Communicative Spanish Preterite Practice (AR, ER, IR, Irregular Verbs)

Bring grammar to life this fall with this interactive, color-coded Conjugation Tree — a visual and hands-on resource designed to help students practice verb conjugations through communication and discovery, not memorization!

This autumn-themed Spanish resource invites students to “grow” their grammar as they add verbs and sentences to each branch of the tree. Perfect for reviewing or introducing preterite tense endings (and adaptable for present tense), this activity keeps learning engaging, visual, and meaningful.

🌳 Drag- and- drop Color-coded leaves:

• AR verbs

• ER / IR verbs

• All regular verbs together

• Irregular verbs (for an extra challenge)

Slides for communicative practice — students create and share full sentences, short stories, or riddles as they “decorate” the tree.

Learning Goals

• Recognize patterns in preterite endings (yo) without memorizing charts

• Apply verb forms in contextual and communicative activities

• Differentiate between regular and irregular verbs visually

• Reinforce grammar naturally through storytelling, conversation, and creativity.

✨ Make your classroom feel like fall while students grow their grammar trees — one conjugation at a time!

In this ready to teach Día de acción de gracias-Thanksgiving vocabulary activities and games packet students will learn food vocabulary related to Thanksgiving, they will express their food preferences for this holiday, and practice their speaking while they play.

This Vocabulary unit for El Día de Acción de Gracias includes:

-Intro food vocabulary flashcards with pictures.

-Guess the food silhouette game flashcards.

- Vocabulary puzzle

-2 Vocabulary board games, one with names and one without names to practice speaking.