Spanish Family PowerPoint Project - Students love this project! They enjoy creating the family projects on the computer, presenting their projects in class and viewing the PowerPoint presentations created by their classmates so they get a lot of practice with family vocabulary and grammar. Students must create a 6 slide presentation that includes information on birthdays, age, physical and personality descriptions and the verbs gustar and encantar for likes and dislikes. They get substantial practice with the verbs tener and ser. The project contains the following: 1. Grading criterion 2. Vocabulary bank 3. Explanations on how to properly state age, birthdays, physical and personality descriptions, language for introductions, gustar and encantar usage 4. Computer codes for Spanish accents and punctuation 5. Sample family descriptions 6. Project explanation This is a great culminating project for a unit on family and also makes a great substitute activity. Three to four days in the computer lab is usually sufficient to complete the project. Your students will have fun and reap many benefits from it!

Spanish Family Matching Squares Puzzle - Family and Pets - Familia - Students assemble a 4 x 4 bilingual Spanish/English vocabulary puzzle with common family and pets words. There are 23 different words used in the puzzle. Sample words are madre, padre, hermanos, padrastro, bisabuela, gato, mascota y perro. 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. All words are listed alongside the puzzle in Spanish and English. This list is helpful when students are assembling the puzzles and also makes a good review list or bookmark. 2 pages

Spanish Family Matching Squares 2 Puzzles - 9 Square Basic Words - Students assemble a 3 x 3 bilingual Spanish/English vocabulary puzzle with basic family words. There are 14 different words used in the puzzle. Words used are madre, padre, hermano, hermana, tío, tía, abuelo, abuela, bebé, mamá, papá, primo, prima, and familia. The 2 designs include 1 with no repeated words and no words on the outside border, and 1 with repeated words and words on the outside border for a more challenging puzzle. 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. All words are listed twice alongside the puzzle in Spanish and English. This list is helpful when students are assembling the puzzles and also makes a good review list or bookmark.

Spanish Family Human Bingo Game Speaking Activity and Follow-Up Assignment - This activity provides practice asking questions with tener and family vocabulary. Each student mingles with a bingo grid and must find different classmates that can reply yes when asked about the information in one of the 16 boxes. Each box contains a statement about a family member. A sample statement is "A mi padre le gusta jugar al golf." 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 family word under 6 images at the bottom of the paper. This activity works well with students learning family vocabulary, and it's a good back to school review activity for experienced Spanish students.

Spanish Family Crossword and Picture IDs - Students use each word at least twice and some 3 times so they get ample practice with the family vocabulary. This crossword contains: 1. 33 Spanish words to find 2. 11 images for students to identify 3. Instructions for students to write the Spanish translation next to the English word 4. Answer key for the 33 Spanish translations 5. Vocabulary in large font for presenting and reviewing in class 6. Vocabulary list 2 per page for student handouts

Students change 25 singular family words to the plural form and then translate them to English. Students must also write a Spanish family word under each clip art picture. The answer key is included. 2 pages

Spanish Family and Pets Word Search and Vocabulary - This download includes the following: 1. 33 Spanish words to find 2. 8 pictures to identify 3. Instructions for students to write the English translation next to the Spanish word 4. Answer key for the 33 English translations 5. Vocabulary in large font for presenting and reviewing in class 6. Vocabulary list 2 per page for student handouts 4 pages

This comprehensive Spanish family and pets vocabulary list includes over 75 words with the English translation! It can be used as a student handout reference, copied onto a transparency or projected to the entire class for introducing or reviewing family and pets vocabulary. 1 page

Spanish Family and Pets 18 Vocabulary IDs - La Familia - Students write the Spanish family or pet vocabulary word under each of the 18 pictures. When finished, the handout makes a nice review sheet as is or it could be cut apart later and used for flashcards. The answer key can be used for introducing and reviewing family and pets vocabulary. Both can be projected and used for the flyswatter game.

Spanish Family 14 Word Crossword and 9 Picture IDs - This crossword contains the most common family vocabulary words. Students use each word at least twice and some 3 times so they get ample practice with the basic family vocabulary. Students are instructed to: 1. Write the Spanish word next to the English 14 clues 2. Write a Spanish word under each of the 9 pictures 3. Complete the crossword The answer key is included.

Combine grammar and family vocabulary with culture! This activity includes 8 questions about Pablo Picasso's portrait "Soler Family Breakfast on the Grass". Students respond to questions about age, appearance, clothing, the meaning of the painting title, and animals in the painting. Student answers will vary, but a sample answer key is included. Also included is a page with just the painting and title that you can use to show students before they begin the activity.

Spanish Family - Goya's Familia de Carlos IV - Expose your students to Spanish culture while they practice grammar and vocabulary! Students must respond in complete sentences to 7 questions regarding Goya's portrait of the family of Carlos IV. The questions ask for factual information such as the number of people and also opinion responses for such things as age and appearance. A sample answer key is included, but student answers will vary.

Spanish Family - Describe 5 Family Members - Students describe a minimum of 5 actual or fictitious family members. They must provide 4 things for each: possessive adjective and family word, introduction of the family member, age and description. There is space on the activity page for students to describe up to 8 people. Students must also write 2 additional sentences about the family; one tells the number in the family and the provides a list of the family members. Both require the use of the verb hay. Sample sentences are provided for all requirements.

Spanish Family - Botero Family Portrait 9 True/False and Translations - Include Hispanic art and culture with your grammar and vocabulary practice! Students interpret 9 sentences about a family portrait done by Colombian artist Fernando Botero. If a sentence is false, students must correct the incorrect words. Students then translate all 9 sentences and are also instructed to write a Spanish family word on each line pointing to family members in the painting. Verbs used include llevar, sentarse, ser, hay and gustar and vocabulary used includes family, clothing and toy vocabulary. The download includes a full size portrait that can be projected in class. The answer key is included.

Combine grammar and family vocabulary with culture! This activity includes 7 questions about Colombian artist Fernando Botero's portrait of a bullfighting family. Students respond to questions about age, appearance, the career of the family members, clothing and even a question about the animals in the painting. Botero's unique style is sure to make him a favorite with your students! The answer key is included.

Add some culture to your grammar assignments! This Spanish family homework assignment contains 7 questions about a family portrait done by Colombian artist Fernando Botero. Students must respond in complete sentences using family vocabulary, adjectives and ages based on their observations of the painting. Students are also instructed to write a Spanish family word on each line pointing to family members in the painting. The answer key is included.

Spanish ER Verbs Pair Work Escaleras Activity, Vocabulary and Quiz - Partners quiz each other to see who can get all vocabulary correct and climb "las escaleras", or the stairs. One 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 download contains: 1. Activity page answer key grid for partner 1. This page contains 35 verb conjugations of 16 common -er verbs such as comer, beber, correr, aprender and comprender. They are copied 2 per page. 2. Activity page with infinitive/subject pronoun grid for partner 2. These are also copied 2 per page. This page can also be used as a quick start activity or as a homework assignment. 3. Instruction page with suggestions for the activity. 4. Quiz page. This contains the same verbs as the 2 activity pages but is in a quiz format with name, class period, and the total score. 5. Spanish/English vocabulary. These are copied 6 per page for student handouts. This is a good activity to use when -er verbs are introduced and also as a review for back to school and throughout the year for upper levels.

Felices Pascuas! This download contains 39 Easter vocabulary words. There are words for Easter candies, baskets and eggs, spring flowers and words associated with the religious aspects Easter. Students can use this for writing assignments, creating word puzzles, holiday cards, games or poems.

Spanish Easter Prepositions of Location Easter Bunny and Egg Spanish fill in the blank with a preposition for each of the 9 sentences about a bunny's location in relation to an egg or eggs. A sample answer key is included, but several sentences could have more than one correct answer.

Spanish Easter Poem, Crossword, Cloze Activity and Vocabulary List - This original rhyming 4 stanza poem about Easter eggs includes 4 color adjectives, 3 pattern words and mentions places that Easter eggs can be found such as in a basket, on the grass and even on the beaches! The lines are easy to learn for students of all ages. Also included with the poem: 1. A cloze exercise of the poem 2. Crossword with Easter vocabulary from the poem. Students complete the crossword, write the Spanish word next to the English clue and write Spanish words under the 8 clip art images shown. 3. 19 word vocabulary list for use in completing the crossword and cloze activity. These are copied 2 per page for student handouts. Felices Pascuas!