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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shared Reading and Writing with La Casa Adormecida

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Write a book using Spanish vocabulary after listening to the book La Casa Adormecida. Learners identify known vocabulary, match vocabulary from the book with visuals, and unscramble syllables discover words. Learners write a new version...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

For Sale!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students give an oral presentation. In this Spanish activity, students work in groups to describe a house for sale using Spanish. Students use a digital camera to take pictures of their house and create a newsletter/flyer using...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spanish Phrase Picture Dictionary

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars illustrate Spanish phrases. In this Spanish language development lesson, students work in pairs to illustrate phrases, then copy the phrase in Spanish and English. The class uses the illustrations to create a dictionary.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spanish Word Face Mobile

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students learn Spanish words. In this language lesson, students cut out parts of the face and head, and write the English word on one side and the Spanish word on the other side. Students use these cut outs to create a mobile. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Luck of the Draw

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the Spanish language. They review their assessment task and rubric and play a card game. They draw cards containing instructions and phrases in Spanish and perform the instructions on the card in Spanish. They continue...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: List of Spanish Language Authors

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia with a fantastic list of Spanish language authors, organized by country. List is weighted toward authors from Spain but includes at least 1-2 authors for Latin American countries. For some authors, biographical references...
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Activity
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: Language Lab Spanish

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Spanish Language Lab and have fun too. Practice with different games or review vocabulary with the digital flashcards.
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Interactive
Other

Voice of America

For Students 9th - 10th
Current U.S. and World news and information in Spanish. A great way to keep up with the world and improve your language learning skills.
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Website
Other

University of Louisville: Spanish Section

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information on the Spanish degree programs offered at the university. Links to various Spanish resources including newspapers, reference tools, and listservers are also provided for Spanish learners.
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Website
CNN

Cnn en Espanol: Tiempo

For Students 9th - 10th
This Spanish version of CNN gives a nice, compact site to access the weather of all hispanic countries and many of cities within them. Additional informative links available.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: La Familia

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson plan, students will consider "La Familia." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Primary
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: E Ticket Spanish [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
These lessons will help you if you are planning a trip to countries where the main language is Spanish and could use a helpful traveler's phrasebook with hundreds of essential words and phrases.
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Primary
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: Spanish to Go [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a traveler's pocket phrase guide. It includes hundreds of essential words and phrases for every situation. Keep it with you so it will help you getting around town.
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Primary
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Living Language: Starting Out in Spanish [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introductory course teaching the basics of the Spanish language. You'll learn some basic expressions that you will find very useful in everyday interactions, such as greeting people, and some other useful courtesy expressions.
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Activity
Other

Hispavista Horoscopo

For Students 9th - 10th
Hispavista Horoscopo is a horoscope site that gives your daily horoscope in Spanish. In doing so, it gives you details in how you will fare in the areas of love, health, and work.
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Activity
Other

Real Audio en Espanol

For Students 9th - 10th
A link to all the hispanic countries with their radio and TV stations available through RealAudio. With luck you may find a weather broadcast live on a station you're listening to. Interesting either way!
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Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Step Right Up! Spanish Vocabulary

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Pase Adelante! Step Right Up to a whole new way to learn Spanish! In this activity kids practice their knowledge of Spanish vocabulary by playing an all-time favorite carnival game. Translate 10 words correctly and take home a prize!
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Handout
Other

Lang Media: Spanish in Spain

For Students 9th - 10th
Get up close and personal with the language and culture of Spain. Multimedia presentations (video clips) with Spanish transcripts and English translations.
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Spanish Theme Page

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A great variety of activities and resources for both teachers and students of Spanish. Includes a picture dictionary, information, coloring sheets, and short books to inspire vocabulary learning. Contains many fantastic resources for...
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Family (La Familia) Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on family vocabulary. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce the material presented. Audio is...
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: School (La Escuela)

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful site for Spanish speaking ELL. Beginning level has instructions in Spanish and an excellent variety of activities focusing (in this section), on alphabet, numbers, time, classroom vocabulary, school subjects, titles. Auditory...
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Weather: Vocabulary (El Tiempo)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: weather vocabulary, seasons. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented -...
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Animals (Animales)

For Students 9th - 10th
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on animals. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented - audio available....
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Unit Plan
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: The City (La Ciudad): Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: Buildings found in a city. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce material presented -...