4 minute video to watch (optional) Vocab work sheet consisting of: Match English to Spanish Word search dictionary activity (with key) Observation style quiz based on video (with answers)

Present tense of regular, reflexive, irregular and stem changing verbs with some opportunities for practice.

Making gerunds Gerunds with Y Irregular gerunds Reflexive verbs in the present continuous

A set of activities and instructions that last me half a term and which give my upper primary children the language to play a game of guess who in Spanish, that they have made themselves. Language focus: facial features and colours

First assign each phrase to the client or receptionist, create a dialogue with your partner, then perform it for peers to note the details.

This class quiz is peppered with Spanish words. There are 4 types of question: drawing, find the connection, forbidden words (sin permiso) and word challenges. There is a broad Christmas theme, and learners will pick up some Christmas vocabulario while having competitive fun.

Learners practice giving different nationalities.

Consider why the alphabet is useful. Practice the vowels in a catchy chant. Go through the sounds of the Spanish alphabet. Practice spelling words to your classmates. Think about spelling and how you feel about it. Spell out your names. Play the alphabet challenge with a friend.

Learn vocab of the family, use parts of ser - to be, use tener - to have, describe positions of people in a family photo (or members of a family in a grid), and see how tener works to say how you feel.

Label the fruit with the correct price according to the sentence, then add up grocery bills and write sentences about them.

Lots of profesiones are strong cognates. Use this video to introduce some vocabulario de los profesiones to your estudiantes. Play the video with the sound only first, and use the pause button to give los estudiantes la oportunidad to answer the challenges, and then write their own. Encourage them to use español whenever they can. Much more slow, accessible Spanish available on Youtube. Search for "spanglish fantastico"

Lessons for 2nd half of autumn term with suggestions for a class per week ending with a Christmas theme. I hope it is useful to you

Pronunciation lesson with grocery vocab, asking a friend to pick things up from the shop for you, asking for items in a shop, using quantities, packages, and big numbers to describe what you want.

Drill instructor action song and games to play, using numbers and body parts.

Learners read the first page and decide what each person wants. Learners turn to the second page and try to say what people want in Spanish, using the pictures as prompts. I cut them out, so I have a book with alternating pages words - no words, and learners make the same.

Students study words for family members - children, parents and siblings. They then study the verb tener, and talk to each other making statements and questions about possessions. They watch a video, then they practice a short dialogue in open and closed pairs asking, for example, "Do you have cousins?" "What are they called?" This is a very structured lesson, giving maximum guidance to less confident speakers of Spanish.

I display this in my classroom so that people can easily look up and spell out a word.

Find out what the rules are and the Spanish words for them. Think about putting actions to Spanish words. Put actions to the Spanish rules words and practice the actions.

Colour by number Christmas cards with Christmas greetings in Spanish

A big Spanish adaptation of the story, and a small one to print off for children to take home.