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This is a beginner Spanish reading. It's a story about a boy who sees a pretty girl in the cafeteria and wants her telephone number. He introduces himself and ends up getting her phone number. It uses vocabulary for greetings, school activities, interests and numbers. There are 10 comprehension questions related to the story included. This story could be a great resource for a TPRS classroom, but is appropriate for any beginner Spanish classroom that is trying to incorporate more reading (the

This a short reading appropriate for beginning Spanish students. It talks about the migration of Monarch butterflies from North America to Mexico. The vocabulary of the reading is focused on the seasons, months and weather. This goes beyond the typical textbook approach to learning these topics and puts the vocabulary in an interesting, relevant context.

Looking for an interactive way to practice Spanish vocabulary for interests and personality? This conversation activity is perfect. Students will interview several classmates to find out who would make an ideal roommate. They will need to greet others, ask personal questions and answer spontaneously. Students may use common action verbs, the verb gustar, the verb ser, and descriptive adjectives.

This logic puzzle is a unique activity to practice reading beginner Spanish vocabulary and exercise higher order thinking skills. Students must read clues in Spanish to find out who has each class and at time. Students will practice reading and understanding times and the names of school subjects.

In this unit, students will learn to complete the first communication task they are likely to need. They will learn to meet and greet others. This is the very first lesson I teach and I assume that students have had little or no exposure to Spanish. My goal is to get them used to hearing Spanish for the majority of the class and give them a positive first experience using the language. To do this, I try to provide as much comprehensible input in Spanish through a variety of means before asking t

This reading introduces beginning Spanish students to the Spanish royal family. It makes use of vocabulary for immediate and extended family members. It also includes the verb "tener" and ages. There is a family tree chart to correspond with the reading to help visual learners. The activities after the reading reinforce family-related vocabulary and the cultural content of the reading.

This quiz will test students' ability to understand common expressions used to greet others and introduce one's self in Spanish. Students will listen to brief exchanges (can be read from the included script, recorded and played back or created from scratch), respond to common expressions and put two conversations in a logical sequence.

This set of story-based activities can be used to help students review the preterite tense in Spanish. These activities will use 2-3 class periods, depending on the length of classes at your school. It incorporates storytelling/comprehensible input, horizontal conjugations and cooperative learning strategies.

This logic puzzle is a unique activity to practice reading beginner Spanish vocabulary and exercise higher order thinking skills. Students must read clues in Spanish to find out who has each item and the quantity they have. Students will practice reading and understanding numbers as well as cognates for a few common items. There is an answer key included on the second page.

This intermediate Spanish reading is about a family celebrating Day of the Dead. It contains vocabulary pertaining to important life events and rituals such as baptisms, birthdays, weddings and funerals. The story contains verbs in the present tense, preterit and imperfect. It is a good reading for practicing the preterit versus the imperfect. Before the reading there is a vocabulary list of important words. After the reading, there are three activities to practice reading comprehension and wr

This original story is a great reading activity for intermediate Spanish language learners. The story vocabulary focuses on exercise and body parts. I wrote this story when I was introducing the subjunctive mood to students. There are ample examples of the subjunctive used with impersonal expressions such as "Es bueno/necesario/importante que..." The story also makes use of the present tense and contains the verb "ser" in the imperfect tense. Before the story, there is a list of important vocabu

This is a great rubric for the foreign language classroom. It can be used to evaluate two-way communication, such as conversations or email exchanges. The categories it uses are content of message, comprehensibility of message, quality of interaction/comprehension of message, fluency, vocabulary and language control. It can be used at any proficiency level.

This rubric is perfect for the foreign language classroom. It can be used to evaluate students' written or spoken products. The categories it assesses are content of message, comprehensibility of message, quality of message delivery, vocabulary and language control.

Introduce or reinforce vocabulary, grammar and culture through this reading. The reading contains cooking themed Spanish vocabulary (chop, fry, stir, frying pan, oven, etc.), familiar commands and many examples of Spanish culture. The reading is written for intermediate level Spanish students.

This story can be used with absolute beginners to reinforce how to greet others and introduce yourself in Spanish. Most of these words and phrases are typically taught in the first week or so of a Spanish class.

Use this powerpoint presentation to introduce new Spanish vocabulary. It contains common adjectives to describe size, personality and appearance. They are presented as pairs of opposites on the same slide with a picture illustrating the meaning of each word. This is great for visual learners.

This powerpoint presentation contains all of the "Vocabulario Adicional" for Descubre 1 Leccion 1. There is basic classroom vocabulary such as "escuela" and "diccionario" as well as travel-related vocabulary such as "autobus" and "pasajero". There are a number of cognates too. All slides contain the vocabulary word in bold type within the context of a simple sentence that would be understandable to the newest learners. There is a visual that contains the vocabulary word and provides additional c

This intermediate level Spanish reading tells about a unique custom in Bogota, Colombia. The streets are closed each week to allow people to jog and bicycle on city streets. I'm giving this reading away so that you can get an idea of the kinds of other readings you can find here.