At the Spanish Classroom, we provide engaging and exciting resources, lesson plans and activities for the experienced and non experienced Spanish teacher.
At the Spanish Classroom, we provide engaging and exciting resources, lesson plans and activities for the experienced and non experienced Spanish teacher.
A great resource for teaching KS2 or KS3 Spanish. The powerpoint includes eight phrases for weather in Spanish with translations and pronunciation guidance. There are four exciting games to keep your learners engaged. Can be used over a series of lessons.
A home learning pack to revise basic Spanish during school closures. Aimed at 9 - 14 year olds, there are eight activities. The pack includes lots of fun activities: matching, word searches, fill in the missing letters, and labelling pictures. Each worksheet covers basic Spanish vocabulary including:
Numbers
Colours
The weather
Questions and answers
The family
Space
Clothes
The Environment
School subjects
This pack is an extension of ‘Spanish Home Learning Pack’ . It contains extra activities aimed at upper KS2/KS3.
I hope you find it useful!
Students design their own Christmas jumper. Then students can describe their jumper using the phrases ‘Mi jersey es…’ (my jumper is…) and ‘En mi jersey hay…’ (on my jumper there is…). A great pre Christmas holidays activity.
A home learning pack to revise basic Spanish in case of school closures. The pack includes lots of fun activities: matching, word searches, fill in the missing gap and labeling the picture. Each worksheet covers basic Spanish vocabulary including:
Numbers
Colours
The weather
Questions and answers
The family
Transport
I hope you find it useful!
Seven ideas to help parents support reluctant writers at home. Suggestions for how to encourage young children to write and best support their progress. Great to send to parents during school closures.
Flashcards for teaching parts of the body to KS2 and KS3 students. Includes vocabulary for 8 parts of the body - head, shoulders, knees, toes, eyes, ears, mouth, nose. Vocabulary can be used to teach the famous ‘Heads, shoulders, knees and toes’ song!
Great resource for teaching the weather in Spanish. Flash cards can be folded so the photo is on one side and the phrase on the other. Includes the following phrases:
Hace sol – It is sunny
Hace viento – It is windy
Está nevando – It is snowing
Hay tormenta – There is a storm
Hace frío – It is cold
Está lloviendo – It is raining
Está nublado – It is cloudy
Hace calor– It is hot
A quiz to test students on the days of the week in Spanish. The questions are multiple choice and ask what day comes before or after another day. If students answer correctly they go to the next question. If they answer incorrectly they go back to try again. Questions are in English.
Spanish Christmas Cards - a PowerPoint presentation to support writing Christmas cards in Spanish. Simple slides with common Christmas greetings in Spanish. One slide has English translation and one slide is without.
Ideas and activities for children to continue learning at home. Includes projects to develop writing, maths and investigating skills. Fun ideas to keep students entertained and learning during school closures.
PowerPoint to teach numbers from 1 - 10 in Spanish. Includes audio of a native speaking saying each number and five activities.
The five activities are:
Matching - students match the numbers to the pictures.
Picture splat - teacher says the number and two students compete to be the first to splat the picture.
What’s missing - numbers disappear from the slide and students must say what has disappeared
Blockbusters – students complete to say the target vocabulary to cross from one side of the board to another.
Quick flash - pictures are displayed momentarily. Students put their hand up and say what the picture is. Click again and the picture appears. Click a third time and the word in Spanish appears.
Each game includes key phrases the teacher can use in Spanish.
I hope you find it useful!
Four, fun activities for teaching numbers 11 - 20 in Spanish. The first slides introduce the numbers. There is guidance on how to pronounce the numbers in Spanish for non specialist teachers. The four activities are:
Matching - students match the numbers to the pictures.
Picture splat - teacher says the number and two students compete to be the first to splat the picture.
What’s missing - numbers disappear from the slide and students must say what has disappeared
Quick flash - numbers are displayed momentarily. Students put their hand up and say what the number is. Click again and the number appears. Click a third time and the word in Spanish appears.
Each game includes key phrases the teacher can use in Spanish.
An excellent resource for teaching KS2 or KS3 parts of the body in Spanish. Can be used for the famous head, shoulders, knees and toes song. Includes 5 different activities and games, including ‘Blockbusters’, ‘What’s
Missing’ and ‘Matching’. Also includes language notes and pronunciation of all vocabulary.
Entire unit of plans and resources for the weather in Spanish. The plan includes weekly consolidation activities, audio of all vocabulary and information about the language. All resources are included and there are lots of fun games and activities.
Vocabulary taught:
hace frío – it is cold
hace calor – it is hot
nieva – it snows
llueve – it rains
está nublado – it is cloudy
hace viento – it is windy
hay tormenta – there is a storm
hace sol – it is sunny
Students will learn eight phrases to describe the weather. They will practise using the vocabulary by playing games such as, ‘What’s missing’ and ‘Quick flash’. Students will also revise the days of the week and play a ‘quiz’ to test their knowledge. They will then link the vocabulary for weather and days of the week to listen to a weather forecast in Spanish. Using their listening skills, students will compare what they hear, to a picture forecast and say if they think it is ‘verdad’ (true) or ‘falso’ (false). Working in pairs, they will complete weather forecasts for different cities in Spain and the UK, practicing their listening and speaking skills. They will present a weather forecast in front of the class and research what the weather is like in Spanish cities, comparing it to the weather in the UK. Activities are designed to encourage oracy skills and collaborative learning. Each lesson has opportunities for self assessment and teaches language learning strategies. Students will be enthusiastic about Spanish and eager to learn more!
This pack contains everything you need to teach Christmas words and phrases in Spanish. The pack includes a PowerPoint presentation, introducing eight words and phrases associated with Christmas:
Father Christmas – Papá Noel
Christmas tree – árbol de navidad
baubles – bolas de navidad
elves – elfos
reindeer – reno
presents – regalos
snowman – muñeco
star – estrella
The resources includes translations and pronunciation guidance. There are five games: Picture Splat; ¿Qué falta?; Blockbusters; Matching Activity and Quick Flash to practice the vocabulary. In addition to the PowerPoint there is also a matching activity worksheet and a boardgame.
This resource includes an information pack and quiz, jam-packed full of interesting facts about how Christmas is celebrated in Spain. Students will learn about:
• How ‘Beléns’ that are used as a count down to Christmas.
• What is ‘Noche Buena’
• Traditional food eaten at Christmas
• Why Spanish children get extra presents
• ‘El Gordo’ Christmas lottery
• Strange Christmas traditions
Teachers then have the option to test students knowledge using the multiple choice questions or asking students to complete a quiz sheet. All answers provided. ¡Feliz Navidad!
Five fun activities for teaching food, ‘La Merienda’ or ‘afternoon tea’. The first slides introduce the vocabulary:
• La Merienda – afternoon tea
• una galleta – a biscuit
• un magdalenas – a cupcake
• un vaso de leche – a glass of milk
• un zumo de naranja – an orange juice
• un chocolate caliente – a hot chocolate
• un té- a tea
• un café – a coffee
• pan con mermelada – bread with jam
• sandwich de queso – cheese and ham sandwich
• pan con tomate – bread with tomato
There is guidance on how to pronounce the words in Spanish for non specialist teachers. The five activities are:
The five activities are:
Matching - students match the words to the pictures.
Picture splat - teacher says the target vocabulary and two students compete to be the first to splat the picture.
What’s missing - numbers disappear from the slide and students say what has disappeared
Quick flash - pictures are displayed momentarily. Students put their hand up and say what the picture is. Click again and the picture appears. Click a third time and the word in Spanish appears.
Blockbusters – students complete to say the target vocabulary to cross from one side of the board to another.
Each game includes key phrases the teacher can use in Spanish.
The PowerPoint can be used repeatedly over a half term to teach and practice key vocabulary.
Everything you need to teach an engaging Spanish lesson before Halloween. The pack includes: Halloween lesson plan; powerpoint to introduce the vocabulary and activities to rehearse vocabulary; matching and sentence writing activity; translations and pronunciation guidance for the non-specialist teacher; flashcards.
Complete set of plans and resources to teach a half a term of high quality Spanish lessons. The plan includes weekly consolidation activities, pronunciation of words and information about the language. All resources needed to teach are included and there are lots of fun games and activities. Students will learn about what Spanish children typically eat for their afternoon tea and complete a reading comprehension. They will then learn ten different phrases for food eaten at this time; practising the vocabulary using a range of fun games to encourage speaking and listening. Learners give their opinion on what they like and what they dislike and use the language to roleplay a simple conversation set in a restaurant. They will create their favourite meal and finally they will follow a recipe to make a typical Spanish dish of ‘pan con tomate’ (bread with tomato). Activities are designed to encourage oracy skills and collaborative learning. Students will be enthusiastic about Spanish and eager to learn more!