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Practice with Dar
What does dar mean? How do you conjugate it? Learners use the chart provided to conjugate the target verb. Then, in the second exercise, they use the correct form of the verb to complete each sentence.
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Las contracciones
Certain words, when placed next to each other, need a contraction. This worksheet (which looks like printed out PowerPoint slides) covers a + el and de +el. Spanish learners read sentences and identify where contractions should be placed.
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Prueba-Verbs with Irregular Yo Forms
Some Spanish verbs have an irregular yo form. This quick worksheet looks at 10 of these irregular forms. First the pupil reads a sentence that uses the verb in a different form, and then the pupil conjugates it into the yo form.
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El Condicional
Are you introducing your intermediate and advanced Spanish speakers to the conditional? Learners conjugate the word in parentheses and insert it into the sentence provided. There are twenty sentences.
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Subject Pronouns
With this basic activity, Spanish-speakers practice, practice, practice identifying the correct subject pronouns to be used with the people provided. There are twenty examples to practice with.
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La Leyenda de Betsy Ross
Is your native Spanish-speaking class learning about American legends and the history of the United States? Introduce them to Betsy Ross, the woman often credited for the making of the first American flag! After reading the short...
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El Día del Trabajo
Celebrate el Dia de Trabajo on September 1st, and honor all those who work in the United States. This four-paragraph reading passage provides background information on the holiday, and there are three comprehension questions that follow....
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Harriet the Hedgehog
Meet Harriet the hedgehog! This reading passage, written entirely in Spanish, introduces this fun character as she explains who she is and what her life is like. The following page asks readers 12 comprehension questions (also in...
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Spanish Interrogatives
Are your beginning Spanish speakers learning how to form questions? This activity contains two exercises related to interrogatives; the first exercise requires the learner to translate the interrogative into its English counterpart. The...
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Reverse Construction Verb: Gustar
What does reverse construction mean? This reference guide gives models and explanations, bringing confusion down to a minimum. It discusses some of the differences in English sentence construction and Spanish sentence construction. A...
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¿Qué significa el dibujo? La diversion.
This activity works well for beginning Spanish language learners or native Spanish speakers who are being assessed on visual comprehension. There are five pictures, and each picture has four sentences next to it. The learner must choose...
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Collage: Casa para pájaros hecha con semillas
Your young, native Spanish speakers will love this hands-on activity! Each receives the outline of a birdhouse and several different types of seeds. They glue the different seeds to different parts of the house. For older learners,...
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The Body and the Five Senses
Read De la cabeza a los pies once for your learners before teaching them the body movements that accompany the book. Then, read it again and have the learners demonstrate the movements! There's also a chart to help reinforce some of the...
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Immersion: Basic greetings
Hola, buenos dias! One method of language teaching requires the teacher to create an immersion classroom, meaning that no English is spoken. This plan shows how a teacher would go about modeling phrases to teach greetings and appropriate...
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Learning Clothes Vocabulary
Welcome to our fashion show! English language learners of any age will like this online, interactive website. This lesson focuses on clothing vocabulary, and there are several activities to reinforce the target vocabulary. There are...
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Possessive Adjectives
There are 20 fill-in-the-blank questions for your Spanish speakers to complete. Each sentence is missing the correct possessive adjective; can your class use the correct one to complete the sentence? Since this learning exercise doesn't...
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Matemáticas
Have your young native Spanish speakers complete this math worksheet. They compare the ages of three fictional characters and complete simple addition and subtraction problems.
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Descriptions with The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Explore famous artists of the Spanish-speaking world to practice describing things. The kids will identify the color each picture uses, whether figures are large or small, what the people look like, etc. Then, read The Very Hungry...
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Animals
Kids love songs! Listen to "La tortuga taruga" to interest the class. Then, read about animals. Finally, play a fun game! All learners gather in a circle, and music plays while pictures are passed around. When the music stops, each...
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Welcome! What's Your Name?
Sing a song about friends and practice basic greetings! This is a good introductory lesson for young learners. First, as a class, review how to introduce yourself. Then, in small pairs, each learner introduces him or herself. Then...
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Explore José Martí's Poems
Explore Cuba and its fight for independence through José Martí's poems "Dos patrias" and "Yo soy un hombre sincero." Identify common themes and touch on various concepts (a list is provided here). Resources and additional activities are...
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Cuidemos nuestro ambiente
After discussing the Spanish word ambiente, read the article "Cuidemos nuestro ambiente" with your intermediate or advanced Spanish class. Read the first paragraph together, marking the text and engaging your readers. Then, have the...
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¿Qué significa el dibujo? La familia
Your Spanish speakers will look at each of the five pictures and choose which sentence describes it the best. Some of the sentences are awfully similar, so make sure they're practicing their best visual and reading comprehension!
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Verbos: Verbos de acción y verbos conectores
Have your Spanish language learners brainstorm a list of action verbs and another list of auxiliary/ linking verbs. Depending on your class, you might want to provide a list of verbs for them to organize into these categories.