Considering using Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies? Here's a resource designed to be used before and during a reading of her powerful story of the murder of the Mirabal sisters. Included in the packet is a vocabulary...

What is the boy doing? As they study the pictures above, your beginning and intermediate Spanish language learners mark the correct sentences. On the second page, they do the same thing for a different set of pictures. Answers are not...

After a basic introduction to the rock cycle and the three main types of rocks, young geologists can deepen their understanding of how rocks change through a fun learning game. Based on the characteristics and events shared by a reader,...

Seventh graders discover who the Tejanas were and how they contributed to World War II. In this World War II lesson plan, 7th graders listen to their instructor discuss who the Tejanas were prior to researching the contributions of three...

Experiment with your very own printmaking blocks using foam sheets! Your class can create a beautiful pattern on their stamp with various shapes, symmetrical or not. Printing these might resemble Italian or Spanish tile patterns, or a...

First graders participate in a guided reading lesson. In this guided reading lesson, 1st graders read David's Drawings by Cathryn Falwell, which is a realistic fiction book on the DRA:16 level. They determine the author's message, and...

Test the reading comprehension skills of your beginning and intermediate Spanish readers. First, they read the short paragraph about Claudia and her grandmother, and then they complete the two exercises that follow. The first is a...

Written primarily in the past and imperfect tenses, this two-page document provides intermediate Spanish language learners practice reading text and answering questions. Two full paragraphs precede seven multiple-choice questions. The...

Intermediate Spanish classes read a few paragraphs about two campers, their sled dogs, and a pack of curious wolves. Assess their reading comprehension with the seven questions that follow. The final question encourages readers to draw...

Sea explorers and scientists have found that because of temperatures being two to three degrees Celsius at the bottom of the ocean, most animals are lethargic in order to conserve energy. In this web quest, pairs of learners read about...

Students draw pictures to illustrate their likes. The pictures are collected and, as a class, students practice talking about the pictures in Spanish.

Students design a PowerPoint slide presentation using information gathered about a Spanish speaking country. They incluse 6 specific slides in their presentation and present them to the entire class.

Learners analyze photographs as an introduction to the Spanish American War. The concepts of American expansionism are explored through the process.

Eleventh graders write about one reason immigrants came to the United States in the late 1800's. They take a test that focuses upon past concepts and then an introduction is given by the teacher for the concepts of Imperialism and The...

First graders watch a salad being prepared while listening to the Spanish names of the vegetables. They write down Spanish names for vegetables and make their own salads and present them to the class using Spanish words to describe the...

Students examine and discuss various pairs of opposites, repeating the words in Spanish. They draw a picture to illustrate each opposite and write sentences containing the Spanish opposites.

Students discuss pastimes in our country and Spanish speaking countries. They listen to a cassette of interviews; identify and explain pastimes of native speakers and create or find material outside of the classroom related to pastimes.

Students listen to the song, De Colores, and list the colors heard in the song. They create murals, describe the murals in Spanish, and describe how colors change their endings according to the nouns they modify.

Students 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...

Students access an online resource to study how to say hello in Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic. They complete a worksheet telling how to say hello in these three languages before practicing the proper pronunciation of each.

In this U.S. history worksheet, students read assigned textbook pages regarding Imperialism and respond to 45 short answer questions.

Students study the Spanish words that name fruits in spoken and written form.

Students learn about important persons throughout the history of the Spanish speaking world. Then in small groups (3-4) will research information about the individuals that they select; their time period, their surroundings and their...

Students review Mexico's location and language and learn to pronouns 10 new Spanish food words. Students listen as the book, Corn is Maize is read, touching and passing around an ear of Indian corn. Students discuss the contribution of...