's Weather booklet is i

In “Las Fallas, The Sculptures of Valencia, Or Pepper Goes to Spain” Pepper helps students learn how and why Las Fallas is celebrated on March 15th – 19th in Valencia, Spain. Large sculptures are created out of wood, cardboard, papier-mâché and polystyrene. Firecrackers are let off, bands play, people dance, paella contests are held and people dress in traditional costume. At the end of the celebrations the sculptures are filled with fireworks and burned. Learn about the traditions behind t

Free booklet! "El Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead with Pepper the Pooch" is a short, small eight page black and white booklet printed on one regular piece of paper for students to cut out, color and personalize while learning how and why El Día de los Muertos is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd in Mexico. It is a time to remember and cherish loved ones who have died, to celebrate their lives and to enjoy some festive traditions. Spanish vocabulary for the holiday is included. We have

If you are sick or have any other emergency, Pepper is here to provide you with a week's worth of substitute teacher French plans that work even with non-French subs. Just choose from the options and print and go. PLEASE NOTE: This product contains PDF files in one handy package with clear directions for substitute teachers with little or no knowledge of French. These topics and activities are covered by Pepper in greater detail in her other products, which also include editable Word version

Vive le quatorze juillet! Long live the 14th of July! Pepper is back in France. This time for la Fête Nationale, the National Holiday, better known as Bastille Day in English-speaking countries. Learn with Pepper about the start of the French Revolution, the storming of the Bastille and the celebrations that followed in later years that lead to la Fête Nationale on July 14. Understand why Marie-Antoinette was accused of saying “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche,” let them eat cake, and why anoth

If you are sick or have any other emergency, Pepper is here to provide you with a week's worth of substitute teacher Spanish plans that work even with non-Spanish subs. Just choose from the options and print and go. PLEASE NOTE: This product contains PDF files in one handy package with clear directions for substitute teachers with little or no knowledge of Spanish. These topics and activities are covered by Pepper in greater detail in her other products, which also include editable Word vers

Joyeuses Pâques from France! In “Easter in France or Pepper and the Flying Bells" Pepper helps students learn how and why Easter is celebrated in France with French vocabulary for the holiday. Pepper is in France for two weeks for la Semaine Sainte and la Semaine de Pâques, Holy Week and Easter Week. These two weeks celebrate the last few days of the life of Jesus Christ and His resurrection. There is a detailed ten-page 'newspaper' for older students, simpler eight-page booklets for young

In this booklet, interactive PowerPoint presentation, pictures and crafts, join Pepper in Belize as she discovers what the country is like and what is interesting and unique in a place where Maya, Spanish, English and African culture intertwine. This package is most suitable for those in grades K to 5 (or ages 5 to 10). The eight-page information booklet is made out of one sheet of paper and there are also 8.5" x 11" pictures for students to color. Pepper has included crafts to make a toucan

In this package Pepper provides booklets, quizzes and PowerPoint presentations for teaching how to tell the time in French to both students in grades 1 - 4 (ages 6 - 9) and students in grades 3 - 8 (ages 8 - 13) either learning introductory French 1 or reviewing in French 2. The documents are in PDF, PowerPoint and Word so you can edit them. To tell the time in Spanish go here and for English click here. For students aged 6 - 9, choose from a booklet showing digital times at fifteen minute

Feliz Navidad from Mexico! In “Las Posadas or No Room at the Inn for Pepper the Pooch" Pepper helps students learn how and why Las Posadas is celebrated from December 16th through December 24th in Mexico, with Spanish vocabulary for the holiday. Las Posadas is a nine-day holiday that reflects the historical customs of Mexican and Christmas celebrations and traditions. There is an eight-page 'newspaper' for older students, simpler booklets for younger students, and poster sheets for the youn

Pepper helps students learn how and why El Día de los Muertos is celebrated on November 1st and 2nd in Mexico. It is a time to remember and cherish loved ones who have died, to celebrate their lives and to enjoy some festive traditions. Spanish vocabulary for the holiday is included. NEW for 2016: Pepper has added a two-page "El Día de los Muertos" sheet completely in Spanish for those teaching Spanish-speaking students or students in Spanish 3 or 4. It comes in color, black and white, Span

Pepper faces several weather conditions to bring you eighteen common weather phrases including it is hot, it is cold, it is sunny, it is raining, it is windy, it is snowing, it is cloudy, it is foggy, it is stormy, the weather is good, the weather is bad and what is the temperature. Pepper also includes a brief explanation for converting Fahrenheit into Celsius in the notes in her PowerPoint presentation. Click here for weather with Pepper in English or French. Pepper's Weather booklet is i

Free instructions! Pepper's paper pumpkin is made out of four circles of orange paper and three strips of green paper (or other colors if you wish) and takes about thirty minutes to make. It is a suitable craft for a range of ages from as young as pre-K (age 4) with help to high schoolers. This decoration can be used a table top decoration or a greeting card for several festive occasions including Thanksgiving, Halloween or Harvest Festival. Pepper provides vocabulary in English, French and

Pepper goes to school to learn twenty-five classroom items and related sentences in Spanish. This package includes two booklets, a PowerPoint, posters for younger students to write on, writing practice and quiz sheets, and Pepper's Classroom Items to Use as Labels, Cards or as "at-a-glance" Sheets. The labels include an additional twenty-one items. It is most suitable for those in grades pre-K to 5 (or ages 3 to 10). The documents are in PDF, PowerPoint and Word so you can edit them. Please

In “Christmas in France - Pepper et les Treize Desserts or Pepper is Stuffed" Pepper helps students learn how Christmas is celebrated in France with French vocabulary for the holiday. Pepper covers from Advent four Sundays before Christmas, the arrival of le Père Noël (Santa/Father Christmas) and his assistant le Père Fouettard (Whipping Father), enjoying thirteen desserts on Christmas Eve and what they mean, to eating la galette des Rois (Kings' puff pastry cake) on January 6. To learn abou