Spanish Spring Bundle of 4 Activities for Primavera Speaking, Listening, Writing
by Specialty SpanishIs there Spring Fever in the air? These activities will get your Spanish students speaking, writing and writing about primavera in a variety of engaging ways! Practice interpretive listening, presentational and interpersonal speaking and writing while keeping students producing lots of Spanish!
Use these resources in all of your levels! They’re already differentiated! Those days when you’re just exhausted, progress reports are due, you are correcting benchmarks,,.... And now you don’t have a great lesson plan for tomorrow? No worries! These activities will get you through! And best of all- students will be working hard in the target language and having fun!
The writing prompts are awesome! They are differentiated for Novice High and Intermediate Low students. Each level has 2 prompts; one about Spring themes so students have choice. This resource comes with
-vocab lists to students with season-specific vocab
-graphic organizer
-ideas for how to make this a group task (for less correcting for you!)
-a rubric
-color or black and white printing options
The Open-Ended Task Cards are also amazing! They are so versatile and can be used in so many ways! There are 20 different prompts related to spring themes and they encourage creativity with their language. Vocab that may be unfamiliar is given right on the card! Here are some ideas about how you can use them.
-print them. Pass them out to your class. Ask each student to do a 10 minute free write.
-print them. Pass them out to your class. Ask each student to do a 2 minute presentational speaking with their next door neighbor.
-Display one card for the class. Everyone writes about that topic. (Great for a warm-up each day!)
-Display one card for the class. Everyone on the right talks. Everyone on the left listens and gives feedback. Then switch!
These task cards contain:
-20 different scenarios
-printable version in color
-printable version in black and white
-display version for a projector or SmartBoard
-Peer feedback form
-Self-Reflection form
The Authentic Listening activity is a great way to practice listening comprehension. Students hear a native speaker describe why Medellin is considered the city of eternal spring! The YouTube video is short so students won’t feel overwhelmed. Comprehension questions and
answer key are all included.
The Spring Speaking Game forces students to use language creatively! The game cards are in the shape of flowers, and each flower contains a word related to spring. Students will help design the specifics of each round of the game, and the cards they hold are the ones they must use to create a story! The game comes with Teacher Notes, Student Instructions, Color and Black and White printable game pieces, a score card and a vocab list. Everything you need! Just add students!
Who can use this product?
- Great for Year 2, 3 and 4
How can I use this product?
- These resources can be used just for one day or:
- They can be used as warm-ups
- They can be used in a series of days
- Writing prompts can be used for individuals or for group tasks
- Task cards can be used for speaking or writing
- Students can engage in peer feedback or self-reflection
- Teachers can use these as practice or as an assessment grade
What’s included in this product?
- 2 different Novice High Writing Prompts
- 2 different Intermediate Low Writing Prompts
- Rubrics for Writing Prompts
- Graphic organizer for students
- Teacher notes and ideas about how to use the writing prompts
- Vocab Lists for Spring Themes
- Color or Black and White printing options
- One set of 20 open-ended Spring-themed task cards: Display version
- One set of 20 open-ended Spring-themed task cards: color print version
- One set of 20 open-ended Spring-themed task cards: Black and white print version
- Peer feedback form
- Self-reflection form
- Teacher notes about the many ways task cards can be used in class
- An authentic source video
- Video comprehension questions
- Answer Key
- Spring Speaking Game
- Score card
- Vocab List
- Playing Cards
- Student Directions
- Teacher Notes
Other resources you may like:
Spanish Spring Festivals in Spain Reading Scavenger Hunt w/ Follow Up Activities
Spanish Fall Otoño Activities for Writing, Speaking & Listening
Spanish Winter-Themed Activities Bundle for Invierno
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Spanish Writing Prompts for Springtime for Novice and Intermediate
By Specialty Spanish
Are you practicing presentational writing skills with your Spanish students? How about a Group Challenge that focuses on Springtime?! 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: 2 for Novice High and 2 for Intermediate Low. Linked in is a blog post about Spring Festivals in Spain. Have your students give it a read and they can incorporate what they learned in their writing! 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! Award a prize for the winning group!
- 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 different prompts for Novice High students with rubric (both in color and in printer friendly black and white)
- 2 different prompts for Intermediate Low students with rubric (both in color and in printer friendly black and white)
- 1 vocab list (Spanish and English) for Spring related vocabulary
- 1 Printer-friendly writing page for each level
- 1 Printer-friendly graphic organizer
Other resources you may like:
Spanish Writing Growing Bundle: Prompts, Peer Edits & Scaffolds
(I will add this spring writing resource- but the sooner you buy it, the better! You get everything I add in the future as well as what is already in there for the lower price!
Spanish Spring Task Cards for Speaking or Writing
Spanish Simulated Conversations
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Spanish Speaking Game for Spring
By Specialty Spanish
Looking for a GAME that will make SPEAKING FUN in Spanish class? This spring-themed speaking activity will get students using their Spanish creatively! This low-prep game, called Flower Power, will have students competing to tell stories about a spring day! Easy to differentiate and scaffold with the included teacher instructions and vocab list!
How to play:
-Students choose flowers (each flower has a spring-related word)
-Students must create a story with the words on the flowers, forcing them to think on their feet and create a logical story with random words!
The variations of this game are endless and you can play it all spring long!
-Have students choose their own flowers or
-Have their opponent pick for them!
-Give students as much time as they need to tell their story or
-Set a time limit. Whoever used more flowers wins!
-Have students pick flowers one at a time instead of all at once
-Change the verb tense
-Change their opponents
-Try 2 v 2!
** You can even use this as a writing practice instead of speaking!
Increase your students’ ability to produce creative Spanish!
Teacher Prep:
-Print the flowers (color & black and white versions included)
-Photocopy enough flower sets for HALF of your class
-cut the flowers (6 print per page) *Perfect task for a student helper!
Who can use this product?
- Students in Spanish 2 and up
How can I use this product?
Set students up in pairs (a group of 3 could work too!)
Students will choose flowers. Each flower has a winter-related word.
Set parameters (like listed above) to create the rules of the game
Students use the words on their flowers to create spring day stories!
What’s included in this product?
36 flowers, each with a spring-related word printed on it
Teacher instructions
Printable student instructions
Scorecard
Vocab list
Self-Assessment rubric
Peer Feedback rubric
Color version
Black and white version
Other resources you may like:
Spanish Writing Prompts for Spring For Novice and Intermediate
Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Test Prep Bundle
Spanish Partner Conversations about Travel and Vacation: Guided Conversations
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Spanish Authentic Listening Activity with Comprehension Questions Medellín
By Specialty Spanish
Authentic listening activities for Spanish class can be so hard to find! We want our students to practice their listening skills but we don’t want to spend an hour searching for a good video! This YouTube video is about Medellín, Colombia, known as the city of eternal spring! A young person takes us around his city and highlights some of the best tourist attractions. To check comprehension, students will answer questions as they watch. Students will make comparisons and discover similarities and differences between their own experience and the speaker’s experience in Chile. An answer key is also included!
Are your students interested in spring-themed activities? Maybe this bundle is right for you! It includes group writing challenges, speaking or writing task cards, a speaking game and this listening activity-all with a spring theme!
Spanish Spring-Themed Activities Bundle
Who can use this product?
- Spanish students in Year 3 and up
How can I use this product?
- Play the video for the class on a projector or Smartboard
- Assign the video via Google Classroom or other learning platform
- Assign the comprehension questions by printing or posting to a learning platform
- Use this as a class activity, homework or assessment!
What’s included in this product?
- A link to a YouTube video about Medellín, Colombia. The speaker is a young person to whom our high school students can relate (3 minutes)
- A print or post comprehension activity
- Questions in the comprehension activity are in English. I did this on purpose so that students cannot simply copy what they hear (and potentially not understand what it means)
- Questions ask for details about what the speaker said and also ask student to compare and contrast their own experiences with those of the speaker
- Answer key included!
Other resources you may like:
Spanish Spring Bundle of 4 Activities for Primavera Speaking, Listening, Writing
Spanish Speaking Game for Spring
Spanish Spring Task Cards for Speaking or Writing
Spanish Writing Prompts for Spring For Novice and Intermediate
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Spanish Scenarios Spring Themed Task Cards for Speaking or Writing
By Specialty Spanish
These Spanish Task Cards are geared towards spring activities, vacations and events. Situation Task Cards are a great way to get your Spanish 1, 2, 3 and 4 students talking and using language creatively! (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. Slides come with helpful vocab that students may need to discuss the scenario.
These spring-themed 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 spring 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
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
- Vocab list for Spring-themed vocabulary
- All parts of this resource can be edited!
Other resources you may like:
Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Test Prep Bundle
Present Subjunctive Interactive Drag and Drop Sentences: Digital Manipulatives!
Spanish Task Cards: Travel Situations for Speaking or Writing!
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