Animales

Find any good animal videos in Spanish? Post them in the comments!

More Spanish Games

Here's a fun site to help practice the numbers from 1-100.
http://www.spanishspanish.com/numbers/numbers_practice100.html

Here you can access flashcards, as well as games (Memory/Concentration and Matching!) to practice the numbers 1-100.
http://www.quia.com/jg/2676418.html

Matching the numbers 1-100 with images
http://www.quia.com/mc/2430757.html

Practice spelling the numbers 0-30 with hangman
http://www.quia.com/hm/86075.html

Practice the numbers 0-100 with hangman
http://www.quia.com/hm/167218.html
*note: for some numbers, the "guess the answer" feature (where you type in the answer to guess) isn't working properly. If you are certain that you have spelling a word correctly, but it did not accept your answer, try selecting the letters individually instead.

Numbers 1-100 Spelling Quiz
http://www.quia.com/quiz/1996082.html


Enjoy!

Cartoon Making Site

For students interested in a challenge this week and over Spring Break, here's a cool site that you can use to make your very own cartoon in Spanish. It's free and doesn't require registration, which is a huge plus!

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Happy cartoon making!

Spanish Games

Here are some links to Spanish Games on Quia that students can use to practice some of the vocabulary we are learning in class. I can't personally recommend all of the games in the Quia site, but all of the games below are ones that I have tested out myself. :)

1. Hangman to practice spelling the seasons in Spanish

http://www.quia.com/hm/145997.html

2. Columns to practice matching weather and seasons vocabulary to their English translations.
http://www.quia.com/cm/31450.html?AP_rand=651848793
You can play this game more than once, since some of the vocabulary terms will change. There's also a link (right below the directions) that takes you to a list of vocabulary terms for this activity if you would like to review before beginning the game. There is one term that we have not learned in class:  Está lloviznando/Llovizna which means "It's drizzing."

3. Concentration or Matching to practice the weather and seasons.
http://www.quia.com/jg/923887.html

4. Battleship to practice the weather in Spanish.
http://www.quia.com/ba/530861.html
There are a few unfamiliar words that you will need to know:
afuera= outside, hay relámpagos= There is lightning

5. For a challenge, try this version of weather and seasons hangman. 

http://www.quia.com/hm/126142.html
There are a few words that you will need to know: 

truena= thunder, está humedo= it's rainy/damp, abre la ventana=open the window (it's hot!), and relampaguea=It is lightning. 

Also, if you want to guess the entire word or phrase, make sure that you include a period at the end if it is a complete sentence. 

Enjoy! :)

Rockalingua!

We've been using a lot of videos from Rockalingua in class in order to help us learn new vocabulary. Some of our favorites are

U La La

Las cuatro estaciones

and 

this version of the weather song (versión fácil), which is only available on the Rockalingua site.

http://rockalingua.com/videos/weather-easy-version-k-2

Students can log in in order to access the full-length versions of the videos, as well as the other games and resources available on the Rockalingua site.

Enjoy! :)

Los Reyes Magos: Three King’s Day in the Spanish-speaking World

Student’s learned a little bit about Three Kings’ Day, celebrated in most Spanish-speaking countries (as well as other Catholic countries) on January 6^th. At then end of the presentation, students constructed triangular prisms with the Reyes Magos (Melchor, Gaspar, and Baltazar). Students will be bringing these home before break. :)

¿Cuál es tu color favorito?

Students learned how to say what their favorite color is in Spanish, and decorated holiday lights.