Description
This reading activity is a great way to practice time and obligation with your students in Spanish!
This resource includes a two-page reading about a boy who is having a terrible day written in comprehensible language. The reading includes vocabulary supports at the bottom of the pages to help your students be successful. The boy is going from class to class and just can’t catch a break!
Click here to check out a digital Boom Card version of this story.
This resource includes two pages of comprehension activities in Spanish for students to complete after reading the story, as well as an activity to create a timeline of events. The timeline helps them focus on the hours and minutes included in the story!
It also includes a page of teacher notes explaining how I use this in my classroom. Lots of great ways to practice! It would also make a great sub plan!
Included in this resource:
❁ Teacher’s notes
❁ 2 page reading
❁ 3 pages of activities
❁ Answer Keys (not included for student opinion portion)
Please check out the thumbnails for a closer look!
The reading includes:
❁ School vocabulary (classes)
❁ Some school supplies (calculator, book)
❁ Time
❁ Tener que infinitive (singular forms)
++Vocabulary support in the form of footnotes
The reading is written in PRESENT TENSE.
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Sarah A. –
This resource was great- I enjoyed having another activity to teach Tener Que
Jessy C. –
Great resource—my students stayed engaged and learned a lot about school vocabulary.
Karen N. –
Students really enjoyed and were very engaged! It worked well within the unit!
Linda G. –
Silly story, but it reinforced the vocabulary for my students. It was easy enough for them to understand.
Debra L. –
We have used this resource for several activities in our school unit!
Rebecca C. –
Great reading activity and it helps students to better understand the concepts.
Sarah R. –
This resource was a wonderful addition to the mandatory ‘school’ unit that my district uses. Saved me lots of time!
Alexa B. –
I used this with my 7th and 8th grade Exploratory Spanish students. It was a great way to review school vocabulary at the end of the unit!
Backpack Spanish –
A wide range of activities! Thank you so much for this resource!
Kim S. –
Stories that hit all the target structures and vocabulary are so hard to create. This is such a time- saver. I also enjoyed the variety of activities that you provide with the stories. Thank you!
sandralis D. –
Great resource to review school and time. It also works perfect for when you have to be out.
Salvada por la Campana –
Love it! Great variety and one of the only (well made) resources I’ve found integrating telling time and school schedule. Thanks!
maria lozano –
loved this resource to help students talk about what they have to do
Katie E. –
This text was absolutely amazing to go along with my lesson on Tener+que. The story was great, and my class and I really enjoyed it for our story time. I also loved that time was incorporated into the text to give my Spanish 2 students a refresher on how to tell time in Spanish.
Eddy G. –
Extremely well done and helpful. Thank you!
Liza L. –
Thanks for this great story. It has been helpful while we learn “tener que.” It was fun to talk about the events in the story. It is at a level where it motivates them as it has basic concepts we have previously practiced but engaging as it allows them to learn new vocabulary. They enjoyed the story’s end.
Emily Taylor –
This is such an amazing resource when teaching Avancemos 2.1 with class schedule vocab and the verb tener. This activity took us a few days to complete, which was awesome since I was able to read the story out loud to them several times. By the end of these activities, they understood the story very well. The activities at the end also allow students to expand their thinking and use their creativity.
MARIKO C. –
My students enjoy the reading and comprehension activitities.
Victoria O. –
We enjoyed this, but I did alter it some to make it more suitable for my needs.
Ashley Taylor –
Thank you for this resource!
MaestraHowe –
This was a great story to use while we are learning “tener que.” I would like to have purchased it in an editable format. It was a little long for my students ability so I did change some of the story around. That was time consuming. A Google Drive resource would have been perfect.
Lisa B. –
My students loved this story. They all said that they could relate. What made it more relatable is the fact that everyday we do a “¿Cómo estás?” segment of the class. Sometimes students will ask, “¿Por qué?” and that is how the story ends.
Ashley Mikkelsen –
Ahhh that’s too funny! That’s exactly why that got written into this story, too!
SraBrownWHS –
great resource, gracias!
Anita Jakobitsch –
Nice resource!
Robyn D. –
My students enjoyed the story. I didn’t have a lot of time so I had the class work 5 minutes on their own, 7 minutes with a partner, and then 15 minutes with a quad. At then end we did a quick exit ticket on post-its. Which activity were you most confident about? Which activity was the most challenging? Which activity did you need more time to complete? Answers were varied but it gave me insight into individual students strengths and struggles.
Alejandro S. –
The story was excellent, my students loved it. We just did half of the activity because we didn’t have enough time (this issue is on my side, not the material), but what we completed was excellent.
Señora Ziegler –
Everything that you do is so high quality and this was no exception!
Rachel G. –
Great read for my Spanish I class. We got really into it and animated and it kept everyone engaged.
Helena W. –
Gracias
Karen H. –
Great resource!
Tapanga Burgess –
This story was interesting and had a good amount of cognates so that students were engaged and were able to figure out meaning. The activities were perfect for the reading, and I loved the activity that allowed them to talk about their own lives.
Jennifer K. –
Great skills practice. My students were successful with this. I have bought others like this and will continue to! Thank you.
Alisha D. –
Very understandable for my Level 1 students.
Pastel Profe –
This is a wonderful review of tener + que and time!
A SCHOOL OF FISH –
Great skill set review and practice!
Nuria Perez –
My students loved the text. They had fun reading the story. We all read the text as a group, and then they completed the activities independently. Great success. Great for 6th and 7th grade.
Amanda D. –
Thank you for this great story! We used it in my Spanish II as a review of tener que and my students and I enjoyed it.
Anna Claire Wallace –
My students really enjoyed this activity and I was very pleased with it!!
ANA SANCHEZ HERNANDEZ –
Amazing resource for the CI classroom!
Crystal H. –
My students really enjoyed this activity! It’s so well done! Mil gracias!!!
Lluvia G. –
I used this during the school subject chapter and it was great.
cristina walczak –
Great Resource!
Latin Locura –
This was an awesome resource – had students read aloud, translate, and write their own composition. Great variety of practice! Do you have any more products like this? Thanks!
Profa en el Sofa –
This is something that I could leave as sub plans for a non Spanish speaking teacher for my level 2s. Great resource.
Tienda de Senora –
Uses menos when teaching time. I would love if this reading and activities were also available without using menos with time.
Maria S. –
What a great source
Nicole S. –
Muchas gracias! Will be great practice for my students.
Lara B. –
great resource
Isis T. –
good
Martha L. –
This is working perfectly for my 6th grade class. Thank you for this wonderful resource.
Silvia Alba –
My students liked this activity.
Melissa G. –
Great product
Hola Dual Language –
Perfect! Thank you!
Amanda D. –
Great activity!
Delane S. –
After lots of CI pre-ceding a scheduled absence, the follow-up activities can be used for a substitute!
Kelly S. –
Great story – easy for the kids to understand!
Paola P. –
excelente
Elizabeth B. –
Fun activities to keep level 1 students engaged. Thank you!
kerry S. –
great practice and students really enjoyed it!
Maria Dolores U. –
Thank you!
iris hill –
Very useful!
Maestra Grimaldi –
Love the activities!
Terri N. –
Great!
Enid S. –
Excelente!
Kayty R. –
Great product! My students really enjoyed this!
Cositas de Cristina –
Nice context for teaching about school.
Elizabeth Bruemmer –
Great resource for my students to use when I had to be gone!
Jocelyn C. –
Thank you for sharing! I look forward to using this with my class.
Más Que Español –
I used this story for a change of pace, and turned it into a listening activity (with some visual help). They loved it! I was also really impressed by how well my level students were able to comprehend the story just by listening to it. I love the related activities, as well. They fit perfectly into our unit right now 🙂
Vanessa Drackett –
Great resource. Plan to use as a review activity.
Gracias.
Stephanie Portillo –
These have been a great hit with the students and I appreciate your efforts! Happy New Year!
VERONICA C. –
Excellent, like all your products!
Jennifer H. –
Good resource for school unit