This SEL (socio-emotional learning activity) morning message activity incorporates socio-emotional learning by targeting students’ mental well-being, inner voice, and writing skills. Perfect for primary-aged students.

This BINGO icebreaker game can be used to get your students speaking while having fun in your Spanish classroom.

This starter activity can be used in your French classroom to help your beginner students practice grammar (Ex. tu vs. vous, putting sentences in the correct order, putting questions in the inverted form, and translating basic sentences from English to French and vice versa).

This cross-curricular social studies unit aims to inspire responsible citizenship in promoting environmental sustainability. By integrating the social studies inquiry process with the language, visual arts, science, and mathematics curriculum, students can develop their knowledge, skills, and confidence in taking responsible action and participating in environmentally sustainable practices within their school community and beyond. This unit consists of eleven engaging lessons organized into two sections - awareness and action. The purpose of the first six lessons is to have students reflect on their perspective of and relationship to the environment. The awareness section also focuses on building a collective awareness of the principles of environmental sustainability. The remaining five lessons are structured to mobilize students to take action on an environmental issue of interest that was explored at the beginning of the unit (see Unit Overview Chart). Note: The lessons in this unit plan are aligned with the Ontario Curriculum expectations.*

This vocabulary quiz can be used as a warm up retrieval activity at the beginning of your Spanish lesson, allowing students to review words related to talking about their home. Quiz and answer key provided.

This three part lesson is perfect for promoting emotional understanding and empathetic behaviours in the classroom as a means of developing your young students’ theory of mind. A link to the detailed lesson plans is included along with examples of each lesson. Note*: The lessons are aligned with the Ontario Grade 2 Language Arts, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Curriculum Expectations (The specific strands are included in the PDF).

This photo of the day activity can be used in your Spanish language classroom to promote your students´ creative writing skills to describe photos. Three photos are included with this activity. You may choose to use your own photos from the Internet.

This retrieval practice activity can be used in your Spanish language classroom to help your students recall vocabulary related to sports and activities in Spanish. Your students will also be able to practice talking about sports in the first person singular. Ex. “Hago (sport)” or “Juego (sport).”

This lesson can be used in your Spanish language classroom to allow your students to learn vocabulary related to describing their holidays and the last holiday they went on. A worksheet with common expressions using “fue + adjectivo” is provided.

This lesson can be used in your Spanish language classroom to teach your students the months of the year, the numbers from 1 to 30, and how to talk about their birthday and other people´s birthdays in Spanish. A worksheet with the months of the year and numbers from 1 to 30 in English and Spanish is also included in this lesson.

This two part lesson can be used in your Spanish classroom to allow your students to learn how to introduce themselves by saying their name and how they feel. They will also learn basic greetings such as how to say “Good morning,” “Good afternoon / evening,” and “Goodnight.”

This oral comprehension activity will allow your students to watch an animated video from 1 jour 1 question about the Winter Olympics. They will then answer questions related to the video.

This reading comprehension activity is perfect for your beginner students in your French language classroom. A short text is provided about a student describing what they like to do in their free time (the text is in French) and the questions are in English. The total points for each question are indicated in brackets.

This interactive activity will allow you to take your students in your French classroom on a virtual field trip to La grotte Cosquer in Marseille, France. They will have the opportunity to visit the cave through exploring it online and then make a list of vocabulary and interesting facts they learned.

Three mini quizzes are provided on the numbers 1 to 2 and the verbs Être, avoir, faire, aller et venir au présent.

This lesson can be used in your French classroom to teach your students how to use the past tense of the verb “visiter” to talk about places they have visited. By the end of the lesson, your students should be able to understand how to use the passé composé of the verb “visiter.” They should also be able to show their understanding of a text when answering questions, write a short paragraph to describe places they visited and what it was like, and remember key words to give their opinion.

This worksheet will allow your students to learn the steps for conjugating regular -ER verbs in the present tense in French.

This found poetry activity will allow your students to engage in creative writing as they express themselves moving from an individual story to a collective story.

This short Oscar´s / Academy Awards inspired activity can be used in your Spanish Language Classroom as a fun way to have your students do oral presentations / short films. At the end, have your students vote for the best presentation to win an Oscar award. This is an engaging way to have your students record videos for your Spanish Language class. Students will be more motivated to get creative and edit their presentations if they will be nominated for an Oscar!

This glossary of key terms/expressions handout is perfect for your English speaking classroom. Your students can use it to keep a log of new words and expressions learnt along with their definitions. They can refer to it as needed.