I am currently a Spanish teacher and I was tired of looking for effective, straightforward teaching resources for my Spanish students so I decided to make them myself! Prior to teaching, I was professionally trained in curriculum design & development. Today, my materials and approach to teaching Spanish are used by Spanish teachers all across the country! I am new to TES but wanted to explore another avenue for sharing my teaching resources with as many people as possible! Happy teaching!
I am currently a Spanish teacher and I was tired of looking for effective, straightforward teaching resources for my Spanish students so I decided to make them myself! Prior to teaching, I was professionally trained in curriculum design & development. Today, my materials and approach to teaching Spanish are used by Spanish teachers all across the country! I am new to TES but wanted to explore another avenue for sharing my teaching resources with as many people as possible! Happy teaching!
Who doesn’t like to play Pictionary?
This board game is a high-energy, always-a-hit game to play with your Spanish class. This game plays like the classic game of “Pictionary” only in this case, it is used to reinforce Spanish vocabulary! Students break up into two teams and try to out-guess each other when one of their team members attempts to draw a picture of a Spanish vocabulary word. Teams have only 60 seconds to guess what the drawing is in Spanish!
Vocabulary words are broken into four categories:
La Ropa
La Casa
La Comida
La Escuela
Spanish Vocabulary:
Clothing
Food (beverages, food, fruits & vegetables)
Items found in a house or parts of a house
School items
Detailed instructions included!
Teacher Tip!
If you’d like to use your own Spanish vocabulary, use a black Sharpie and write in your own vocabulary words on the blank category cards provided!
Teach physical descriptions in Spanish with this fun PowerPoint presentation! There is a fun Q&A section at the end!
Learning targets:
niño(a)
chicos(as)
hombre / mujer
ojos azules / marrones / verdes
pelirrojo(a)
pelo negro / pelo rubio / pelo castaño / pelo moreno
grande / pequeño
largo / corto
gordo / flaco
bajo(a)
viejo(a)
joven
guapo(a)
feo(a)
bonito(a)
There is no better way to teach kids about the names of foods in Spanish than with this fun, restaurant-style game! Students should first be familiar with basic food vocabulary in Spanish. Use menus, play money, place setting, and food flashcards and have kids role-play ordering food in Spanish at a restaurant. A class favorite for sure!
NOTE! If you don’t want to bother with printing, cutting and assembling this game, send an email to info@micaminospanish.com and you can order this game fully assembled and ready to ship!
Included with this resource:
Menu for “El Restaurante Fantástico”
Place setting, one with Spanish labels and one without, (fork, knife, spoon, plate, glass, napkin, salt & pepper)
48 Food Flashcards with Spanish vocabulary for food items related to breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks, and desserts
Fake dollar bills (1’s, 5’s, and 10’s)
Detailed instructions for playing the game
No prep! Just print and go! This is a fun holiday/winter activity for younger Spanish students to learn while having fun!
Learning Targets:
Listening Comprehension
Parts of the Body
Items of Clothing
Weather
Show the following video to your students: “Soy un Muñeco de Nieve” by Super Simple Español. Then, after watching the video, have them color and cut out the pictures. Finally, have your students paste the pictures in order and practice the simple story/song.
Use the page at the end to make a snowman mask!
Preterite Practice for Essential Irregular Verbs
Use these worksheets as practice for conjugating these essential Spanish verbs in the preterite:
IR
SER
ESTAR
PODER
TENER
HACER
QUERER
Students can use the charts in the beginning as a learning tool, or as a study guide. Then, have students complete each individual worksheet on each verb listed above. Essential practice for essential verbs!
First, start with this video overview: Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World!
Then, introduce your students to all 21 Spanish-speaking countries of the world using this country fact sheet activity. (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
Print out all 21 pages and assign one country to each student. (Or, focus on only a few countries at a time and have students work in small groups.)
Students will first have to do simple research on their assigned country and fill out their country fact sheet.
Then, students will fill in all of the blanks on the country fact sheet and color the flag, the map, and draw pictures with labels where needed.
Finally, students can present their country to the rest of the class!
Check out my YouTube Playlist ~ Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World
Recommended for grades K-2nd!
Use this series of worksheets with your younger Spanish students to support classroom instruction! This resource includes a coloring page followed by worksheets and a short story for reading comprehension.
Are you ready for Earth Day on April 22nd?
Use these fun Earth Day-themed activities to teach your Spanish students some Earth Day-inspired vocabulary and phrases!
Activities include the following:
Vocabulary-Picture Match (3)
Earth Day Crossword Puzzle
Earth Day Word Search
Nature Picture Labeling Activity
Color-by-Number
Answer keys are included!
¡Feliz DĂa de la Tierra!
Are you ready for Valentine’s Day?
Use these fun Valentine’s Day-themed activities to teach your Spanish students some holiday-inspired vocabulary and phrases!
Activities include the following:
Vocabulary-picture match (2)
Valentine’s Day crossword puzzle
Valentine’s Day word search
Heart-shaped card
Color-by-number
Answer keys are included!
¡Feliz DĂa de San ValentĂn!
Use this overview of conjugation regular verbs in the preterite tense and supporting worksheets with your students. A great homework item, assessment, or just for extra practice. Also includes an introduction to “trigger” words for the preterite tense.
First, start with this video overview: Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World!
Then, introduce your students to all 21 Spanish-speaking countries of the world using this country fact sheet activity. (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
Print out all 21 pages and assign one country to each student. (Or, focus on only a few countries at a time and have students work in small groups.)
Students will first have to do simple research on their assigned country and fill out their country fact sheet.
Then, students will fill in all of the blanks on the country fact sheet and color the flag, the map, and draw pictures with labels where needed.
Finally, students can present their country to the rest of the class in Spanish!
TEACHER TIP! For a more in depth look at each country, check out my individual country fact sheets with country-specific videos and related activities. For this EXACT SAME resource but in ENGLISH, click here! /teaching-resource/-13201162
Check out my YouTube Playlist ~ Spanish-Speaking Countries of the World (Mi Camino Spanish)
Learn interesting facts about Peru!
First, watch this video on PERU
Then, fill in the blanks with the missing information and add some color to the country fact sheet. (English & Spanish versions included.)
Create a mini-poster all about PERU! Or for extra fun, make Chicha Morada using the recipe included at the end.
Finally, present your findings to the rest of the class!
Learn interesting facts about Argentina!
First, watch this video on ARGENTINA
Then, fill in the blanks with the missing information and add some color to the country fact sheet. (English & Spanish versions included.)
Create a mini-poster all about ARGENTINA!
Finally, present your findings to the rest of the class!
Country clipart courtesy of Educlips!
There is no better way to teach kids clothing vocabulary in Spanish than with this fun, shopping simulation role-play game! A class favorite for sure!
The objective of this game is to be the first “shopper” to buy at least one item of clothing from five different categories before your opponents, but be careful not to run out of money! Shoppers have €100 to spend at their favorite store in Spain!
Included with this resource:
“Mi Tienda Favorita” catalog
Clothing flashcards (84 items!)
Play money in EUROS
Step-by-step instructions for playing the game
Links to YouTube videos that introduce clothing vocabulary in Spanish
SPANISH SKILLS/VOCABULARY:
Clothing Vocabulary (84 vocabulary words of clothing, shoes & accessories)
Numbers by 5’s to 100
How to Play…
You are going shopping at your favorite clothing store in Spain! Choose up to 5 individual shoppers or teams and 1 store attendant to begin the game.
Pass out a game board and €100 to each shopper. The store attendant will control the extra money for making change and the clothing items (flashcards).
Shoppers have €100 to spend but they need to buy at least one item from each of the following categories:
TOPS / DRESSES / COATS
PANTS or SKIRTS
SHOES
ACCESSORIES
HATS
Roll the dice. You will choose one item from the category according to the roll of the dice. ¡DESCUENTO! If you roll a 6, the item is on sale! Take 50% off the price of any item you like!
If you roll the dice and already have an item from that category, you may purchase something else from another player, from the store, or pass and wait for your next turn.
You LOVE accessories! If you roll a 4, you MUST purchase something from the accessory category.
In order to buy the item from each category, you must ask for it in Spanish using the correct vocabulary. (Refer to your catalog for help with this.) Keep your items on the game board by category.
The first person to purchase at least one item from each category without running out of money wins!
Use these fun Christmas-themed activities to teach your Spanish students some holiday-inspired vocabulary and phrases! Activities include the following:
Vocabulary-picture match (2)
Christmas crossword (clues in English or in Spanish)
Christmas word search
Snowman mask
Christmas songs with Spanish lyrics
I like to put on some festive music and dedicate an entire class to holiday fun!
Answer keys are included!
¡Feliz Navidad!
Recommended for grades K-2nd!
Use this series of worksheets with your younger Spanish students to support classroom instruction! This resource includes a coloring page followed by worksheets and a short story for reading comprehension.
This is a fun activity for students to help them learn how to describe the weather in Spanish! This is a fun craft that can be used for all beginning Spanish students from Kindergarten and up! The only skills required are that the students know how to read and to draw. The activity takes about 1 hour to complete and can be used every day to help students remember how to describe the weather on any day of the year! Fun, easy, and extremely helpful!
Note! There are two versions of this activity. One that is more advanced and one that is more basic. Use the one that is most appropriate for your students!
Spanish Vocabulary covered:
Hace sol.
Hace calor.
Hace viento.
Está lloviendo.
Está nevando.
Hace frĂo.
Está nublado.
Está medio nublado.
This interactive activity will help your students understand conjugation starting with regular Spanish verbs in the present tense. (Great activity for hands-on learners!)
Help students understand this concept with a hands-on activity that will help them understand how to conjugate regular Spanish verbs using this analogy:
Build your house.
Add the correct endings to the stem of the verbs.
Put the people in the house.
Directions for activity:
Print out the next 3 pages, (one set per student).
Have students cut along the DOTTED lines.
Paste the verb endings into the “house” as illustrated.
Cut out individual rectangles of the personal pronouns and carefully staple each personal pronoun along the outer edge of the house over the top of the corresponding endings.
Finally, practice conjugating regular AR / ER / IR verbs using the list of regular verbs at the end.
(Use the illustration included as a guide.)
Teacher Tip! A list of regular Spanish verbs with their meaning in English is included for reference at the end. Use this list as a study guide and for conjugation practice along with this activity.