Greetings and Goodbyes in Spanish Lesson

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If you’re planning a greetings and goodbyes in Spanish lesson, this review game is a great option to use to reinforce vocabulary. Let’s look at how to play this game with your classes!

Greetings and Goodbyes in Spanish Lesson

Greetings and Goodbyes in Spanish Lesson Vocabulary

This review game includes the following vocabulary words:

¡Adiós!
Buenos días.
Buenas tardes.
Buenas noches.
¡Chao!
¿Cómo estás?
¿Cómo está usted?
¿Cómo te llamas?
¿Cómo se llama usted?
El gusto es mío.
Estoy bien.
Hasta luego.
Hasta pronto.
Hasta mañana.
¡Hola!
Me llamo ________.
Mucho gusto.
Nos vemos.
¿Qué tal?
¿Y tú?
¿Y usted?

You’ll either want to give your students the vocabulary sheet for reference or make sure they’ve encountered these words prior to playing, or they’ll find the game played in the greetings and goodbyes in Spanish lesson quite frustrating instead of fun!

Greetings and Goodbyes in Spanish Lesson

Here are the steps in this greetings and goodbyes in Spanish lesson:

Optional: Students help with set up before the bell rings by hanging the clue cards
Begin with the start of class routine – click here to learn more!
Do the daily class routine – learn more about the daily routines here!
Introduce the game or remind students how to play if they have played before
Pass out the handouts
Set out the independent fast finisher

Image breaks down the greetings and goodbyes in Spanish lesson plan:
Students help set up
Start of class routine
Daily Routine
Corre en Círculos Review Game
Independent Fast Finisher

That’s a quick overview – let’s look at how to play the review game in more detail!

How to Set Up

This review game includes the following:

Printable student sheet
Printable vocabulary reference page
Printable puzzle
Digital puzzle for use with Google Slides
Instructions for teacher use
Answer Key

If you’re using the printable puzzle option, start by printing the file. Tape the sheets in random order around the room – or have your students do it!

When I travel between rooms so I usually just set the sheets and a few things of tape by the door. Students know they are expected to help with set up by grabbing a sheet or two, then attaching it to an appropriate space on the walls.

Click here to learn more tips for how to handle having multiple classrooms!

If you’re using the digital puzzle, you’ll just share the file with your students in your school’s learning management system, like Canvas or Google Classroom.

How to Play this Greetings and Goodbyes in Spanish Review Game

To play this game, students read the clue at the bottom of the page, record their answer, then find the answer around the room. When they find the answer, they go to it, and complete the next prompt, repeating until they have completed the circle! Some students like to race to see who can finish the loop fastest, others work at their own pace. Students can begin at any prompt and practice, checking their work as they go.

Download the review game and handouts here!

If you’re new to Corre en Círculos it can be a little confusing at first! Here’s a walkthrough of how I like to introduce this game to students the first time we play:

Of course, it’s totally up to you how to use the scavenger hunt game in the file. Here are 9 more options for ways to play with this clue cards!

Click here for 10 ways to play this review game!

How to Correct this Greetings and Goodbyes in Spanish Review Game

The great thing about the Corre en Círculos review game is that it’s basically auto correcting. Students get instant feedback as they play the scavenger hunt game because if they get back to a piece they’ve done before, they know they did something wrong. Likewise, if they get to where they started before they complete all the spaces on their handout, they know they did something wrong and they have to re-trace their steps!

Greetings and Goodbyes in Spanish Lesson Fast Finisher

Anytime students are playing a game or doing an activity where they will finish at different points I like to plan an independent activity. That way you’re not pulling students from one activity to another, or waiting on everyone to move to the next step of the lesson. Here are some great options for fast finishers for this greetings and goodbyes in Spanish lesson: