Spanish Speaking Countries Map Partner Back to School Activity and Worksheets

This Spanish-Speaking Countries Map Partner Activity is a perfect classroom management tool that can be used all semester!
Perfect as an ice breaker activity for the first week of back to school, you’ll be getting students out of their seats and getting to know each other’s names while also learning geography and nationalities in Spanish! 
Use this resource to set up class partners, so students aren't always working with the same friend, or by themselves, AND they'll simultaneously be reviewing Geography & Nationalities of Spanish-Speaking Countries each time you use it!
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Purpose: 

• Review nationalities vocabulary and Spanish-speaking countries on a map
• Have 21 pre-determined partners for partner activities all year!
• When you want students to work with a partner, simply 'call out' a country by saying something along the lines of "Hoy, tu pareja es de _______" and/or "Tu pareja es (nationality)" to practice geography and nationalities vocabulary.
• The students have to look at their map and find their partner from the country you said.
• Check out the Preview for more details about the set-up of this activity!

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This Map Partner Activity includes:
✅3 maps for students to label and color all 21 Spanish-Speaking countries, 20 (excludes Guinea Equatorial), or 19 (excludes Spain and Guinea Equatorial, focusing on just Latin America)
✅ 3 maps to write down classmates’ names (with 21, 20 or 19 countries)
✅Projectable Student Instructions 
✅Detailed Teacher Instructions

• How to facilitate this activity initially 
• How to use this resource all trimester/semester long

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What Teachers Are Saying: 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fun way to mix culture / geography w/ partner variations. Thanks - Melanie T. 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️This is a great way to have students work with a variety of people - Emily T. 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Used this various times in my classes. It was great for practice. - Srta. Martinez

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Check out other related Resources below:

Other Back to School Resources

Other Classroom Routines Resources
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