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Writing a Storybook

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore language arts by creating their own stories in class. In this book making lesson, students read the story City Pig in class and create storyboard illustrations in order to analyze the story. Students utilize these...
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Que Llueva! It's Raining, It's Pouring!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students learn to sing a song in another language.  In this music lesson, students learn a song about rain in English and Spanish.  Students listen to the song Que Llueva in Spanish and It's Raining, It's Pouring in English, sign it...
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How Many Ways Can You Say Merry Christmas?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create a multicultural holiday bulletin board map! students research and study saying Merry Christmas in different languages. They correctly locate the countries on a world map.
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The Words that Surround Us

For Teachers 2nd - 11th
Students investigate writing that we read daily by analyzing advertisements and articles.  In this language arts lesson, students discuss the images and writing they see daily, where it comes from, and what it represents.  Students...
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Language and Literacy Support through Photography

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars experience creating realia with digital photos to increase their vocabularies. They practice creating meaningful digital photo books that the students can take home and read with their families. Each student interacts with...
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Silly Family Trees

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Introduce family vocabulary and practice with a sample family tree. If you're doing this lesson in class, consider showing the learners your own family tree as a model. Then have each learner create their own family tree. Post these...
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What Dissolves in Water?

For Teachers K - 5th
One of water's claims to fame is as the universal solvent. Young physical scientists experiment to discover which materials dissolve in this special compound. You could never be more prepared for teaching this lesson than by using this...
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Meals in Mexico

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss typical meals in the U.S. and Mexico. Students group pictures of food according to which foods are eaten at which meals in each culture.
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A Visit to Mexico City: An Introduction to World Communities

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete a variety of activities as they take an imaginary trip to Mexico City, complete with passports, maps, and Spanish dictionaries. They write postcards to send home and create items to sell at the market. The unit...
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Weather / Seasons

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders hear and use the terms: el verano, la primavera, el invierno y el oto¿¿o. They review particular months in Spanish. Students explore the difference in connections between months and seasons in northern and southern...
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Sunken Treasure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Go on a treasure hunt with your language arts class! They read "Treasure Hunt" and "Exploring the Titanic," then create a final product by taking part in an unusual art activity.
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Book Making

For Teachers K - 8th
Students make connections with real life experiences and the two languages, including Spanish and English. They create their own books in this project lesson plan to take home and read with their families. Students also use a digital...
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The Cat Came Back

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students are read the story "The Cat Came Back". Using Spanish, they communicate the context of the story with each other. They practice using new vocabulary, identifying main characters and putting the events into order. They use the...
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Welcome to My Neighborhood

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create pictures of neighborhoods and label the people and objects with Spanish words and phrases.
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Animal Puppets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners view a demonstration of making animal puppets. Using Spanish, they use the names of the animals and create an animal puppet of their choice. They practice using the Gouin Series to make the puppets and saying the words. They...
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Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and discuss a story in Spanish. Creating a poster board, they write the names of the characters in the story. In pairs, they write sentences about their characters they have chosen to role play. They practice and perform...
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What To Wear?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
¿Quíen tiene la camiseta? Here's a fun, interactive activity using real pieces of clothing to teach and review new vocabulary. Get all of your young learners participating with this one!
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Reasons for Settling the New World

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
After studying the reasons settlers entered the New World, primary learners try to persuade others to enter this new land. Class members present their arguments in a variety of ways including posters, writings, and charts. Richly...
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Family Pictures (Cuadros de Familia)

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Designed to be spread across multiple days, this mini-unit gives learners an opportunity to develop family related vocabulary. Start by reading selected pages from "Family Pictures-Cuadros de familia" by Carmen Lomas Garza, and then...
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Me Gusta

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students draw pictures to illustrate their likes. The pictures are collected and, as a class, students practice talking about the pictures in Spanish.
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Mira: Activity 12

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students review clothing and climate words in Spanish. They choose a Spanish-speaking country, and on a piece of paper folded in half or in quarters, they draw the seasons of their country with people dressed accordingly for each...
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Celebrando la familia

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice using Spanish vocabulary related to family members. Using the new vocabulary, they illustrate each family member and describing their family tree. They compare and contrast how last names are passed on in Spanish and...
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Looking at Clothing

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners identify various articles of clothing in Spanish. They answer discussion questions about clothing and buying clothes, examine and repeat the names of clothing in Spanish, match pictures with vocabulary words, and play a...
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Mexican Food

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the history of Mexican food and study the Spanish names for common foods. They create a menu of foods using these Spanish words.

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