It's time for everything pumpkin! Unfortunately, it's also time for back to school germs. Be prepared with this hassle-free, print-and-go seasonally themed lesson plan that will keep your students engaged and quietly focused on independently learning some bonus Fall vocabulary!
This vocabulary lesson plan is packed with fun and interactive activities that will enrich your students' Spanish Autumn vocabulary -whether you are there or not!
Here's what's included in this ready-to-use resource:

1. Vocabulary List: Kickstart the lesson with a curated list of 25 Spanish Autumn-based words. Includes foods, weather, clothing, traditional symbols of the season and more.
2. Repetition-Based Learning: Utilize the power of repetition to solidify vocabulary retention. Students will practice writing Autumn words multiple times, enhancing their memory and fluency.
3. Matching: Learners 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.
4. Drawing and Labeling: Tap into your students' artistic side as they sketch and label their new words. This activity promotes creativity while reinforcing vocabulary and spelling.
5. 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 their understanding and promotes stronger memory connections with the vocabulary terms.
6. Word Search: Let your students become puzzle masters! They'll create their very own word search puzzles using new vocabulary. This activity enhances spelling, vocabulary recognition, and problem-solving skills.
7. Magic Square: Learners must analyze the available options and find the correct matches. This process stimulates critical thinking, encourages logical reasoning, and enhances cognitive skills, all while reinforcing the vocabulary.
8. 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.

Keep your students engaged and quietly learning even if your substitute has ZERO Spanish skills!

*Answer key is included only for the Magic Squares activity. Answers will vary for other activities.

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This no-prep activity focuses on 15 common basic greeting and conversation phrases in Spanish, making it a great way to kick off your student's Spanish journey. This print-and-go activity is engaging, educational, and perfect for students of all ages to practice new vocabulary in a fun, interactive way.

Resource includes:

• Wordsearch with basic common greeting/conversation words and phrases.
• Optional Translation Sheet
• Corresponding Answer Keys

Wordsearches are excellent to use as bell ringers, for early finishers, homework assignments, or for when you just need a minute to catch up!

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Check out my Spanish Vocabulary Emergency Sub Plans for lots of other themed vocabulary sets that can be used for a sub or when you just need an in-person mental health day! :)

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Start the school year off right! This essential first day of school activity is designed to set clear expectations, promote accountability, and curb cheating while also getting to know more about your new students.

Includes:

• Student Contract: A detailed contract that outlines student behavior and academic integrity, emphasizing the importance of original work, participation, educational ownership and prohibiting the use of online translators and AI tools. File completed contracts away to head off any future incidents!

• Student Information Sheet: This valuable 2-page tool lets you get to know your students, including their outside responsibilities, learning styles, personal goals, and previous language learning experiences. Relationship building starts now!

Perfect for middle and high school Spanish teachers, this fully-editable resource helps establish a positive and productive classroom environment from day one, ensuring a successful start to the school year.

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Your students may be surprised at how much Spanish they already know (or can figure out) even on day 1 of class! How do they know so much? Cognates! This resource is designed to help students discover what a cognate is and how learning specific morphological patterns can be beneficial to language learning. They will learn examples of cognates and also be warned of falling for false cognates.

Spanish Cognates is perfect a perfect way to start off the school year for all levels of secondary Spanish. You can use all the materials at once or spread them out as bell-ringers, emergency substitute resources, or for early finishers.

Resource Includes:

• Notes and 10 Facts About Spanish Cognates
• Cognate Morphology Chart with 12 Common Suffixes, their Equivalents and Examples
• Blank Cognate Morphology Chart with 12 Common Suffixes
• Cognate Word Search
• Cognate Crossword Puzzle:
• False Cognate Matching Activity

Give your students the confidence they need at Back to School by helping them understand patterns in order to predict and recognize cognates more easily. Encourage active learning and independent discovery while enhancing cognitive skills and reinforcing cognate recognition with these easy no-prep worksheets!

Keys for Crossword Puzzle, Wordsearch, and False Cognate Matching Activity Included.

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This engaging partnered activity is designed to increase Spanish oral number proficiency. The fun, interactive scenario lets students immerse themselves in a scene where they must exchange phone numbers. This hands-on activity reinforces numerical vocabulary 1-00 and enhances conversational skills.

Create a collaborative learning environment while giving your students the opportunity to practice real-life communication scenarios!

Looking for a great way to start off the school year? The Exploring Spanish Influence in American Culture project is a great intro to Spanish class at back to school time! Students will discover that Spanish might not be such a foreign language after all. By exploring various influences, they will gain profound insights into how Spanish language, traditions, and people have woven their presence into modern American life.

Students will research:

• Spanish Words in English: Illustrating linguistic fusion.
• American Cities with Spanish Name: Reflecting historical connections.
• Spanish Foods: Showcasing culinary diversity.
• Famous Spanish Americans: Investigating influence on various career fields.
• Spanish Holidays or Customs: Bridging cultural traditions.
• Bilingual Product Labels and Signs: Demonstrating the impact of dual languages

Projects are presented to class in infographic, slide or even good-old posterboard format. Works great for Hispanic Heritage Month!

*Includes Graphic Organizer for students with diverse learning abilities and detailed rubric.

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This emergency sub lesson plan is packed with 7 fun, interactive worksheet activities that will enrich your students' Spanish calendar vocabulary. Reinforce days of the week, months of the year, and seasons in a variety of ways that reach every learning style!

Here's what's included in this ready-to-use resource:

1. Vocabulary List: Kickstart the lesson with a curated list of 25 Spanish calendar-based words. Includes months, seasons and days of the week.
2. Repetition-Based Learning: Utilize the power of repetition to solidify vocabulary retention. Students will practice writing calendar words multiple times, enhancing their memory and fluency.
3. 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 calendar vocabulary.
4. Categorizing: Engage your students in critical thinking as they categorize their new vocabulary This activity encourages them to analyze and sort words into photos according to seasons.
5. Word Search: Let your students become puzzle masters! They'll create their very own word search puzzles using new vocabulary. This activity enhances spelling, vocabulary recognition, and problem-solving skills.
6. 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. Questions are in English, answers are in Spanish.
7. 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.
8. Code Breaker: Decoding the vocabulary is like solving a puzzle. It encourages critical thinking and problem-solving skills as learners work to match the symbols to the correct letters to form vocabulary while providing ongoing review and reinforcement.

Includes answer keys to Short Answer and Wordsearch. All others will vary.

Keep your students engaged and quietly learning even if your substitute has ZERO Spanish skills!

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The basics are essential! Before students can conjugate verbs, they need a solid understanding of Spanish subject pronouns (pronombres personales). Strengthen your students’ grasp on these foundational elements with this comprehensive and engaging resource pack! Perfect for Spanish 1 or beginner Spanish classes, this bundle includes detailed notes and 7 interactive activities designed to make learning both fun and effective.

Here’s what’s included in this ready-to-use resource:

• Grammar Notes: Kickstart the lesson with an illustrated subject pronoun chart, featuring 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person rows with singular and plural columns. This resource also includes Vosotros forms used in Spain.
• Guided Notes: A blank version of the chart is provided for students to fill in, reinforcing their understanding of all subject pronouns.
• Tú vs. Usted: Formal language can be challenging for English-speaking students. Practice real-world scenarios where each pronoun would be used, then encourage students to create their own examples!
• Translation Practice: Students complete a blank subject pronoun chart, then apply those pronouns to replace various people or groups of people.
• Magic Square: Students analyze options to find correct matches, stimulating critical thinking and reinforcing vocabulary.
• Vocabulary Maze: Students navigate a maze by choosing the subject pronouns for each person or group of people, promoting active learning and problem-solving skills.
• Word Search: Enhance spelling, vocabulary recognition, and problem-solving with this classic activity.
• Word Jumble: Challenge your students with a word jumble where they unscramble pronouns and translate them into English.

Print as a complete packet or assign activities as needed. This resource is ideal for in-class practice, homework, or review sessions. It also works perfectly as an Emergency Sub Plan! Engage your students and help them master Spanish subject pronouns with these creative and interactive activities.

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Exam preparation is a snap with this comprehensive Review Packet covering the basics: numbers, time, greetings, weather, date and the alphabet! Students will listen to vocabulary being spelled in Spanish, read a short descriptive paragraph written by a Spanish-speaking girl, write and read their own introduction letters and much more!

Designed for Spanish 1, Beginning Spanish, Middle School Spanish, or Spanish Foundations classes, this review packet is the perfect resource to increase your students' exam readiness. Whether you're gearing up for Midterms, Final Exams, or Unit tests, it has everything you need to support your students' success.

Includes 5 Competencies:

• Reading Comprehension
• Writing Prompt
• Speaking/Oral Practice
• Listening Comprehension (teacher-read script)
• Grammar and Vocabulary

Topics Covered:

• Greetings:
• Alphabet
• Numbers 1-100
• Dates
• Weather
• Time
• Age

Editable PowerPoint format lets you customize to your own curriculum!

Equip your students with the tools they need to excel on their Spanish exams using this complete review packet. Simplify your lesson planning and ensure thorough preparation with this all-in-one resource!

Additional products related to this resource include:

• Spanish Greetings Wordsearch
• Spanish Number/Número 1-100 Vocabulary Practice
• Spanish Number/Número Partner Oral Conversational Speaking Practice

Need more vocabulary review? Check out my Spanish Vocabulary Emergency Sub Plans. These ready-to-use sets are so convenient that they can be utilized by any substitute teacher, regardless of experience. :)

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Looking for some fun, new ways for students to work with numbers? This Spanish worksheet packet, covering numbers 1-100, offers 7 engaging activities for effective learning. Whether for initial introduction or review, these print-and-go resources ensure that your students continue to develop their language skills, making it an ideal solution for unexpected absences or quick, effective learning sessions.
Here's what's included in this ready-to-use resource:

1. Vocabulary List: Two pages of illustrated number vocabulary in Spanish. Highlights numbers 1-100 with emphasis on pattern recognition.
2. Fill in the Blank: Students will practice writing number words using their vocabulary list. Blanks are in numerical order making it easier to identify patterns.
3. Short Answer: Provide an opportunity for students to apply the vocabulary in meaningful ways. Students connect vocabulary to specific contexts, demonstrating their understanding of how the words are used based on relationships. This application helps with recall and enhances their ability to use it effectively. English and Spanish version provided.
4. Word Search This activity enhances spelling, vocabulary recognition, and problem-solving skills as students hunt for their new vocabulary.
5. Math Equations: Students will practice writing out digits in simple 2 digit addition and subtraction problems. Great cross-curricular practice!
6. Matching: Learners 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.
7. Magic Square: Learners must write the digits for each number given. This process stimulates critical thinking, encourages logical reasoning, and enhances cognitive. Addition is required to make sure all sides add up to the same sum.
8. Code Breaker: Decoding the vocabulary is like solving a puzzle. It encourages critical thinking and problem-solving skills as learners work to match the symbols to the correct letters to form vocabulary while providing ongoing review and reinforcement.

Keep your students engaged and quietly learning even if your substitute has ZERO Spanish skills!

*Answer key is included.

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Discover dynamic discussion points that cater to all levels of Spanish learners in grades 6-12. Whether for online forums, class discussions, or bell-ringers, these prompts cover a wide range of topics, from holidays and legends to foods, sports, and language-related discussions. With a monthly organization, these adaptable prompts keep the conversation flowing throughout the year while promoting language acquisition and cultural enrichment. Plus, they incorporate short videos, online articles, and more for a fully immersive experience. Elevate your classroom discussions today with these versatile prompts and spark a passion for learning and sharing!

Ideal for use as:

Online Discussion Forums

Bell-Ringers

Exit Tickets

Think-Pair-Share

Gallery Walk

Journaling

Early finisher work

Task cards

Extra Credit

And More!

Many prompts use technology so be aware they may require access to short, classroom-appropriate videos of approximately 5 minutes or less (Spanishpod 101 or youtube) and links to online articles or photos for discussion. One prompt per week all year round plus extras!

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The Spanish-speaking world is so much larger than just Spain and Mexico! With this project, your students will research one of 21 Spanish-Speaking countries, create captivating travel videos, present their videos to the class, and vote to select the top 3 tourist destinations. This unique project combines research, creativity, presentation skills, and cultural understanding, offering an interactive and fun learning experience for your students. It's a perfect back to school activity to introduce students to the Spanish-speaking world. Not only will you have busy students for a week while they develop individualized projects, but the grading is made easy too!
Depending on language level, projects can be completed in Spanish or English. Get ready to ignite a passion for Spanish language and culture in your classroom one country at a time!

Key Features of the Project:

1. Real-Life Application: This project taps into the real-life context of travel, allowing students to explore 21 Spanish countries and practice language skills in a meaningful way.

2. Research and Inquiry: Students conduct research on a specific country enhancing their critical thinking and information-gathering abilities.

3. Cultural Awareness: The project fosters cultural understanding as students delve into the significance of each country within the rich context of Spanish culture and history.

4. Creative Expression: Students showcase their creativity by producing engaging travel videos, enhancing their communication and storytelling abilities.

5. Collaboration and Peer Learning: Students present their videos to the class, encouraging peer learning, active listening, and cross-cultural appreciation.

6. Competitive Element: The voting aspect adds an element of friendly competition, fueling excitement and motivation in the classroom.

7. Language Proficiency (Optional depending on level): Through script creation, video production, and oral presentations, students sharpen their language skills in writing, speaking, and listening.

Project Includes detailed notes to teacher with implementation schedule, list of 21 countries to assign, project instruction sheet for students, storyboard templates, guided presentation notes with voting sheets for presentations and grading rubric.

Project works well for any level of upper school Spanish (Foundations of Spanish, Spanish Exploratory, Middle School Spanish, Spanish I, II, III, IV, and can even be modified for AP Spanish),

Let's embark on this enriching virtual field trip around the world together!

This BINGO card is a great ice breaker for the first days of Spanish class! Each student receives a card and then moves around the classroom meeting new people and asking questions to get to know them better. When they find someone who can say "Yes" to a box, they will cross it off and write that person's name on it. The first person to get a BINGO reads their card out loud so the class can get to know their new friends as well!

This activity is designed for students with no previous Spanish knowledge (MS Spanish, Intro to Languages, Foundations of Spanish, and Spanish I), but my returning Spanish 2 students loved it as well. This card is in English for beginning Spanish learners.

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