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This is a handout for students when you first introduce days of the week, months of the year, and saying a date in Spanish to your students.

This is a handout that I give to my students when I first introduce telling time in Spanish.

This is a handout for students with numbers 1-100 in Spanish on it.

This is a story that I created with my Spanish class about a girl named Dora with a capybara named Boots. Things get dramatic when her jealous neighbor Hank comes along. This story is perfect to use prior to teaching the novel El Capibara Con Botas or just for a fun story with comprehensible input. The clipart is public domain from openclipart.org.

This project is included as a PDF and also as a Word Doc that you can edit. This is a project in which students get to create a recipe of themselves. All of the ingredients and preparation steps to the recipe are based on that individual student. This is a fun creative writing project that can be adapted and used in a variety of ways. I use this with my middle school advisory students but it would also work great in an English classroom! Included are all of the instructions and a sample reci

I wrote this reading in simple Spanish to help my novice readers learn about the rainforest. I use this when before we read the novel El capibara con botas.

Why create a handout for explaining how adjective/noun agreement works in Spanish when I already have it made? This is perfect for when I introduce colors and show them how to use them to describe nouns.

These Christmas and Happy Holidays cards are perfect for the day before Christmas break! My students are going to create their own Christmas card for someone using one of these card templates. You can teach your students some phrases to use in a card or have them be more creative with their message in Spanish! This product is available in color and black and white. You can use the PDF or use the editable PowerPoint version.

This file includes a PDF and a Word Doc that you can edit for your own class. I use this scavenger hunt to practice using the high frequency word "hay" in Spanish along with common classroom items.

This is a game I used with my students to review vocabulary words that describe a person (appearance and personality traits). Instructions are included on the worksheet. I have included a PDF and an editable Word Doc.

Song activities to go along with "¿Cómo te llamas?" by Ilich.

This Spanish story is based on the movie Twilight. This story includes text and a picture slideshow to make it even more engaging for students. Comprehension questions are at the end. I use this with my classes and they love it. You could even have students read the dialogue parts for more fun. This would fit well with a unit on character and physical traits. It includes the Super 7 verbs "hay" "tiene" "es" "está" "le gusta" "quiere" and would work well for classes that are learning these wor

I use this with students for a little extra practice writing a date out in Spanish.

I created this story with my students before we read the novel Brandon Brown quiere un perro. Students acted it out as I told it. After, we read this written version of it. These are the names that they chose for the story.

These name tags are perfect for the first few weeks of Spanish class! Students can write their name on both sides of the paper, fold it and create it into a name tag tent. There are four different font options, including one which students can color in. This product includes a PDF and an editable powerpoint. The fonts used in this product are KG fonts which I have a license to use.

Start of class with a fun activity that also gives students a lot of information in Spanish! This is what I call the student reporter. Students will fill out the information on their own personal handout. When class starts, the reporter for the day will come up to the Smart board with the script projected. They will fill out the information with the class and then read the report to the class aloud. It's a great way to practice greetings, name, dates, time, and weather.

This is a story I wrote for my students prior to reading the novel Brandon Brown quiere un perro. Click on the PDF to get a link to the Google Document. You can click "file" and "make a copy" to edit.

This is a story I created with my students. The details, as goofy as they are, were originally created by my own students. They really enjoyed acting this out and I hope you enjoy it too!

This is a class story that could be used within the first week or two of Spanish class. It at a novice low level, but still a fun read for students! Bob the Builder is a vampire and struggles to find love. The clipart used in this is all public domain from the site openclipart.org.

This is a handout that my students use at the start of class each day. They fill out the date, how they are feeling, and answer the question of the day.