It's Back To School Time! How can you get parents, guardians and families involved in your Spanish class?  Use these templates to communicate with parents at the beginning of the year!  These digital or printable Google Docs are just waiting for your personal touch and details!  Start the new year with high parent engagement!

The first doc is a letter for families which introduces their child’s new Spanish teacher (you!) and asks parents to tell you about their child. **Parents love to tell you about their kids and being asked let’s them know right away that you care!

The second doc is a similar letter, but tailored for the parents/guardians of AP Spanish students.

The 3rd doc is a request for guest speakers.  Why not let our families know how much their life experience is valued?  Send this letter to find out if there are any family members, friends or colleagues that use Spanish in their lives!  **This document is part of my Spanish Back to School Survival Pack for Middle and High School bundle!!**

The 4th doc is a hand-out to give parents, perhaps at Open House Night?  It lists several ways in which parents can help their child succeed in Spanish class, even if they don’t know Spanish.  It’s a great way to empower parents and to give them actionable strategies to be involved with their child’s learning on a regular basis. 

The last doc is a study guide template.  I send this via email about a week before an important assessment.  It’s a great way to keep families in the loop as we encourage them to be involved in their child’s Spanish education!

All of these documents are almost ready to send out!  You can edit and personalize all of them, and they can be printed out or emailed home.  Start your school year with strong partnerships and high parent involvement!

Who can use this product?

• Teachers of Secondary Spanish (Year 1 through AP Spanish)

How can I use this product?

• Personalize the documents to suit your needs
• Engage families by mailing, handing out at Open House night, emailing or asking students to bring documents home to families

What’s included in this product?

• 1 letter for parents/guardians of Spanish students (not in AP Level)
• 1 letter for parents/guardians of AP Spanish students
• 1 letter to request guest speakers
• 1 handout for parents listing ways they can help their children with Spanish
• 1 study guide template that can be emailed to parents/guardians

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AP Spanish Week 1: Everything You Need to Get Started!

Spanish Expression of the Week Posters

Spanish Back To School Interview Questions: Digital or Print 2 Versions!

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It’s Back To School time!  Secondary Spanish teachers have a lot of new students to meet and get to know.  Try these Entrevista personal question sheets to find out the most important things about your new Spanish students!  These question sheets come in digital and printable versions!  They are made with Google Docs, and that means you can edit the questions to meet your needs.

The 16 personal interview questions cover the topics that are most important for teachers to know about their students.  What is their preferred name?  What motivates them in school?  What are their interests?  And many more!

What a time saver!  The work and thought is done for you, and you have both Spanish and English versions made for you so all your Spanish levels are covered!  Start off the new year building community and relationships  with your students!

Who can use this product?

• Students in Grade 6 through Grade 12

How can I use this product?

• First, decide what version is appropriate for your students (Spanish or English)
• Next, decide if you want students to work in class or complete these interview questions for homework
• Assign the questions via Google Classroom or print them out!
• Collect papers
• Read through students’ answers several times as you get to know your students
• Use information they provided to make connections with students.  

What’s included in this product?

• 16 English questions on one editable Google Doc
• 16 Spanish questions on one editable Google Doc

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AP Spanish Week 1: Everything You Need to Get Started!

Spanish Back to School Survival Pack for Middle and High School

Spanish Expression of the Week Posters

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These Spanish Task Cards are geared towards Fall activities, vacations and events. Situation Task Cards are a great, NO PREP way to get your Spanish 1, 2, 3 and 4 students using language creatively! They have open-ended prompts for students to use while speaking or writing.  (These are generic enough to be used with any curriculum!)  

There are 20 different scenarios which give students an idea of what to talk about in a story that they make up. The task cards come in 3 versions!  First I have a large scale digital version that can be displayed for the class.  The other version is printable (4 cards per page) and comes in both black and white and an attractive color version. 

These Fall situation task cards feature scenarios for present, past and future time frames.  Google Slides can be modified if you need to change something to meet your students’ needs!

Also included is a peer feedback sheet and a self-assessment sheet and a vocab list for Fall vocabulary!

Who can use this product?

• Appropriate for students in Spanish 1, 2, 3 and 4
• Novice High +

How can I use this product?

• Teacher ideas included in the slides!
• Pair students and have them take turns telling stories based on their scenario
• Ask students to give peer feedback or self-assess
• Display task cards on your Smartboard for the class.  Have one partner make up a story.  Set a timer and challenge them to try to talk the entire time!  Change the slide and have the other partner take a turn!
• Use these task cards as multiple versions of a speaking assessment.  This allows for student choice and/or prevents students sharing the exact task for advance preparation.
• These task cards can also be used for writing prompts or assessments!
• Ask students to peer or self-assess using the included forms
• Print or display the vocabulary list of common words related to Fall, Day of the Dead and Halloween

What’s included in this product?

• Teacher instructions and ideas for how to use these Situation Task Cards
• Version 1: 20 digital slides to be presented to the class
• Version 2: 20 printable cards in an attractive color
• Version 3: 20 printable cards in black and white 
• Peer Feedback document
• Self-Assessment document
• Vocabulary List
• All text in this resource can be edited!

Other resources you may like:

• Task Card 4 Seasons Bundle
• Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Test Prep Bundle
• Spanish Situation Task Cards for Accidents and Injuries: Digital and Printable!

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This handy reference guide contains organized charts of Key Words to indicate a time frame, Sequencing Words and Transition Words to help students add length and sophistication to their sentences.  Help students strive for the next ACTFL proficiency level by using these words to make their writing or speech a little more detailed and interesting.  A pre-made Quizlet activity is included as well.

Which students can use this reference:

• Spanish students in middle school and up
• Students at the Novice High level and up

How could this product be used?

The teacher would distribute the doc (either in printed form or digitally).  The teacher could review the words on the list, giving ideas for how students could incorporate them into speaking and writing.  Students could familiarize themselves with the words by playing the learning games on Quizlet individually. The teacher could start a game of Quizlet Live! to add interest and fun!  Teachers could focus on just a few words for a particular speaking or writing assignment or one category.  As students progress in their proficiency level, they can pick and choose words from more than one category.  This is a resource students can reference over and over again!

What this product includes:

• a 3 page google doc with Key Words, Sequencing Words and Transition Words
• a pre-made Quizlet for individual or classroom use

This product can be printed for students or can be given as a digital hand out on whatever digital learning platform you're using.

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These Goal-Setting templates for Spanish students are a great way to start a new school year, a new marking period or a new calendar year!

There are 2 versions: for students ready to write their goals (and how to achieve them) in Spanish, and a version for younger students who will write their goals in English. Each marking period that follows, students can reflect on an aspect of their work and set a new goal for the coming quarter!

Who can use this product?

• Spanish students in middle and high school

How can I use this product?

• Use these goal-setting templates at the beginning of a new school year, a new calendar year or at the beginning of a new marking period!

What’s included in this product?

• One template to set goals and list how to achieve them in Spanish
• 4 templates to list goals and reflect on past work (one for each marking period) in English

Other resources you may like:

Spanish Winter Writing Prompts: 2 levels, 3 prompts each! Fun Group Work!

Spanish Digital Escape Room for Any Level: Spanish and English Versions!

Spanish Slang Bundle! Fun Resources!

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Do you get new students in your Spanish classes after the school year has begun?  Do these students sometimes show up at your door without warning?  This product is an easy packet to have on hand so that no student feels unwelcome, and no teacher feels unprepared!  Instructions on how to sign into the programs you use in class, what information about you, the class, the grading policy is important, and more are all included!

Step 1:  Download this Google Slides product.

Step 2: Easily edit the details to reflect you and your class.

Step 3: Print and copy several packets.

Step 4: Always be ready for a new student!

No more frustration because you had no warning.  No more new student sitting unproductively in class because they don’t know how to begin.  No more stopping your entire lesson plan to help a new student get up to speed!

Who can use this product?

• Any middle or high school teacher

How can I use this product?

• Step 1:  Download this Google Slides product.
• Step 2: Easily edit the details to reflect you and your class.
• Step 3: Print and copy several packets.
• Step 4: Always be ready for a new student!

What’s included in this product?

• Color and Black and white versions
• Page 1 welcomes the student and gives the most basic information about you and the class
• Page 2 gives the codes/links/sign-in information for all the programs you use in your class
• Page 3 gives specific instructions to students about what they need to know or do to be successful.  My version includes things like: setting up a keyboard to type accents, reading the class grading policy, signing the cheating/plagiarism sheet, etc. 
• This resource is EASY to edit so that these pages reflect you and how you run your class!  The outline is done for you!

Other resources you may like:

Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Test Prep Bundle

Open House Night Presentation for Spanish Classes: Interactive Google Slides

Task Cards for Present, Past and Future Spanish Speaking and Writing

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Looking for classroom decor for your Spanish class?  Want to find fun ways to encourage students to use Spanish and learn expressions?  These Expression of the Week posters will do the trick! These are high frequency expressions that can be printed and used as room decor or as magic passwords! (Keep reading!)

Included in this resource you will find high frequency expressions and idiomatic expressions that are fun for students to use!  They can be displayed digitally on a SmartBoard or printed and hung up on bulletin boards or around the room!  There are 40 posters- 1 for each week of school, and they come in 3 color schemes including black and white for those who may not have access to color printers.  And let’s not forget- Google resources can be edited if you want to change anything up!

Who can use this product?

• Spanish students of any level

How can I use this product?

• Display one poster per week
• Display each poster on a Smartboard
• Another option is to print one or more copies of each poster and laminate them
• Display them as a bulletin board, or hang them on your white board each week
• Award a prize of some sort for students who find a way to work the expression into something being done that week! (an extra point, a free homework, list of superestrellas, etc.)
• Use them as the "magic password" students must say to gain entrance into class each day. Change them every week!

What’s included in this product?

• 40 different high frequency expressions or idiomatic expressions
• Examples of how to use the expression in context, or explanation of how the expression is used on each poster
• 120 8 x 10 Google Slides, which can be displayed digitally or printed out
• 3 different color schemes (choose the one that most appeals to you!)
• Includes black and white version if color printers are not available

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Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Test Prep Bundle

Spanish Digital Escape Room for Any Level: Spanish and English Versions!

Spanish Writing Prompt: Our Vacation Past Tenses Group Challenge

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Looking for a way to make a good impression at Parent Open House Night?  Use this attractive template to have your Back to School Night ready to go!  This Google Slides presentation uses the Pear Deck add-on to get parents and guardians involved.  They can answer questions about the information you’re presenting so that they are not just passive listeners, but active participants!

Don’t stress about finding time to make a great presentation! Don’t worry about what to say and how to fill up your time during your presentation!  These slides include introducing yourself, the units of study for your course, what success looks like in your class, and what parents can do to be involved and help their children succeed.  You can also show how you will grade students and your extra help schedule.  There are extra slides if you want to make a longer presentation as well. 

Easily edit each slide to make the information fit your course!  Time-saving tip!!  After you edit this copy for one of your courses, make a copy of the presentation, and edit just the slides that pertain to another course you teach!  Open House Night is done, and done well!

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***I enjoyed the product. It was well organized and loved the theme.***

Who can use this product?

• Busy Spanish Teachers of Year 1 through AP Spanish

How can I use this product?

• Personalize this interactive presentation for the parents of your new students.
• Present it on Parent Open House Night!
• Use Pear Deck to make the presentation interactive and fun for parents!

What’s included in this product?

• 15 slides that can be edited and personalized 
• Ideas for how to use this presentation 
• Instructions for how to use this presentation without Pear Deck

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AP Spanish Week 1: Everything You Need to Get Started!

AP Spanish Lesson Plans Unit 1 Familias Digital or Printable Complete Unit!

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Are you practicing presentational writing skills with your Spanish students?  How about a Group Challenge that focuses on either Día de los Muertos or Halloween?!  This fun and engaging writing challenge will get your students to work together in small groups to produce high quality writing!  This resource includes appropriate writing prompts for years 1, 2 and 3.  Planning done for your whole day!

What I love about writing in this format is that teachers can provide specific feedback and even a grade in about ⅕ of the time!  We can improve students’ skills and confidence by using peer discussion to clear up confusion about things like conjugating verbs and word order in sentences too!  This is a high impact activity to use with your students! 

This resource features 4 writing prompts at 2 levels: Novice High and Intermediate Low.  For both there is a writing prompt based on Day of the Dead and Halloween.  There are lots of extras included too!

Who can use this product?

• Spanish teachers with courses in Years 1, 2 or 3

How can I use this product?

• Assign students to small groups of about 4
• Each student gets a copy of the assignment and the rules for participation
• Challenge the groups to produce the BEST writing!
• Incorporate fun new vocabulary with provided lists!
• Encourage peer discussion to clear up mistakes and confusion
• Grade 1 per group to give specific and timely feedback without spending hours correcting!

What’s included in this product?

• 15 pages of printable and editable Google Slides made to look like Google Docs
• Very specific teacher instructions/suggestions for how to create excitement and buy-in for this writing challenge
• 2 versions of a Novice High Día de los Muertos prompt with rubric (both in color and in printer friendly black and white)
• 2 versions of a Novice High Halloween prompt with rubric (both in color and in printer friendly black and white)
• 2 versions of an Intermediate Low Día de los Muertos prompt with rubric (both in color and in printer friendly black and white)
• 2 versions of an Intermediate Low Halloween prompt with rubric (both in color and in printer friendly black and white)
• 1 vocab list (Spanish and English) for Día de los Muertos Vocab
• 1 vocab list (Spanish and English) for Halloween Vocab
• 1 Printer-friendly writing page
• 1 Printer-friendly graphic organizer

Other Resources You May Like:

Day of the Dead Día de Muertos Scavenger Hunt Reading Game Spanish

Fall Bundle of Spanish Class Activities

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