First Month of Italian BUNDLE!

This First Month of Italian Bundle includes over 400 pages of resources that you can use in your Italian classroom to make the start of your students' Italian learning experience unforgettable. Topics include: Greetings (i saluti), Italian English Cognates, Alphabet (l'alfabeto in italiano), Numbers 1-100 (i numeri da 1 a 100), Italian Classroom Vocabulary (espressioni per la classe d'italiano), and several cultural activities and icebreakers to help you get to know your students and get your students excited about learning Italian this year!

The resources in this bundle are ESSENTIAL for new Italian teachers who are just starting their careers and are teaching an introductory Italian class. Equally, this bundle is PHENOMENAL for veteran Italian teachers who are looking to diversify their instructional strategies, liven up their classroom with beautiful color-print posters, and enhance their assessment practices. In this bundle you will find Google Slides presentations, Class Notes, Practice Activities, Homework Assignments, Exit Tickets, Quizzes & Formative Assessments, Extension Activities, Reading Comprehension Activities, Interpersonal Speaking Practice Activities, Flashcards, Cultural Activities, Icebreaker Activities, Graphic Organizers, Surveys, and much more!!

You and your students will LOVE these resources! Don't hesitate to check out the preview! Here's what's included in this bundle:

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1. Italian Greetings & Introductions

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✵ EDITABLE Google Slides Presentation

✵ EDITABLE Google Docs Student Class Notes

✵ Word Search

✵ Crossword Puzzle

✵ Practice Worksheets (x4)

✵ Text Message Writing Activity

✵ Speaking Activities (x2)

✵ Exit Tickets (x4)

✵ Quizzes (x2)

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2. Useful Expressions for the Italian Classroom

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✦ EDITABLE Google Slides Presentation 

• 20 expressions; pronunciation guide & visuals included!

✦ EDITABLE Student Notes Google Doc

• Have students fill out their notes during the vocabulary presentation!

✦  Practice Worksheets (x5)

• Italian-English Matching Activity
• Crossword Puzzle
• Picture-Word/Expression Matching Activity
• Drawing Activity
• Gap-fill Activity

✦  Translation Activities (x3)

✦  Charades Activity

• Have your students act out these expressions! Super fun & engaging!

✦  Exit Tickets (x4)

✦  Quiz

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3. Italian English Cognates

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✦ 60+ PRINTABLE Cognate Cards for an Italian Word Wall

✦ Practice Activities (x5)

• Word Search
• Cognates Word Sort
• Practice Worksheet
• Matching & Translation Activity
• False Cognates (Falsi Amici) Worksheet 

✦ Reading Comprehension Activities (x2)

✦ Cognate Word Hunt Reading Activity

✦ Exit Tickets (x2) 

✦Quiz

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4. Italian Alphabet

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✵ Alphabet Posters (8.5 x 11”) for each letter of the alphabet 

• Print, laminate, and hang them around your classroom!

✵ Italian Alphabet Oral Practice Activity

• Spell out Italian words while your students write the letters that they hear. GREAT to use with mini whiteboards!

✵ Paired Interpersonal Speaking Activity

• Have students practice spelling out Italian words to each other while using the Italian alphabet.

✵ Whole Class Interpersonal Speaking Activity 

• Students receive “new” Italian names and engage in short, interpersonal conversations with their classmates to find out what their new name is and how to spell it.

✵  Listening Comprehension Assessment

• Acquire formative assessment data about how well your students are able to understand the Italian alphabet!

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5. Italian Numbers (1-100)

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✵ PRINTABLE 8.5 x 11” Number Posters (1-30) 

✵ Numbers Graphic Organizers (1-30 and 30-100)

✵ Crossword Puzzle & Word Search

✵ Practice Worksheets (x3)

✵ Numbers Board Games (x3)

✵ Interactive EDITABLE Google Slides Presentation

✵ Tombola/Bingo Activity

✵ Speaking/Listening Lotteria Activity

✵ Flashcards from 1-100

✵ Exit Tickets (x4)

✵ Quizzes (x2)

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6. Italian Fact Scavenger Hunt

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✦ Detailed Directions & Suggestions for Implementation

• Includes Objectives, Directions, and Tips and Tricks to help you implement this activity smoothly in your Italian class!

✦ Italian Fact Scavenger Hunt - Activity Handout

• Photocopy and distribute to students so that they can jot down the information they acquire!

✦ 25 Italian Fact Flashcards

• Print, cut out, and distribute one card to each of your students.
• Students will exchange cultural information with their classmates and fill in the missing information in their Activity Handout. 
• Great cultural activity to introduce students to la cultura italiana while promoting movement and interaction!

✦ Answer Key

• Minimal prep involved!

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7. Icebreakers for the First Few Days of Italian Class

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✦ Mini Questionnaires [5 different versions!]

• Get to know your students with these awesome self-introduction questionnaires. Printable AND Editable.

✦ Benefits of Language Learning Game

• Introduce your students to the benefits of learning a new language with this whole-class activity. Read a statement, have your students write their answer on their Response Sheet, display the correct answer, and have students check their work and tally their points for correct answers.  Most points at the end of the game is the winner!

✦ Student Interests Survey

• Interested in finding out what your students have been digging recently? This fully editable interest survey will help you to collect important data on the stuff your kids are into, which will help you to learn more about your students and design lessons that are relevant to their interests.

✦ Post-It Poster Activity

• Encourage students to reflect on ways to make this year successful: why is it important to learn Italian? what are some goals that they would like to accomplish this year in Italian class? what can the teacher do to facilitate the learning process?

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