CI Spanish Supplements

Hey High School Teachers - Do you hate first day ice-breakers?Do you want to create a positive classroom culture without it feeling forced or cheesy?Do you want to establish the rules of engagement immediately without boring your students to tears?THIS IS FOR YOU. Classroom Culture is based upon Teacher Style, Student Behavior and Teacher-Student Communication and Interaction- and if a picture is worth a 1000 words, a movie clip must be worth a million. Included: 18 Page PowerPoint / Google Sli

2024 update! Revised for clarity and depth!New to the concept of MovieTalk or ClipChat? This resource is based off of the super cute video 'Decaf' (found on YouTube). The 200 slide deck/slideshow (both PowerPoint / Google Slides included) is best suited for a Spanish 1B (1A at the end of the year) or Spanish 2 class. Use what you want for a 1 day lesson, or stretch it out for days! Language targets: Stem changers in the present tense: tiene, tiene sueño, tiene miedo, quiere, juega, duerme, s

Another story about a boy wanting a dog? Yep! And this one is guaranteed to delight middle schoolers, and have your most squirrely students engaged & laughing - whether presenting in person or remotely. This isn't a story you read though- it's told through PowerPoint- so even the kids that have the hardest time comprehending Spanish will be able to understand it! This is a good story for the second half of level 1A or to start off your 1B year. BONUS: A PowerPoint sequel to this story (Y

“FRANK TIENE HAMBRE” IS A COMPELLING, STAND-ALONE STORY for SPANISH 1B or 2 - but is comprehensible with minimal language because of the visual storytelling! This story centers around the Super 7, cognates and a handful of high-frequency target structures...but the twist ending is what will have your students either in laughter or speechless. Such a fun story with activities to fill a day or two while reinforcing some of the most commonly used structures in present tense Spanish (Suitable for

Are you reading the novel El nuevo Houdini and need to increase engagement and understanding? This beautifully illustrated 211 page storyboard POWERPOINT slideshow is an amazing supplementary resource to use as you read the novel, helping teachers maintain the target language and boost comprehensibility of the story. PICTURE TALK: Use these storyboards to review chapters the next day- allowing you to recap the story for the students that were absent - or boost understanding of the chapters tha

GALLERY WALK ACTIVITY: This no-tech activity has students getting up and walking and reading to find certain items of clothing, the color, the price, and who wears it. Great supplement for a Spanish 1 clothing unit. 18 Slides & follow along packet (3 pages) in either PDF or Microsoft Word/PowerPoint formatVocabulary List includedTopics/Grammar: Articles of Clothing, Colors, Numbers 0-100, and regular -ar verb conjugation with the verb "llevar"Ideas for extension and increasing difficulty (shuffl

Prepare for a fun, linguistically rich, no-prep game for Spanish Level 1B and up! This plug & play PowerPoint is a photo based number-guessing game. This is a team game where students are given familiar or famous photos from history (mostly US American history- since they are most familiar with those images), and they try to guess the year. Opposing teams will determine if the original guess is too early or too late in history- which means every team has a chance to win points for each phot

Ashley Embers, an older Gen Z YouTube content creator, dives in to the subject of screen time and its effect on our lives- specifically as it relates to Gen Z and Gen Alpha in the video titled "No thoughts? No problem! There's an app for that". This 38 minute video podcast available on YouTube is formatted with quick snippets, fun graphics, and thought-provoking material will have your students engaged and invested in the topic of how doomscrolling has changed our brains, relationships, energ

PowerPoint to help navigate a MovieTalk or ClipChat. Two presentations included- one with just screenshots for a more experienced CI teacher, an advanced level teacher, or a teacher of a language besides Spanish, and one that is scripted in level 1 Spanish for less experienced CI teachers or for additional input. (Audio, Visual & Reading) PowerPoint very, very long, so a 'clicker' is recommended. A Kahoot and Blooket link for Spanish 1 learners is also included as a follow up activity.

This visually stunning 55 minute, English language video 'Wonders of Mexico' (rated G - 2018) is available with an Amazon Prime subscription, or for purchase for $2.99 through Amazon. This worksheet was written to accompany the video, goes in sequential order, and makes for a quick and easy sub plan. Answer key included. Discover the natural wonders of the Yucatan peninsula. Topics include cenotes (fresh water pools), the Mayan civilization, vegetation and exploration.

Spanish 2+ This is a ClipChat (MovieTalk) style lesson, which allows you to watch a hilarious segment of Mr. Bean in a restaurant while you describe the story in Spanish. The script is written in the past tense and allows you to continuously talk about the scenes while your students watch! Mr. Bean is ideal for this type of lesson, as there is minimal dialogue, and lots of engaging slapstick comedy. Included: 2 page script with vocabulary support Cloze activity with word bank Matching past/pr

Does your Calendar Talk routine need something new?Try the classic game of 20 questions! It's simple: Get a box, and place something (or a picture of something) inside- and let the target language questioning begin!General questions are provided in yes/no format with visual supports to aid comprehension. If a student gets a 'yes' answer on a general question, they can guess specifically what the object is (in English)Students will use process of elimination to guess the object, food, vehicle

Posters of 15 of the most common and frequently used verbs in (Mexican) SpanishIncluded: ser, estar, tener, ir, ver, dar, querer, poder, poner, hacer, pensar, gustar, saber & conocerRegular present, regular preterite, regular imperfect tense postersConjugations of yo, tú, él/ella/Ud., nosotros/nosotras, ellos/ellas/Uds.Each poster has: the infinitive form and the English translation5 Forms of the present, imperfect and preterite tenseAsterisks* to show when a verb is irregularAdditional notes

Use this slideshow to guide your students through an interactive guessing game! It´s easy! Who has a (secret) costume planned for Halloween? Let´s ask Y/N questions in Spanish and narrow it down! Is it a superhero? An alien? An animal? A job? A food? Yes questions allow students to guess the costume (in English) No answers end a turn, but eliminate possibilities! 7 detailed slides with cognate-heavy vocabulary supported with colorful emojis will help students remain in the target language. Thi

Looking for Spanish verb conjugation posters that even a novice in middle school can understand? 19 colorful and easy-to-read posters that are easy to decipher. Subject pronouns in Spanish have been removed and replaced with the English translations to make it super easy for your newbies to get the verb they need in order to communicate. Only 1st person singular and 3rd person singular AND plural have been included, since I have discovered this is what my newbies need most. These are 19 PDFs c

Put anticipation into your anticipatory set! Have you ever wanted to play Wordle with your Spanish class, but didn't know how to make it work? Have you tried to play Wordle with your Spanish class, but discovered that they didn't have enough vocabulary to play? These resources are a perfect warm up for novice-level Spanish classes! Included: -Link to create your own Spanish Wordle. Choose a word that ties into your theme or lesson for the day! -HUGE list of 5 letter Spanish words (almost 400

Comprehension questions to accompany the Globe Trekker/Pilot Guides videos. 32 questions about Mexico City video 24 questions about Southern Mexico video No answer key at this time.

A no-prep (...really, no prep...) brain break activity for PowerPoint, perfect for a Food / Restaurant Unit at any age. (Vocab goal: lots of reps of 'cuchara, cuchillo, tenedor') Read the "Game Play" slide with students, and then play! It is a Rock, Paper, Scissor game, but called "Cuchara, Cuchillo, Tenedor". Hand gestures are included, and students play against the PowerPoint. The goal is to be the last student standing. This game is plug-n-play, so you can have a student or substitute