This booklet is designed to introduce and/or practice the vocabulary related to recess activities and games. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE STORY BOOKLET The story booklet can be projected on the interactive board. This is a good way to make sure all the students are engaged during the reading. Open the document in Adobe Acrobat Reader and choose Full Screen Mode from the View menu. Scroll down to turn pages. Print the document in Booklet size on normal A4 paper. Fold the pages in the middle and staple them. If you do not have an interactive board in the classroom, it is a good idea to print the story in normal size to make a bigger copy that all the students can see and follow.

This game is a version of the classic I-Have-Who-Has game. It is designed to practice the verbs naming various leisure activities, sports and hobbies in the first and third person singular. It is a great way to practice the newly taught vocabulary, as well as pronunciation and listening skills. Print the document one-sided, laminate it and cut out the cards. Distribute all the cards randomly to the students. The ideal numbers of player is 9 (4 cards per person), but it can also be played with 2 to 18 players. Select a student to begin by reading his card out loud and then putting it down. The other students listen attentively to each question, answer it if they have the answer card and then they read the next question. The game is over when all the cards are down.

This game is a version of the classic I-Have-Who-Has game. It is designed to practice using the verb* gustar* and identifying and naming various leisure activities, hobbies and pastimes. It is a great way to practice the newly taught vocabulary, as well as pronunciation and listening skills. Print the document one-sided, laminate it and cut out the cards. Distribute all the cards randomly to the students. The ideal numbers of player is 12 (4 cards per person), but it can also be played with 2 to 24 players. Select a student to begin by reading his card out loud and then putting it down. The other students listen attentively to each question, answer it if they have the answer card and then they read the next question. The game is over when all the cards are down.

This game is a version of the classic I-Have-Who-Has game. It is designed to practice the Romanian verbs naming various leisure activities, sports and hobbies in the first and third person singular. It is a great way to practice the newly taught vocabulary, as well as pronunciation and listening skills. Print the document one-sided, laminate it and cut out the cards. Distribute all the cards randomly to the students. The ideal numbers of player is 9 (4 cards per person), but it can also be played with 2 to 18 players. Select a student to begin by reading his card out loud and then putting it down. The other students listen attentively to each question, answer it if they have the answer card and then they read the next question. The game is over when all the cards are down.

This game is a version of the classic I-Have-Who-Has game. It is designed to practice using the verb* tener* and identifying and naming family members and some pets. It is a great way to practice the newly taught vocabulary, as well as pronunciation and listening skills. The ideal number of players is 6 (4 cards per player), but the game can be played by 2 to 12 players. Print the document one-sided, laminate it and cut out the cards. Distribute all the cards randomly to the students. Select a student to begin by reading his card out loud and then putting it down. The other students listen attentively to each question, answer it if they have the answer card and then they read the next question. The game is over when all the cards are down.

This is a classic card game of pairs. It is designed for the students to practice describing animals. The goal is to form and discard pairs of cards. There are three sets of cards: The first set has cards that describe animals (Vive en… / Come …/ Es … Tiene …/ Da … / Hace …). The second set has cards with images of the animals and the written Spanish word under the image. The third set has only images of the animals, without the written word. Print the document one-sided, laminate and cut out the cards. DIRECTIONS: Print the document one-sided, laminate and cut out the cards. The ideal number of players is 4 (4 cards for each student), but it will also work with 2 to 8 players. For bigger classes, you might want to print several copies. Distribute all the animal cards. You can choose whether to use the set with or without the Spanish names of the animals. Put the description cards face down in a pile. The teacher takes a description card and reads it out loud. The student who has the described animal, says its name in Spanish and gets the card to form a pair. After the students have played the game a few times, they will be able to take turns in reading the description cards themselves in pairs or groups.

Distance Learning Special: Los animales (Nombres) - Minilesson Video+Activities This is a complete, ready-to-deliver Distance Learning lesson. It is designed to help the students learn new vocabulary and practice reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. It includes: A MP4 (video) minilesson on the names of toys in Spanish with images, animation and professional sound. Follow-up activities in the form of a 6-page pdf file that can be uploaded to SeeSaw. Steps you need to take to assign this lesson and the follow-up activity pages to your students in Seesaw: Upload the video minilesson on Seesaw, as a link, in the Multimedia Instructions or Example section. Ask your students to watch the video at least twice to familiarize themselves with the new vocabulary. Upload the pdf document on Seesaw, in the Add Template for Student Responses section, using the Upload tool. Each page of the document will upload as a page in Seesaw. For the first pages, you need to write labels in Seesaw to match the images. Then, pile the labels up in a corner and have them drag and drop them under the right images. The students will complete the activity, following the instructions on each slide. They need to use the drag and drop tool to label the pictures, the markers to mark the right answers and the typing tool to fill in the blanks. You could also ask the students to read some of the pages aloud and record themselves so you can check their pronunciation and give feedback. You can divide the activity into 2 parts if you worry it might be too much to assign to your students at once. Simply upload the document to Seesaw and then delete the pages you wish to leave for a later date. If you do not intend to use this resource to upload to Seesaw, you can just send the worksheet to your students to download and print.

This game is the classic " I have... Who has ...? " game, designed to practice the names of some of the main classroom objects. This is an easy-to-play game and a great way to practice essential language concepts with the whole class. As students match up the answers on their cards with questions on other students’ cards, they get valuable practice with vocabulary, as well as reading and listening skills. Directions: Cut out the cards along the dotted line and laminate. For bigger classes, you might want to print several copies of each set. Give out all the cards in the set to the students. It is important to use all the cards. Choose a student to go first. I usually do that by a counting rhyme (for example, En la casa de Pinocho, solo cuentan hasta ocho, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) Have the selected student read the question at the bottom of the card aloud and then put the card down. The student who has the card with the answer then reads that answer aloud. This student will then read the question at the bottom of their card and put the card down. Play continues in this fashion until all of the cards have been played. The game will end with the same student who started play. Every card in the set is connected to a card before it and a card after it. To keep the game moving at a quick pace, all students need to pay attention to every question that’s asked. I tell my younger students that this is a magic game and that the magic only works if you pay attention, which is actually true. The magic happens in the end, when the question on the last card actually matches the answer on the very first card. Enjoy!

This game is the classic " I have... Who has ...? " game, designed to practice the description of people´s hair and eyes and the verbs "tener" and "llevar". This is an easy-to-play game and a great way to practice essential language concepts with the whole class. As students match up the answers on their cards with questions on other students’ cards, they get valuable practice with vocabulary, as well as reading and listening skills. Directions: Cut out the cards along the dotted line and laminate. For bigger classes, you might want to print several copies of each set. Give out all the cards in the set to the students. It is important to use all the cards. Choose a student to go first. I usually do that by a counting rhyme (for example, En la casa de Pinocho, solo cuentan hasta ocho, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) Have the selected student read the question at the bottom of the card aloud and then put the card down. The student who has the card with the answer then reads that answer aloud. This student will then read the question at the bottom of their card and put the card down. Play continues in this fashion until all of the cards have been played. The game will end with the same student who started play. Every card in the set is connected to a card before it and a card after it. To keep the game moving at a quick pace, all students need to pay attention to every question that’s asked. I tell my younger students that this is a magic game and that the magic only works if you pay attention, which is actually true. The magic happens in the end, when the question on the last card actually matches the answer on the very first card. Enjoy!

This game is the classic " I have... Who has ...? " game, designed to practice the names of the 21 Spanish speaking countries and familiarize the students with the colors of the flags of these countries. This is an easy-to-play game and a great way to practice essential language concepts with the whole class. As students match up the answers on their cards with questions on other students’ cards, they get valuable practice with vocabulary, as well as reading and listening skills. Directions: Cut out the cards along the dotted line and laminate. For bigger classes, you might want to print several copies of each set. Give out all the cards in the set to the students. It is important to use all the cards. Choose a student to go first. I usually do that by a counting rhyme (for example, En la casa de Pinocho, solo cuentan hasta ocho, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) Have the selected student read the question at the bottom of the card aloud and then put the card down. The student who has the card with the answer then reads that answer aloud. This student will then read the question at the bottom of their card and put the card down. Play continues in this fashion until all of the cards have been played. The game will end with the same student who started play. Every card in the set is connected to a card before it and a card after it. To keep the game moving at a quick pace, all students need to pay attention to every question that’s asked. I tell my younger students that this is a magic game and that the magic only works if you pay attention, which is actually true. The magic happens in the end, when the question on the last card actually matches the answer on the very first card. Enjoy!

This game is the classic " I have... Who has ...? " game, designed to practice the numbers from 0 to 31. This is an easy-to-play game and a great way to practice essential language concepts with the whole class. As students match up the answers on their cards with questions on other students’ cards, they get valuable practice with vocabulary, as well as reading and listening skills. Directions: Cut out the cards along the dotted line and laminate. For bigger classes, you might want to print several copies of each set. Give out all the cards in the set to the students. It is important to use all the cards. Choose a student to go first. I usually do that by a counting rhyme (for example, En la casa de Pinocho, solo cuentan hasta ocho, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8) Have the selected student read the question at the bottom of the card aloud and then put the card down. The student who has the card with the answer then reads that answer aloud. This student will then read the question at the bottom of their card and put the card down. Play continues in this fashion until all of the cards have been played. The game will end with the same student who started play. Every card in the set is connected to a card before it and a card after it. To keep the game moving at a quick pace, all students need to pay attention to every question that’s asked. I tell my younger students that this is a magic game and that the magic only works if you pay attention, which is actually true. The magic happens in the end, when the question on the last card actually matches the answer on the very first card. Enjoy!

This game is a version of the classic I-Have-Who-Has game. It is designed to practice using the verb* dar* and talking about how we benefit from them. It is a great way to practice the newly taught vocabulary, as well as pronunciation and listening skills. Print the document one-sided, laminate it and cut out the cards. Distribute all the cards randomly to the students. Select a student to begin by reading his card out loud and then putting it down. The other students listen attentively to each question, answer it if they have the answer card and then they read the next question. The game is over when all the cards are down.

This game is designed to practice the verb like and the names of the fruits in Spanish. Print the document one-sided, laminate it and cut out the cards. Distribute all the cards randomly to the students. Select a student to begin by reading his card out loud and then putting it down. The other students listen attentively to each question, answer it if they have the answer card and then they read the next question. The game is over when all the cards are down. It is a great game to practice the newly taught vocabulary, as well as reading and listening skills.

This game is designed to practice actions that animals can do. DIRECTIONS: Print the document one-sided, laminate and cut out the cards. Distribute all the cards randomly to the students. The ideal number of players is 6 (4 cards for each student), but it will also work with 2 to 12 players. For bigger classes, you might want to print several copies. Select a student to begin by reading his card out loud and then putting it down. The other students listen attentively to each question, answer it if they have the answer card and then they read the next question. The game is over when all the cards are down. It is a great game to practice the newly taught vocabulary, as well as reading and listening skills.

This game is a version of the classic I-Have-Who-Has game. This game is designed to practice basic vocabulary related to weather and the names of the main Spanish cities. The document includes two sets of the same game, marked by two different colors of the frames. This is because a set only contains 12 cards, so it should be played in small groups of 3 or 4 students maximum. Print the document one-sided, laminate and cut out the cards. Distribute all the cards randomly to the students. The ideal number of players is 3 (4 cards for each student), but it will also work with 2 to 6 players. For bigger classes, you might want to print several copies. Select a student to begin by reading his card out loud and then putting it down. The other students listen attentively to each question, answer it if they have the answer card and then they read the next question. The game is over when all the cards are down. It is a great game to practice the newly taught vocabulary, as well as reading and listening skills.

This game is a Spanish version of the classic " I have… Who has …? " game, designed to practice revising a unit on weather and clothes by asking and answering about seasons, weather, months, days of the week, birthdays, holidays, numbers, clothes etc. This is an easy-to-play game and a great way to practice essential language concepts with the whole class. As students match up the answers on their cards with questions on other students’ cards, they get valuable practice with vocabulary, as well as reading and listening skills. Directions: Cut out the cards along the dotted line and laminate. For bigger classes, you might want to print several copies of each set. Give out all the cards in the set to the students. It is important to use all the cards. Choose a student to go first. I usually do that by a counting rhyme. Have the selected student read the question at the bottom of the card aloud and then put the card down. The student who has the card with the answer then reads that answer aloud. This student will then read the question at the bottom of their card and put the card down. Play continues in this fashion until all of the cards have been played. The game will end with the same student who started play. Every card in the set is connected to a card before it and a card after it. To keep the game moving at a quick pace, all students need to pay attention to every question that has been asked. I tell my younger students that this is a magic game and that the magic only works if you pay attention, which is actually true. The magic happens in the end, when the question on the last card actually matches the answer on the very first card. Enjoy!

This game is a version of the classic I-Have-Who-Has game. This game is designed to practice using the verb “ponerse”, identifying and naming clothes, parts of the body, weather and places you go. It is a great way to practice the newly taught vocabulary, as well as reading and listening skills… INSTRUCTIONS: Print the document one-sided, laminate it and cut out the cards. Distribute all the cards randomly to the students. The ideal number of players is 7 (4 cards for each student), but it can be played with up to 14. For bigger classes, you might want to print several copies. Select a student to begin by reading his card out loud and then putting it down. The other students listen attentively to each question, answer it if they have the answer card and then they read the next question. The game is over when all the cards are down.

This game is a version of the classic I-Have-Who-Has game. This game is designed to practice using the verb* tener* and naming and identifying clothes and accessories. It is a great way to practice the newly taught vocabulary, as well as pronunciation and listening skills. Print the document one-sided, laminate it and cut out the cards. Distribute all the cards randomly to the students. Select a student to begin by reading his card out loud and then putting it down. The other students listen attentively to each question, answer it if they have the answer card and then they read the next question. The game is over when all the cards are down.

This game is a French version of the classic I-Have-Who-Has game. It is designed to practice describing hair and eyes and the verbs ´avoir´ and ´porter´. Print the document one-sided, laminate it and cut out the cards. Distribute all the cards randomly to the students. The ideal number of players is 6 (4 cards for each student), but it can be played with up to 12. For bigger classes, you might want to print several copies. Select a student to begin by reading his card out loud and then putting it down. The other students listen attentively to each question, answer it if they have the answer card and then they read the next question. The game is over when all the cards are down. It is a great game to practice the newly taught vocabulary, as well as reading and listening skills.