Spanish Thanksgiving Reading Passages and Worksheets

3 original reading passages about Thanksgiving in Spanish with comprehension questions and activities.

El primer Día de Acción de Gracias

This reading is about the history of the first Thanksgiving Day in America. It is mainly in the past tense (pretérito).

The comprehension activities include multiple-choice questions, putting parts of the story in chronological order, and a True / False Quiz.

Mi familia celebra el Día de Acción de Gracias

This reading is about how a family will celebrate Thanksgiving Day and roles each member of the family will have for this celebration. This reading mainly uses the future tense (futuro). The comprehension activities include multiple-choice questions, matching the family member to the Thanksgiving task they have to do, and a True / False Quiz.

El gran día del pavo Rorro

This reading is about a pet turkey called Rorro and what happens at Thanksgiving time. The comprehension activities include multiple-choice questions, find the 6 words that are not related to the reading passage, and a True / False Quiz.

There are simple comprehension questions and other activities to check understanding of each reading passage.

IMPORTANT: The reading passages, all questions and instructions are 100% in Spanish making it ideal for language immersion classrooms.

Answer sheets has been included so that students can check their own work if this resource is used as part of a literary center.

Bonus Listening Activity

We have now included the stories (without exercises) on separate pages, this time with certain words missing and replaced by a blank line where students can fill in the word they hear from our recording. This recording is in a video on our YouTube channel so students can listen to the stories in Spanish in the classroom or at home.

Note: The audio of the listening only appears on our YouTube channel. The recording is spoken by a native Spanish speaker.

Here is the audio that accompanies the short stories. It will also give you an idea of the content and level of these short reading passages:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJcnWwhAtBM

CONTENT: This resource contains 25 Pages:

• Teacher Guide in Spanish – (1 page)
• Spanish Reading – El primer Día de Acción de Gracias – (1 page)
• Comprehension Questions – (2 pages)
• Spanish Reading – Mi familia celebra el Día de Acción de Gracias – (1 page)
• Comprehension Questions – (2 pages)
• Spanish Reading – El gran día del pavo Rorro – (1 page)
• Comprehension Questions – (2 pages)
• Stories – Fill the gaps according to the listening – (3 pages)
• Teacher Answers – (12 pages)

LEVEL: Lower Intermediate (CEFR - A2+ Level) - Spanish 2

3 lecturas originales acerca del Día de Acción de Gracias (Thanksgiving) con preguntas de comprensión.

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¡Qué tengas buen día!

- Angélica y Rob W.