Senor Ward

Here is a list of 70 Spanish words for different places in a city. The list is ready to print! I use this handout when I teach the prepositions of location. I print out a Google map of our community and then have the students draw and label the different places they can go around town. I also have them write sentences describing where one business (or place) is in relation to another. For example: La tienda de comestibles está lejos de la iglesia. Included on the printout are useful p

This is a vocab list containing 60+ different food and drink items. Print it off and pass it out! Students can use this list to accentuate their foods unit vocabulary. Have them create their own menus from this list. Sorted by: Bebidas, Carnes, Frutas, Verduras, Mariscos, Postres, Otras Comidas (misc.)

Students will be assigned one of the Mexican cities on the map (included in download). They will then make a beautiful brochure to lure tourists to that city. Criteria: -Include pictures and descriptions of three tourist attractions in the city. -Identify three restaurants in the city that they'd recommend (include contact info. such as websites, phone numbers, addresses). -List the names of three hotels include contact info.) and the price per night in dollars AND pesos. They will need to go t

Print off and pass out this beautifully-organized list of nearly 50 house-related vocabulary words. Your students can use it label the different rooms and items found inside a house. This would be an effective and handy tool for the students when designing dream-house floor plans to present to the class on Power Point!

Here is a fun activity for celebrating the culture of Dia de los Muertos! In this download, I offer a simple lesson plan geared toward upper and lower-level Spanish classes. It comes with clear criteria/instructions in both Spanish and English, has six example photographs for inspiration, and includes an editable rubric. The download has a total of 5 pages. This could be good for any level of Spanish, and could even be adapted for use at an elementary school level. Enjoy!

Some of the most valuable items in my Spanish classes are these handouts. The students use these lists ALL YEAR to help them write and be creative in their assignments and projects. I cannot tell you how many times during the year I tell my students, "Por favor, saquen los verbos regulares...," or "Saquen este papel" (and then I hold up the past tense handout/guide). We use these CONSTANTLY! You will love them. These are DONE for you! There are four sheets for you to download. Just print

This is a fully editable Word document, written in Spanish for four characters: el Narrador, El Papa Oso, La Mama Oso, El Chico Oso, La Nina. The skit is three pages, and can be easily changed into whichever tense you are currently working with in class (present, imperfect, etc.) It can also be translated into another foreign language fairly easily. The students really get into the project and "compete" to be the best presentation. I tell them that after every group has presented their skit fo

Here is a list of 23 Spanish words for your Halloween classroom activities. The list is ready to print, and includes all of the "creepy" words that the kids love to use in creative holiday writing/storytelling assignments! Also included are 15 terms that deal specifically with the Day of the Dead.

Here is a colorful printout for your Spanish students. Included you'll find 30 holiday-specific vocabulary words which you can use for your Spanish Valentine's Day class activities. Print it off, or display it on the overhead.

This is a simple class survey that can be used for any unit. The questions and responses are built into the print-out, so students will have NO DIFFICULTY responding in the target language. This is a quick 5-8 minute activity that will have students up and moving around collecting classmates' signatures and speaking Spanish! You can modify this idea for ANY unit in ANY FOREIGN LANGUAGE!

This is a fully editable Word document, written in Spanish for four characters: el Narrador, Caperucita Roja, La Mamá/El Papá/La Abuela (one person does all), el Lobo. The skit is four pages, and can be easily changed into whichever tense you are currently working with in class (present, imperfect, etc.) It can also be translated into another foreign language fairly easily. The students really get into the project and "compete" to be the best presentation. I tell them that after every group

Learn the colors in Spanish! Here are five printable pages you can give to a very young, elementary Spanish audience. There are two coloring pages (color-by-Spanish-word), a page to "color" notes on, and two writing/coloring pages (5 pages in total). Quick and effective for the elementary school beginning Spanish learner. Students should be able to read and write to do this activity.

Here is a simple list of riddles I came up with to practice Spanish body parts with my Spanish 2 students. I read them a riddle and they write the body part on their dry-erase board. The students hold up their Spanish word for me to see. Sometimes we do this as a contest, but more often it simply adds some variety to class. The students enjoy a chance to "play" on the dry-erase boards once in awhile. Thirty-one riddles are included in the download. It's in Word, so you can edit to suit y

Decorate your room with original student-designed Papel Picado artwork. The attached Word document will show you a couple pictures of my classroom and what the students did with their creativity. The process is simple, and this easy, 30-minute activity will transform your classroom hour-by-hour throughout the day. Watch your room change into a festive paradise as the students hang their Papel Picado designs from your ceiling!

This mixed-holiday wordsearch includes the words below. Have your students look up the words in a dictionary first, and then find the Spanish in the word-find. Bruja Buho Calabaza Esqueleto Fantasma Calavera Cementerio Disfraz Luna Miedo Dulces Escoba Espantapájaros Murciélago Máscara Gato Monstruo Ofrenda Cempasuchil Casa Espantada

Use this as you teach the countries and capitals of Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Answer key included.

I use this one-slide PowerPoint to play the Spanish birthday song every time one of my students has a birthday. It's a GREAT way to start the hour! The kids try to guess whose birthday it is.... On the left side of the slide are the lyrics in Spanish and on the right in English. The video that plays is a fun children's live-action song. I then pull out my bag of Spanish pencils, buttons (¡Es Mi Cumpleaños!), and mini maraca keychains. The birthday students get to take their pick of items. T

For this activity, students will label TEN place-setting items and then work with a partner to describe where items are creatively located on their place-mat using preps of location. Here are the activity instructions. It's all ready for you to print and distribute. Your students will need: scissors, construction paper and writing utensils.This is in Spanish, but can be quickly edited to work with ANY world language. (The thumbnail image looks weird, but the ten cut-able items are all spac

Use this activity with your foreign language class. It gets them to work as teams, get up and out of their seats, and think critically about giving and following directions accurately in Spanish. This can be adapted to any foreign language class. The kids really enjoy doing this short activity, and makes a nice compliment to your unit on giving directions and working with vocabulary and commands. Included w/ the download: Tú commands, giving directions-related vocab, a handout for students to

Here's the first part of the script/plan: Teacher: "I am a producer with Spanish program, TVReal, and I need an agency (your group) to plan the next Reglas del Camino. I have FIVE young people that will be spending two weeks being filmed on the road, in airplanes, on trains, buses, taxis, subways, canoes, llamas (etc.) in Spain, Central America and South America. These five people will be involved in activities/stunts, will be eating authentic Spanish-related cuisine of the region they are i