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Here's a 43-slide PowerPoint, with transitions, on how to conjugate regular (and present tense) Spanish verbs--including -AR, -ER, and -IR conjugations. If it has irregular conjugation rules, it is not included in this presentation. This presentation was carefully curated to slowly teach conjugations, bit by bit. I can confidently say that a student with good English reading skills would be able to teach themselves this content through this PowerPoint, although learning in the Spanish classroom

This is a 100% original movie guide with questions about Disney and Pixar’s movie “ Encanto”, an animated movie enjoyable for all, that celebrates the importance of family and the culture of Colombia alike. This movie guide contains quick comprehension-based questions (hence my original “RapiPreguntas” title), students should be able to answer them as the movie progresses. There are: 140 multiple-choice comprehension-based questions that go in chronological order of the movie.Section headers fo

Comprehensible-Input Spanish Flashcard Bundle #2Includes 40 Class Commands! Here are 40 of the most common commands teachers use in the Spanish 1 and 2 classroom (for Novice-Low to Novice-High) students and 110 flashcards for Calendar Talk. Maintain speaking 100% in Spanish with Dr. Stephen Krashen's Comprehensible-Input (CI) method, using these flashcards, which would go great on a word wall. You can use the 110 Calendar Talk Flashcards to start off class 100% in Spanish, introducing days of th

Comprehensible-Input Spanish Flashcard Bundle #1Includes 50 Common Verbs/40 Class Commands! Here are 50 of the most common verbs Spanish 1 and 2 (Novice-Low to Novice-High) students and 40 of the most common commands teachers use in the classroom. Maintain speaking 100% in Spanish with Dr. Stephen Krashen's Comprehensible-Input (CI) method, using these flashcards, which would go great on a word wall. The 50 verbs are conjugated in the third person, singular (for él/ella/usted), and as such, go g

No, this is not Mexico's Independence Day. This presentation, written in English, tells the story of what Mexico was like when Benito Juárez entered the scene, all the way through to what it meant for Mexico to when that famous battle at Puebla on May 5, 1862, and what it means to this day. The text in the presentation is all in English, in a story-like format. If you prefer the all-Spanish version without comment flags, but with an additional outline in Spanish at the end, please see that listi

Alfabeto cultural español | Cultural Spanish alphabet signs30 letter signs from the Spanish alphabet with cultural images, plus the student worksheet to accompany these letters. The worksheet has miniature versions of the letters and a space for the students to write the word (like "be" for B) and /brackets/ where students can write out how the letter sounds to them. Each sign is a country, nationality, or artifact related to a Spanish-speaking country. For "O", for example, I chose "oruguita" i

Muletillas | 24 Spanish Filler Rejoinder Flashcards for Comprehensible InputGreat for word walls or your board, use these muletillas (Spanish for filler words you use when you are thinking of what next to say) to get your kids to maintain speaking all in the target language, Spanish. Incorporate these filler words into your Comprehensible Input-based lessons, to teach students how to sound like a native. Muletillas are an extra tool in the toolbelt, next to circumlocution! How often do you say

50 Common Spanish Verbs for Comprehensible InputMaintain speaking 100% the Target Language (Spanish) using these 50 slides / flashcards filled with the most commonly used verbs in Spanish class for levels 1 and 2. The verbs are conjugated in the present tense, third person form, so they pair well with Comprehensible Input-based readers for Novice Low to Medium students, especially. Note for those who are new to Comprehensible Input (CI): I created the verbs in the conjugated form, instead of in

I created these listening activities to accompany the following video (found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivDSIb7NJ_8). There are three activities in the 5 pages, in addition to an answer key. First, you have a transcription of the video. Second, there is a Novice-Low version of the cloze listening activity, in which students will guess the 20 missing words, based on common cognates. In the Novice-Mid version, I chose 20 words that are more affiliated with the carnaval holiday. For both v

Getting students to maintain speaking the target language you are teaching is always a challenge. It is THE challenge every day. Games are a great way to get everyone's attention and involvement--a great opportunity to capitalize on student motivation. When I have students play games with a communicative purpose, it is handy for them to have a ready-made handout to refer to, with the most common expressions they would use (or shout out) while playing board or card games, or even charades. (For h

Teach when to use the verb estar in your Spanish Class with this handy nmemonic device. If you found this product useful, please check out my store at Yates Languages. I would love it if you could share my store with others. Thanks! ^_^