Description
These short readings are a great way for your students to get lots of input!
This resource includes 20 short readings about people going about their day in a city written in comprehensible language. The readings include vocabulary supports at the bottom of the page to help your students be successful. The readings are a description of each person’s plans for the day and where things are located in their city!
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This resource includes a scavenger hunt activity for students to complete. Hang the readings around the room and let them walk and read, practicing their comprehension skills!
It also includes a mapping activity for students to create their own city, as well as a chart to record information about each others’ cities. Lots of great ways to practice!
Each reading includes:
❁ Name
❁ What they are going to do
❁ Where they are going to go
❁ Location of the buildings in the city, using prepositions of location
++Vocabulary support in the form of footnotes
The readings are ALL written in PRESENT TENSE.
VOCABULARY INCLUDED:
BUILDINGS:
- El aeropuerto
- El apartamento
- El banco
- La biblioteca
- La casa
- El café
- El cine
- El correo
- La escuela
- La estación de autobuses
- La estación de policÍa
- La estación de tren
- La florería
- El gimnasio
- La heladería
- El hospital
- La panadería
- El parque
- El restaurante
- El supermercado
- La tienda de ropa
DESCRIPTIONS OF LOCATION:
- Entre
- Esquina
- Este
- Cerca
- Lejos
- Norte
- Noroeste
- Oeste
- Sur
VERBS EMPHASIZED:
- Acabar de
- Comprar
- Ir
- Querer
- Trabajar
*The vosotros form is not included.
Pages included:
- 20 short readings
- Scavenger hunt – find who is going where
- Answer key for the scavenger hunt
- Mapping activity – students read the clues and fill in the city
- Scaffolded version of the mapping activity – separate clues instead of students looking at the short readings
- Answer key for the mapping activity
- Create a city drawing activity
- Writing activity to go with students’ completed cities
- Cover page & end page to turn into a mini-book
- ALL pages included with a digital Google Slides Option (50+ Slides)
- Additional reading comprehension activity for each of the readings using Google Slides OR Boom Cards – each of the 20 readings has 3 comprehension questions – also available separately here
- Teacher’s notes for use
Please check out the preview for a closer look!
Boom Cards info:
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QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS
Email me at ashley@srtaspanish.com if you have any questions or concerns about this product. If you are not sure that this product will work for you, please check out one of the preview link. Keep in mind that the preview shows you what the game is going to look like.
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Sarah A. –
Used this for 7th grade spanish- another great product from Srta Spanish
Sarah R. –
This was a great resource to add to a ‘city unit’. It saved me time and gave me yet another resource for students to read and see the vocabulary terms in context without me having to write it!
Marisol Nieto –
A great resource to complement my lesson and use for review before testing!
Sarah W. –
The readings were a great addition to my FVR library!
Dawn M. –
This was a very thorough and well put-together resource. Thank you.
Melissa B. –
I have several Srta Spanish activities- they come with clear explanations and answer keys.
ALEXANDRA M. –
Used this as a group activity and a gallery walk in a cities unit. Kids enjoyed it.
Bethany N. –
Great communicative activity that simulates real-world interactions! Great resource!
Señorita Spanglish –
Great resource to accompany my city unit in my Spanish 2 classes! I like how it also incorporates prepositions of place, something that I teach in Spanish 1 and review in Spanish 2!
The Language Lab –
I love using these as review activities for students! This was great!
Joshua F. –
This activity really helped with prepositions. Prepositions are one of those parts of speech that are just tough to learn and remember, but this activity was super helpful for my students.
Kristen P. –
Great resource, it was very engaging for my students.
Barbara L Clark –
A variety of activities all in one place to work on interpretive and interpersonal skills as we talk about where we live. Several choices allowed for some differentiating while still ensuring.that everyone is practicing the same target vocab and functions
Keila H. –
t’s a great way to keep them engaged and make learning fun. Will definitely use more resources from this seller
Stacey K. –
Great resource to use during our city unit–students really enjoyed it! I will be using this year after year! Gracias!
Marlin C. –
Thank you Srta. Spanish. I love this resource. It is engaging and easy to understand. Students were having fun as they read the stories and did the gallery walk.
Katherine Milositz –
A wonderful activity to use prepositions and lugares vocabulary -thank you!
Shannon C. –
This was a fun and engaging reading activity that my students enjoyed.
Ana B. –
My students love this activity, I used it in two different ways.
In 6th grade we read the cards and translated them, then they designed their imaginary city.
7th and 8th we read the cards and created the city based on the cards. We love it!!!
Sandra R. –
A really comprehensive time-saving resource great for differentiation in and among different levels.
Maestra De Español –
Students were fully engaged in the reading. The passages contain many words/phrases that we already worked on so they felt encouraged to try and figure out what they said – most classes didn’t even ask to use Google Translate! There was productive conversation throughout class. They enjoyed the part of figuring out were things where on the map. Muchas gracias 🙂
Charissa F. –
I love the readings activities! I cannot recommend them enough! So engaging and they provide lots of input and practice.
Ashley Mikkelsen –
Yay!! I’m so glad to hear that you love them. Thank you for your feedback!
L B –
HUGE resource with so many options! Loved them all. Thank you for creating and sharing!
Stacey R. –
I loved this resource. The readings/ city map were definitely a good challenge for my freshmen Honors students but it was awesome!
Victoria C. –
A great resource to practice all that we learned! Loved the readings and the questions!
Jessica T. –
Soooo many activities! Super engaging! My students loved it. We specially like the readings/scavenger hunt. I printed the stories and put them in sheet protectors then placed them around the room. My students then had to walk around to read and find the people around the city and then label the map placing the character/people in the correct locations. Tons of fun!
Angela S. –
Great resource to use in class with my students! Thank you!
Pineapples and Pinatas –
Great resource to use with the city and places around town unit!
Rebecca C. –
This is a great resource to use when covering La Ciudad. My students enjoyed the short readings.
Plan español –
This resource was great for emergency plan. Students were engaged.
Holly D. –
Thank you for a great reading activity. I was able to leave this with my substitute for an easy and engaging lesson.
Profe’s Corner –
I highly recommend this set to teach preposiciones de lugar.
Sarah W. –
I loved the variety of ways that students interacted with prepositions and city vocabulary in these activities. I used the readings with an activity for sub plans and then the follow up activity of them piecing together the town when I was back to check on their understanding of what they’d done the day before.
Maria Elena G. –
My students enjoyed this activity. Great graphics.
Karry P. –
I really like these activities. I passed out a few reading locations to each group and then they proceeded to figure out who went where and did what. This set had new options to complete (fill out / make the city) which was more challenging than the typical find someone who that we’ve done. This was a great review of prepositions as well as locations.
Señora la exploradora –
This was challenging for many students because many of them do not know how to READ A MAP?!? Excellent quality and very educational for my classes.
Ashley Mikkelsen –
Maybe I should add cross curricular to the description? I’m glad it was useful for you and your students! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave feedback 🙂
Steven M. –
I found this to be very useful in my own planning for future units.
Heather Kandiko –
A nice variety of activities to practice la ciudad and giving directions.
Michele C. –
Great for vocabulary acquisition
K Porter –
Great resource with lots of activities! I didn’t even get to use all of them. Mapping the city was challenging but provided great practice for reading, vocab, and mapping skills from the elementary days. My A+ students enjoyed taking on the challenge.
Timeline to Today –
Used some of the activities. Almost all worked great.
Bloomingin2Bilinguals –
Loved the short passages it offers!
Kellie A. –
Wow! This was a fun resource to incorporate into my Ciudad unit. Terrific graphics and engaging activities.
Ashley D. –
This activity has served me well to introduce both city and preposition vocabulary. Students enjoy the puzzle of figuring out their locations on the map. I have tried to use both the digital and print versions; my students enjoy the print version the most though!
Cruz P. –
Great resource for students for stations.
Lisa T. –
Thank you!
Guadalupe S. –
My students both online and in-person loved this activity and it was easy to introduce the prepositions. Great resource!
Lisa M. –
using this via google slides allowed me to add notes for vocabulary we had not covered in class making these accessible everyone! I was able to hold my students accountable for certain vocabulary / grammar concepts while supporting them with unfamiliar structures / vocabulary. Easy to monitor student work via google classroom!!!
Vos Spanish –
This was a great activity! Thank you!
SavannaArevalo –
My students loved this resource during our thematic unit over the places in the city and travel. I loved that my students had the opportunity to practice target structures in meaningful context.
glicer A. –
My students greatly enjoyed this resource. Great practice and great way to get them talking.
Dawn T. –
I had my students do this when I was out and had a sub. They worked in small groups. They found it challenging – especially the map at the end! – but everyone was engaged! 🙂
Heather S. –
I love finding novice level readings for my students. Thank you!
Hannah D. –
My students were challenged with this activity, but they loved it! Great to get up out of our seats!
Sarah Gaffney –
There are some awesome activities here that can used easily for in-person or remote learning. I appreciate how both versions are easy to use and fun for students.
Nicole B. –
Thank you so much for giving us BOTH digital and in-person options! My students are always so engaged in these activities! Gracias!
Katja D. –
My students loved this resource and me too. Easy to prepare and use.
Terri N. –
I love that Srta. Spanish is adding Google Slides and Boom Cards to so many of the resources. There are so many engaging ways to use all of the items in this package!
Ashley Brown –
The students felt more confident in their reading comprehension and loved practicing with their own cities!!
Jennifer H. –
Used with students who finished faster to allow them greater creativity and freedom to use what they have learned. Big hit!