Are you tired of teaching the Spanish Yo-Go verbs to you middle school or high school students? Do your students feel like Spanish verbs, especially the ones with an irregular yo form can be so tricky? Do you feel like your students need more input and practice with verb conjugations in the target language but you’re running out of ideas for how to mix it up? Let me take the guesswork out of the process! Here are my favorite zero and low prep activities for teaching the Spanish Yo-Go verbs that will save you so much time you’ll actually be able to grab a hot cup of coffee during your free period! Read on in this blog post to find out more!
1. Task cards
This bundle of activities will get your Spanish students reading, writing, and speaking using Spanish Yo Go verbs! It includes speaking task cards, drawing activities to demonstrate understanding, logical/illogical statements, and practice with conjugation so students can see and hear the correct verb forms in context.
2. Interpersonal reading
These comprehensible Spanish reading passages will teach your students about life in Nicaragua! They make great cultural comparisons and are full of comprehensible input in Spanish! Students read a letter from a student in Nicaragua, answer comprehension questions, then write a response letter answering their pen pal’s questions and making comparisons to where they live. A natural approach to learning Yo Go verbs in Spanish!
3. Intro PowerPoint
Sick and tired of relying on the textbook to introduce Spanish yo go verbs to your students. Grab their attention with this yo go verbs PowerPoint & worksheets. The PowerPoint makes it so easy to explain the 9 most common Spanish yo go verbs. Then, check your students’ comprehension with 2 worksheets: matching & answering questions. The student handout is a great way to see if they’re mastering the yo go verbs. The answer key is included to make reviewing a breeze.
4. Running dictations
Looking to simplify your lesson planning for your Spanish classes? Then you will love this interactive running dictations activity! Students work in teams to race and see which group can correctly identify the sentences and create a drawing representing what they read. Get them practicing Spanish expressions with tengo, digo, salgo, vengo, oigo, pongo, hago, & traigo. Input based Spanish conjugation games are fun way to review yo go verbs in Spanish!
5. Digital- auto grading
Have you ever tried a digital mystery pictures activity? This is the same idea but a secret word is revealed! Plus, your students practice the forms of the yo go verbs in context while having fun uncovering the mystery word! You can print the activity on a piece of paper where students read sentences, figure out the correct yo go verb, then color in the boxes with the correct answers to reveal a secret phrase. OR the digital version on Google Sheets is self checking and automatically tells the students when they have the correct answer. This instant feedback helps them to master these present tense verbs
Get your students mastering the Spanish yo-go verbs today with these low & no prep activities. Letting students see the conjugated verb in context is one of the best ways to get them to acquire the verbs naturally. Enjoy all the time you’re saving from lesson planning and have the confidence to know that your students are practicing the reading, writing, and speaking skills necessary to build their Spanish confidence.
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