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Cinco De Mayo: ELD Reading and Language-Building
A brief passage about the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo is accompanied by an array of language activities for ELD: cloze exercise, phrase matching, word jumble, multiple choice, sequencing, interview, group presentation, fluency writing,...
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Spanish Culture Lesson - Cinco de Mayo
Young scholars role play the characters and events which led to the holiday of Cinco de Mayo. In this Cinco de Mayo activity, students dance the "La Raspa" dance. Young scholars complete a Cinco de Mayo word search.
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Cinco de Mayo
Students become familiar with the celebration of Cinco de Mayo and the reasons Mexico fought for independence. For this Cinco de Mayo lesson, students write a KWL about Cinco De Mayo. Students explore celebration vocabulary in Spanish....
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Cinco de Mayo
Students investigate the Cinco de Mayo holiday. They discuss the history of Cinco de Mayo, listen to the Legend of the Mexican flag, color a worksheet of the Mexican flag, and create a class coat of arms.
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Cinco de Mayo - What is it?
Young scholars, after examining why the fiesta Cinco de Mayo is celebrated, plan a fiesta that includes invitations, games, music, paper flowers, flags and a menu of authentic foods. By completing this assignment, they enhance their...
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Cinco de Mayo
Students identify three celebration activities participated in Cinco de Mayo and explain their significance.
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Cinco De Mayo Chop Worksheet
In this Cinco de Mayo worksheet, students match parts of words with their other half all having to do with Cinco de Mayo. Students match 24 word parts together to make 12 words.
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Cinco De Mayo Lesson Plans
Cinco de Mayo lesson plans allow teachers to discuss the history of this holiday, and engage students in a wide variety of activities.
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Celebrating Cinco de Mayo Without Stereotypes
Put more meaning into your Cinco de Mayo party with geography lessons, literature, and more!
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Mexican Culture “La Raspa”
Here are three lessons that work together to engage learners in a cultural and musical exploration. In lesson one the listen to the Mexican folk song, "La Raspa" and discuss cultural context. In lesson two they dance along to both "La...
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Cinco de Mayo - A Patriotic Mexican Holiday
Third graders study Cinco de Mayo as a patriotic Mexican Holiday. First, they work in pairs to write about and illustrate one thing they do on the Fourth of July. They listen to a reading about Cinco de Mayo before writing about and...
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Cinco De Mayo
Students make a graph identifying the immigration of Mexicans to the US. In this algebra lesson, students practice graphing as they review different trends in immigration over the past 100 years. They interpret and analyze their graphs.
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A Comparison of the Celebrations of Cinco de Mayo
Students compare and contrast how Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in the United States and in Mexico. In this cultural comparisons lesson, students research holiday practices using Internet sites and then write persuasive papers that include...
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Cinco De Mayo
Learners investigate the historical background of the holiday of Cinco de Mayo. They complete a word search, explore various websites, and create a pinata that is papered with facts about the holiday.
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Cinco De Mayo Acrostic Poem
For this Cinco de Mayo writing worksheet, students write an acrostic poem using the words CINCO DE MAYO. Students use each letter as the beginning of a line of poetry that tells something about the topic.
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Cinco De Mayo: Word Scramble Worksheet
In this Cinco de Mayo worksheet, learners examine 12 sets of scrambled letters and unscramble to correctly spell each of the words related to Cinco de Mayo.
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Cinco De Mayo Bingo
In this Cinco De Mayo game worksheet, students use a card with words and phrases about the holiday to play Bingo. Students play with 1 card.
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Cinco de Mayo Lessons with "La Vida"
Cinco de Mayo lessons provide a way to teach students about history, art, music, and regional food.
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La Raspa, Mexican Hat Dance, and Cinco De Mayo Celebration
Learn two dances that your class can perform at a Cinco De Mayo school celebration. This is really an outline and would be better used if there were plans for how to teach the dance steps. The idea is good to teach the cultural...
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Bank On It! Worksheet Cinco de Mayo
In this Cinco de May worksheet, students read a passage about the celebration of Cinco de Mayo in the United States. Students fill in ten missing words to make the text understandable. The words will be of the student's own choice; there...
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Fabric Poncho
Students create a fabric poncho to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. They sample food and drink from Mexico and follow instructions to make the ponhco. They also discover the history of the holiday.
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Mexican Holidays
Young scholars celebrate Mexican holidays. In this global studies lesson, students collaborate to research the Day of the Dead and Cinco de Mayo. Young scholars present their findings about the holidays and host classroom celebrations.
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Cinco De May Creative Writing
In this Cinco De Mayo worksheet, students work with a group, writing a creative story about the holiday, using words given in a word box. Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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We Can Win Too
Students explore world history by illustrating an image. In this Mexican culture lesson plan, students identify the history of the holiday Cinco De Mayo and discuss the challenges the Mexican army faced. Students illustrate a picture...