8th Grade Spanish Guided Reading Books (by rating)

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Engage your Spanish 1 or 2 students with this entertaining reading activity and comprehension questions! This no-prep activity would be great for students who are practicing volunteering, bettering the community and recycling vocabulary and includes the grammar concepts of present tense and preterite tense (including irregulars).

The story 'El trabajo voluntario' follows the main character Paula as she attends a meeting at school with her volunteer group. The group is trying to decide which volunteer effort is the one they should tackle, but Paula wonders if they could do all of them. Your students will stay interested in this story throughout your class period!

This product includes:

• Engaging printable story with lines for student responses
• Dynamic PDF version of the story suitable for projection
• Comprehensive 10-question multiple-choice assessment with answer key
• Creative activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing

These versatile stories are effective for:

• Interactive partner or small group activities
• Rigorous integrated performance assessments (IPAs)
• Convenient no-prep substitute plans
• Seamless online or distance learning

This product corresponds to: Level 1 Chapter 8B of Auténtico and Realidades.

I have stories and activities that correspond to Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of Spanish! Incorporate these stories into every unit, and you will see your students become highly proficient readers! (I use these stories in my own classroom each unit and can confirm that they work!)

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My second mini bilingual book.

Read in English, Read in Spanish or both!

A classical story with a twist!

Your novice-level Spanish students will love practicing Spanish house vocabulary with these four easily understood short stories! These short stories work well for any unit over household chore vocabulary and includes the grammatical structures of affirmative tú commands and the present progressive tense.

Each short story comes in PDF format with ...

- 4 true/false questions

- speaking activity

- writing prompt

- drawing activity

These short stories work well for ...

- bell ringers or warm ups to use throughout the chapter

- in-class partner activities

- an integrated performance assessment (IPA)

- low-prep sub plans

Pairs well with ...

- Spanish Home Vocabulary Worksheets

- 'Los quehaceres' Novice-Level Spanish Story

This product corresponds with: Level 1 Chapter 6B of Auténtico and Realidades.
I have stories and activities that correspond to all chapters of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of these textbooks! Incorporate these stories into every unit, and you will see your students become highly proficient readers! (I use these stories in my own classroom each unit and can confirm that they work!)

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Una Broma en Clase utilizes beginning Spanish phrases and offers a fun story to engage your students. It includes guided questions at the end, and the graphics are amazing! I hope you love my new project!

Engage your Spanish 1 or 2 students with this entertaining reading activity and comprehension questions! This no-prep activity would be great for students who are practicing house, rooms, and chores vocabulary and includes the grammar concepts of acabar de and verbs like gustar (aburrir, interesar, etc.)

'Los programas de tele' follows the main character Julia and her friends as they decide what to watch on t.v. Just as they figure out what to watch on streaming, the internet goes out! Will they ever find something to entertain them? Your students will stay interested in this story throughout your class period!

This product includes:

• Engaging printable story with lines for student responses
• Dynamic PDF version of the story suitable for projection
• Comprehensive 10-question multiple-choice assessment with answer key
• Creative activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing

These versatile stories are effective for:

• Interactive partner or small group activities
• Rigorous integrated performance assessments (IPAs)
• Convenient no-prep substitute plans
• Seamless online or distance learning

This product corresponds with Level 1 Chapter 9A of Realidades / Auténtico.

I have stories and activities that correspond to Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of Spanish! Incorporate these stories into every unit, and you will see your students become highly proficient readers! (I use these stories in my own classroom each unit and can confirm that they work!)

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Spanish Short Stories for the Classroom Libritos

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5 original stories

+Reading Comprehension Questions

Stories are appropriate for Spanish 2 and higher.

Can be shared with students digitally or printed copies (up to the teacher).

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Need a quick, no-prep Easter activity for your Spanish students that also incorporates culture? Look no further! Your students will enjoy practicing Spanish and learning about cascarones with this easily comprehended reading activity about Manuela and Sara, two sisters who are excited for Pascua tomorrow. They spend the day preparing cascarones for the celebration, but Sara is in for a big surprise when Manuela breaks a cascarón on her head!

Your students will enjoy practicing Spanish and learning about cascarones and Pascua with this easily comprehended reading activity about about Manuela and Sara, two sisters who are excited for Easter tomorrow. They spend the day preparing cascarones for the celebration, but Sara is in for a big surprise when Manuela breaks a cascarón on her head! This activity contains a story with comprehension questions and activities to continue the learning beyond the reading.

This story would work well for any unit over Pascua or as a one or two day activity to celebrate this holiday and help to teach students about it. It would also be great for a companion activity of creating cascarones! This story is written mainly in the present tense with lots of high frequency vocabulary and cognates that can be used for all levels of Spanish.

This product contains:

• Printable story (with lines for students to write information)
• PDF version of the story -- great for projecting on the screen
• 10 question multiple choice assessment (with answer key)
• Activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing

These stories work well for ...

• partner or small group activities
• an integrated performance assessment (IPA)
• no-prep sub plans
• online or distance learning

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3 Little Pigs with a twist- Part of my first story of my Bilingual Series

Tales with a twist is designed to give students a familiar feel, but with surprising elements throughout the story.

Print out the stories in either English, or Spanish or both!!!

It is not direct translation rather I focused in translating the stories in a way they feel right and are authentic.

More stories coming soon!

Add interest and culture to your Spanish food units with this fun reading activity! Your students will enjoy practicing Spanish and learning about tapas with this easily comprehended reading activity about Ramón, a student studying in Spain. Ramón is happy that his new friends have invited him to eat tapas this afternoon, but what exactly are tapas? Your students will learn all about this Spanish cultural habit as well as learn about popular foods in the United States and Spain!

This story would work well for any unit over Spain or as a one or two day activity to learn more about tapas. This story is written mainly in the present tense with lots of high frequency vocabulary and cognates that can be used for all levels of Spanish.

This product contains:

• Printable story (with lines for students to write information)
• PDF version of the story -- great for projecting on the screen
• 10 question multiple choice assessment (with answer key)
• Activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing

These stories work well for ...

• partner or small group activities
• an integrated performance assessment (IPA)
• no-prep sub plans
• online or distance learning

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Artistas Hispanos del Momento Estudio y Comprensión

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Lectura de Grupo Frontera

Karol G y Peso Pluma

Las lecturas de Peso Pluma y Karol G incluye una actividad de evidencia al colorear. La actividad de Grupo Frontera es un crucigrama.

Incluye Respuestas.

No necesitas preparar Nada, todo esta listo.

✅Get your students reading Spanish like pros with these engaging Reading Comprehension Activities.

In order to motivate students we have to connect with what they like, and a lot of the times it is through Movies and Music.

These activities feature Grupo Frontera, Karol G and Peso Pluma.

These artists are very popular and are making a lot of noise in the Hispanic Community and Internationally. Engage your students more than ever with relevant and fresh material. Transform your classroom by bringing in Popular Culture Material for your students.

How you can use this:

Show a classroom appropriate song and follow along with the biography of one of the artists, then follow with a coloring activity.

Assign as homework.

Assign as a sub-plan.

Assign as extra credit.

Assign as a cultural project.

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Have fun practicing food vocabulary in your Spanish 1 students with this reading activity and comprehension questions! This no-prep activity would be great for students who are practicing food and exercise vocabulary and includes the grammar concept of adjectives and ser.

In 'Cada día', Gregorio takes us through the things that he does everyday. He starts off with breakfast, describes what he does at school, and what foods Gregorio enjoys with his family as well as what he does at night. Students will be able to relate to many aspects of Gregorio's daily life and will engaged until the end of the story!

This product includes:

• Engaging printable story with lines for student responses
• Dynamic PDF version of the story suitable for projection
• Comprehensive 10-question multiple-choice assessment with answer key
• Creative activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing

These versatile stories are effective for:

• Interactive partner or small group activities
• Rigorous integrated performance assessments (IPAs)
• Convenient no-prep substitute plans
• Seamless online or distance learning

Interested in more basic Spanish stories? Check out my other resources!

- 'La comida' Ch. 3A Spanish Reading

- All About Food! Reading Bundle

- Ch. 3A Short Stories

- Ch. 3B Short Stories

- All About Food! Short Story Bundle

This product corresponds with: Level 1 Chapter 3B of Auténtico and Realidades.

I have stories and activities that correspond to Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 of Spanish! Incorporate these stories into every unit, and you will see your students become highly proficient readers! (I use these stories in my own classroom each unit and can confirm that they work!)

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Level Questions for this Short-Story.

Inspired by real-life events.

Students will read the story and depending on their Level of Spanish, will answer questions.

Level 1 is intended for SPANISH 1- Focuses on preterite and imperfect tense identification, and Reading comprehension

Level 2 is intended for Spanish 2-4- Focuses on preterite and imperfect tense identification, answering questions in Spanish and a short writing assignment.

Level 3 is intended for Spanish 4-AP Span Lang

Focuses on preterite and imperfect tense identification, answering questions in Spanish and a map activity.

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Your students will enjoy practicing Spanish and learning about comparing and contrasting Christmas and the United States! This non-fiction text examines similarities and differences in decorations, food, celebration dates and more. This activity contains a story with comprehension questions and activities to continue the learning beyond the reading.

This story would work well for any unit over Christmas around the world or as a one or two day activity to celebrate this holiday and help to teach students about it. This story is written mainly in the present tense with lots of high frequency vocabulary and cognates that can be used for all levels of Spanish.

This product contains:

• Printable story (with lines for students to write information)
• PDF version of the story -- great for projecting on the screen
• 10 question multiple choice assessment (with answer key)
• Activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing

These stories work well for ...

• partner or small group activities
• an integrated performance assessment (IPA)
• no-prep sub plans
• online or distance learning

This product pairs well with ...

Spanish Christmas Holidays Short Stories

Spanish Christmas Crossword & Word Search Worksheets

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Spanish Short Readings

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Please Note that many of the short stories are my original stories as I am a Children's book writer :)

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Your students will enjoy practicing Spanish and reading the Valentine's Day experience of Evita! In 'Una tarjeta especial', Evita has created the perfect card for Mateo on Valentine's Day, but what happens when the card ends up in the wrong hands? This activity contains a story with comprehension questions and activities to continue the learning beyond the reading.

This story would work well with any unit over Valentine's Day or as a one or two day activity to celebrate Día de San Valentín in a fun and educational way. This story is written mainly in the present tense with lots of high frequency vocabulary and cognates that can be used for all levels of Spanish.

This product contains:

• Printable story (with lines for students to write information)
• PDF version of the story -- great for projecting on the screen
• 10 question multiple choice assessment (with answer key)
• Activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing

These stories work well for ...

• partner or small group activities
• an integrated performance assessment (IPA)
• no-prep sub plans
• online or distance learning

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- Valentine's Day Crossword and Word Search

-Spanish Love Holidays Short Stories

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Elementary Spanish Bundle

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Everything in this BUNDLE is BILINGUAL OR in Spanish.

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Your students will love practicing Spanish and learning about Día de los Muertos with these four easily understood (and no prep!) short stories. These Día de los Muertos stories contain easily understood vocabulary and can be used for any level of Spanish student.

Each short story has it's own topic:

- Día de los Muertos -- explores the differences between Day of the Dead and Halloween

- Las calaveras -- describes how calaveras are seen in Day of the Dead through sugar skulls, decorations and more!

- El altar -- shares the different parts of a Day of the Dead altar and its importance

- Pan de muerto -- discusses how pan de muerto is different from regular bread

Each short story comes in PDF format with ...

- 4 true/false questions

- speaking activity

- writing prompt

- drawing activity

These short stories work well for ...

- a think, pair, share activity

- bell ringers to use throughout a unit

- in-class partner activities

- an integrated performance assessment (IPA)

- low-prep sub plans

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Day of the Dead Full Length Story

Day of the Dead Crossword & Word Search Worksheets

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I believe in Game Based Learning and Project Based Learning in the classroom. This bundle is part of my PBL Program.

➡️PBL makes learning more engaging and relevant to students because they work on projects that interest and motivate them. It encourages active participation and a sense of ownership over their learning.

➡️PBL promotes teamwork and collaboration. Students work together on projects, which helps them develop communication and interpersonal skills.

❤ These projects will impact the dynamic in your classroom for a positive turn.

Many of these projects can be conducted alone or in groups.

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Bundle of Hispanic PROJECTS

A different approach to writing a story or working with leyendas.

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Your students will enjoy practicing Spanish and learning about Día de los Muertos with this challenging yet comprensible reading activity about Marta and Ana. Marta has invited Ana to celebrate Day of the Dead with her family. Ana thinks that Day of the Dead is like Halloween and learns throughout the reading about the true meaning of this holiday. This activity contains a story with comprehension questions and activities to continue the. learning beyond the reading.

This story would work well for any unit over Day of the Dead or as a one or two day activity to celebrate this holiday and help to teach students about it This story is written mainly in the present tense with lots of high frequency vocabulary and cognates that can be used for all levels of Spanish.

This product contains:

• Printable story (with lines for students to write information)
• PDF version of the story -- great for projecting on the screen
• 10 question multiple choice assessment (with answer key)
• Activity ideas for speaking, writing, and drawing

These stories work well for ...

• partner or small group activities
• an integrated performance assessment (IPA)
• no-prep sub plans
• online or distance learning

This product pairs well with ...

Day of the Dead Short Stories

Day of the Dead Crossword & Word Search Worksheets

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