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Dice Game: Making Sentences
Roll the dice! One die represents the subject, and the other represents the verb that must be used. With the subject and verb selected, the player must create a sentence using both correctly. What a fun way to reinforce verb conjugation!
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Spanish Lessons on Waste
Students investigate waste. In this environmental lesson, students read a worksheet in both Spanish and English and share how they recycle at home. Students are encouraged to use key vocabulary words from the worksheet such as "recycle"...
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Pets in Spanish
Use children's picture books in English to discover the Spanish words for pets. Review colors and numbers. With stickers of different pets, write about the characteristics of each animal.
Hello-Hello
Spanish – Learn Spanish (Hello-Hello)
Pick up basic conversational Spanish with animated videos featuring three characters: Pablo, Ana, and Marcos. As Pablo and Marcos get to know Ana, they talk about a variety of subjects. Learners can acquire the vocabulary in each...
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Silly Family Trees Lesson Plan: Worksheet #1
Practice pronunciation while asking and answering questions. Four exercises give learners different opportunities to practice. The first exercise focuses on pronunciation. The second exercise requires the learner to fill in the correct...
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Ommitted Subject
Every sentence needs a subject and an object, right? This sentence (there is only one question provided), is missing its subject! Learners must complete the sentence using one of four options provided. Consider using this as a...
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Answering Questions in Spanish
When the perspective changes in a question, the verb form has to change, too. Give your learners this PowerPoint print-out, and identify questions that have a perspective change. The last slide asks the learner to change the verb forms...
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Los Verbos Reflexivos en Espanol
Wow! This presentation is a great resource to supplement your lesson on Spanish reflexive verbs. It contains eleven detailed and organized slides with explanations, examples, and practice questions.
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Spanish Influence in the U.S.
Eighth graders research the role of the first Spanish conquistadors who explored the now United States. Using the internet, they gather information on different explorers and write a paper about why he is important in American history. ...
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Spanish Phrase Picture Dictionary
Students illustrate Spanish phrases. In this Spanish language development lesson, students work in pairs to illustrate phrases, then copy the phrase in Spanish and English. The class uses the illustrations to create a dictionary.
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Pronombres Indirectos-Indirect Object Pronouns
What is an indirect object pronoun? Introduce these to your advanced Spanish speakers so they can integrate them into their daily speech and writing. This reference guide will give a great overview, but provide some additional practice...
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El futuro (The future)
How do you form the future tense in Spanish? It's easy! Keep the entire infinitive form of the verb and add an ending. Give your advanced Spanish language learners this reference guide to study the charts provided. The endings are...
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Verbos con cambios radicales
Stem-changing, or radical changing, verbs are fairly common in Spanish. Provide your Spanish class with this reference guide to discuss the stem changes that occurs in the yo, tú, él, ella Ud., ellos, ellas, and Uds. forms.
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El Tiempo Pretérito
What tense do you use to express actions that both began and ended in the past? El tiempo pretérito, of course! Review this reference guide with your beginning Spanish speakers to provide them with the basic information for forming the...
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El presente perfecto
Are you looking for a way to introduce the present perfect to your Spanish class? This reference guide is perfect! First it explains when we use the present perfect. There's a verb conjugation chart, several examples, and clear...
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Que hora es? What time is it?
How is telling time in Spanish different from telling time in English? This reference guide doesn't provide any practice opportunities, but it has clear, bulleted information, and several examples are provided. Reinforce the information...
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Contractions
Teach your class about contractions in Spanish. This resource provides explanations, examples, and a short practice section. Your learners will understand the two Spanish contractions in no time!
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Worksheet-Subjunctive vs. Infinitive
How do you teach the subjunctive? This sheet, intended for learners who already know what the subjunctive is and how it is formed, builds learners' understanding. First they'll simply change the verb from the infinitive to the...
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El tiempo presente de los verbos -ar
Introduce your beginning Spanish speakers to regular -ar verbs. On one side of the sheet is a brief review, while the other side contains practice sentences. You could also use this as a review tool and have learners fold the paper to...
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Lesson 2- Spanish Greeting
Break down a quick conversation in Spanish. After the teacher presents the vocabulary, the class heads to the computer lab, where class members can watch a brief interactive video. The visual is one clip separated into four clearly...
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Present Tense of -ar verbs Worksheet 4
Use the English sentences to practice your Spanish translating skills. The worksheet is divided into categories: yo, tú, usted, nosotros, and ustedes, so you can practice conjugating the selected -ar verb in all subject forms.
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Reflexive Verbs
A verb is reflexive when the subject and the object are the same. After introducing your intermediate Spanish speakers to some of the most common reflexive verbs, assign them this sheet for practice. First, they write the reflexive...
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Ser Worksheet 5
After you introduce your Spanish learners to the verb ser, give them this conjugation practice. They'll write the correct verb form as determined by the subject. It's great practice before a quiz!
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The Study of the Spanish-Speaking People of Texas: Understanding Photo Essays
Young scholars analyze a photo essay of the Spanish-Speaking People of Texas by the photojournalist Russell Lee. They identify the goals of the photo essay, explore a website, and complete a worksheet.