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This 12 page document holds your hand and guides you through an invitation/restaurant skit project for beginning Spanish students. It is designed to be a 6- class period project for students to work in groups, and includes EVERTHING you need for your students to use their Spanish skills in context in an invitation/restaurant situation. It even included required phrases which prompt the students' imagination and helps with repetition. The project packet includes: - Three pages of step-by-step,

This document gently introduces the -yo form Spanish preterite tense to students while reviewing/introducing much relevant vocabulary. I personally use it after coming back from winter break with my 7th graders to discuss what students did over their vacation, but it can be used at any time of the school year. I use it an introduction/warm-up for students, and students take notes on the -yo form endings as well as useful phrases that indicate past occurrences. It is handy to be able to print t

This game is a fabulous pair activity game for reviewing vocabulary before a quiz or test, or simply for practice. I learned about it at a conference, so I can't take credit for the idea. - Make enough copies of each page- enough for half of your students to be student A,and the other half to be student B. - The game is played in pairs. Give Student A students their copies, and Student B students their copies (different- no peeking!) - Student A asks his/her partner, Student B, to translate

This 14 page document holds your hand and guides you through a shopping skit project for beginning Spanish students. It is designed to be a 6- class period project for students to work in groups, and includes EVERYTHING you need for your students to use their Spanish skills in context in a shopping/bargaining situation. It even includes required phrases which prompt the students' imagination and helps with repetition. (This skit aligns with Realidades 1: 7A and 7B, but can be modified to meet th

Gallery Walks are such a fun way to review vocabulary! This PDF is ready to go - a no prep activity. Before class, simply hang the 16 visuals around the classroom, inside and/or outside. Each visual has a Spanish sentence that explains the store's hours and/or location on a map. Have students take out a sheet of paper and number 1-16 for this 20 minute or so activity. I put my students in groups of 2-3! Explain that students will walk around and translate the Spanish sentences to English on th

This ready to play, no prep partner quiz game "Tres Intentos" is an easy, effective, and interactive quiz game to be played in partners! It's my favorite review activity, and the kids love it as well! *Aligns well with Encuentros 1, Unidad 3, Desafio 1 but can be used in any shopping unit for Spanish class. This partner game takes 10-15 minutes. One ready to print PDF is included (teacher needs to cut copies in half before handing out) Two mini quizzes on Spanish Vocabulary: De Compras (zapa

*These Brachs hearts have been harder to find these days...I buy mine on Amazon. Lisa 1/30/2106 This is a simple and fun Valentine's Day activity to use with your Spanish students! The only requirement is to purchase the Brach's brand Spanish conversation heart candies- I found mine at my local Target. :) Pass out as many heart candies as you like to each of your students and have them search for the matches on their paper. You may decide to pass out the answer key (page 2) on a separate sheet

This 3 page document summarizes Chapter 6A of Realidades 1 for student reference. The 2 additional pages include the answers for the grammar pages. Page 1 is the vocabulary overview in which students fill in the English equivalents of words and phrases from Chapter 6A, and pages 2 and 3 cover the grammar topics of this chapter: Boot Verbs "o to ue" and Comparatives and Superlatives. There are 5 total pages; I did not include the answers to the vocabulary being that the teachers/students can easi

This 12 page document holds your hand and guides you through a city skit project for beginning Spanish students. It is designed to be a 6- 7 class period project for students to work in groups, and includes EVERYTHING you need for your students to use their Spanish skills in context in a travelling situation. It even includes required phrases which prompt the students' imagination and helps with repetition. Please note that this project matches up with Realidades 1 Chapter 8A vocab and grammar,

This PowerPoint presentation introduces Spanish students to the "Carnaval," and makes connections to the well-known "Mardi Gras" celebration. It is a simple and refreshing PowerPoint that includes many colorful and vibrant photos of Mardi Gras, Dominican Carnaval, and Puerto Rican Carnaval masks and costumes. A very refreshing culture lesson, and a nice change from the culture typically seen in textbooks. Please note that you will need to look up the current calendar year's dates for Lent and

This is a partner activity that will help students review for Descubre 1, Leccion 8 Comparatives & Superlatives. Simply print, cut in half, and partner students A/B. Students "quiz" eachother, and the student with the most points wins. For each item that the student gets right on the first try, he/she earns 3 points. If he/she answers incorrectly, the partner will read him/her the correct answer, and then will re-test missed answers after going through the entire activity. My students LOVE thi

¡Hola! Are you finding that you need a low-prep activity that will get students out of their seats to be exposed to reading vocabulary surrounding Spanish Hobbies and Leisure activities? Well, this Camino Galería or Gallery Walk activity might help! This 30 minute activity has a bit of Hispanic culture as well and will keep students engaged and challenged! You can even make this a timed competition if you'd like to add some spice to it. Here is how it works: 1) Print the visuals, which are each

This project encourages creativity and is a lot of fun for beginning Spanish students. Students create an imaginary city entirely in Spanish and must include prepositions of location to describe where buildings are in relation to one another. The project encourages creativity and speaking skills, and my Spanish 1 students love it! If you download and decide to use this project with your students, would you please include a rating of the product? If there are any typos or errors, please contac

This ready to play, no prep partner quiz game "Tres Intentos" is an easy, effective, and interactive quiz game to be played in partners! It's my favorite review activity, and the kids love it as well! Two mini quizzes on Descubre/Senderos 1.3: Ser and Subject Pronouns. Quiz A and Quiz B each have 7 questions and answers. Student pair #1 gets a Quiz A copy and #2 a Quiz B copy, and they "test" one another. If the partner gets the answer correct on the first try, the partner checks the + 3 points

Here we have 37 pages of 8.5 x 11 of Spanish vocabulary and images to laminate and display for your "clase de español!" TRIMMING required. This PDF set includes: 1) 17 calming, simple plant themed Spanish sayings on 8.5 x11 to hang for a zen/boho vibe. My goal for these was to get away from the "busy-ness" and overstimulating, outdated posters of random shapes and sizes that I was holding onto. I love how these came out and wanted to share! Some examples are: "¿En qué página estamos? "¿Puedo s

This game is a fabulous pair activity game for reviewing vocabulary before a quiz or test, or simply for practice. I learned about it at a conference, so I can't take credit for the idea. - Make enough copies of each page- enough for half of your students to be student A,and the other half to be student B. - The game is played in pairs. Give Student A students their copies, and Student B students their copies (different- no peeking!) - Student A asks his/her partner, Student B, to translate #

This song by Sol Pereyra is so cool and unique! It is completely school appropriate as well. This exercise includes a single page Word document with a fill in the blank cloze exercise, a mini biography in Spanish and a photo of Sol, a word bank for the cloze, and two additional activities (circle the preterite verbs and personal questions). It also includes a key for the cloze and verbs activities on the second page. Enjoy! Que disfruten! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg4c7jCC1yo

Spanish or ELD students can use this resource to write a simple letter or card to a friend, family member, or teacher! Simply pass out a copy of a large heart on blank paper, plain white paper to glue to construction paper, or allow the students to get creative with their drawing skills. The possibilities are endless! I have used this activity with much success with Spanish and ELD students from ages 7-18. A fun activity to combine with my "Spanish Brachs Candy Hearts" activity, available in m

This ready to play, no prep partner quiz game "Tres Intentos" is an easy, effective, and interactive quiz game to be played in partners! It's my favorite review activity, and the kids love it as well! Two mini quizzes on Descubre/Senderos Lesson 1 (Vocab, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4) are included. Quiz A and Quiz B each have 8 questions and answers. Student pair #1 gets a Quiz A copy and #2 a Quiz B copy, and they "test" one another. If the partner gets the answer correct on the first try, the partne

This Spanish preterite song helps students learn the regular -ar, and -er/-ir endings in a super fun and efficient way! It is sung to the tune of the Cucaracha, and I have included a karaoke link below so that you can get a feel for how I do it (You can always play it for a student and have him/her to do it for you if you're shy!) Have fun! This purchase comes with a "poster" in Word to project, and you can also print these for students to place in their folders, and or conjugate on a Smartbo