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Carta del tratado entre España y los Estados Unidos

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the history between Spain and the United States. Class members examine a copy of an original letter written in 1821 by Colonel Jose Coppinger in St. Augustine, Florida about the treaty that refers to the Florida territory that...
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Los Animales Hacen

For Students 1st - 2nd
What noise does a dog make? What about a chicken? Young Spanish language learners match the animal in the left column with the sound it makes (listed in the right column). Then, after they match the two, have them say the sentence listed...
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Los Sustantivos

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Define the items in your Spanish classroom with a slideshow presentation that focuses on singular and plural nouns. As individuals learn about el reloj and la ventana, they review masculine and feminine nouns and assign both definite and...
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Building Background Knowledge: Why Do Workers Strike? (Chapter 11: "Los Aguacates/Avocados")

For Teachers 5th Standards
Make connections between Esperanza Rising and human rights with the activities outlined here. The instructional activity starts out with a brief quiz and review of the novel. After that, pupils circulate and share quote strips that you...
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Los días de la semana

For Students 7th - 9th
Here's a great resource to teach your middle schoolers and up the days of the week in Spanish! First, read over each day of the week, modeling the correct pronunciation. Then, have learners complete the rest of the worksheet...
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Los Verbos Ser y Estar

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Explain the differences between the Spanish verbs ser and estar in this informative PowerPoint. The first part of this presentation provides a great explaination of how to use the verbs properly. Then, a practice portion is provided for...
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¡No robes los peces!

For Students 5th - 7th
Your beginning Spanish speakers read the short reading passage about a girl, her cat, and a fish. After reading, have them answer the three multiple choice questions and the one short answer question provided. The answers are on the...
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Inferring About Characters Based on How They Respond to Challenges (Chapter 4: "Los Higos/Figs")

For Teachers 5th Standards
How do you know what a character's personality is like if an author doesn't tell you? With a focus on character development in Esperanza Rising, pupils complete a jigsaw activity to analyze the actions of Mama, Abuelita, and Miguel. Once...
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Contrasting Perspectives: Should the Farmworkers in Esperanza Rising Go On Strike? (Chapter 12: "Los Esparragos/Asparagus")

For Teachers 5th Standards
Explore multiple perspectives through a jigsaw activity that will improve your pupils' understanding of the characters in Esperanza Rising as well as their understanding of strikes and human rights. Tapping into prior knowledge, and...
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Gathering Evidence and Drafting a Two-Voice Poem (Chapter 13: "Los Duraznos/Peaches")

For Teachers 5th Standards
Begin class with a short comprehension quiz and review and then move into a new genre: two-voice poems. The activity provides information about this type of poetry as well as a video example made by eighth graders that you can show your...
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El Misterio del los Mayas (The Mystery of the Mayas)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers, working in groups, research different aspects of the Mayan society of the classical period. They study the rise and fall of the civilization and present the information in multimedia presentations.
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Vínculo entre la escuela y el hogar/ conexión con los libros

For Students 1st - 2nd
How does the character feel? Designed as a take-home activity, young, native Spanish speakers read four short stories with their guardians. Then, for each story, they identify how the character feels. There are three choices for each...
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El tiempo presente de los verbos -er and -ir

For Students 6th - 9th
Did you know that -ir and -er verbs in the present tense are conjugated almost the same? They only differ in the nosotros and vosotros forms. Review the chart at the top of the page before diving into the rest of the resource! Learners...
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Ceramica de los Ancestros

For Students 3rd - 6th
Scholars join a field expedition team to unearth a plethora of treasures from Central America. Artifacts listed in alphabetical order come with an informational blurb and a picture designed for participants to color. Activity pages...
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Los Verbos Reflexivos en Espanol

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
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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Los Verbos Regulares

For Teachers 6th - 7th
¡Vamos a practicar! Your beginning Spanish speakers need this well-organized, interactive PowerPoint to learn how to conjugate regular -ar verbs in the present tense. This resource provides scaffolding, and the slides build on one...
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Los participios irregulares (El presente perfecto)

For Students 11th - 12th
Provide your intermediate to advanced Spanish class with practice using irregular participles in the present perfect tense. Simple fill-in-the-blank sentences are provided here, but consider providing a few sentences in English and...
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¿Qué significa el dibujo? Los vaqueros.

For Students 5th - 7th
What is happening in these pictures? Emerging Spanish language learners are presented with five pictures. Each picture has four options, and they have to decide which one relates to the picture the best. 
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Los Verbos Regulares

For Teachers 6th - 12th
¿Qué haces ahora? Conjugate common Spanish verbs with a slideshow presentation that focuses on the present tense. As Spanish learners review personal pronouns and the parts of a verb, they work on forming the present tense with...
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Rivers of Change

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine rivers and how they affect the people living around them. They read a chapter in their science text, take a virtual river tour online, read a background information story, and in pairs describe the changes in the...
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Exploring our Community

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students research Los Angeles and its surrounding communities. They create digital presentations of the information they have gathered by answering the question included in the lesson.
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Los Estados de Mexico

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the country of Mexico and its geographical regions. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create the context for creating a clay model labeled with the geographical...
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Dia de los Muertos

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice Spanish vocabulary and grammar while focusing on the cultural differences between Mexico and the United States. They demonstrate their knowledge of the holiday, Dia de los Muertos, by giving a presentation in Spanish.
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Looking for Lizards across Los Angeles

For Students 5th - 8th
In this lizards learning exercise, students read a 1 page passage titled Looking for Lizards across Los Angeles and then answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 10 questions.

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