Beginning Language Resources

This is a super basic retelling of Little Red Riding Hood in Spanish. The vocabulary is targeted and the sentence structure is basic and meant for total beginners. Following the story is an activity where students can guess what is in Riding Hood´s basket. You show them each slide and the kids can guess if they think the items will be in her basket. You can modify the level depending on ability. Then you reveal each item in the basket. Some are very silly!

This simple vocabulary and comprehension worksheet corresponds with my Semana Santa slideshow. Students may complete this remotely.

These expressions can be used as a basic list of useful classroom expressions to be learned or cut up for games. You can have students cut them into cards to play memory, grab it (you say an expression in Spanish and they have to grab the corresponding English expression before their opponent) or Caramba (bingo). You could also have students make signs to hang in the classroom.

This is a list of common Thanksgiving vocabulary in Spanish with pronunciation breakdown for beginning Spanish learners.

The AB student dialogue is a great way to get students talking. I do a speed dating format for the activity where I have one line of students stay in one spot and I have the another line rotate to a new partner when I flash the lights. The activity is written in English and gives students prompts that they have to complete in the target language. Students can and should try doing the A and B roles. This can be used in any second language (not specific to Spanish).