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Puerto Rico
Students research Puerto Rico and famous Puerto Ricans on the Internet. They complete a website worksheet, create a brochure about Puerto Rico, and write about Puerto Rican cuisine.
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What is a Noun? & When To Capitalize Nouns
Nouns are the focus of this language arts PowerPoint. Pupils will see that there are five categories of nouns: person, place, thing, idea, quality. The last two are not usually taught, but they are legitimate categories. When to...
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CTBS Reading Practice #1
Expose your class to a variety of excerpts of poetry with a reading practice activity. There are four excerpts from different poems included in this resource; there are three to five related questions for each poem. Learners read each...
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Por vs. Para #3
What do the words por and para mean? Define them with your beginning speakers. Then, after they have examples to look at, give them this practice sheet. There are only 10 sentences to complete, but it will develop their understanding of...
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Present Tense: Stem-Changing Verbs #2
Remembering how to conjugate stem-changing verbs is always a challenge. It requires a lot of conjugation practice to burn those patterns into your memory! Use this half-sheet as a bell-ringer or complete it as a class.
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Animals
Learners identify the names of animals in Spanish. Using plastic models, they point, touch and view the animal. They practice counting and stating the color of the animal as well. They make the sounds their favorite animal makes.
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Weather
Learners examine pictures and write sentences describing the weather in Spanish. In teams, they compete to discover which team can write a correct sentence faster. They practice evaluating the sentences and reading them aloud.
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Hay un Chico Mexicano
Students explore Hispanic challenges. In this introductory Spanish instructional activity, students read structured narratives pertaining to Hispanic children. Students discuss the narratives in order to better understand the lives of...
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Vamos al Cine
Students research movies originally made in Spanish. Using the Internet, they complete a worksheet with questions in Spanish. They focus on movies in Spain or Mexico and discuss their findings. They watch appropriate films in Spanish as...
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Qu¿¿ tiempo hace?
Middle schoolers use the internet to gather information on Spanish cities and its weather. After completing a worksheet, they compare and contrast the weather conditions for the cities they researched. They share their information with...
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Dia de los Muertos
Students practice Spanish vocabulary and grammar while focusing on the cultural differences between Mexico and the United States. They demonstrate their knowledge of the holiday, Dia de los Muertos, by giving a presentation in Spanish.
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Superlative Form
Pupils examine how to correctly use and form the superlative form. They practice writing and speaking Spanish words using the correct superlative form. Students complete a worksheet using the superlative form of words correctly.
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Clothing
Students count and describe clothing on a clothesline in Spanish. Answering yes or no questions, they put on a specific item. They identify the item's location on the clothesline as well. They use paper and markers to design their own...
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Introduction to the Maya Civilization
Students investigate the Maya civilization. In this Maya civilization lesson plan, students view a PowerPoint presentation and record notes. Students explore several important landmarks, such as the "Magician's Palace" at Uxmal.
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Orden De Numeros
Matematica en Espanol. Students who speak, or are learning, Spanish will build their number sense by ordering numbers. They must determine the number that comes before, after, or between the provided examples. Tip: This presentation is...
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Colors and Fruit
Review colors in Spanish by presenting different photographs and asking your charges to identify the colors in each picture. Consider bringing in pictures from Spain, Mexico, or another Spanish-speaking country to make the activity more...
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Spanglish Exercise 2
Are your English language learners using Spanglish when they don't know the appropriate word? Have them study the chart at the top of the page. First they match the Spanglish phrase to its proper English meaning, and then they translate...
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Living Books
Students read stories using animated, interactive versions of electronic books. They practice word recognition to increase their reading ability through sight vocabulary. They translate sight word from English to Spanish. They complete a...
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Reading Comprehension: el carpintero
Assess your beginning and intermediate Spanish speakers and their reading comprehension with a short passage. The three-sentence paragraph describes Pablo the carpenter. Afterward, learners create a title, answer some basic comprehension...
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Vocabulary Match
Assess your beginning Spanish speakers with this matching activity. Provided here are 12 pictures, and your class must match each to its correct phrase (shown below). After they finish, six questions are given. Have them translate each...
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Sor Juana, la poetisa: Los sonetos
Examine two of Sor Juana's sonnets in depth. Learners first listen to an audio recording or a reading of the sonnets and then analyze the structure and form, paying attention to elements of the Baroque and el gongorismo. Assess student...
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SpellBoard
How do you spell great? G-R-E-A-T! Ensure that your pupils can spell great and so much more with this effective app.
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Comparative & Superlative Practice
When should you use more and most when writing adverbs? Practice comparative and superlative adverbs with a review worksheet. After reading through the information at the top of the page, kids decide if they should use the comparative or...
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Stories from the Panama Canal
The stories of the Silver People, the West Indies immigrants hired to work on the Panama Canal, come to life in a lesson about the building of the Panama Canal. Groups research why the canal was built, how it was build, the working...