Postcards are the perfect way to get your beginning Spanish students reading and writing in the target language. These short simple postcard messages are easy for students to read and deal with common themes that students are prepared to write about themselves. This product is aligned with the ACTFL Progress Indicators for Language Learners at the Novice-Mid level. This Product Includes: -Guide for Educators (lists progress indicators addressed and ideas for product use) - 4 blank postcard templates (2-sided) - 8 pre-written postcard messages for students to respond to that include common themes (description, my school, my house, free time activities, my family, vacation, likes & dislikes, etc.)

This activity goes along with the song "Mi Tesoro" by Jesse & Joy which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. They will listen to the song and/or watch the video multiple times. Once they are familiar with the song they will engage in several different activities where they are asked to apply their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar. This Lesson Includes: -1 Artist Bio -1 Clozeline Activity -1 Lyric Scavenger Hunt -1 Preterite Tense Tutorial -1 Lyric Identification Activity -1 Lyric Manipulation Activity

This workbook contains 17 activities covering some of the most common themes from beginning Spanish. These activities are designed as extension activities for students to complete at home. I use this workbook during the second semester for Spanish I and/or the first semester of Spanish II. I assign one assignment per week (student choice) and collect it at the end of the semester. This is a great way to review topics while saving class time to learn new material. Please preview this product for a detailed table of contents and list of activities.

Looking for an easy and convenient way to expose your students to a wide variety of Spanish language music? These activities are designed to expose students of all fluency levels to Spanish language music. These tiered activities can be used with the 16 song cards included or with the song of your choice and make differentiation simple. I like to use these activities for my fast finishers or set them up as stations around my classroom. The 16 song cards feature QR codes that students can scan with their personal devices or school issued devices. This will link them right to audio tracks of the corresponding songs. They can listen as many times as they need to to complete the activities. With endless possibilities, this product will be able to be used with any level of Spanish class for years to come. PLEASE PREVIEW THIS PRODUCT TO READ MORE AND SEE A COMPLETE LIST OF INCLUDED SONGS This product includes: -Guide for Educators -Master Song List -16 Song Cards with QR Codes -1 Music Appreciation Activity for Novice Learners -1 Music Appreciation Activity for Novice - Intermediate Learners -1 Music Appreciation Activity for Intermediate - Advanced Learners

These activities go along with the song "Pura Vida" by Don Omar which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. The video for this song is wonderful and sends a great message about not giving up and working hard to accomplish your goals. Students will begin by watching the video and responding to some yes or no questions about the video in Spanish. Then, students will listen to the song again and attempt to fill in some of the missing lyrics. Once the missing lyrics are identified, students will work on identifying several lines of the song with the help of a picture dictionary. They will then use these lyrics and change the word order and verb form to create yes or no questions and respond to some of them. Finally, students will write their own original yes or no questions in an exit ticket activity. These activities are scaffolded, working students through activities that demand less language ability and moving towards activities that demand more use of Spanish. This Product Includes: 1. Artist Biography (in Spanish) 2. Answering Yes or No Questions (Based on Video) 3. Clozeline Activity 4. Lyric Identification Activity 5. Lyric Manipulation Activity 6. Answering Yes or No Questions (Based on Lyrics) 7. Exit Ticket Activity 8. Answer Keys

This download includes 4 activities (Reading, Listening, Writing, & Speaking) to practice and learn common prepositional phrases in Spanish. Students will read sentences and place objects in the correct location on a bookshelf according to what they read and hear. Then, students will describe the locations of items, in Spanish, and orally to a partner.

Do you always see awesome infographics and you just don't know what to do with them? This product contains 10 different reading activities to accompany a variety of the infographics available for free on the Internet. Due to their visual nature, infographics are a great way to get students reading interesting, age appropriate content even at a beginner level. The activities included for each infographic also align with the ACTFL goals for interpretive reading at the Novice Low & Novice Mid levels. Your students will be encouraged by how much they can actually understand AND they will be building their interpretive reading skills while they do it! These activities can be used at any time, regardless of what unit you may be currently teaching. They also make great sub lesson plans. This Product Includes: 1. Links to 10 different infographics available on the Internet* 2. 10 Reading Activities (1 per infographic) 3. 10 Writing Prompts (1 per infographic) Infographic Topics Include: 1. Mexican Families 2. How do You Spend Your Free Time? 3. Earth Day 4. Valentine's Day 5. Speed vs Elegance (Soccer in Spain) 6. 10 Tips to Prevent Traffic Accidents 7. World Hepatitis Day 8. Factors that Affect Learning 9. How Do Colombians Get to Work? 10. Violent Deaths in Bogotá *Note: Due to copyright, the actual infographics can not be included with the product, but their direct links can and are*

This series of 11 activities are designed to give students an accurate cultural view of the celebration of Las Posadas while acquiring new vocabulary and using reading skills in the target language. Students will explore the traditions and celebrations of Las Posadas with cultural information provided on each page. Students will also learn the lyrics to the popular villancico "Pidiendo Posada" and complete activities to demonstrate comprehension and understanding of various cultural, grammatical, and vocabulary related aspects of this song. The final summative activity asks students to synthesize all of the information they have learned to create an invitation to their own Posada party, create a to do list with things they must do or buy in preparation for the celebration, and complete a drawing of the inside and outside of their house all decorated for the holiday! This Product Includes: -Educator's Guide -Vocabulary Activity -9 pages that each contain cultural information about the holiday and pertinent vocabulary, a verse of the villancico "Pidiendo Posada", and accompanying questions/activity -Closing Activity or Assessment Note: Although some religious beliefs are referenced in the information provided, this activity is appropriate for public school students as well as private. As a public school teacher myself, I am careful with my presentation of religious information so as not to offend any of my students or their families.

This integrated performance assessment will help you gauge the proficiency level of your students in the areas of interpretive reading, interpretive listening, interpersonal speaking, presentational writing, and presentational speaking. The assessment tasks that students will be asked to perform align directly to following ACTFL performance indicators for Novice-Mid and Novice-High learners: Novice-Mid -I can answer questions about what I like/dislike -I can list my favorite free time activities and those I don't like -I can say which sports I like/dislike Novice-High -I can talk about my favorite musical group, actor, or author -I can talk about others likes/dislikes The interpretive reading and listening tasks utilize authentic resources that were carefully selected and aligned to the above performance indicators. links to scoring rubrics are provided. This Product Includes: -Guide for Educators -Links to Resources and Rubrics -Interpretive Reading task -Interpretive Listening task -Interpersonal Speaking task (4 versions) -Presentational Writing task -Presentational Speaking task -Student Self-Assessment task -Teacher Feedback Form -Answer Keys for Interpretive Reading and Listening tasks

30 different sorting activities (enough to use roughly once a week during the school year) to help Spanish students make connections between words, brainstorm for writing, or practice new vocabulary. Their versatility, ease of use, and the fact that they differentiate themselves make them one of my favorite things to use in my own classroom! Each activity contains 4 different categories which students must complete with words that they know and fit each category. These are a quick, easy way for students to recycle vocabulary that they have previously learned or integrate vocabulary they are currently studying. They can also be used to gauge a student's progress in acquiring language when compared over the school year and they differentiate themselves! These work well as a class starter or closing activity. Once students have completed an activity, it is easy to use their work as a jumping off point for writing tasks or inspiration for oral drill and conversation. Use them when you need a sub plan and ask students to write a paragraph or sentences as a follow up activity! These are low prep and ready to print and go! You can even skip the print step and just display them for students! This is the Spanish Language Version. An English Language Version is also available in my store.

30 different sorting activities (enough to use roughly once a week during the school year) to help students studying a foreign language or English as a second language make connections between words, brainstorm for writing, or practice new vocabulary. Their versatility, ease of use, and the fact that they differentiate themselves make them one of my favorite things to use in my own classroom! Each activity contains 4 different categories which students must complete with words that they know and fit each category. These are a quick, easy way for students to recycle vocabulary that they have previously learned or integrate vocabulary they are currently studying. They can also be used to gauge a student's progress in acquiring language when compared over the school year and they differentiate themselves! These work well as a class starter or closing activity. Once students have completed an activity, it is easy to use their work as a jumping off point for writing tasks or inspiration for oral drill and conversation. Use them when you need a sub plan and ask students to write a paragraph or sentences as a follow up activity! These are low prep and ready to print and go! You can even skip the print step and just display them for students! This is the English Language Version. A Spanish Language Version is also available in my store.

These activities are meant to help students learn how to use the present perfect tense in Spanish. These activities go along with the song "Creo en mi" by Natalia Jiménez, former vocalist of the well-known group "5ta Estación". This song is readily available on YouTube and iTunes and a link to the song is referenced. After reviewing a biography of the artist, students are asked to listen to the song several times and fill in the lyrics that have been removed. Then, students are given an overview of the concept of the Present Perfect tense and asked to locate and observe it's use in the lyrics of the song. Students then are asked to find and copy certain lyrics frin within the song. Students then apply their new understanding of the present perfect tense to manipulate those lyrics and create new ones. Included in this download: -Artist Biography -Link to the song on YouTube -Clozeline Activity -Present Perfect Tense Tutorial -Inductive Grammar Activity -Lyric Identification Activity -Lyric Manipulation Activity -Answer Keys for all objective activities

This set of 10 puzzles will help your students practice the spelling of body part, weather, house, food, clothing, animal, and verb vocabulary in Spanish. While typical word search puzzles only target vocabulary recognition, your students will practice actually producing Spanish words as they play against a partner or group to earn the most points by correctly spelling Spanish words. Each puzzle targets the most frequently used words from a variety of vocabulary themes (see detailed list below). This game is self-differentiating, so even if your students haven't learned every word, they will still be able to play and pick up a couple new words along the way! Click on "PREVIEW" to see an example of how the game is played! Included in This Product: -Guide for Educators -Student Example -10 Puzzles Vocabulary Themes Targeted by Puzzle: -Parts of the Face -Parts of the Body -Weather Expressions -The House -Food (Fruits & Vegetables) -Food (Meat & Other) -Clothing -Animals -Common AR Verbs -Common ER/IR Verbs

Have fun while recycling vocabulary! Spanishgorries is a game where teams compete to see who can come up with Spanish words that fit into a variety of categories and begin with a certain letter. My students always request this game! This Product Includes: -Complete Instructions for 2 Modes of Game Play -7 Beginner Game Cards / Scoring Sheets -7 Intermediate Game Cards / Scoring Sheets

This activity goes along with the song "Eres Mía" by Romeo Santos (formerly of Aventura) which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. Students will watch the music video and complete an anticipation guy prior to seeing the lyrics in Spanish. Then, students will listen to the song a couple of times to complete the missing lyrics in a clozeline activity. Afterwards, students will be asked to identify certain lyrics of the song given their English meanings and manipulate those lyrics using their knowledge of the verb SER (present tense). Finally, students will complete a writing activity to describe the main characters in the song/video, synthesizing what they have learned and producing comprehensible output. These activities align with the ACTFL interpretive listening, interpretive reading, and presentational writing goals. Included in this download; 1. Educator's Guide 2. Artist Biography (en español) 3. Copy of song lyrics with key words removed (Clozeline activity) 4. Lyric Identification Activity 5. Lyric Manipulation Activity 6. Writing Activity 7. Answer Keys for activities

This activity provides students with a brief tutorial on how to form negative tú (informal) commands out of verbs ending in -CAR, -GAR, and -ZAR and opportunities to practice this new skill. This worksheet consists of 24 fill in the blank practice sentences in which students will change the given infinitive into a negative tú command. English translations of each command are also provided. This product includes: -brief tutorial on the formation of negative tú commands of verbs ending in -CAR, -GAR, and -ZAR -10 fill in the blank sentences with verbs ending in -CAR -7 fill in the blank sentences with verbs ending in -GAR -7 fill in the blank sentences with verbs ending in -ZAR -Answer Keys for all activities

This integrated performance assessment will help you gauge the proficiency level of your students in the areas of interpretive reading, interpretive listening, interpersonal speaking, presentational writing, and presentational speaking. The assessment tasks that students will be asked to perform align directly to following ACTFL performance indicators for Novice-Mid learners: -I can identify family member words on a family tree -I can list my family members, their ages, their relationships to me, and what they like to do -I can say what someone looks like -I can say what someone is like -say or write something about the members of my family The interpretive reading and listening tasks utilize authentic resources that were carefully selected and aligned to the above performance indicators. links to scoring rubrics are provided. This Product Includes: -Guide for Educators -Links to Resources and Rubrics -2 Interpretive Reading tasks -2 Interpretive Listening tasks -Interpersonal Speaking task -Presentational Writing task -Presentational Speaking task -Student Self-Assessment task -Teacher Feedback Form -Answer Keys for Interpretive Reading & Listening tasks

This integrated performance assessment will help you gauge the proficiency level of your students in the areas of interpretive reading, interpretive listening, interpersonal speaking, presentational writing, and presentational speaking. The assessment tasks that students will be asked to perform align directly to following ACTFL performance indicators for Novice-Mid learners: -I can recognize some common weather expressions -I can name the main cities on a map -I can list the main cities of a specific country -I can give weather information -I can recognize when I hear a date -I can understand the days of the week The interpretive reading and listening tasks utilize authentic resources that were carefully selected and aligned to the above performance indicators. links to scoring rubrics are provided. This Product Includes: -Guide for Educators -Links to Resources and Rubrics -Interpretive Reading task -Interpretive Listening task -Interpersonal Speaking task (Form A and Form B) -Presentational Writing task -Presentational Speaking task -Student Self-Assessment task -Teacher Feedback Form -Answer Keys for Interpretive Reading and Listening tasks

These awards are great for recognizing students for achievements both inside and outside of the classroom. There are spaces on each award/certificate to fill in specifics so that the templates remains flexible for all the different things a teacher may want to use them for. Included are 6 different awards or certificates; -Feliz Cumpleaños (Happy Birthday) -Superestrella (Superstar) -Buen Trabajo (Good Work) -Primer Lugar (First Place) -Segundo Lugar (Second Place) -Tercer Lugar (Third Place)

Silly Spanish Sentence Activities are a great way to motivate students and spice up your typical boring grammar drills while building vocabulary. These activities promote both interpretive reading and presentational writing skills. They provide a structure that will help struggling students while at same time allowing more advanced students to add details according to their abilities. This type of self-differentiation is very helpful in classes where students are at a variety of stages in their fluency and language acquisition. Students will choose 1 word each from a series of word boxes with the goal of creating funny sentences. They will need to apply grammatical concepts like conjugation and sentence structure while at the same time recognizing key vocabulary items. When they have created 10 sentences, they will choose a favorite and write it on the tear-off section of the activity. This set of Silly Spanish Sentence activities focuses specifically on present tense stem-changing verbs. This Product Includes: -Guide for Educators with Tips and Extension Activity Ideas -O-->UE Verb Silly Sentence Activity -E-->IE Verb Silly Sentence Activity -E-->I Verb Silly Sentence Activity