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Help your students practice numbers 1-39, dates, days of week, months, and calendar vocabulary with these three double-sided worksheets. Using the target language, students will: --Add and subtract --Recognize number patterns --Write dates of holidays --Answer questions (What is the date? When is your birthday? etc.) --Use calendar vocabulary --And more! Great for teaching Spanish I or for reviewing the concepts in upper levels. You can keep on hand for emergency sub assignments, too. Note

Looking for a cultural activity that will engage students? Here is a complete assignment for students to write about a week-long trip to Puerto Rico. The assignment provides a lot of structure while also allowing students the freedom to choose what they want to do during their trip. Your students will need access to the Internet for 2-3 class periods to complete this work. For Spanish I-II, students could write the trip plan in English. Upper level students could write in Spanish. This a

Teach your students how to use por y para in simple terms that they will understand! 13 page unit includes: --Double sided handout explaining specific uses of por y para --Double sided worksheet to practice uses of para --Double sided worksheet to practice uses of por --Bellringer/class practice/exit ticket to determine using por or para --Double sided study guide (corresponds directly to the test) --Two versions of the test This unit provides lots of specific examples and guided prac

Give your students the freedom to choose how they want to learn new vocabulary! This assignment requires students to complete a vocabulary project by choosing from sixteen options. Each of the options is weighted at 5, 10, or 15 points depending on the level of effort to complete. Typically I assign 30-40 words for this project and allow students to work in class for 1 1/2 to 2 days. I type out the vocabulary list that I want students to use on the back of the paper. It takes extra time on m

Start Spanish I with this 22-page complete unit. Everything your Spanish students need when they're beginning to learn the language. The unit includes: --Double-sided alphabet and pronunciation handout --Two oral activities to practice spelling with the Spanish alphabet --Double-sided vocabulary notes: cognates/false cognates, Spanish punctuation, greetings/goodbyes, asking name, asking where someone is from, introductions, and multiple ways to ask and answer how someone is feeling --A copy o

Introduce the Spanish alphabet and pronunciation with one simple front-back paper. Vowels are highlighted as well as "tricky" consonants and consonant-vowel combinations. Includes two additional oral spelling activities great for partner practice or informal assessment. Use with a Promethean board, overhead projector, etc. These are Microsoft Word documents so you can make the changes you need to personalize. This is also great for a review at the beginning of the year!

Looking for a cultural activity that will engage students? Here is a complete assignment for students to write a plan for a two week trip to Barcelona and the Canary Islands. The assignment provides a lot of structure while also allowing students the freedom to choose what they want to do during their trip. Your students will need access to the Internet for 3-4 class periods to complete this work. You can easily divide the work into two separate lessons as well. For Spanish I-II, students coul

Looking for a cultural activity that will engage students? Here is a complete assignment for students to write a plan for a two week trip to two areas of Mexico. First students will plan a week in the Mexico City area and visit Teotihuacan. Next students will plan a week in the Yucatan Peninsula and visit Chichen Itza. The assignment provides a lot of structure while also allowing students the freedom to choose what they want to do during their trip. Your students will need access to the In

This is an oral presentation for the first month of Spanish I. It would also be a great introductory activity for the first week of Spanish II or III. Students will greet the class, introduce themselves, spell their names, and more. A rubric is included for ease of grading. A Microsoft Word document ensures you can make as many changes as you need to personalize this assignment to your taste! This is the very first oral presentation students do in my Spanish I class. We usually do this durin

A creative and engaging activity! Students will describe a "criminal" of their choice using a presentation document (Google doc, PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.) or poster with pictures and/or clip art. The pictures will help them remember what to say. No need for notes or notecards. This is a useful and interesting way for students to utilize adjectives, physical descriptions, and basic infinitives as well as the forms of ser, tener, and gustar. Great for Spanish I classes later in the year a

Looking for a cultural activity that will engage students? Here is a complete assignment for students to write a plan for a two week trip to two areas of Costa Rica. First students will plan a week in the La Fortuna area and visit Arenal National Park. Next students will plan a week in Guanacaste. The assignment provides a lot of structure while also allowing students the freedom to choose what they want to do during their trip. Your students will need access to the Internet for 3-4 class pe

This is a set of activities for teaching unusual, yet useful, adjectives. Included is a vocabulary list of over 35 adjectives that may or may not be included in your textbook (ex: hyper, unstoppable, gross, amazing). On the back of the vocabulary list is a practice worksheet. There are also two other double sided practice worksheets that allow students to be creative and label celebrities, friends, classmates, etc. with adjectives. These activities easily combine with adjectives from your ow

This is an 18-page complete unit for Spanish I that teaches basic questions for formal and informal situations, introductions, and colors. The unit includes: --Double-sided vocabulary notes (one version translated Spanish to English, the other version in Spanish only) --Three class activities for practicing the vocabulary (can be used as bellringers, homework, exit tickets, etc.) --Oral presentation to introduce a classmate --Two double-sided practice worksheets, including a study guide that c

Teach your upper level Spanish students how to speak all about love with this six page love vocabulary unit. Includes: --Double sided vocabulary notes translated from Spanish to English containing dozens of ways to say "love" as a noun, "love" as a verb, "love" in phrases, "to love someone," "to miss" and also how to end a letter. --The above vocabulary notes in Spanish only (no translations) --An assignment to write a love letter in Spanish (directions are in Spanish) --A peer review assig

Looking for a fun and educational Halloween activity? This is a Halloween-themed dialogue for groups of 2-3 students. Groups of two students will portray a child and an adult. Groups of three will have a child, an adult, and a narrator. The vocabulary is appropriate for Spanish II-III or an advanced group of Spanish I. If you wish you could use this as an introduction or reinforcement to the uses of ser and estar. The object is for each group of students to read the dialogue in front of

Get to know your beginning Spanish students with this two-sided paper. Students list information about family, favorite things to do, and opinions about life in and out of school. Students also answer questions about expectations of Spanish class. A great activity to do during the first week of school. Easily adaptable for more advanced levels as well! This is a Microsoft Word document so you can easily make all of the changes you wish.

Here is an oral presentation with a grading sheet for assessing information usually covered during the first several weeks of Spanish I. Students will greet the class, list personal info, the date, some of their favorite things, and more. The requirement of bringing a visual aid helps keep these presentations lively and interesting. This would also be a great review activity for the beginning of Spanish II or III. A Microsoft Word document ensures you can make as many changes as you need to

Make up a list of current and/or past vocabulary words and have students make their own bingo cards! You choose to call the English or the Spanish words. I like to use an online random word generator to help me "call" the words. Let the words scroll on the SmartBoard and you choose the words in front of the class. Enjoy!