Cultural activities for ESL-EFL-ELL under $5

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:

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:

Grades:

K - 10th

Types:

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

Also included in: Spanish Countries and Capitals Geography Bundle

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:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Cultural Activities

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

ESL Activities: Conversation Cards

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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 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

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

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Inspiring Young Learners --- Beth Vaucher

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:

Back to School, EFL - ESL - ELD, Vocabulary

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

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:

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

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

Also included in: Hispanic Heritage Month Projects and Activities Bundle

Long Ago & Today Sort, Compare & Contrast Artifacts Scaffolded Writing Activity

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What I Have Learned

Long Ago and Now: Compare and Contrast Artifacts & Writing Activities help students understand how to compare and contrast the inventions from long ago and today. This is a series of lessons on compare and contrast, several sorts, and related writing activities.This mini-unit is in my Long Ago & Now Unit. DO NOT purchase this if you have or are purchasing the whole unit.LONG AGO & TODAY COMPARE AND CONTRASTTeacher Notes about Compare and ContrastInteractive Mini-book that compares

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Cultural Activities

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

ESL Getting to Know You Activities for Back to School - ESL Games - First day

Created by

Inspiring Young Learners --- Beth Vaucher

These "getting to know you" activities were created with ELL Newcomers in mind to lower the affective filter, take off any pressure to have to speak and to allow connections to be made amongst the teacher and peers. 5 different activities are included with a quick direction sheet and the materials needed to complete the activity. The best part is how much you will be able to learn about your newcomer students without them even having to say a word!Let's Connect!Looking for more support?Click her

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Other (ELA)

Grades:

K - 6th

Types:

SrtaEstrella Emergency Spanish Sub Plans

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

Spanish Quinceañeras: Reading and Substitute Plan

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This reading a good emergency substitute plan to keep handy. It includes three articles on Quinceañeras as well as comprehension questions following each article. The articles are written in English, so any level of Spanish can use it. Also included is a crossword puzzle featuring some of the terms from the articles and a key.Also check out my Quinceañera planning project:My Dream Quinceañera Planning ProjectAnd my Quinceañera Puzzles Pack here with additional puzzles: Quinceañera Puzzles PackKe

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading, Spanish

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Cultural Activities

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Movie Guide + Activities | Halloween

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Mr Hull's Movie Guides

This 7 page Halloween movie guide + extra activities for grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 accompanies the animation film "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966)". ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.This includes the following activities:• 15 comprehension questions to complete during the movie• Word search• Jack-o-lantern design• Writing a letter to the Great Pumpkin• Crossword• Answer sheets for the comprehension questions, word se

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Halloween

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Movie Guides, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.2

Also included in: 5 Pack Bundle | Halloween Movie Guide Questions + Activities | Lower Grades

Spain Virtual Field Trip - Hispanic & Latino Heritage Month

Created by

Travelicious Teacher

Take your students on an engaging adventure around Spain with this virtual field trip for primary students! It can be used to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month or provide a cultural, travel experience in the classroom.THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:Google Slides Virtual Field Trip Presentation (21 Slides) + 4 YouTube VideosPlease ensure you have internet and YouTube access before purchasing this resource.4 Google Slides DIGITAL ActivitiesKWL Chart3 Multiple Choice QuestionsSpain vs. Where I Live Compare

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Hispanic Heritage Month, Social Studies - History

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Cross Curricular Literacy Resources

Holidays around the World: Christmas Ornaments

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-Students will color ornaments from countries around the world. -Each ornament contains the flag of a country. -Color coding on each flag! -20 countries included -Great for ESL classrooms and Holidays around the World winter unit! -Decorate an international Christmas tree this year in your classroom!

Subjects:

Arts & Music, EFL - ESL - ELD, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

PreK - 8th

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas, Cultural Activities

Spanish-Speaking Countries (Cultural Facts) Interactive Notebook Activity

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This is a 3 page interactive notebook activity over the 21 countries of the Spanish-speaking world. Students will color, cut, and paste the flags of the 21 Spanish-speaking countries to their notebooks. Next, students will flip up each flag and write one or two cultural facts about each country. Cultural facts may include information about the countries holidays, celebrations, traditions, beliefs, sports, music, and food. Instructions are given on the first page. This activity was designed to b

Subjects:

Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

EFL - ESL - ELD, English Language Arts, Halloween

Also included in: Spanish Countries and Capitals Vocabulary Bundle

The Book of Life Movie Guide | Day of the Dead Activities | Answer Key Inc

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Mr Hull's Movie Guides

This 10 page movie guide with additional activities accompanies the film "The Book of Life (2014)" also known as "El libro de la vida". ★★ Check out the full preview! ★★This guide may also work well as a sub plan for your substitute teacher.PART 1 – Comprehension Questions• There are 25 questions altogether. I have made two sets for differentiation. One set is multiple choice and the other is long answer. They are both in chronological order and include answers. I like to act out the scenes to

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 6th

Types:

Movie Guides, Cultural Activities, Lesson

CCSS:

CCRA.SL.2

Also included in: 3 Pack Bundle - Halloween Movie Guide Questions + Extras Activities - 1

Mexico Virtual Field Trip - Hispanic & Latino Heritage Month - Day of the Dead

Created by

Travelicious Teacher

Take your students on an engaging adventure around Mexico with this virtual field trip for primary students! It can be used to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, Día de los Muertos, Cinco de Mayo or provide a cultural, travel experience in the classroom.THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES:Google Slides Virtual Field Trip Presentation (18 Slides) + 5 YouTube VideosPlease ensure you have internet and YouTube access before purchasing this resource.4 Google Slides DIGITAL ActivitiesKWL Chart3 Multiple Choice Que

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Hispanic Heritage Month, Social Studies - History

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

Classroom Community, EFL - ESL - ELD, Informational Text

My Culture Project

Created by

Ciara's Classroom

Celebrate cultural diversity in your classroom while supporting your students to develop their communication skills, understanding of others and appreciation for cultures around the world through 'My Culture Project'. This printable culture project contains space for your students to share their country, flag, languages, favourite traditional foods, a description of a special occasion they celebrate with their family, traditional outfits and other interesting facts about their culture. The cul

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Activities, Printables, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

W.1.2

, W.3.2

, W.3.7

, CCRA.W.7

Also included in: Identity Projects Bundle

Cinco de Mayo: Reading, Activities, & Substitute Plan for Spanish Class

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SrtaEstrella Emergency Spanish Sub Plans

This is a reading activity for Spanish class about Cinco de Mayo. It is also a good emergency substitute activity to keep handy in your sub folder. It can be used any time in Apri or Mayl. It includes three articles related to Cinco de Mayo and its traditions. Comprehension questions follow each article. Also included is a crossword puzzle featuring some of the terms from the articles. The articles are in English, so this can easily be used at any level and you can confidently leave it with a s

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading, Spanish

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Cultural Morning Meeting Greetings: Hello in Different Languages (Google Slides)

Created by

Travelicious Teacher

This multicultural resource is designed to be used with your students in person or virtually. It includes hello greetings in 24 different languages. It can be used as a greeting during morning meetings throughout the school year!How to Use this Resource:•"Present" the home page on Google Slides. Click the language you would like to practice. You will be redirected to that page. Watch the short video clip and greet each other in that language. Click the arrow to take you back to home page. Drag a

Subjects:

Classroom Community, EFL - ESL - ELD, Other (World Language)

Grades:

K - 5th

Types:

SrtaEstrella Emergency Spanish Sub Plans

Carnaval: Latin American Carnival Reading Activities and Substitute Plan

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This is a reading activity for Spanish class about Carnaval, or Latin American Carnival during the time of our "Mardi Gras." It is also a good emergency substitute activity to keep handy in your emergency substitute folder. This packet includes three articles related to New Year's in Spain and Latin American countries. Comprehension questions follow each article. Also included is a crossword puzzle featuring some of the terms from the articles. The articles are in English, so this can easily be

Subjects:

EFL - ESL - ELD, Reading, Spanish

Grades:

7th - 12th

Types:

Worksheets, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Hispanic Culture Internet Scavenger Hunt

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This is an internet scavenger hunt over Hispanic culture. This activity includes one or more cultural facts over each Spanish-speaking country and may be completed using the internet in a computer lab, using a mobile lab, or by allowing students to use their own electronic devices. There are 21 questions in total. All the answers may be found online at www.wikipedia.org. Answer key is included. Countries included: España, México, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá,

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Grades:

6th - 12th

Types:

Bilingual Classroom Solutions for SIFE and EBs

Also included in: Spanish Countries and Capitals Vocabulary Bundle

Bilingual Months of the Year Poster – Spanish and English

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This bilingual Spanish and English months of the year poster is perfect for any language-learning, bilingual, or dual-language classroom. The poster comes in two color options: one with traditional blue/red coding for languages, and the other with both languages in black. The real pictures featured in the poster render this product ideal for language-learners of all ages, including older newcomer students and SIFE from Spanish-speaking backgrounds! This poster can be enlarged up to 22"x29".*Note

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