These 5 puzzles offer a twist on the traditional color by number by utilizing conjugated verbs in place of the numbers. Students use the key to color the picture according to the verb endings. This helps improve recognition of vocabulary and verb tenses. In addition to the color by verb activity, each puzzle also contains an application or syntheses activity in which students must tell the meanings of conjugated verbs or fit them into sentences. This Product Includes Puzzles & Synthesis Activities for: -Regular Present Tense Verbs -Irregular Present Tense Verbs (SER, IR, TENER) -Stem-Changing Verbs -Reflexive Verbs -GO Verbs

This lesson has everything you need to get your students to understand and practice the concept of adjective agreement in Spanish. Students will practice matching various types of adjectives to both singular, plural, masculine, and feminine subjects. Once they have the basics, they will be able to apply their knowledge in a series of reading, speaking, and writing activities. This Product Includes: -1 Page tutorial on adjective agreement -1 Drill & Practice Activity -1 Reading Activity where students match descriptions to the people they describe -1 Speaking Activity where they describe a person to their partner who selects the correct person from a series of pictures (and vice versa) -1 Writing Activity where students write sentences to describe a variety of people in Spanish

This interactive, clickable Power Point presentation is perfect for introducing beginning students to the Spanish language. The presentation is based on 10 interactive, multiple choice questions that reveal some basic facts about the Spanish language in both the United States and the world. Filled with facts, statistics, charts, and graphs, students will gain a greater understanding of how learning the Spanish language can have an impact on their lives and ability to communicate with those around them. The goal of this presentation is to help students understand the benefits that learning Spanish will have in their lives and careers so that they have a strong sense of purpose as they begin their studies. This 48 slide interactive, clickable presentation can also be used to recruit students to your language study program as well as educate parents on the usefulness of the language at your Open House.

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 with the following performance indicators: -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

5 fun vocabulary games for your students to review vocabulary related to food! This is a flexible game that can be played individually, in small groups, teams, or as a whole class. It is also great for any level or any age group! Easily adapted for French, German, or ESL/ELL as well! This kit includes: -Instructions for 2 different vocabulary games -2 Scoring Sheets (1 per game) -5 Different Game Boards!

This Spanish Back to School kit includes not only a syllabus, but several other tools you will need to get the year started right as you begin to communicate with students and parents. Better yet, it is completely editable so that you can use it as a template and modify it to meet your own particular needs. It is a great time saver for the busy back to school season. Everything is in Power Point format and PDF so that it can be printed or projected for orientation nights, open houses, or the first day of classes. Included in this product: -Teacher intro -World Language skill overview -ACTFL proficiency level overview -First / Second semester topic guide -"I Can" statements for Novice Mid and High organized by theme -Suggested Apps for Spanish class -Syllabus -Grading Procedures -Parent E-mail Contact List -Seating Chart -Student Interest & Learning Style Survey -Weekly Class Calendar We wish you the best of luck this school year!

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.

These activities go along with the song "Vivir la Vida" by Marc Anthony which is readily available on YouTube and iTunes. In these activities, students listen to the song and complete the missing lyrics. They are instructed on the formation of the immediate future tense and asked to locate it as well as some infinitive verbs in the lyrics of the song. Then, they are asked to locate certain lines of the song, copy them, and manipulate them. The manipulation of the lyrics requires them to use the Immediate Future Tense. There is a reading activity to help them internalize the new vocabulary learned with the song and 3 different exit tickets. The lesson also includes a short artist bio. Students will practice listening, reading, and writing in this lesson. This Product Includes: 1. Artist Biography (in Spanish) 2. Clozeline Activity 3. Immediate Future Tense Tutorial & 2 Practice Activities 4. Lyric Identification Activity 5. Lyric Manipulation Activity 6. Vocabulary / Reading Activity 7. 3 Different Exit Tickets 8. Answer Keys

The crime rate has been soaring in the small town of Puebla Panqueques, but no need to worry, Policía Pacho is on the job! Your students will read witness statements and help Policía Pacho pick out the correct suspect from a line up. After all the suspects have been captured, your students will use the included game cards and "suspect page" to complete a variety of fun activities to practice speaking and writing physical descriptions. There is also a listening activity in which students must figure out the names of all the suspects based on what you tell them. Lot's of fun, themed, activities in context! This Product Includes 7 Different Activities: - 3 Police Line-Up Reading Activities - Instructions for 3 related games - 12 game cards - A "suspect" page - Listening Activity 7 Answer Key

These activities help students learn the basics of Spanish phonics with scaffolded activities that focus on a variety of letter sounds in Spanish. Often taken for granted, instruction in phonics is a great way to jumpstart the listening and pronunciation skills of beginning learners. Each activity targets a different set of letter sounds, beginning with sounds that are easy for native English speakers and progressing to sounds that are more difficult to identify or easy to confuse. Students will listen to the pronunciation of 12 words within each of the 7 activities and are asked to insert the correct letters that are representative of those sounds. Included with each word is also a picture definition so that students can begin to acquire some basic vocabulary. When the activities are complete, they may be added to a notebook or binder as a picture dictionary for students to keep. This Product Includes: -Consonant Sounds Activity 1 (D, F, K, M P, T) -Consonant Sounds Activity 2 (C, H, CH, L, LL) -Consonant Sounds Activity 3 (R, RR, N, Ñ) -Consonant Sounds Activity 4 (G, J, S, Z, B, V) -Vowel Sounds Activity 1 (A, O, U) -Vowel Sounds Activity 2 (E, I) -Vowel Sounds Activity 3 (Diphthongs) -Answer Keys For All Activities

Putting up Spanish language signs around your school is a great way to help not only the current students in your program, but also to promote your language to other students. Many of you may teach in schools with some students that ONLY speak Spanish and this is a great way to support their acquisition of English too! This set of forty-five easy to read signs will allow you to label all of the most important places in and outside of your school building. There are a wide variety of signs to fit the needs of both primary and secondary teachers. Each sign promotes the language with a "Learn Spanish" header so that students are aware that they are looking at words in Spanish. Also included on each sign is the Spanish word for a location in the school and the English Equivalent. Many of the signs include multiple versions in case you have a preference for certain words or terms when there are several. If you don't want to place the signs yourself, having your students review the places in the school by placing the signs themselves is a great beginning of the school year activity.

Are you looking for ways to have your students practice telling at what time things are scheduled in real life situations? This group of activities focuses on just that with the use of authentic materials and real world situations. The power point notes explain the process of telling time in Spanish and allow students scaffolded, guided practice as they learn. In the first activity, students will read sentences that describe at what time a students has each class and label that student's schedule accordingly. In the second activity, students will send written "text messages" to a friend discussing their class times. In the third activity, students will use real movie listings to decide and explain when the next showing that they can attend will be. In the fourth activity, students take on the role of an employee at a bus station in Mexico. They must inform customers of the next bus departure for various cities using a real bus schedule. There are also two sets of clock fold-it clocks (digital and analog) for you to use in practice activities in your own classroom or as part of an interactive notebook. This product includes: -Complete notes on telling time with guided practice (power point) -School schedule time reading activity -Class time texting activity -Movie times activity -Bus schedule activity -Answer keys for all activities -Clock fold its

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.

These activities were created to give students the practice they need learning and pronouncing the letters of the Spanish alphabet. With these activities, students will be able to begin building interpretive listening and presentational speaking skills while becoming comfortable with partner work. This Product Includes: -Guide For Educators -Phonetic Alphabet Handout -5 Alphabet/Spelling Partner Activities -2 Partner Interview Activities

These activities accompany free episodes of Peppa the Pig in Spanish (Youtube links provided). In each episode, students will listen for and match 8-10 of the most frequently heard words to their English meanings. Then, students will fill in sentences in Spanish with these same missing words. Finally, students will respond to basic comprehension questions, in Spanish, about the episode that also focus on these high frequency words. Cartoons are the perfect way to get students used to hearing and understanding Spanish. The speech is cartoons is clear and easily understood since they are made for children. The grammatical structures are simple as well, and words are often repeated a number of times. The visuals provided in the cartoon help students to predict meanings and focus in on particular objects and actions. This product includes: -Link to Peppa the Pig episodes on YouTube -39 Activities (3 per eipsode for 13 episodes) Vocabulary Themes Include: -Winter -Play Time -Colors -Nature -Family Members -Animals -Modes of Transportation -Directional Phrases -Food -Adjectives -Common Verbs -And MUCH MUCH More

Greeting cards are a great way to bring the Spanish language to your students. This product contains more than 20 different printable greeting cards in Spanish including cards for birthdays, Christmas, Anniversary, wedding, Thank You, Get Well, Well Done, Valentine's Day, and More. These cards can be used for many different things in your language classroom. Here are just a few ideas of how they can be used: -Have students make cards for parents, staff, community members, or each other -Have students match the inside and outside of the cards to demonstrate understanding of some common holiday greetings -Have students decorate cards appropriately to demonstrate vocabulary recognition -Have students write their own personalized messages -Create a bulletin board -Practice months and dates in Spanish with respect to the holidays represented by each card This product includes over 40 pages of printable cards (both insides and outsides). Cards can be mixed and matched to suit your needs. They may be printed in color or black and white. Blanks are also included for teacher flexibility.

This product includes everything you need to introduce and practice the concepts of introducing yourself and others in Spanish. This product includes: -Learning Goals for the Unit -Essential Questions for the Unit -Printable Vocabulary List (see preview) -Greetings Practice Activity -Leave Taking Practice Activity -Introducing Yourself Writing Activity -Introducing Others Writing Activity -2 Exit Tickets -Cultural Information on Greetings and Introductions -Introducing Others Speaking Activity -Introducing Musical Artists Activity

This download includes 10 different logic puzzles in Spanish. In each puzzle, students must figure out a situation based on 7-10 clues in Spanish. A chart is provided to help students record the information that they read. When the puzzle is solved, students use the information gathered to answer 5 questions in Spanish. These puzzles are rated "easy" and would be appropriate for beginning students or more advanced students that need to review some common vocabulary. This is a print & go lesson that is easily used with a substitute or for regular classroom use. These can be done individually, in partners, or in small groups.

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 with the following performance indicators for Novice-Mid and Novice-High learners: Novice-Mid -I can understand days of the week and the hour -I can answer questions about where I am going or where I went -I can label activities and times on a daily schedule -I can write about what I do on the weekends -I can talk about what I do on the weekends Novice-High -I can make plans with someone to do something or go somewhere -I can exchange information about where to go, such as the store, a movie theater, a restaurant or when to meet 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 (3 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 students studying a foreign language or learning 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. ASpanish Language Version is also available in my store.