Vocabulary-related-Activities-Animals

- Animal vocab and writing worksheet This is an easily modifiable worksheet that students can use to write sentences using farm animal vocabulary and (in this case) preterite or imperfect verbs. At the top, there is a picture of farm animals in a scene. Underneath, students write a paragraph about what happened at their grandfather's farm, discussing the animals pictured above. My students wrote really funny stories about the farm. It was fun, so I thought I would share this. user:rachelklomp

ANIMAL FLASHCARDS MADE BY STUDENTS: Another fun way to teach animals is to let the students teach eachother. At the beginning of the week I passed out a sheet with all the animals on it that I wanted them to learn with the English and Spanish (about 80 animals in total!). Each student chose between 4 and 6 animals out of a hat from this sheet that they are responsible for teaching to the class. (You should do the math the day before to know how many animals each student will be assigned.) For each animal that they draw out of the hat, they will make a big flash card with a picture of the animal in color and its name in Spanish. They also need a sound and movement for each animal. Then, I prepared a sign-up sheet for the following week for the students to sign-up for which day they would like to present their animals. During presentations, students say the animal in Spanish, the class repeats. Then the sound and movement is presented and the class also repeats. It was real fun to see my students acting so goofy in front of the class. Everyone was laughing. user:rachelklomp

To Review Ocean Vocabulary- I let my kids watch "Finding Nemo" as a review and a refresher of animal vocabulary. They also had this guide to fill out as they watched. user:cartierm

Animal Guessing Game
The students stand in a circle with one in the middle. The one who is "IT" has a blindfold/eyes closed. He spins around and points to a person. He names an animal, and the person he is pointing at makes the noise that animal makes. The person who is "IT" names three animals and each time the person he is pointing at (this should be the same person for each animal) makes the noise of that animal. After three animal noises, the person who is "IT" guesses who the person is. This is a fun game to play even in English, and the kids love it in Spanish. I remind them that the rest of the group must be very quiet so that the person who is "IT" does not hear them and know who he is pointing at. This game is a great way to learn animal vocabulary because they must say and understand names of the animals without looking at a cheat sheet, and also solidify the meaning, as opposed to translation, of the words by making animal noises. user:angelajm00

El Zoológico
Make a zoo out of the school/classroom! If you have lots of stuffed animals that is great, but also have the kids bring stuffed animals. They probably have siblings that have plenty. In preparation for the zoo, the kids can write descriptions (or some other practice of what you have already learned, what the animal eats, what it does, what it looks like, how old is it, what is the family like, what the animal likes/dislikes) of the animals. Have each student sign up for an animal to describe (or in groups/pairs) so that on your "zoo day" everyone can walk around the "zoo" and read the others' descriptions. On the "zoo day" you can also have assignments, such as searching for the answer to questions in the descriptions. We had lots of animals all over the school so I had my lower-level kids count how many of each animal there were. user:angelajm00

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My students are in love with this video! They think it is absolutely hilarious. It's a fun video to show what different animals say in Spanish vs English. user:eddingtona