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Are you students excited for the Super Bowl or Bad Bunny's performance? Are your students curious why Bad Bunny is performing or who he is? I've compiled information on his life, activism, music, and accomplishments and included information about Puerto Rico. Students will also make predictions about his performance based on the information they collected about him! I'll be using this as a gallery walk activity and my students will complete a crossword (see my other listing) as they move throug

Looking for a fun way to review the pretérito and have students reflect on their year? This is great for students in Spanish 1 or 2 learning the pretérito or past for the first time and great for review for students in Spanish 3 or 4. In this assignment, students will see what happened in 2025 and share their opinions, they will talk about some of their favorite memories and favorite things from the year, and they will make some goals for 2026. The assignment embeds some culture by discussing

Teaching about festivals and Día de los Muertos? Here is a cultural reading for Spanish 2- AP Lang students about los barriletes festival in Guatemala. Footnotes, cognates, and relying on common vocabulary taught in Spanish 1-2 make this reading accessible to students. The second page is review questions to ensure students got the most important information from the reading.

Have your students take a virtual tour of Mexico City and Guanajuato through a powerpoint full of links, photos, and 360 tours. Should be fully editable to change the dates and information that you would like to change. There are so many great pre-activities and follow-up activities to make this a whole unit. I worked on teaching Mexican culture throughout the semester and this was a part of their final. A great way to practice writing, culture, and grammar!

Are you students excited for the Super Bowl or Bad Bunny's performance? Are your students curious why Bad Bunny is performing or who he is? I'll be using a gallery walk activity (see other listing) and my students will complete this crossword as they move through the gallery walk for a fun pre-Super Bowl activity. This is perfect for Spanish year 2, 3, or 4. The answer key can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oI5E4ZMHCM7mVBEJz2gwQKGGp4eOaRW-IR4WDWWYKH4/edit?usp=sharing

Teaching about Frida Kahlo or family vocabulary? Frida Kahlo's life had many twists and turns and her family life was full of strife. Teaching about Frida's family is a great way to teach family vocabulary such as media hermana, viud@, divoricad@, casad@, fallecid@ and so many more. It is also a great way for students to see themselves reflected in the curriculum by showing diverse family structures. I used this while teaching the novela "Frida Kahlo" by Kristy Placido, but great for all classe

If you are celebrating Día de los Muertos and learning about the Guatemalan celebration/ tradition of the Festival de los Barriletes, here is a cultural reading for Spanish 2- AP Lang students, heritage speakers, or bilingual classes about los barriletes festival in Guatemala. Footnotes, cognates, and relying on common vocabulary taught in Spanish 1-2 make this reading accessible to students. The second page is review questions to ensure students got the most important information from the readi

If you are celebrating Día de los Muertos and learning about the Guatemalan celebration/ tradition of the Festival de los Barriletes, I recommend having students create their own. They can use colored pencils, tissue paper, construction paper, feathers, and magazine clippings to decorate. This is such a fun project from them and allows them to tap into their creativity while celebrating someone they love. At the bottom of this template, I have put a paragraph full of sentence frames to get your

Have your students take a virtual tour of Mexico City and Guanajuato through a powerpoint full of links, photos, and 360 tours and then explain their trip! The writing piece comes with directions and an example for how to write a detailed paragraph about their trips. In the directions, students are directed to use the pretérito and the imperfecto, but this can be edited by the teacher. Should be fully editable to change the dates and information that you would like to change. There are so many

If you are celebrating Día de los Muertos and learning about the Guatemalan celebration/ tradition of the Festival de los Barriletes, here is a cultural reading for Spanish 2- AP Lang students, heritage speakers, or bilingual classes about los barriletes festival in Guatemala. Footnotes, cognates, and relying on common vocabulary taught in Spanish 1-2 make this reading accessible to students. The second page is review questions to ensure students got the most important information from the readi

Teaching about festivals and culture of Spain? TWO quick cultural readings about los castells and el festival de San Fermín. Your Spanish 1 or 2 students will enjoy a reading that pulls from the most common Spanish 1 vocabulary and cognates to support reading.

Teaching about airline and airplane vocabulary? I have created a pre-made, fillable airline ticket for your class. This could also be a great listening activity or quiz where you are reading them flight information about a passenger and students have to fill it out. Or even better, if you are thinking of doing a flight simulation for your class, students will need a plane ticket! Features: - Easy to print! (pdf version) - Great in color or black and white - Realistic - Two per page (Paper savi

Wanting students to learn about the controversy surrounding Colombus Day or the Día de la Raza? Take a look at this reading that includes a list of what indigenous people have asked for along with links to resources for your students to explore.

A short graphic organizer or project for students of all ages and abilities. This guide, which is all in Spanish, runs them through important features of countries that the students can research. So many possible follow up activities such as a presentation in front of the class or switching with a partner and writing a short paragraph about the country that they researched. Would also look great all hung up on a bulletin board once the students have completed them.

I didn't know much about the hygiene rituals of the Mayans and the Aztecs. I was looking a way to tie in culture as a follow-up to discussing our own hygiene and delving in to reflexive verbs (cepillarse, dormirse, levantarse, etc.), so I went down a rabbit hole! After discussing the Mr. Bean goes to the dentist movie talk, we discussed the indigenous groups' cultural routines around teeth! This reading delves into both the Aztec and Mayan cultural practices, has some really cool fun facts, and

Interested in hosting a school-wide art walk or displaying your students' artwork? Check out my resources about the Barriletes de Guatemala so students can learn more about this beautiful tradition and festival in Guatemala. Extend the learning by having students create their own and then posting their work for the school to see. This editable, printable ppt can be used as information to introduce and give context to the artwork to the viewer.

This reading is an introduction to Bolivia and the Fesitval called "Las Alasitas." This reading is perfect for Spanish 1 or Spanish 2 students. Great if you are teaching about festivals, Bolivia, or the verb "dar." The bottom of page 2 has simple reading comprehension questions and persona questions to relate to the reading.

A perfect reading to practice students' reading skills and learn about Migaloo- an albino whale off the coast of Australia. This article talks about how they discovered Migaloo and learned more about them, it's connection to Moby Dick (a popular novel), and the dangers of being a whale! I used this reading as a reading assessment in Spanish 1. It contains a lot of cognates and basic vocabulary. It contains mostly present tense, but some past tense mixed throughout. I used this as an assessment

Ser and estar is something that students struggle with for years. This simple guide and cheat sheet has helped me and my students explain and use ser and estar with great accuracy. I use this as my guide when doing guided notes with students and students can use this as a cheat sheet while doing practice or working on projects. Easy to post to google classroom or your LMS for reference. This is great for new teachers looking for how to structure notes for students!

If you are a teacher who likes to resolve issues kindly and gently with students, this is the pass for you! This has worked countless times for me in my own classroom when students just need a break from the environment. I give it to them when there is an argument, when they look upset, when they need a mask break- for whatever! I make sure it has NO negative connotation. It just means that you need a break. Since it has all the instructions they need, I just have to put it on their desk quietly