By Churros and Croissants
Getting sick is never convenient, especially when you're a teacher. But with this bundle of 5 stress-free emergency sub plans, you can rest easy knowing that your class will be in capable hands. Whether you need a full week now or are taking things day-by-day, this bundle has you covered.
Print-and-Go Topics include:
Numbers
Family
House
Body Parts
Transportation & Travel
Each plan guides your students through meaningful and independent written vocabulary practice, ensuring that they're not just busy, but also learning. Lessons contain vocabulary lists with 25 words and 7 different options for practice sheets. These include:
- Reading comprehension: This involves the ability to understand, interpret, and analyze written text. It is essential for academic success and everyday communication, as it enables individuals.
- Vocabulary Maze: Students encounter visuals that require them to choose the correct translations to proceed through the maze. This repeated exposure to new vocabulary promotes active learning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, making the acquisition of new words more effective and memorable.
- Repetition-Based Learning: Utilize the power of repetition to solidify vocabulary retention. Students will practice writing place words multiple times, enhancing their memory and fluency.
- Drawing and Labeling: Tap into your students' artistic side as they sketch and label new words. This activity promotes creativity while reinforcing vocabulary and spelling.
- Decoding Secret Message: Pictorial symbols provide visual cues that help learners associate meaning with the target language vocabulary. By decoding a message using symbols, learners reinforce their understanding of the language's visual representation.
- Alphabetizing: Alphabetizing vocabulary requires active cognitive processing. Students must analyze the words, compare their initial letters, and determine their correct placement in the alphabetical sequence. This cognitive engagement deepens understanding and promotes stronger memory connections with the vocabulary terms.
- Short Answer: Provide an opportunity for students to apply the vocabulary in meaningful ways. By constructing responses, students connect the vocabulary to specific contexts, demonstrating their understanding of how the words are used. This application helps with recall and enhances their ability to use it effectively.
- Creative Writing: Students draw from previous language knowledge to create complete sentences relevant to the new vocabulary. This is a slightly more advanced activity that allows students to use higher-level thinking and creativity to form sentences using verb tenses and additional they are familiar with.
- Vocabulary Maze: Students encounter visuals that require them to choose the correct translations to proceed through the maze. This repeated exposure to new vocabulary promotes active learning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, making the acquisition of new words more effective and memorable.
- Word Jumble: Challenge your students' word recognition skills with an exciting word jumble activity. They'll create their own jumbles to reveal names of Spanish clothing vocabulary.
- Crossword Puzzle: When students create a crossword puzzle, they actively engage with the vocabulary words. They must think about the meanings of the words, consider their spelling, and create clues that correspond to each word. This active involvement promotes deeper processing and understanding of the vocabulary.
- Word Search: Let your students become puzzle masters! They'll create their very own crossword puzzles using new vocabulary. This activity enhances spelling, vocabulary recognition, and problem-solving skills.
- Matching: Learners to make connections between words and their translations. By actively associating and pairing words together, learners establish meaningful connections that enhance their understanding and retention of vocabulary.
- Categorizing: Engage your students in critical thinking as they categorize their new vocabulary This activity encourages them to analyze and sort words according to different genres.
And more!
*Includes FREE fully editable Substitute Notes Template to make your week even easier!
Your health and well-being matter. So give yourself the time you need to get back to your best. Students will remain engaged and continue learning, even if your substitute has no previous knowledge of Spanish.
Going to be out even longer? Check out my original 5 Days of Emergency Sub Lessons Plans or 4 Seasons Emergency Sub Bundle. You can also use 10 Universal Spanish Vocabulary Mastery Sheets! to make your own quick sub plans tailored to your curriculum!