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Matemáticas
Have your young native Spanish speakers complete this math worksheet. They compare the ages of three fictional characters and complete simple addition and subtraction problems.
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"Cool Cats Counting"
Students listen to the book "Cool Cats Counting" and demonstrate how to count from one through ten in English and Spanish. They count objects in bags, then place the bags in numerical order, and play a memory matching game using images...
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Animals
Kids love songs! Listen to "La tortuga taruga" to interest the class. Then, read about animals. Finally, play a fun game! All learners gather in a circle, and music plays while pictures are passed around. When the music stops, each...
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Welcome! What's Your Name?
Sing a song about friends and practice basic greetings! This is a good introductory lesson for young learners. First, as a class, review how to introduce yourself. Then, in small pairs, each learner introduces him or herself. Then...
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Family Album
Kids of all ages discover their family histories through pictures. First, flip through the PowerPoint provided (or consider making one of your own). It should show pictures of your family and have clear, easy to understand sentences that...
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¿Qué significa el dibujo? La familia
Your Spanish speakers will look at each of the five pictures and choose which sentence describes it the best. Some of the sentences are awfully similar, so make sure they're practicing their best visual and reading comprehension!
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It's a horse!
Color in the playful horse! Our youngest Spanish speakers will love developing basic animal vocabulary with this fun sheet. Consider having them write some Spanish adjectives down to describe their horse.
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Sippin' on Smoothies
Why is calcium good for the body? Where is it stored? Young chefs discover the importance of calcium and review a list of foods that are rich in the material. They then make delicious smoothies high in calcium! Teaching kids how to make...
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Reviewing Names, Greetings, Numbers
¡Hola! Young learners need to review basic greetings and numbers the first week of school. To introduce learners to each other, have the kids form two circles, one inside the other. The inside circle faces out (so that they're looking at...
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Planets
Young, yet experienced, Spanish learners learn words like noche, dia, luz, and cielo as they read the story La Noche de Las Estrellas by Douglas Gutierrez. The first time you read the story, the class listens intently. The second time,...
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Animals
Teach new animal vocabulary to your young Spanish speakers. Read Sali de paseo and have youngsters hold up the different animal cutouts when they hear the animal's Spanish translation being used. This will provide an easy assessment to...
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Skippyjon Jones Vocabulary
Who is Skippyjon Jones? Use Judy Schachner's popular children's books to teach young learners simple vocabulary words. This resource provides a list of English words and their Spanish translations, but your youngster has to match each...
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Play Ball: A Major League Review Game
In this review and test-taking practice lesson plan, the classroom is set up like a baseball field. The class is set up into 2 teams and has to answer questions that moves them along the bases like in baseball. The team that wins has the...
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La Familia
Young scholars identify at least one country where the Spanish language is spoken, describe similarities and differences between Spanish, Mexican, and Puerto Rican families, and practice speaking the Spanish words for several family...
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Au Marche Sandaga a Dakar
A 3-day French lesson targeting food shopping vocabulary. It is designed for elementary French learners pretending to communicate with merchants in a small village outside of Dakar. The plan follows a class reading of the picture book,...
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An Introduction to Counting in Swahili
Create and illustrate individual books that aid young learners in learning to count 1-10 in Swahili. They discuss and appreciate a different culture, and find out about Africa through illustrating individual books.
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Mi Mochila (My Backpack)
Here is a way to practice using Spanish vocabulary about school. This exercise offers real-life examples of school items, oral practice, and ideas for working in pairs. Note: Using real-life examples is a great strategy in teaching a...
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Suma de dos Digitos
Step-by-step instructions on adding two-digit numbers are visualized in this colorful PowerPoint. There are a total of eleven example problems for students to complete as a class. Note: Instructions are in Spanish.
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Learning Number Words in Spanish
Combine Spanish vocabulary with a little bit of math. Learners practice the numbers one through twelve in Spanish by completing the sentences on the page. Various other vocabulary words are included in each sentence.
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Colors in Spanish
How do you teach your pupils the colors? This activity requires kids to match colored strips to color words that are written in both English and Spanish. A fun hands-on twist to the typical color activity.
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Who Are You With?
Use the Spanish word con to describe who you're with. This one-page document poses the question ¿Con quién estás? six times, providing learners six different answers to rewrite. The phrases are very short (example: con mi papá), so it's...
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Articles: un, una, unos, unas
Youngsters review Spanish words and the articles associated with each. Eight graphics are shown, and learners must decide if un, una, unos, or unas is the appropriate article. Note: although the task itself is not higher than an...
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Este, Ese, Aquel
Help your young Spanish language learners understand the difference between este, ese, and aquel. Two sets of pictures illustrate each term; one is a girl and a camel, and the other is a teacher and a pupil.
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¿A dónde vas?
Where are you going? Beginning Spanish pupils identify where they are going (with the use of six graphics), and decide if the location needs a or al. Example locations include the beach, the doctor, and a movie.