Halloween cultural activities for ESL-EFL-ELL

This is a restaurant menu project for Spanish I. Students will design a restaurant menu that serves traditional Spanish dishes from a Spanish-speaking country of their choice. This project includes an introduction page with all the project requirements, 2 restaurant menu examples, a 2-page project planner/graphic organizer, and a grading rubric for student presentations. Project Requirements: * A menu cover with the restaurant name in Spanish, the days and hours of operation, address, and phon

Subjects:

Projects, Graphic Organizers, Cultural Activities

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Starry Night Pumpkins : Art Lesson Plan - Halloween - Fall - Autumn

Created by

Art with Creations Claudia Loubier

Here is an art project that highlights the arrival of autumn while also discovering Vincent Van Gogh and other impressionist painters. Your students will create artwork with pumpkins/squash while using superimposition. They will work in the manner of the impressionists to colour their projects. The technique of using oil pastels and tempera paint gives an incredible result. Level:Grades One and upTechniques:DrawingPainting Visual Language:Warm and cool coloursDifferent kinds of lines : (curved

Subjects:

Art History, Autumn, Halloween

Grades:

1st - 8th

Types:

Cultural Activities, Lesson

Long Ago & Now Grandparent Day Interview Activity, Family Tree, Student Timeline

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What I Have Learned

Introduce your students to their family history with this fantastic Long Ago & Now Grandparent Interview Activity, Family Tree, and Student Timeline. This lesson series uses compare and contrast strategies to help students understand how their lives are similar to or different from their grandparents' lives. It makes for a great Grandparents' Day activity! Plus, the strong home-to-school connection will help keep everyone involved and excited about learning. This mini-unit is in my Long Ago

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Other (Social Studies - History)

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Social Studies BUNDLE - Biography Report, Long Ago, Map Skills, Laws & Nations

Bundle: Emergency Sub Plans for Spanish Teachers

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SrtaEstrella Emergency Spanish Sub Plans

Are you a Spanish teacher in a hurry? Often, it can be very difficult to make substitute plans for a foreign language class. We want our students to be able to answer the questions without feeling the need to translate. These are packets ready for you to print and go when you are in need of an emergency sub plan.Included in this bundle are four of my non-holiday specific emergency Spanish sub plans. You get four for the price of three. Each packet includes cultural readings in English and includ

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading, Spanish

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Homework, Cultural Activities

Coco Movie Guide | Day of the Dead Activities | Questions | Differentiated

Created by

Mr Hull's Movie Guides

This 16 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "Coco (2017)". ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★Great to watch to learn more about Mexican culture and Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.Steeped in Mexican culture and folklore, the movie follows young Miguel whose dreams of becoming a musician are hampered by his family's ban on music. Magically entering the Land of the Dead, Miguel embarks on an ex

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Halloween

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Movie Guides, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.4.7

, SL.2.2

, SL.3.2

, SL.4.2

, CCRA.SL.2

Also included in: 2 Pack Day of the Dead Movie Guide Bundle | Questions | Activities

Flags of Spanish-Speaking Countries Coloring Sheets

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This is a 2 page coloring activity with the 21 flags of the Spanish-speaking world. Students follow a color by number key to color in each section of the flags. Only five colors are needed: rojo, amarillo, verde, azul cielo, and azul (red, yellow, green, sky blue, and blue). This is a great activity when reviewing Spanish-speaking countries, Hispanic culture, holidays, colors, or as an emergency substitute activity. Can be printed 2 sided or separately. Makes a great classroom decoration. Exampl

Subjects:

Printables, Cultural Activities

Grades:

K - 10th

Types:

Also included in: Spanish Countries and Capitals Geography Bundle

ESL Vocabulary Picture Dictionary & ESL Newcomer Activities

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EFL - ESL - ELD, Phonics, Vocabulary

One of the most useful tools for ELL newcomers to have is a picture dictionary to begin to build vocabulary in English. This growing bundle includes 3 picture dictionaries that all support newcomers in foundational English skills. This Bilingual Picture Dictionary is the perfect resource to provide your newcomers with so that they can have a tool to use in all classes and work on vocabulary independently.This Bilingual Picture Dictionary will also help give students the confidence to start speak

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Cultural Activities

Then & Now Compare & Contrast Writing Activities Long Ago & Today Venn Diagram

Created by

What I Have Learned

Through this Long Ago and Today Social Studies unit, students learn how their lives relate to people and events long ago. Students compare and contrast life long ago to life today. Text pages include information about school long ago. The engaging activities also foster a strong home and school connection.The Then and Now unit includesVocabulary cards in two formats (BUNDLE ONLY)An in-depth reading passage with fact sorting, comprehension questions, and QR codesMini-book that supports the artic

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Other (Social Studies - History), Social Studies - History

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Cultural Activities

Spanish-Speaking Countries, Capitals, and Nationalities Bundle

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This is a bundle of 15 resources over the 21 Spanish-Speaking Countries, Capitals, and Nationalities. In this bundle you will receive a Spanish-speaking country profile project, 2 map labeling activities, a matching quiz activity, 2 internet scavenger hunt activities, a 2 page coloring activity and a windsock craftivity with the 21 flags of the Spanish-speaking world, a passport mini booklet activity, an interactive notebook activity, 7 vocabulary activities, 3 vocabulary games, 2 grammar activi

Subjects:

Projects, Cultural Activities

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Survival Words and Phrases for ESL Newcomers - ESL Visuals, ESL Picture Cards

Created by

Back to School, EFL - ESL - ELD, Vocabulary

The best place to begin to support ELL Newcomers is through vocabulary and visuals. This set of survival flashcards will help you provide your students with exactly that type of support. These flashcards are great to print, laminate, and give to your newcomers to carry around with them to all classes. Each flashcard has a voiced over QR code so that the students can listen and practice the vocabulary on their own at home. Let's Connect!Looking for more support?Click here to sign up for a free ye

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Bulletin Board Ideas, Cultural Activities, For Principals & Administrators

Also included in: ESL Newcomers Beginning of the Year Activities - ESL Back to School First Week

Day of the Dead/ El Día de los Muertos Webquest

Created by

Profe Nygaard

This is an awesome cultural activity that has students researching Day of the Dead on their own. They are engaged and busy the whole hour! This internet research activity is perfect for sub plans or having time in class yourself to get caught up on grading! Students can work independently or in groups, on paper or on Google Slides... whatever works best for your classroom environment!Included:- Four-page worksheet packet - Digital Google Slides version- Answer keyHow to use this resource:- Print

Subjects:

Halloween, Hispanic Heritage Month, Latinx Studies

Grades:

9th - 12th

Types:

Cultural Activities

Also included in: Day of the Dead Lessons Bundle of Secondary Resources in English

Cinco de Mayo Craft {Pinata Fiesta Fun with Mexico Symbols}

Created by

Robin Sellers

Cinco de Mayo: Cinco de Mayo fun! This Cinco de Mayo craft is a pinata that your students can make for some Mexico Fiesta Fun! Students color or paint the black and white printable pages. It includes Mexico symbols including a map outline of Mexico, a Mexican flag, a guitar, a monarch butterfly, a cactus, a sombrero, and a pepper. Each on of these items in accompanied by a candy that has the name for the symbol in English and Spanish. You can choose to use both of these labels if you wish. There

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Social Studies - History, Spring

Grades:

PreK - 4th

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Cultural Activities

ESL Activities: Conversation Cards

Created by

A Classroom for All Seasons

These are 72 conversation cards for your ESL classroom. They can be used as a warm up activity and are a great way to get students settled in at the beginning of class. In addition, they can also be used as writing prompts. Each topic is color coded. The topics include• “Getting to Know You”• “Food”• “Your Neighborhood/ Housing”• “Free Time”• “Feelings/Emotions”• “The Past”• “Holidays”• “The Future”• “If…” (Conditional)ESL Conversation Cards Set 2 is available here ESL Activities: Conversatio

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, ESL / ELL / EFL

Grades:

6th - 12th, Adult Education

Types:

Cultural Activities

Also included in: ESL Speaking Activities: Bundle

Cinco de Mayo Activities Art Project- Dia de los Muertos Sugar Skulls Template

Created by

Box of Ideas

These adorable Dia de los Muertos sugar skulls are the perfect Day of the Dead art project. One of the best Dia de los Muertos activities is making colorful classroom decorations like this sugar skull craft. Save $$ with our DAY OF THE DEAD MINI BUNDLE. They look beautiful displayed all-together as a collaborative art project in a Spanish bulletin board.Budget saving YEAR-ROUND bundle: MEXICO ACTIVITIES BUNDLE_____________________________________► Why is this resource useful?Early finishers acti

Subjects:

Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal, Spanish

Grades:

PreK - 9th

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Winter of Fun Activities, Classroom Decor Crafts PreK, Preschool, Kindergarten

El Día de los Muertos Bulletin Board Set Day of the Dead Spanish Word Wall

Created by

Sra Cruz

This Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead Bulletin Board Set makes a great word wall, bulletin board display, etc. for your Spanish classroom. This set has a title / heading and 12 different Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead symbols. It includes 3 versions: image and word only, Spanish description, English description.⭐This resource is included in my HOLIDAYS MEGA BUNDLE full of holiday resources for the entire school year!⭐Includes 3 different pdf versions:✅ word & image✅ word, image, a

Subjects:

Halloween, Spanish, World Language

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Word Walls, Bulletin Board Ideas, Cultural Activities

Also included in: El Día de los Muertos BUNDLE Day of the Dead Activities includes DIGITAL

Day of the Dead - Collaborative Art Poster

Created by

Kickstart My Art

24-piece "Day of the Dead" collaborative art poster. Easy to follow color-by-letter format. Each poster piece measures approximately 7 x 7 inches, making the total size of the finished poster about 28 x 42 inches. Included in this lesson: *24 printable poster pages *Poster instructions *Example of finished poster *Warm and cool color example chart

Subjects:

Halloween, Spanish, Visual Arts

Grades:

3rd - 8th

Types:

Projects, Posters, Cultural Activities

Día de los Muertos Day of the Dead & Mexico Novice Spanish Reading Comprehension

Created by

Mis Clases Locas

This Spanish cultural reading was designed for NOVICE Spanish students to give them a basic overview of Mexico while staying in Spanish. This Spanish reading comprehension includes sections in Spanish on Geography, Culture & the Day of the Dead / el día de los muertos.This Día de Muertos reading would be perfect for novice Spanish students who are about to read the novel Tumba by Mira Canion. This Spanish reading comprehension activity is also a good introduction to the films the Book of Lif

Subjects:

Halloween, Hispanic Heritage Month, Spanish

Grades:

8th - 10th

Types:

Worksheets, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.2

Also included in: El Día de Muertos Day of the Dead BUNDLE for Spanish class El Día de los Muertos

Disney Halloween Virtual Field Trip Disneyland - Halloween Activities

Created by

LoveGrowsLearning

This Disney Halloween virtual field trip to Disneyland will be one of your students' favorite Halloween activities. Go on an adventure with your class to see a Tour of Disneyland, Halloween Activities, Halloween Show Special, and more! This Disneyland Halloween virtual field trip is easy to prep, is interactive, includes videos, and has companion activities. This virtual field trip would be the perfect addition to your Halloween activities a Halloween class party.Save $$ and get this as part of

Subjects:

Halloween, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Activities, Simulations, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

SL.K.1

, SL.K.1a

, SL.1.1

, SL.1.1a

, SL.2.1

...

Also included in: Virtual Field Trip Growing Bundle, Holidays, Countries, Video Lessons

ESL Vocabulary & Speaking Flashcards Activities - ESL Newcomer Vocabulary Cards

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EFL - ESL - ELD, Oral Communication, Vocabulary

The ELL Toolkit was created as a way for newcomer students to quickly begin to pick up key English vocabulary and phrases through multiple conversation activities. Real photos are used to allow students to make connections to the new language and games make it fun for students to put into practice what they are learning. What's included in the ELL Toolkit:-Real photographs to represent key vocabulary words and phrases. -Lesson plans-Differentiated activities that promote speaking opportunities.

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Cultural Activities

ESL Lessons and Activities | ESL Sub Plans | ESL Reading Comprehension & Writing

Created by

EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Reading aloud to our students is one of the best ways that we can improve their comprehension of language. This is especially true when working with ESL Reading Comprehension. Your K-5 students will be easily engaged as they listen and interact with 24 fiction and nonfiction texts. The extended ESL worksheets will cover all four language domains: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing. The ESL lesson included has step-by-step instructions for easy, fun learning. The opportunities for student

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Activities, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Papel Picado Tissue Banners

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This is a set of 5 papel picado templates for making a colorful tissue paper banner. This is a fun craft for secondary students to make and display when celebrating Hispanic holidays such as Cinco de Mayo, Hispanic Heritage Month, or Mexico's Independence Day. You may choose to have younger students simply color in the templates and display them on the walls. These templates are available in both color and blackline. They make a great festive decoration as a boarder around your classroom walls.

Subjects:

Printables, Cultural Activities

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Also included in: Hispanic Heritage Month Projects and Activities Bundle

ESL Newcomers Beginning of the Year Activities - ESL Back to School First Week

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EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Vocabulary

Are you working with ELL Newcomers this year and not sure where to begin? Or did your principal just inform you that a newcomer student will be starting in your class tomorrow? These situations can cause a lot of stress and additional burden, but they don't have to! The Getting Started with ELL Newcomers is filled with materials for the first month of working with ELL beginners. It will give you a variety of materials to begin your students on the English journey in both interactive and engaging

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Activities, Flash Cards, Cultural Activities

Hispanic Heritage Month Projects and Activities Bundle

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