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I'm currently teaching 8th grade Spanish. I have taught all levels of Spanish, from kindergarten to high school, at various times in the past 17 years. I have a BA in Spanish and International Relations from Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL, and an MA in Spanish Language and Culture from the University of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain. My shop includes all types of resources for Spanish and French, as well as materials for English Language Arts and ELL.

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I'm currently teaching 8th grade Spanish. I have taught all levels of Spanish, from kindergarten to high school, at various times in the past 17 years. I have a BA in Spanish and International Relations from Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL, and an MA in Spanish Language and Culture from the University of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain. My shop includes all types of resources for Spanish and French, as well as materials for English Language Arts and ELL.
Spanish Imperfect Tense Crossword Puzzle and Image IDs
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Spanish Imperfect Tense Crossword Puzzle and Image IDs

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This activity contains 31 clues for imperfect tense verb conjugations and 9 clip art images. The clues are in the form of English "used to" with verbs that students must translate. They are instructed to: 1. Complete the crossword. 2. Write Spanish infinitives under each picture. 3. Write the Spanish conjugation next to each clue. The crossword includes ver, ir, and ser, along with many common ar, er, and ir verbs. Examples are bailar, lavar, limpiar, correr, comer, decir, pedir, and empezar. The answer key is included.
Spanish Irregular Verbs PowerPoint Booklet Project
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Spanish Irregular Verbs PowerPoint Booklet Project

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Spanish Irregular Verbs PowerPoint Booklet Project - Students create a booklet or PowerPoint that includes irregular present tense verbs. Required sections are: -go verbs; stem change verbs; a section for ir, ir a + infinitive, ser and estar, saber and conocer; regular verbs for the sake of showing contrast between regular and irregular verbs. Students must provide full conjugations of all verbs, write 2 sentences for each, and explain the differences between ser and estar, and saber and conocer. Included in the download: 1. Requirement page in large font for projecting and presenting the project. 2. Sample page for projecting and presenting. 3. Grading sheet for the 205 point project. Students use the sheet while working on the project and must hand it in with their completed projects. Failure to submit the sheet results in a loss of 2 points on the project. This is a great end of the year project for Spanish I students but would also be a great beginning of the year review project for other levels.
Spanish Numbers Or Any Language Numbers Activities - Scattered Numbers
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Spanish Numbers Or Any Language Numbers Activities - Scattered Numbers

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Spanish Numbers Or Any Language Numbers Activities - Scattered Numbers The download contains: 1. Scattered numbers from 0 - 20 in black and white, and in color 2. Random scattered numbers from 21 - 100 in black and white, and in color 3. Suggested activities These materials to projected in class for pronunciation practice and to play the flyswatter game on the screen. They can also be used as a student number word writing activity. Finally, student pairs can compete to be the first to touch or mark with a pencil or marker the number that you say. These can be laminated and used for years!
Spanish My Favorite Things - 2 Emergent Reader Booklets
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Spanish My Favorite Things - 2 Emergent Reader Booklets

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Spanish My Favorite Things - 2 Emergent Reader Booklets - Each booklet contains 8 pages: the title page with 7 additional pages containing Spanish words for the following favorite things: food, book, sport, color, animal, movie, and subject. Also included is a page of suggestions for using the booklets and an assembly instruction page. Students first read and cut out the booklet that contains text and illustrations, then create their own version using the text only template. Students will enjoy sharing them with classmates and family members! The illustration version can be projected in class to present, review and practice pronunciation of the vocabulary words. The text only version can be projected onto the Smart Board and students can draw pictures on the Smart Board that correspond to the text.
Spanish Mad Lib Present Tense Writing Activity - At School
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Spanish Mad Lib Present Tense Writing Activity - At School

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Add some creative fun to grammar in your classroom with this Spanish Mad Lib! Included are 3 pages as follows: 1. Students list 27 words according to the description indicated, such as adjective, noun, infinitive verb, name or adverb. 2. Students transfer the 27 words onto the story page. 3. Students translate the story to English on the lined page. This item is fun for students to create and even more fun to present in class! It's also a good activity for a substitute teacher lesson plan, or back to school review for students with prior Spanish experience.
Spanish Marine Life Vocabulary IDs Worksheet
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Spanish Marine Life Vocabulary IDs Worksheet

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Students identify 18 marine life pictures. Sample words are: ballena, tiburón, pulpo, estrella del mar, tortuga, pez, langosta, and medusa. The handout makes a nice review sheet as is or it could be cut apart later and used for flashcards. It can also be projected in class to present and review vocabulary, and play the flyswatter game. The answer key is included. This activity is also included in my Spanish Vocabulary IDs Bundle of 32 Topics.
Spanish New Year's Eve Human Bingo Game Speaking Activity & Follow-Up
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Spanish New Year's Eve Human Bingo Game Speaking Activity & Follow-Up

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This activity includes 16 different activities associated with New Year's Eve. Examples of verbs used are ir, celebrar, brindar, bailar, leer, comer, mirar, and estar. Students will practice 3 forms of the Spanish preterit with these activities. Each student mingles with a bingo grid and must find different classmates that can reply yes when asked about statements in each of the 16 boxes. A sample statement in the box is, "Comí 12 uvas en Nochevieja." When a student replies yes to a question, the questioning student follows up by asking in Spanish for the student's signature. The goal is to be the first student to fill the entire bingo grid. Also included is a follow up worksheet that requires students to: 1. Write a sentence for each of the 16 boxes in the grid. The student includes the name of the student that signed the box and must change the verb to the third person. 2. Write an appropriate Spanish word related to New Year's Eve under 6 images at the bottom of the paper.
Spanish Numbers Zero to Twenty Crossword Puzzle and Image IDs
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Spanish Numbers Zero to Twenty Crossword Puzzle and Image IDs

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This Spanish numbers crossword contains: 1. English number word clues from zero to twenty. Students complete the crossword with the Spanish equivalent. 2. Instructions for students to write the Spanish number word next to each clue. 3. Nine number images for students to identify with a Spanish number word. The 3 tasks on the worksheet give students plenty of practice with their numbers.
Spanish Opposites 4 x 4 Matching Squares Puzzle
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Spanish Opposites 4 x 4 Matching Squares Puzzle

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Spanish Opposites 4 x 4 Matching Squares Puzzle - Students assemble a 4 x 4 vocabulary puzzle with 32 common Spanish adjectives and adverbs opposites words. Students match Spanish opposites words. Sample opposites words are: abierto/cerrado, claro/oscuro, grande/pequeño, lento/rápido, and nuevo/viejo. There are 16 sets of opposites. Several words are repeated which makes the puzzle more challenging. Just photocopy enough for a class set (1 for every 2 students if working in pairs, or 1 per student if working alone), cut and fasten with a paper clip. Distribute to students and challenge them to reassemble the puzzles as quickly as possible. There is a list of all words alongside the puzzle in Spanish and English. This can be used as Spanish opposites vocabulary bookmark and reference.
Spanish Imperfect Tense Verbs Human Bingo Game Speaking Activity
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Spanish Imperfect Tense Verbs Human Bingo Game Speaking Activity

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Spanish Imperfect Tense Verbs Human Bingo Game Speaking Activity - Each student mingles with a bingo grid and must find different classmates that can reply yes to each of the 16 boxes. Each grid contains the question "Cuando eras nino/a" plus an activity in the imperfect. When a student replies yes to a question, the questioning student follows up by asking in Spanish for the student's signature. The goal is to be the first student to fill the entire bingo grid. Also included is a follow up worksheet that requires students to: 1. Write a sentence for each of the 16 boxes in the grid. The student includes the name of the student that signed the box and must change the verb to the third person. 2. Provide the English meaning of each verb. 3. Write an appropriate Spanish childhood word under 6 images at the bottom of the paper. This is a great back to school speaking review activity for students with prior Spanish experience.
Spanish Imperfect Tense Word Search Puzzle and Image IDs
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Spanish Imperfect Tense Word Search Puzzle and Image IDs

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This activity contains 35 imperfect tense verb conjugations and 10 clip art images. Students are instructed to: 1. Find the words in the puzzle. 2. Write Spanish infinitives under each picture. 3. Write the English meaning next to each imperfect conjugation. The crossword includes ver, ir, and ser, along with many common ar, er, and ir verbs. Examples are bailar, lavar, limpiar, correr, comer, decir, pedir, and empezar. An answer key with English meanings next to the Spanish conjugations is included.
Spanish Numbers and Halloween Theme Math Listening Activity
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Spanish Numbers and Halloween Theme Math Listening Activity

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Spanish Numbers and Halloween Theme Math Listening Activity - This Spanish numbers listening activity will hold the attention of your students as they make their way around the oval writing the Spanish numbers that you dictate! After all numbers are dictated, students quickly do the math to find the correct final answer based on the numbers that they heard and wrote. They will be anxious to raise their hands and share their results! You choose the numbers for the activity so it can be used for very basic numbers or large numbers, depending on what your focus is.
Spanish Numbers and Math Listening Activity - Soccer Theme
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Spanish Numbers and Math Listening Activity - Soccer Theme

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Spanish Numbers and Math Listening Activity - Soccer Theme - This Spanish numbers listening activity will hold the attention of your students as they make their way around the oval writing the Spanish numbers that you dictate! After all numbers are dictated, students quickly do the math to find the correct final answer based on the numbers that they heard and wrote. They will be anxious to raise their hands and share their results! You choose the numbers for the activity so it can be used for very basic numbers or large numbers, depending on your focus.
Spanish Irregular Yo Verb Pair Work Las Escaleras Activity
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Spanish Irregular Yo Verb Pair Work Las Escaleras Activity

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Spanish Irregular Yo Verb Pair Work Las Escaleras Activity - Partners quiz each other to see who can get all vocabulary correct and climb "las escaleras", or the stairs. Once student has the answer key and the other has the infinitives with subject pronouns. After one makes it to the top of the stairs, students switch parts. The activity contains 35 irregular verb conjugations of the verbs venir, tener, oir, traer, caer, conocer, saber, poner, hacer, salir, conducir, and decir. Also included is an instruction page with suggestions for the activity. This is a good activity to use when irregular verbs are introduced and also as a review for back to school and throughout the year for upper levels.
Spanish Preterit Irregulars Word Search Puzzle and Image IDs
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Spanish Preterit Irregulars Word Search Puzzle and Image IDs

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This activity contains 29 preterit irregular and preterit irregular yo form conjugations. Students are instructed to: 1. Find the words in the word search. 2. Write Spanish infinitives under each picture. 3. Write the English translation next to each conjugation. The word search includes common irregular preterit verbs such as ser, estar, ir, hacer, poner, and querer. It also includes irregular yo verbs practicar, pagar, and empezar. The answer key with the verb translations is included.
Spanish Preterit Skit / Role Play - Que hiciste anoche?-Oral Practice
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Spanish Preterit Skit / Role Play - Que hiciste anoche?-Oral Practice

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TES best seller of mine! This is a 2-person, 16 line skit for practicing the preterit. Friends are having a phone conversation about what they did recently. Spanish regular and irregular preterit verbs are used as well as several phrases that students have fun saying like "how disgusting" and "how gross." This is a skit that students will enjoy practicing and presenting to the class! The skit is copied 2 per page for student practice handouts, and 1 per page with enlarged font for presenting and practicing vocabulary and pronunciation as a class.
Fire Safety 2 Emergent Reader Booklets - 12 Pages
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Fire Safety 2 Emergent Reader Booklets - 12 Pages

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Each booklet contains 12 pages: the title page with 11 additional pages. Also included are suggestions for using the booklets and an assembly instruction page. Students first cut, assemble and read the booklet that contains text and illustrations of words associated with fire safety. Sample words are smoke, crawl, fire, alarm, and fire hydrant. They then sketch and create their own version using the text only template. The illustration version can be projected in class to present, review and practice pronunciation of the vocabulary words. The text only version can be projected onto the Smart Board and students can draw pictures on the Smart Board that correspond to the text.
Spanish Preterit ER/IR Verbs Conjugated 4 x 4 Matching Squares Puzzle
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Spanish Preterit ER/IR Verbs Conjugated 4 x 4 Matching Squares Puzzle

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Spanish Preterit ER/IR Verbs Conjugated 4 x 4 Matching Squares Puzzle - Students assemble a 4 x 4 Spanish/English vocabulary puzzle with 24 common ER and IR verbs. Sample words are: comprender, aprender, vivir, comer, beber, abrir, poner, sufrir, permitir, and decidir. Just photocopy enough for a class set (1 for every 2 students if working in pairs, or 1 per student if working alone), cut and fasten with a paper clip. Distribute to students and challenge them to reassemble the puzzles as quickly as possible. There is a list of all words alongside the puzzle in Spanish and English. This can be used as a verbs bookmark and reference.
Spanish Verbs Hablar and Practicar with Adverbs of Frequency and Image IDs
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Spanish Verbs Hablar and Practicar with Adverbs of Frequency and Image IDs

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Spanish Verbs Hablar and Practicar with Adverbs of Frequency and Image IDs - Students must: 1. Filll in the blank with the correct conjugation of the either hablar or practicer 2. Translate the 8 sentences to English 3. Write a Spanish word under the 8 clip art images The sentences contain adverbs of frequency words, seasons, and sports words that are either cognates or in a word bank. This activity works well for students new to verb conjugations and is good for back to school review for upper levels of Spanish. Both verbs are fully conjugated for student reference. The answer key is included.
Three Kings Day Bookmarks in English - With and Without Vocabulary Words
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Three Kings Day Bookmarks in English - With and Without Vocabulary Words

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Three Kings Day Bookmarks in English - With and Without Vocabulary Words - The images included on the bookmarks are the Three Kings, three kings bread, camel, shoes and parade and each page contains 5 of the same bookmark. The version without the vocabulary words gives the option of having students write the vocabulary words for a little extra practice. Just copy, cut and share with your students!