Are you sick of your students asking to have a party for Cinco de Mayo when they have no idea what they would be celebrating? In this interactive lesson, students take on the role of Benito Juarez as he makes critical decisions in history that lead to the Battle commemorated by Cinco de Mayo in this "Choose Your Own Adventure" inspired Power Point Presentation. Extra emphasis is put on the difference between Mexican Independence Day and Cinco de Mayo to try and correct this common misconception. Included in the Product: -20+ slide interactive Power Point Presentation -Video links to a clip of the Cinco de Mayo parade, a re-enactment of the Battle of Puebla, and a Jimmy Kimmel segment

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

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

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

I developed this assessment as a tool for gathering data as to student's proficiency levels during their third and fourth years of language study in Spanish. This assessment is directly aligned with the ACTFL progress indicators for Intermediate-Low fluency. This assessment addresses all skill areas; Interpersonal Speaking, Presentational Speaking, Presentational Writing, Interpretive Listening, and Interpretive Reading. This assessment can be used in a variety of ways: 1. As an exit test or final exam for Spanish 3 2. As an entrance exam for Spanish 4 3. As a placement exam for students newly entering your language program from private or out of state institutions 4. As a progress indicator given to students at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year to demonstrate growth 5. As smaller, individual assessments or activities given throughout the course of the school year This Product Includes: - Educator's Guide & Instructions for Test Administration - List of ACTFL Progress Indicators addressed - Resource Links to ACTFL rubrics and progress indicators - 6 Activities to assess Interpersonal & Presentational Speaking / Writing - 4 Activities to assess Interpretive Listening - 4 Activities to assess Interpretive Reading - Answer Keys for Listening and Reading Activities - Answer Keys for Writing activities unless answers may vary

I developed this assessment as a tool for gathering data as to student's proficiency levels during their second and third years of language study in Spanish. This assessment is directly aligned with the ACTFL progress indicators for Novice-High fluency. This assessment addresses all skill areas; Interpersonal Speaking, Presentational Speaking, Presentational Writing, Interpretive Listening, and Interpretive Reading. This assessment can be used in a variety of ways: 1. As an exit test or final exam for Spanish 2 2. As an entrance exam for Spanish 3 3. As a placement exam for students newly entering your language program from private or out of state institutions 4. As a progress indicator given to students at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year to demonstrate growth 5. As smaller, individual assessments given throughout the course of the school year This Product Includes: - Educator's Guide & Instructions for Test Administration - Resource Links to ACTFL rubrics and progress indicators - 9 Activities to assess Interpersonal & Presentational Speaking / Writing - 4 Activities to assess Interpretive Listening - 5 Activities to assess Interpretive Reading - Answer Keys for Listening and Reading Activities - Answer Keys for Writing activities unless answers may vary

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!

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 introduce myself and provide basic personal information -I can say my name and ask someone else's name -I can understand when someone asks for my name -I can understand when people introduce themselves -I can fill out a form with my name, address, phone number, birthdate and nationality 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 -Presentational Writing task -Presentational Speaking task -Student Self-Assessment task -Teacher Feedback Form -Answer Keys for Interpretive Reading & Listening tasks

In this activity, students must read and understand 20 Spanish sentences to complete a seating chart. Focus phrases include "entre, delante de, detrás de, a la derecha de, a la izquierda de, al lado de, cerca de, and lejos de. Ready to Print, Copy, & Go!

These activities target the Preterite Tense through all four skill areas (listening, reading, writing, speaking). The activities provide a meaningful context through which students can first interpret the Preterite Tense through listening and reading and then produce it themselves with opportunities for both written and oral production. Listening - Students will listen to 16 statements (teacher script provided) about what different people did either today or yesterday. They must listen for the verb endings to decide whether the action was done "hoy" or "ayer". Reading - Students will read a short passage (in Spanish) about a party gone wrong. They will then identify all preterite tense verbs within the passage and complete a chart based on the person of each verb. They will also respond to several reading comprehension questions about the events of the party. Writing - Students will take on the role of several characters of the story and write the answers to questions about the events of the party from that characters point of view. Speaking - Students will take on the role of either a police officer or party attendee as an interrogation about the events of the party takes place. This product includes: -¿Hoy o Ayer? Listening Activity & Answer Key -Teacher Listening Activity Script - Party Reading Passage -Verb Recognition Chart Activity & Answer Key -Reading Comprehension Activity & Answer Key -Many Sides to a Story Writing Activity -Interrogation Speaking Activity Teacher Instructions -Interrogation Student Roles & Instructions

This puzzle helps Spanish students to produce words related to color in the target language in a fun and engaging way. Students will take turns using a letter grid to spell out color words in Spanish, earning one point for each letter used. The student with the most points at the end wins!

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 synthesis activity in which students must tell the meanings of conjugated verbs or fit them into sentences. This Product Includes Puzzles & Synthesis Activities for: -Regular AR Preterite Tense Verbs -Verbs ending in CAR GAR ZAR in the Preterite -Regular ER & IR Verbs in the Preterite -Stem-Changing Verbs in the Preterite -Irregular Verbs in the Preterite

These Spanish sub plans can be carried out by any sub while you are out of the classroom. Even better, you won't have to feel guilty that your students aren't learning while you are gone! This set includes 5 full classes of art/culture lessons that are ready to print & go, require no technology, do not require the sub to produce any Spanish, and can be differentiated for any level of Spanish class. Each lesson walks students through the interpretation of a famous work of art by artists Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera, Joan Miró, Frida Kahlo, and Fernando Botero. Students will work step by step to interpret the art through a series of brainstorming, sorting and categorizing activities. Once they have recorded their own interpretation of the art, they will read a short excerpt that relates the piece of art to something cultural or historical from real life. They will then be asked to think about the art in that new context as they answer some thought provoking questions. Works of Art included in this lesson: -"Guernica" by Pablo Picasso -"Dream of a Sunday Afternoon at Alameda Park" by Diego Rivera -"Tree of Hope, Remain Strong" by Frida Kahlo -"Carnival of Harlequin" by Joan Miró -"Guerilla de Eliseo Velasquez" by Fernando Botero