Build confidence in your Spanish students with these fun Spanish cognate activities! Your students will be amazed at how much Spanish they can understand. I love seeing how proud they are of themselves for being able to successfully complete these activities!

1. COLLABORATIVE POSTER

Looking for a unique cognates activity for your Spanish class? Check out this Spanish school cognates collaborative poster! Not only will this Spanish collaborative poster provide a great team-building activity for your students, but you can also display the finished poster in your classroom for students to refer to throughout the year!

Best part? Students will also learn Spanish cognates! This collaborative poster comes with two extension activities for students to complete when they are done coloring their squares:

1. Vocabulary activity

2. Reading activity which is a reading passage that incorporates all the cognates on the poster and 10 comprehension questions for students to answer about what they read. It comes in three versions- Spanish reading passage and Spanish questions, Spanish reading passage and English questions, and English reading passage and English questions. Answer keys are included!

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Students will each color one square of the poster and cut it out. After they finish coloring and cutting, use the included guide to put the pieces together like a puzzle to create a beautiful 24″ x 36″ poster!

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• 1 poster with 15 school cognates in Spanish
• 3 poster options to fit your class size needs (18, 24, and 36 squares)
• Detailed student instructions
• Assembly directions with grid
• Vocabulary activity
• Reading passage and 10 comprehension questions in Spanish and English
• Answer keys
• Coloring page

THIS COLLABORATIVE POSTER IS GREAT FOR:

• Hallway display
• Door decor
• Bulletin board
• Sub plan
• Brain break
• Ice-breaker
• Team-building activity
• Fast-finishers

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2. MYSTERY PICTURES

Get students excited about learning Spanish and build their confidence with these engaging, easy-to-grade digital mystery picture activities! Students will learn 40 cognates, and get a dose of culture, as they answer questions to reveal a picture of the famous tomato-throwing festival in Valencia, Spain called La Tomatina or a fun holiday image.

Best part? This activity is self-checking! If a student’s answer is correct, part of the hidden picture will be revealed. If a student’s answer is incorrect, the picture will not change. That lets the student know he/she needs to try again. The instant feedback really helps students improve their skills! This first picture is a great segway into a conversation about the neat tradition of La Tomatina!

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3. READING COMPREHENSION MYSTERY PICTURES

Do your new Spanish students tell you they don’t know any Spanish? Show them they know more than they think they do with these super fun cognates activities!

Your students will be blown away when they realize they can not only understand the gist of a reading passage in Spanish, but they can also answer questions about what they read! This no-prep digital mystery picture has a comprehensible passage about the origin of tacos al pastor that is full of cognates. After students read the passage, they will type answers to 36 questions right there in the Google Sheet.

Like the above mystery pics, this Spanish reading activity is self-checking! If a student’s answer is correct, part of the hidden picture will be revealed. If a student’s answer is incorrect, the picture will not change. That lets the student know he/she needs to try again. The instant feedback really helps students improve their skills! Students love trying to guess what the picture is as they complete the activity. Hint: it has to do with the story!

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4. PRINTABLE READING ACTIVITIES (SUB PLANS)

Build confidence in your Spanish students with these cognates reading activities! Your students will be amazed at how much of a comprehensible passage in Spanish they are able to read because of all the cognates in it. I love seeing how proud they are of themselves for being able to answer all the questions!

These no-prep printable activities for Spanish cognates are for anyone looking to improve their Spanish students’ reading comprehension skills and their understanding of cognates. There are three print-and-go activities to go along with the comprehensible reading passage for you to choose from: task cards, a crossword puzzle, and worksheets. Talk about an easy Spanish sub plan!

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I hope these ideas for teaching cognates! If you enjoyed this post, I would love it if you would pin it so others can benefit from it, too! Thanks and have a great day!

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