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-ER and -IR Verbs
Here's a great packet to provide your beginning Spanish speakers learning -er and -ir verbs! The first page details the rules for conjugation, the second page contains a verb conjugation chart for nine common -er and -ir verbs, and the...
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Nature and Place Names in Arkansas
Middle schoolers examine the way that many place names in Arkansas came to be. By looking at Arkansas highway maps, they find names that come from the characteristics of each of the state's six geographical divisions. This interesting...
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Ser and Pronouns
This activity is not flashy, but it does present basic information for the verb ser and Spanish pronouns. First, pupils translate the Spanish pronouns into their English equivalents. They then complete the verb chart for ser before...
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Bossy ur and ar Words
In this phonics worksheet, students cut out 8 small pictures before pasting them in the correct bossy Rr team column. They paste them in either the column labeled with the ur or the column with the ar.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Isolating, Phoneme Quest
In this phonics activity, little learners glue picture cards under the initial, medial, and final phonemes represented by the lead sound cards. An image of a shark broken into three parts represents the initial phoneme /sh/, the medial...
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Summer of the Monkeys
While reading the book Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls, the class ties together the core reading objectives, which are making predictions, comprehending new information, reading for author's purpose, independence in reading,...
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Adjectives Worksheet 1
After learning basic adjectives, your Spanish class is ready to practice making adjectives agree with the nouns they modify. Two exercises are provided here; one provides quick practice, and one requires the learner to work through a...
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Comparativos y superlativos
What are comparative and superlative adjectives? This reference guide provides a great explanation and several examples of each in both English and Spanish. Encourage your Spanish speakers to hang onto this resource!
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Comparativos y superlativos
This resource is a great review for comparative and superlative adjectives! Have your intermediate Spanish speakers complete it, and provide additional sentences in English for your learners to translate.
Core Knowledge Foundation
Unit 1: Memoir - Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
The memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, is the focus of a unit designed for fourth graders. Scholars begin each lesson with a warm-up, then listen to a read-aloud of a section of the book. Pupils complete word work,...
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Vocabulary Building: ar
In this vocabulary "ar" worksheet, students write the new words as "definition clues" are given by the teacher, unscramble the new words, and use words in sentences that show meaning. Worksheet has 4 sets of 7 words each, same activities...
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Why and How Atoms Combine
Here is a top-notch handout to supply your chemistry class with. It covers valence electrons, Lewis diagrams, the octet rule, and more! Technically it is less of a activity than a detailed explanation of these chemical bonding concepts....
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Witnesses to Joan of Arc and The Hundred Years' War
Students trace Joan of Ar's history from early childhood through her death and on to her nullification trial. Joan's place in the history of the Hundred Years' War, what motivated her, enabled her, and brought about her demise is the...
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Vocabulary Building Activity: AR or OR
In this vocabulary words with AR or OR worksheet, 2nd graders write down six vocabulary words as they are called out, unscramble six words and use each one in a complete sentence.
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Vocabulary Building Activity - ar, or, er, ir, ur Words
In this vocabulary building worksheet, students write a list of 7 ar, or, er, ir, and ur words as the teacher dictates them. They unscramble the words and write sentences using each one. They work with words such as morning, hard, and...
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Stressed Syllables in Spanish Words
Pronunciation guides really help beginning Spanish speakers. You don't have to know the word to know its pronunciation. Consider including a few words at the bottom and having your class underline where the stress belongs.
Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin
Lesson 5 - R-Controlled Syllables
Put on your pirate hat and get ready to teach r-controlled syllables. Learners practice using words that contain ar, or, er, ir, and ur. Instructors model how to decode words to isolate vowel teams, as well as combine r-controlled sounds...
K5 Learning
The Music Concert
Second graders read an informational text passage on music concerts and then answer questions based on what they read.
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People: -er -or -ar
In this er, or, and ar learning exercise, students fill in the end of the word for the person described. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.
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Word Search: Numbers to Ten
In this numbers to ten worksheet, students search for numbers in word form from zero to ten. Students search for 10 words in this word search since the number one is given to them.
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Vocabulary Building Activity: ER/IR/UR/AR/OR
In this vocabulary activity, 2nd graders list seven vocabulary words as they are called out, unscramble seven words and use each one in a complete sentence. Students work with the words her, girl, turn, were, are, or and more.
Curriculum Corner
Planning Binder
An organized classroom is a happy classroom! Keep track of all the important data for your learners with a collection of teacher templates. It includes graphic organizers for class birthdays, transportation, contact information, behavior...
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Expressions with Tener Explanation
Study tener and show beginning Spanish speakers common expressions that use this verb. But wait! Tener can also serve as a form of the verb "to be?" There's a great chart that helps clarify the verb and its purpose in different situations.
University of Pennsylvania
The Reading Road
Practice r-controlled vowel sounds and words with a series of phonics activities. Ranging from straightforward instruction sheets to a fun rhyming story about video games, the exercises will interest all of your learners, regardless of...