This class quiz is peppered with Spanish words. There are 4 types of question: drawing, find the connection, forbidden words (sin permiso) and word challenges. There is a broad Christmas theme, and learners will pick up some Christmas vocabulario while having competitive fun.

4 minute video to watch (optional) Vocab work sheet consisting of: Match English to Spanish Word search dictionary activity (with key) Observation style quiz based on video (with answers)

Making gerunds Gerunds with Y Irregular gerunds Reflexive verbs in the present continuous

Consider why the alphabet is useful. Practice the vowels in a catchy chant. Go through the sounds of the Spanish alphabet. Practice spelling words to your classmates. Think about spelling and how you feel about it. Spell out your names. Play the alphabet challenge with a friend.

Present tense of regular, reflexive, irregular and stem changing verbs with some opportunities for practice.

Children design their own board, then use these cards instead of dice to determine how many spaces they progress and whether they go up or down.

Colour by number Christmas cards with Christmas greetings in Spanish

Spanish e-book to support learners as they begin to speak Spanish. 160 pages of explanations, examples, exercises and resources to help and encourage your students. Written in Spanglish, the English - Spanish mix that maximises exposure to the target language at the same time as allowing full comprehension (as long as the student is preparado to make a few guesses inteligentes). Cognates are used wherever possible. The course is written around 5 themes: introductions, countries, occupations, the family and ordering in a cafe. There are also lots of varied activities throughout to practice the basics of pronunciation and using numbers. This book is designed to be easy to use in the classroom, and for learners to be able to read through and remember outside the classroom. It minimises preparation time. With plenty of pictures throughout, 14 point text and double line spacing, it is accessible to dyslexic students. This book has a friendly, conversational style and makes suggestions about how to study and how to remember new words. Non-Spanish speakers have read this book, and told me that they were able to read it from cover to cover. One reviewer said, "You don't realise when it is Spanish you are reading, because it all blends in." I hope Spanish teachers and students give this book a try, because I have found it to be successful in engaging my learners and giving them the knowledge and the confidence to speak Spanish.

Using subject pronouns and the verb ser, saying what people do, giving personal details such as phone numbers, and presenting people.

Learners practice giving different nationalities.

Lesson plan with resources to learn greetings at different times of day.

A worksheet to use after looking at the BBC Primary Spanish site, which consolidates learning about personal information, and includes a flag colouring activity.

Lessons for 2nd half of autumn term with suggestions for a class per week ending with a Christmas theme. I hope it is useful to you

A set of activities and instructions that last me half a term and which give my upper primary children the language to play a game of guess who in Spanish, that they have made themselves. Language focus: facial features and colours

A beginners' lesson using ser, tengo and family words.

Learn how to say what has happened and make suggestions for a course of action.

First assign each phrase to the client or receptionist, create a dialogue with your partner, then perform it for peers to note the details.

An explanation of masculine and feminine, introducing el and la, and an opportunity to guess the gender of animal words. A test of the animal words is also included. If you can get hold of sing, watch and learn Spanish published by McGraw Hill the animals in this activity are all those in the first video/ song on the dvd, which makes nice revision.

I have a puppet that the children feed this food to. Then they colour in the pictures and practice theri writing as they trace the words.

I display this in my classroom so that people can easily look up and spell out a word.