Monday, March 21, 2016

¡Felices Pascuas!



This is a fun way to teach or review the body parts vocabulary in Spanish. Instead of labeling each body part, students identify which body part is missing. You can do this as a class or play it as a game. You might have two volunteers stand and play against each other for bonus points—put the slide up and the first one to identify the body part gets a point. The teacher asks as he/she puts up each slide, “¿Qué le falta?” or “¿Qué le faltan?” (If it is plural). The students then say the vocabulary word(s). You may be a real stickler and make them say the correct definite/indefinite article with each, or go even further by making them respond in a complete sentence: “Le falta la boca.” 

You could also split the class into two teams and go up and down the rows, each person playing against someone on the opposite team.

You could set up several presentations mixing up the order of the slides so that you may play several times in one class period.

You could also print them onto transparencies or cardstock to play on an overhead or Elmo machine, making it easier to play in random order.

"Missing" Body Parts to be identified are:
las mejillas
el cuerpo 
el estómago
el ombligo
el pelo/el cabello
el pie (la pata)
el talón
la boca
la cabeza
la cara
la cola
la lengua
la nariz
las cejas
las manos
las muñecas
las orejas
las piernas
las rodillas
los brazos
los codos
los dedos
los dedos del pie
los dientes
los hombros
los labios
los ojos
los pies
los pulgares
los tobillos
nada (No le falta nada en ese dibujo.)

¡Felices Pascuas!

Saturday, March 19, 2016

¡Feliz Pascua!

More Draw-On-A-Grid activities! Just in time for Easter! Great activity before going on break! You will find activities for each of the following tenses in Spanish: Present, Preterit, Imperfect, Future, Conditional, and the Imperfect Subjunctive. There is also one to practice numbers from 1-30. Happy Easter!  https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/My-Spanish-2-Go/Search:Easter


Tuesday, February 23, 2016

¡Barcas!  Vamos a jugar...


This is a game that has been a WINNER in all of my classes for over 20 years! Students will ask to play this game over and over again and you can play it for many verb tenses. It is like the popular game of Battleship, but I call it "BARCAS" (which means "boats") since students have to find one boat at a time. There are specific instructions of how to prepare, print, and play the game in your classes in the product. The most prep would be to print out a class set of the cover cards and laminate them! Otherwise, you are ready to play once you print a copy of the game for the day for each student. There are 30 gameboards total for:

--Regular Present Tense: -ar verbs, -er verbs, -ir verbs, and -ar/-er/-ir verbs 
--Present Tense Stem-Changing Verbs: e-ie, o-ue, e-i and all three sets together
--Present Tense Reflexive Verbs
--Regular Preterite Tense: -ar verbs, -er verbs, -ir verbs, and -ar/-er/-ir verbs 
--Irregular Preterite Verbs
--Preterite Stem-Changing or Sandal Verbs
--The Imperfect Tense--Regular and Irregular Verbs
--The Subjunctive--Regular and Irregular Verbs
--The Future Tense--Regular and Irregular Verbs
--The Conditional Tense--Regular and Irregular Verbs
--The Imperfect Subjunctive--Regular and Irregular Verbs
--Commands--Regular and Irregular
--Numbers: 1-50 and 51-100

The game will take at least 20 minutes, usually up to 30 minutes. I usually print the gameboard 2-sided, so students can play twice if time permits.

¡A jugar!  You may find this product at:  https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/GAMES-BARCAS-FOR-MIDDLE-OR-HIGH-SCHOOL-SPANISH-2408407

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

¡Feliz Día de los Enamorados!

I absolutely LOVE Valentine's Day!  Even when I was single for so many years, I absolutely loved the holiday.  It is a time to promote love in this world.  I love decorating my classroom with hearts everywhere!  Here is a Power Point that you can have streaming in your classroom for February, or print the slides and have instant decorations for your classroom, door, or hallway!  Includes cultural phrases such as:  "Cielo," "Mi media naranja," and "Mi príncipe azul."



  

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Tengo un sueño...

¡Feliz cumpleaños, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.!  Here is a great activity for Intermediate or Advanced Level Spanish classes to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  Tomás Albaladejo has done an excellent translation of the speech, "I Have a Dream."  This speech is so amazing and still gives me chills in Spanish or English!  I have put together 5 activities that will get student's into the speech in Spanish and also focus on the future tense.  They are set up as written activities, but you should expand them in class by going over them and allowing students to speak their answers or write them on the board.  


These activities are also included as a bonus in my newest Draw-On-A-Grid product.



Friday, January 1, 2016

¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

¡Feliz Año Nuevo! I hope you all had a wonderful New Year's Eve! I am exhausted after working at a fireworks store as a church fundraiser!
I know how hard it is that first day back to school after the New Year! It can be very difficult to get students focused and speaking in the target language again! This is a great activity for intermediate or upper-level Spanish classes to get back into it on the first day!




And here is a great resolutions activity for beginning level or elementary students!


Saturday, December 26, 2015

Mi bebé aprendiendo el español... :)

This is my little baby learning a little Spanish, having fun with her daddy.  It was too cute, so I had to share!

 Aquí está mi bebé aprendiendo un poquito de español, divirtiéndose con su papi.  ¡Yo lo tenía que compartir!