Thanksgiving Bulletin Board Ideas for Fall in Spanish Class
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I love Thanksgiving! It’s one of my favorite holidays, if not my absolute favorite! What is there to dislike about a holiday about being thankful, being with loved ones, and eating delicious food? I know it’s not a super common holiday to include in Spanish class, but I have always tended toward including things my students enjoy and doing those topics IN Spanish. And at this point in the school year, we could all use a rest, reset, some fun, and gratitude. So, grab your pumpkin spice latte and let’s look at some Thanksgiving bulletin board ideas for Spanish class!
Thanksgiving Bulletin Board Ideas for Spanish Class
You can use these Thanksgiving bulletin board ideas for your classroom bulletin boards, school hallways, in the world languages department – anywhere you might need to put a bulletin board display to celebrate the fall season this time of year in a fun way and show off your students’ work! Here are some of my favorite ideas for middle school and high school Spanish students!
List of Thanksgiving Bulletin Board Ideas:
- Thankful Turkeys
- Word Wall
- Thankful Heart Mexican Hot Chocolate & Concha Bulletin Board
- Free Turkey Bulletin Board for Clothing & Colors Vocabulary
- Thankful Turkey Bulletin Board
- Drawing in Spanish Class Videos
- Conjugation Craftivity
Thankful Turkeys
You’ll love this Spanish Thanksgiving bulletin board idea because it’s a great way for your Spanish students to enjoy this time of year, think about gratitude, and (of course) practice Spanish!
Bulletin Board Includes:
- Print and go turkey page in Spanish and English
- Printable turkey craft in Spanish and English – color, write, and assemble the turkey
- “Doy gracias por..” Printable Banner and bulletin board letters to turn student work into a classroom display!
- Digital version for an individual student for use with Google Slides
- Digital version for a shared class version (each student gets their own Slide) with Google Slides
- Teacher’s Guide & Notes for use
I always love seeing their little turkeys decorated with each student’s name and their creative ideas for talking about things they’re thankful for! Students have a lot of fun checking out what their peers have added to their turkeys, too.
Thanksgiving Word Wall
This word wall from Señora Lee – for the LOVE of Spanish is a great way to support your students! This is a great way to get students talking about likes, dislikes, and what they are going to eat for the holiday. Yum!
Vocabulary includes:
- cranberries
- sweet potatoes
- broccoli
- pumpkin
- peas
- green beans
- corn
- rolls
- potato
- pumpkin pie
- pecan pie
- turkey
- mashed potatoes
- stuffing
- gravy
- sandwich
- vegetables
- carrot
- spoon
- knife
- fork
- plate
- napkin
- salt
- pepper
The download also includes cards with “Me gusta”, “No me gusta”, “Me gusta mucho”, “No me gusta nada” to help them talk about their opinions of the food pictured on the wall, as well as cards with “Voy a comer…” and “No voy a comer…”. It comes in black & white or fall color scheme for easy printing options!
Thankful Heart Mexican Hot Chocolate & Concha Bulletin Board
Use this Mexican hot chocolate and concha hands-on craft to teach about gratitude. The resources are included in both Spanish and English. This is a great way to incorporate culture and SEL into the classroom, plus a Thanksgiving craft that is unique!
Students will:
- fill in a list of what they are grateful for according to the alphabet.
- Write the top items they are grateful for on the hearts
- Color, cut, and glue together the Mexican hot chocolate, concha, and hearts
For an optional extension, a second page is included to make this project 3D. You could have students write a short paragraph on this page of what they are grateful for.
When the project is complete, create a bulletin board of the students’ works with the included bulletin board letters to spell out LLENA DE GRATITUD or FULL OF GRATITUDE. Perfect for a thankful bulletin board this autumn season! Click here to download.
Free Resource for Turkey Bulletin Board
While I often use Thanksgiving to focus on themes of gratitude with students, sometimes it’s just fun to do something seasonal and a bit silly with students, too! I recently created this free printable activity for Thanksgiving so I wanted to share it with you today. You can print it and use it right away, or it would make a great emergency sub plan. Check out the free activity for Thanksgiving and ways you can use it in your classroom!
Students can complete the activity as independent work, doing some creative writing and then color the turkey they described! It’s a great option for reinforcing different colors and clothing vocabulary! Check it out here.
Thankful Turkey Bulletin Board
Check out an easy Thanksgiving bulletin board for Spanish class from Mis Clases Locas! The Thankful Turkey is the perfect way to talk about what you are thankful for in Spanish class. Use cardboard or brown paper to cut out the turkey’s body, then students work in a collaborative project to co-create the turkey. Learn more here and check out the free resource she has!
Drawing in Spanish Class Thanksgiving Bulletin Board Ideas
Maybe art isn’t your main subject area, but it’s fun to cross over every now and then! In my Drawing in Spanish Class blog post, I shared a Youtube channel where the creator makes how to draw videos as she speaks in Spanish at a novice student’s level. You just need some white paper and markers. It’s a great way to include a simple art project in your lesson plans! Check out this video for her “Pavo de Gracias” fall art project. She also has a “Dibujo una calabaza” video you could use to post as a fall classroom bulletin board and turn it into a little pumpkin patch!
Conjugation Craftivity
If you’d love to have some turkey grams fun, but you don’t have space in your curriculum for it, here’s a bit of inspiration for you! Your students will review Spanish and decorate your room for Thanksgiving all at once! Students write an infinitive on their turkey, then conjugate the verb on its feathers!
You can also have your students decorate the turkeys for added color. It’s an adorable way to review and enjoy some festive decor!
Download Includes:
- Printable bulletin board letters for display
- “Corner Turkeys” to print to add colorful decor to your bulletin board along with the students’ finished work
- Blank turkeys for students to choose their own verb
- Blank turkeys for you to add any verb as needed for your unit
- Pre-labeled turkeys with high frequency verbs, regular -ar verbs, regular -er verbs, & regular -ir verbs (present tense regulars)
- Blank turkey that is already assembled in case you would like to skip the glue
Click here to download this Thanksgiving-themed bulletin board!
More Thanksgiving Activities for Spanish Class
See reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities for your Spanish classes getting into the holiday spirit!
Movie Talk is such a great way to get your students tons of comprehensible input in a fun way. Check out this escaping turkeys short & free resources to go with it!
Not sure what to do that weird short week before break? Check out these ideas!
Need a quick sub plan? Check out this free describe your turkey activity!
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