End of Year cultural activities for ESL-EFL-ELL

This is a restaurant menu project for Spanish I. Students will design a restaurant menu that serves traditional Spanish dishes from a Spanish-speaking country of their choice. This project includes an introduction page with all the project requirements, 2 restaurant menu examples, a 2-page project planner/graphic organizer, and a grading rubric for student presentations. Project Requirements: * A menu cover with the restaurant name in Spanish, the days and hours of operation, address, and phon

Subjects:

Projects, Graphic Organizers, Cultural Activities

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Disneyland Virtual Field Trip Disney - End of Year Class Party

Created by

LoveGrowsLearning

This Disneyland virtual field trip is the perfect addition to a class party. Go on an adventure with your class to see a Tour of Disneyland, Popular Rides, Disneyland Parade, and more! This Disneyland virtual field trip is easy to prep, is interactive, includes videos, and has companion activities. This virtual field trip would be the perfect addition to an end of the year celebration or a class reward party.*Note: This resource includes links to YouTube videos (with no ads), so you will need an

Subjects:

End of Year, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Activities, Simulations, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

SL.K.1

, SL.K.1a

, SL.1.1

, SL.1.1a

, SL.2.1

...

Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Growing Bundle, Holidays, Countries, Video Lessons

Long Ago & Now Grandparent Day Interview Activity, Family Tree, Student Timeline

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What I Have Learned

Introduce your students to their family history with this fantastic Long Ago & Now Grandparent Interview Activity, Family Tree, and Student Timeline. This lesson series uses compare and contrast strategies to help students understand how their lives are similar to or different from their grandparents' lives. It makes for a great Grandparents' Day activity! Plus, the strong home-to-school connection will help keep everyone involved and excited about learning. This mini-unit is in my Long Ago

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Social Studies BUNDLE - Biography Report, Long Ago, Map Skills, Laws & Nations

Magical Classroom: Disney-inspired Mickey Ears and Magic Band

Created by

Ms Cindy Nguyen

Hello!I am excited to share with you affordable and fun ways to include our theme! This product is a template for Mickey-inspired Ears and for Disney-inspired Magic Bands. I have included a template for ears that would be used with a purchased headband (Amazon) and a template for ears that can be completely made from cardstock with a paper band. I also have included a fun magic band template for students to use as an "entry pass" to their magical classroom! This product includes:Ears/bow with he

Subjects:

Arts & Music, End of Year

Grades:

PreK - 5th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities

Bundle: Emergency Sub Plans for Spanish Teachers

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SrtaEstrella Emergency Spanish Sub Plans

Are you a Spanish teacher in a hurry? Often, it can be very difficult to make substitute plans for a foreign language class. We want our students to be able to answer the questions without feeling the need to translate. These are packets ready for you to print and go when you are in need of an emergency sub plan.Included in this bundle are four of my non-holiday specific emergency Spanish sub plans. You get four for the price of three. Each packet includes cultural readings in English and includ

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading, Spanish

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Homework, Cultural Activities

Coco Movie Guide | Day of the Dead Activities | Questions | Differentiated

Created by

Mr Hull's Movie Guides

This 16 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Coco (2017)". ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★Great to watch to learn more about Mexican culture and Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.Steeped in Mexican culture and folklore, the movie follows young Miguel whose dreams of becoming a musician are hampered by his family's ban on music. Magically entering the Land of the Dead, Miguel embarks on an ex

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Halloween

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Movie Guides, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.7

, SL.2.2

, SL.3.2

, SL.4.2

, CCRA.SL.2

Also included in: 2 Pack Day of the Dead Movie Guide Bundle | Questions | Activities

Flags of Spanish-Speaking Countries Coloring Sheets

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This is a 2 page coloring activity with the 21 flags of the Spanish-speaking world. Students follow a color by number key to color in each section of the flags. Only five colors are needed: rojo, amarillo, verde, azul cielo, and azul (red, yellow, green, sky blue, and blue). This is a great activity when reviewing Spanish-speaking countries, Hispanic culture, holidays, colors, or as an emergency substitute activity. Can be printed 2 sided or separately. Makes a great classroom decoration. Exampl

Subjects:

Printables, Cultural Activities

Grades:

K - 10th

Types:

Also included in: Spanish Countries and Capitals Geography Bundle

ESL Vocabulary Picture Dictionary & ESL Newcomer Activities

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EFL - ESL - ELD, Phonics, Vocabulary

One of the most useful tools for ELL newcomers to have is a picture dictionary to begin to build vocabulary in English. This growing bundle includes 3 picture dictionaries that all support newcomers in foundational English skills. This Bilingual Picture Dictionary is the perfect resource to provide your newcomers with so that they can have a tool to use in all classes and work on vocabulary independently.This Bilingual Picture Dictionary will also help give students the confidence to start speak

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Cultural Activities

Then & Now Compare & Contrast Writing Activities Long Ago & Today Venn Diagram

Created by

What I Have Learned

Through this Long Ago and Today Social Studies unit, students learn how their lives relate to people and events long ago. Students compare and contrast life long ago to life today. Text pages include information about school long ago. The engaging activities also foster a strong home and school connection.The Then and Now unit includesVocabulary cards in two formats (BUNDLE ONLY)An in-depth reading passage with fact sorting, comprehension questions, and QR codesMini-book that supports the artic

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Other (Social Studies - History), Social Studies - History

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Cultural Activities

Año Nuevo Las Doce Uvas 12 Grapes Activity for Spanish New Year with DIGITAL

Created by

Sra Cruz

Teach students about the Año Nuevo/Noche Vieja tradition of eating 12 grapes for luck. Three fun writing template options allow students to come up with 12 "deseos" for the new year, 1 for each grape.⭐This resource is included in my HOLIDAYS MEGA BUNDLE full of holiday resources for the entire school year!⭐Includes:✅ 4 informational pages in Spanish and English (pdf, Google Slides and Easel formats)✅ grape bunch template where students write one deseo on each grape✅ deseos list template with gra

Subjects:

End of Year, Holidays/Seasonal, Spanish

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Cultural Activities

Also included in: Spanish Cinco de Mayo 5 de Mayo Activities Bulletin Board +MORE Holidays Bundle

Spanish-Speaking Countries, Capitals, and Nationalities Bundle

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This is a bundle of 15 resources over the 21 Spanish-Speaking Countries, Capitals, and Nationalities. In this bundle you will receive a Spanish-speaking country profile project, 2 map labeling activities, a matching quiz activity, 2 internet scavenger hunt activities, a 2 page coloring activity and a windsock craftivity with the 21 flags of the Spanish-speaking world, a passport mini booklet activity, an interactive notebook activity, 7 vocabulary activities, 3 vocabulary games, 2 grammar activi

Subjects:

Projects, Cultural Activities

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Survival Words and Phrases for ESL Newcomers - ESL Visuals, ESL Picture Cards

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Back to School, EFL - ESL - ELD, Vocabulary

The best place to begin to support ELL Newcomers is through vocabulary and visuals. This set of survival flashcards will help you provide your students with exactly that type of support. These flashcards are great to print, laminate, and give to your newcomers to carry around with them to all classes. Each flashcard has a voiced over QR code so that the students can listen and practice the vocabulary on their own at home. Let's Connect!Looking for more support?Click here to sign up for a free ye

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Cultural Activities, For Principals & Administrators

Also included in: ESL Newcomers Beginning of the Year Activities - ESL Back to School First Week

Cinco de Mayo Craft {Pinata Fiesta Fun with Mexico Symbols}

Created by

Robin Sellers

Cinco de Mayo: Cinco de Mayo fun! This Cinco de Mayo craft is a pinata that your students can make for some Mexico Fiesta Fun! Students color or paint the black and white printable pages. It includes Mexico symbols including a map outline of Mexico, a Mexican flag, a guitar, a monarch butterfly, a cactus, a sombrero, and a pepper. Each on of these items in accompanied by a candy that has the name for the symbol in English and Spanish. You can choose to use both of these labels if you wish. There

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Social Studies - History, Spring

Grades:

PreK - 4th

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Cultural Activities

ESL Activities: Conversation Cards

Created by

A Classroom for All Seasons

These are 72 conversation cards for your ESL classroom. They can be used as a warm up activity and are a great way to get students settled in at the beginning of class. In addition, they can also be used as writing prompts. Each topic is color coded. The topics include• “Getting to Know You”• “Food”• “Your Neighborhood/ Housing”• “Free Time”• “Feelings/Emotions”• “The Past”• “Holidays”• “The Future”• “If…” (Conditional)ESL Conversation Cards Set 2 is available here ESL Activities: Conversatio

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, ESL / ELL / EFL

Grades:

6th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Cultural Activities

Also included in: ESL Speaking Activities: Bundle

Papel Picado Tissue Banners

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This is a set of 5 papel picado templates for making a colorful tissue paper banner. This is a fun craft for secondary students to make and display when celebrating Hispanic holidays such as Cinco de Mayo, Hispanic Heritage Month, or Mexico's Independence Day. You may choose to have younger students simply color in the templates and display them on the walls. These templates are available in both color and blackline. They make a great festive decoration as a boarder around your classroom walls.

Subjects:

Printables, Cultural Activities

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Also included in: Hispanic Heritage Month Projects and Activities Bundle

End of Year Spanish Activity Mexican Food Vocabulary Bingo Game Loteria Culture

Created by

Senora Lee - for the LOVE of Spanish

A new twist for your Spanish food unit - Learn authentic Mexican food vocabulary with Lotería! Printable & digital bingo game that uses sentences (not words) to describe 25 Mexican foods in Spanish or English! Teach culture for Cinco de Mayo, end-of-the-year activity, or to enrich a Spanish food unit in a beginning or intermediate-level Spanish class. Clues are given in full Spanish or English SENTENCES....not word-for-word translations. Sentences use cognates, colors, foods, & present t

Subjects:

End of Year, Hispanic Heritage Month, Spanish

Grades:

5th - 11th

Types:

Printables, Games, Cultural Activities

Also included in: End of Year Spanish Culture Mexican Food Activities Worksheets Bingo Game

ESL Vocabulary & Speaking Flashcards Activities - ESL Newcomer Vocabulary Cards

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EFL - ESL - ELD, Oral Communication, Vocabulary

The ELL Toolkit was created as a way for newcomer students to quickly begin to pick up key English vocabulary and phrases through multiple conversation activities. Real photos are used to allow students to make connections to the new language and games make it fun for students to put into practice what they are learning. What's included in the ELL Toolkit:-Real photographs to represent key vocabulary words and phrases. -Lesson plans-Differentiated activities that promote speaking opportunities.

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Cultural Activities

ESL Lessons and Activities | ESL Sub Plans | ESL Reading Comprehension & Writing

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EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Reading aloud to our students is one of the best ways that we can improve their comprehension of language. This is especially true when working with ESL Reading Comprehension. Your K-5 students will be easily engaged as they listen and interact with 24 fiction and nonfiction texts. The extended ESL worksheets will cover all four language domains: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. The ESL lesson included has step-by-step instructions for easy, fun learning. The opportunities for student

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Hispanic Heritage Month Projects and Activities Bundle

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Bulletin Board Ideas, Task Cards, Cultural Activities

This is a bundle of 5 resources to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. In this bundle you will receive 5 papel picado templates, a research project over famous Hispanic Americans, a research project over Hispanic holidays and traditions, a set of 48 task cards, and an internet scavenger hunt activity. Answer keys and examples are included. Purchase this bundle and save over 25% off the following resources: Papel Picado Tissue Banners Hispanic Heritage Month Project: Famous Hispanic Americans His

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Spanish

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Spanish Quinceañeras: Reading and Substitute Plan

Created by

SrtaEstrella Emergency Spanish Sub Plans

This reading a good emergency substitute plan to keep handy. It includes three articles on Quinceañeras as well as comprehension questions following each article. The articles are written in English, so any level of Spanish can use it. Also included is a crossword puzzle featuring some of the terms from the articles and a key.Also check out my Quinceañera planning project:My Dream Quinceañera Planning ProjectAnd my Quinceañera Puzzles Pack here with additional puzzles: Quinceañera Puzzles PackKe

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading, Spanish

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Cultural Activities

ESL Newcomers Beginning of the Year Activities - ESL Back to School First Week

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EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Are you working with ELL Newcomers this year and not sure where to begin? Or did your principal just inform you that a newcomer student will be starting in your class tomorrow? These situations can cause a lot of stress and additional burden, but they don't have to! The Getting Started with ELL Newcomers is filled with materials for the first month of working with ELL beginners. It will give you a variety of materials to begin your students on the English journey in both interactive and engaging

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Cultural Activities

Spanish Movie Guide CHUPA English & Spanish Sub Plans End of the Year Activity

Created by

Mis Clases Locas

This editable Chupa movie guide is designed for Spanish students while watching the new Netflix film Chupa in Spanish class. These Chupa movie questions would be the perfect complement to 5 de mayo in Spanish class, or the study of Mexico, legends, or lucha libre. There are 2 separate Chupa movie guides, 1 in Spanish, and 1 in English for a Spanish class sub plan for any level. What's Included in this Editable Chupa Movie GuideEnglish Chupa Movie Guide - 3 pages all Google Editable✅ Page 1 - ch

Subjects:

End of Year, Latinx Studies, Spanish

Grades:

7th - 10th

Types:

Movie Guides, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.2

Also included in: Editable Spanish Movie Guide Bundle of Spanish Movie Questions Spanish Sub Plans

ESL Newcomers Curriculum K-12 | ESL Activities | ESL Lesson Plans

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