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.
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.
Verbs!Verbs!Verbs! This item is great for introducing new verb infinitives as well as for reviewing them throughout the year. There are 185 infinitive verb slides, 9 category slides to introduce each type of verb and a title slide. Included are ar/er/ir verbs, stem change, irregular yo, irregulars and reflexives. Since the verbs are grouped by type, the presentation can be used all year long! Each slide has the English word, colorful clip art and then the Spanish infinitive comes in on mouse click. Stem change verbs show the type of change, the irregular yo forms show the irregularity and each reflexive verb has the -se in red to make it stand out. In addition to a Power Point presentation, the slides could be printed to put up in the classroom or used as flash cards.
Save 25% with this Spanish Winter Bundle of 3 Worksheets and Game Cards - Included in the bundle:
- Spanish Winter Crossword Puzzle and Image IDs - This activity contains 54 clues for winter vocabulary. Students are instructed to:
1. Complete the crossword.
2. Write Spanish vocabulary words under each picture.
3. Write the Spanish vocabulary word next to each clue.
The crossword includes winter vocabulary associated with weather, winter clothing, outdoor activities, winter sports, and other words common during winter such as fireplace, soup, goosebumps, and slush.
The answer key is included.
- Spanish Winter Word Search Puzzle and Image IDs - This activity contains 54 winter vocabulary words. Students are instructed to:
1. Complete the word search.
2. Write Spanish vocabulary words under each picture.
3. Write the Spanish vocabulary word next to each word.
The word search includes winter vocabulary associated with weather, winter clothing, outdoor activities, winter sports, and other words common during winter such as fireplace, soup, goosebumps, and slush.
The answer key for the words to be found in included.
- Spanish Winter 67 Word Bilingual Vocabulary Reference - This download contains:
1. English to Spanish word list with 67 words
2. Spanish to English word list with 63 words
3. List of 6 suggested student uses for the word lists - these include assignments, speaking practice, and reference.
The vocabulary lists include many words related to snow and weather, winter clothing, outdoor activities, and more.
- Spanish Winter Game Cards - This download contains:
1. 27 winter clip art images that can be used for any language. There is one page with winter clothing articles, one page with winter activities such as skiing, skating, and ice-fishing, and one page with nouns related to winter such as snow, snow plow, icicles, sled, and snowman.
2. English word cards that correspond to the images
3. Spanish word cards that correspond to the images
4. Suggested uses page
The cards can be photocopied and used for:
1. Partner slap jack
2. Print 2 copies for each set to use for playing the concentration game.
3. Winter vocabulary flashcards
4. Have students match word cards with image cards.
5. Go fish game
6. Charades - students draw and act out either the image or word on the card and classmates guess the vocabulary word
The slides can also be projected for classroom vocabulary practice.
These are great materials to have ready for Spanish substitute lesson plans.
All 4 products are also sold individually on TES.
20 pages
This Spanish Christmas Smart Board file contains 17 games and activities. Examples are: Word Biz, Image Match, Image Select, Word Generator, Word Guess, Sentence Arrange, Vortex and more. The games and activities use Spanish vocabulary for food, decorations, clothing, body parts, things associated with Santa, New Year's, Three King's Day and gift giving. There's a great variety and something fun for everyone!
Save over 35% with this Spanish back to school booklet bundle! The 6 booklets included in the bundle are:
Spanish Alphabet Sketch and Color Booklet
Spanish Numbers Bilingual Coloring Booklet
Spanish Numbers 10 - 20 Bilingual Coloring Booklet
Spanish Class Objects Emergent Reader Booklets
Spanish Colors Emergent Reader Booklets
Spanish First Week of School Emergent Reader Booklets
Each booklet contains at least 8 pages: a title page and 7 additional pages. Both numbers booklet sets contain 3 versions of the booklets: Spanish bubble letter numbers with English, Spanish bubble letter numbers with digits next to the English word, and Spanish bubble letter numbers with digits only. Suggestions for using the booklets and an assembly instruction page are also included.
Students first read and cut out the vocabulary booklets containing text and clip art illustrations. They then sketch and create their own versions of the booklets using the text only template. Your students will have fun sharing their creations with family and friends which will help reinforce their language learning!
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.
The booklet pages can also be used as flashcards by folding under the text, and they are helpful additions to Spanish interactive notebooks.
Each booklet contained in this set is also available individually on TES. Individual booklets sell for $2.25 - $3.00 each so purchasing this bundle offers a significant savings!
60 pages
Save over 40% with this French back to school booklet bundle! The 6 booklets included in the bundle are:
French Alphabet Sketch and Color Booklet
French Numbers Bilingual Coloring Booklet
French Numbers 10 - 20 Bilingual Coloring Booklet
French J'ai Besoin de Class Objects Booklet
French Colors Emergent Reader Booklets
French My School Emergent Reader Booklets
Each booklet contains at least 8 pages: a title page and 7 additional pages. Both numbers booklet sets contain 3 versions of the booklets: French bubble letter numbers with English, French bubble letter numbers with digits next to the English word, and French bubble letter numbers with digits only. Suggestions for using the booklets and an assembly instruction page are also included.
Students first read and cut out the vocabulary booklets containing text and clip art illustrations. They then sketch and create their own versions of the booklets using the text only template. Your students will have fun sharing their creations with family and friends which will help reinforce their language learning!
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.
The booklet pages can also be used as flashcards by folding under the text, and they are helpful additions to French interactive notebooks.
Each booklet contained in this set is also available individually on TES. Individual booklets sell for $2.25 - $3.00 each so purchasing this bundle offers a significant savings!
Spanish Human Bingo Game Speaking Activity and Written Follow-up Bundle of 4 - The human bingo activities are also sold individually for $3.00 each on TES. Purchasing this bundle yields a 25% savings over the individual prices.
For the activities in this bundle, each student mingles with a bingo grid and must find different classmates that can reply yes to each of the 16 boxes. When a student replies yes to a question, the questioning student follows up by asking in Spanish for the student's signature. When a student fills the entire grid, he says, "Bingo!"
The topics included in the bundle are:
Class Objects and School -
This activity provides practice asking "do you have" with tener concerning different class objects. A sample statement is, "Tengo un cuaderno verde."
Family -
This activity provides practice asking questions with tener and family vocabulary. Each box contains a statement about a family member. A sample statement is, "A mi padre le gusta jugar al golf."
Ser and Adjectives -
This activity includes soy with 16 different descriptive adjectives of people. Examples of adjectives are: feliz, trabajador, perezoso, inteligente, generoso, consentido, guapo, and atlético. Students will practice 3 forms of ser in the present tense with these activities. Each box contains 2 short statements. Sample statements are, "Soy inteligente. Quiero ser médico en el futuro."
Ser and Family -
This activity uses ser with with personality, appearance, and professions along with various family members. Students will practice 3 forms of each verb with these activities.
A sample statement is, "Mi mamá es maestra en una escuela primaria."
Each of the 4 human bingo activities includes 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 vocabulary word under 6 images at the bottom of the paper.
8 pages
Decorate your classroom in a way that gives students the tools they need to confidently conjugate and use verbs in their reading, writing and speaking! This item includes 73 colorful, easy to read signs.
Included in the set are:
1. Verb endings signs for: Present Preterit Imperfect Present Perfect Past Perfect Conditional Perfect Future Conditional Subjunctive
2. 3 different designs of subject pronoun signs
3. 2 designs of ser signs
4. CAR/GAR/ZAR in the preterit
5. Signs for direct object pronouns and indirect object pronouns
6. Present progressive formation & examples
7. Informal Commands (tu form) - explanation of formation, sign with 8 irregulars and 8 individual signs with sample sentences.
8. Formal Commands - explanation of formation & sign with irregulars
9. 4 signs with examples of stem change verbs in the present
10. Sign with mnemonic for preterit and imperfect
11. Individual signs for present tense use of tener que + inf., ir a + inf.,acabar de + inf., deber + inf., poder + inf. & querer + inf.
12. Sign with a reflexive verb conjugation & 1 sign with reflexive pronouns
13. Irregular past participles
Show this in class as a PowerPoint to review key concepts about verbs and grammar.
For the signs, just print, laminate if desired, and hang in your room. The signs look great backed with black construction paper and laminated, and they will last for years. These signs are color coordinated with my TES item Spanish Classroom Signs and PowerPoint - Countries, Grammar, etc. which includes signs for Spanish speaking countries, interrogatives, prepositions, punctuation, months of the year, noun & adjective agreement, plurals, possessive adjectives, persaonal a, time, days of the week and several other items. Great for back to school and all year long, these 2 products will provide a wealth of information and reference for your students!
Get ready for Back to School with this French Greetings and Leave Takings Bundle! It contains 3 worksheets, a skit, a hands on vocabulary puzzle, and a greetings vocabulary reference. The bundle price offers more than 25% savings over the cost of each item purchased separately!
Here's what you get:
- Greetings skit
- Greetings crossword w/key and vocabulary
- Greetings word search w/key and vocabulary
- Greetings matching squares puzzle and vocabulary
- Greetings writing
All resources are also sold individually on TES.
16 pages
Spanish Time Bundle: Vocabulary, Listening, Quiz, and 4 Worksheets -
Included:
Vocabulary Reference - Use to present and practice vocabulary and time phrases. The reference includes:
- 15 different time sentence samples
- A brief explanation of military time with examples of military time sentences
- 26 vocabulary words related to time
Sample words are de la mañana/tarde/noche, mediodía, minuto, día, es la, son las. Also included are adverbs of time such as día, semana, and mes.
Also included:
Spanish Time with Class Subjects 14 Translations Worksheet
Spanish Time Practice Worksheet #1
Spanish Time Listening Activity Blank Clocks and Follow Up Worksheet - El Tiempo
Spanish Time and Class Subjects Responses Worksheet
Created by Sue Summers
Use these bundled materials to introduce and practice French family vocabulary. Included in the bundle:
1. Family and Pets Crossword and Image IDs - 25 word puzzle with 9 images
2. Family and Pets Vocabulary Reference 65 + Words
3. Family and Pets Word Search and Image IDs - 24 word puzzle with 9 images
4. Family Game Cards - Use for games such as Memory, Go Fish, the Flyswatter Game, Slap-jack and more. These can also be used as student flashcards. There are 2 pages, each containing 20 words.
5. Family Matching Squares Puzzle - Students match French with English words in a 4 x 4 puzzle.
The crossword and word search include a vocabulary page copied 2/page for student handouts. Both of these activities include an answer key.
13 pages
You'll save over 40% buying this bundle! It contains 7 separate present progressive worksheets, class introduction page, and student reference handouts! There are 17 pages with over 100 English to Spanish present progressive sentences and 35 Spanish to English sentences to translate!
The contents are as follows:
1. 25 sentences with 5 different -IR stem change verbs
2. 25 sentences with 4 vowel stem verbs and the verb ir
3. 10 sentences - 9 with regular participles and one with the verb leer
4. 10 sentences with vowel stem verbs, -IR stem change and verb ir
5. 16 sentences with all verb types and house vocabulary
6. 15 sentences with 13 regular participles, verbs leer and jugar and house vocabulary such as kitchen, living room, bedroom, patio, yard and garage. This file also has 12 clip art images of house vocabulary for students to identify.
7. Class presentation page with explanation and examples
8. Student reference page, copied to per page for student handouts
9. 35 English to Spanish translations
Answer keys are included for all worksheets.
NOTE - All items are also listed individually for at least £1.65 each on TES.
Buy this bundle and save! Also available for individual purchase on TES, purchasing this bundle yields a significant savings over the total of purchasing each individually.
Topics included are:
1. Countries and Capitals Game Show - likes, dislikes, countries and capitals of Spanish speaking countries
2. Clothes and Weather - clothing, weather, months, seasons, likes, dislikes
3. In the Future, I Want... - verbs, professions, hobbies, hopes, summer plans
4. Introductions - formal and informal introductions, basic conversation, llamarse, tener with age
5. Music - music genres, likes and dislikes, adverbs of time, descriptive adjectives
6. My Favorite Movies - movie genres, movie vocabulary, descriptive adjectives, gustar, encantar, and chocar
7. Sports Conversation - introductions, gusta/encanta with sports, greetings, descriptive adjectives with sports
Each topic contains the writing prompt, suggested vocabulary, key grammar concepts such as gustar + infinitives or nouns, hace + weather, descriptive adjectives, adverbs, ir a + infinitive, tener que + infinitive, and more. The variety of suggested vocabulary makes it easy for students to complete their writing assignments and makes this item useful for all levels of Spanish. A 100 - 200 word essay works well for first year students. The word count can be changed for other levels and varying ability levels. All writing prompts also contain sample essays that make great translation homework assignments or can be used for full class viewing to prep students to write their own essays. The essays combined with the writing prompts make the bundle the equivalent of 14 student assignments or activities! The writing prompts are full size with large font for class presentation and most are also 2 per page with small font for student handouts.
This essay bundle will come in handy when you need a substitute teacher lesson!
Save over 30% by purchasing these Spanish speaking countries resources bundled together!
Included in this bundle:
1. Countries and Capitals Crossword and Answer Key - 2 pages
2. Countries Mnemonics and Facts - 2 pages
3. Countries PowerPoint Bulletin Board Flags, With and Without Country Names - 89 pages
4. Countries and Capitals Bookmark, 6 per page - 1 page
5. Countries Categories Vocabulary Activity Bundle - 22 pages
The 5 resources are also sold individually on TES.
Spanish Vocabulary Emergent Readers Bundle - 12 Booklets / Flashcard Sets - These booklets can be used in Spanish classrooms and bilingual / dual language classrooms. This is a bundle of 12 - 2 set booklets. Each set contains 1 booklet with text and clip art images and the other contains text only so students can sketch and create their own versions of the booklet. Each booklet focuses on a specific topic such as the house, sports, etc., plus a simple grammatical structure, word or phrase such as donde esta, hay, or me encanta. Students first read and cut out the vocabulary booklets containing text and images. Students then create their own version using the text only template. Students enjoy sharing their creations with family and friends which helps reinforce their language learning! Each booklet contains 8 pages. This item also includes suggestions for using the booklets and an assembly instruction page. The variety of topics makes this a great back to school item that can be used throughout the school year.
The 12 vocabulary topics included are:
Family
Pets
Fruit
City
School
Desserts
Class
Objects
House
Clothing
Sports
Food
Weather
The illustration version can be projected in class to present, review and practice pronunciation of the vocabulary words and grammatical structures. 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. The booklet pages can also be used as flashcards by folding under the text. Each booklet contained in this set is also available individually on TES. Sold individually, the booklets cost $2.25 each so purchasing the bundle yields a savings of $17.00!
Save $5.00 by purchasing this Spanish Creative Writing Speech Bubble Bundle of 7! This speech bubble packet contains the following 7 different topics: Spanish Thanksgiving Spanish Winter Spanish Valentine's Day Spanish Tener Expressions Spanish St. Patrick's Day Spanish Weather Spanish Christmas Each contains 6 different squares containing colorful characters and scenes related to the topic. The scenes vary from Leprechauns playing musical instruments to Santa riding a scooter to Romeo and Juliette embracing. Use these speech bubbles / comic strips as homework assignments, partner activities or project them and have students fill them in on the Smart Board. Students love to use their imaginations and creativity completing these activities and will enthusiastically share their creations with their classmates! Also included is a completed sample of the weather speech bubble that can be projected to give students an idea of the the task. These speech bubbles are sold individually on TES for $2.50 each so purchasing the bundle offers significant savings.
Spanish Writing Assignments - Bundle of 7 Writing Prompts - These items are also available for individual purchase on TES. Topics Included are: 1. All About Me - likes, dislikes, appearance, age 2. A Great Party - irregular yo form verbs, party vocabulary 3. Thanksgiving Day - food vocabulary, gustar, encantar, hobbies 4. A Letter to Santa - list of gift ideas, lots of clothing vocabulary 5. My Wishes for the New Year – Letter to the Three Kings - goals, hopes for the new year 6. The New Year with Months - Write about each month of the year 7. Spring Vacation - Practice the preterit Each topic contains the writing prompt, suggested vocabulary, key grammar concepts such as querer + infinitive, hay que + infinitive, deber + infinitive, use of irregular yo form verbs, ir a + infinitive, tener que + infinitive and more. The variety of suggested vocabulary makes it easy for students to complete their writing assignments and makes this item useful for all levels of Spanish. A 100 - 200 word essay works well for first year students. The word count can be changed for other levels and varying ability levels. Two writing prompts also contain sample essays that make great translation homework assignments or can be used for full class viewing to prep students to write their own essays. The writing prompts are either half page with 2 per page or 1 full page, depending on the topic. This essay bundle will come in handy when you need a substitute teacher lesson!
Save 30% with this Spanish Commands Bundle! The 14 page commands bundle contains 6 tú commands worksheets, plus explanations, examples, and reference handouts.
Included in the bundle:
1. Table of Contents
2. Regular Affirmative Tu Commands Explanation
3. Irregular Affirmative Commands List and Examples
4. Practice Chart for Infinitive, Tu Command, and the English Translation
5. 5 Worksheets as follows:
- 18 Tu Commands Food
- 18 Tu Commands and Clothing and DOPs
- 18 Tu Commands with DOPs Transportation
- 18 Tu Commands with Transportation and City
- 18 Tu Commands DOPs with er/ir verbs
6. Answer keys for all worksheets
The 5 practice charts are also sold separately. The commands explanation, irregulars list, and practice chart (numbers 2 - 5 above) are grouped together and also available for purchase outside of this bundle.
14 pages
This Spanish feelings bundle includes:
- 18 images to identify
- question responses and image IDs
- matching and images IDs
- crossword and image IDs
- word search and image IDs
- vocabulary reference
Answer keys are included for the worksheets.
12 pages
