El clima is a short video conversation about weather and clothes in Spanish. Juan and Pamela talk about the weather as Juan is getting ready to leave the house. Watch the video and try the listening comprehension activities below. In addition, be sure to check out our Spanish Videos resource page for other fun videos and more listening comprehension activities. You’ll find over 150 videos to learn Spanish on the Spanish Playground YouTube Channel. Find free listening activities for more of our easy Spanish conversation videos here: Spanish Listening Practice and Activities. Pre-Listening Activities Before I watch videos with my students, we predict what they will hear in the video. To do this, you can tell students the general topic...
I held off for a long time letting my 25-month-old daughter watch TV. As a half-assed Luddite with an irrational distrust of Elmo, and a well-founded fear of digital music, selecting my kid’s first TV show was difficult. A part of me wanted to default to something old, like Looney Tunes, but the endless violence was too much. Luckily, after some research and soul-searching, my wife and I settled on Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood and, I gotta say, I’m pretty happy with that choice. But, that doesn’t mean Daniel Tiger isn’t the darkest show on television, because it totally is. Daniel Tiger is great not because it sugar-coats the crushing disappointments of life, but because each episode presents an emotionally gut-wrenching conflict every two minutes. The...
Pablo Neruda is such a controversial figure. People seem to either love him or hate him. Either way, parents and teachers are looking for resources to study the poet. And these resources can be hard for a person to find. It seems like the online lesson plans come and go, but I just updated my post Pablo Neruda Lesson Plans, Videos, Books, and More. This post contains affiliate links.Pablo Neruda Reading WorksheetI have also gone ahead and adapted the one-page reading passage in my Hispanic Poets packet into a more lengthy, stand-alone activity. It is now available in my TpT store.This is an age-appropriate short biographical intro to the poet, not the politician. It's best suited for students in 4th through 7th grade...
Memorial Day Worksheets to Learn About Our Nation’s Heroes Looking for Memorial Day worksheets? These reading comprehension color by number worksheets will allow students to review reading comprehension strategies while learning about Memorial Day. I worked hard to ensure that all the passages are respectful and sensitive since Memorial Day can be a trigger for students who lost military family or friends. This is important to remember when discussing Memorial Day – so many people are affected and are remembering their loved ones. God bless the great men and women who have sacrificed their dreams and lives to protect everything that our nation stands for. Keep reading to learn more about these Memorial Day reading worksheets! Don’t forget to scroll...
New York City is one of the most exciting and diverse cities in the world—and chances are it’s on your bucket list to visit at least once! If you haven’t made the trip yet, check out the newest season of Relatos en inglés, all about the Big Apple. Relatos en inglés is a Duolingo podcast that invites intermediate English learners in Latin America to practice their listening comprehension via compelling stories told by real English speakers. Our goal is to give intermediate learners an opportunity to practice and learn about the diverse communities that make up the English-speaking world. After five seasons and 40 episodes, we decided New York City deserved its own season! This will be our first-ever themed...
