Spanish Vocabulary Crossword about Easter

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What's inside this resource

This printables/crossword-puzzles">crossword is about Easter (Pascua) vocabulary in Spanish! The words in this printables/crossword-puzzles">crossword are secular/nonreligious. Students have to recognize the things in the pictures and write their name in Spanish in order to find the hidden message.

This printables/crossword-puzzles">crossword puzzle is a print-and-go and ready-to-use pdf that includes answers.

The words in this printables/crossword-puzzles">crossword are related to Easter, spring or party in general. There are 21 vocabulary words: nido, lirio, sol, fiesta, caramelo, tulipán, patito, magdalena, lavanda, malvavisco, cesta, huevo, mariposa, pincel, chocolate, césped, vela, conejo, pollito y guirnalda.

After filling the printables/crossword-puzzles">crossword, you will find a hidden message from the grey vertical row! The hidden message in this printables/crossword-puzzles">crossword is: Disfruta la Semana Santa, a common wish for a happy Easter in Mexico.

With Spanish vocabulary, you have to consider if the word is feminine or masculine. In this printables/crossword-puzzles">crossword I’ve solved this issue by printing the definite article ready for the printables/crossword-puzzles">crossword. This makes it easier for younger students to understand the printables/crossword-puzzles">crossword (meaning exactly one letter for each square) while still introducing the gender of each word.

Filling the printables/crossword-puzzles">crossword: Students look at the pictures on the right side of the page. Each picture has a number. When they recognize the word in Spanish, they should write the word into the corresponding horizontal row in the printables/crossword-puzzles">crossword one letter at a time. Don’t forget the accents!

This resource is suitable for individual work or small groups. Students may need some vocabulary or online search to support their work.

This resource is at its best with students

-9 years and older, if Spanish is a foreign language

-For younger students, if they have a strong background in Spanish (like Spanish spoken at home etc.)

There are also other crosswords like this in my Teach Simple page: https://teachsimple.com/contributor/thebrightestkid

Answers are included.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Name twenty-one Easter and spring objects in Spanish from a picture alone, without an English word to translate
Pair each noun with its correct definite article, distinguishing the fourteen that take el from the seven that take la
Spell Spanish nouns letter by letter into a fixed grid, including accented forms such as tulipán, magdalena and césped
Recognise vocabulary that crosses several fields at once - flowers, baby animals, sweets and party items - within a single seasonal theme

Teaching tips

The article is printed for the solver rather than asked for, so the puzzle can be extended by covering the el and la column and having students supply the gender themselves
Because the prompts are pictures rather than English words, the sheet works with a class that shares no common first language
Several answers are close in length and field - patito and pollito, tulipán and narciso - so the grid length is what separates them; worth pointing out to students who guess from the picture alone
The word set reaches well beyond the obvious Easter nouns into malvavisco, guirnalda, césped and pincel, which makes a useful pre-teaching list before the sheet goes out

Skills covered

Spanish noun vocabulary - students produce twenty-one seasonal nouns, from el nido and el lirio to la guirnalda and el malvavisco.
Grammatical gender - every entry carries its definite article, so students see el and la attached to each noun as they write it.
Spanish spelling with accents - answers include tulipán and césped, both of which must be entered letter by letter into the grid.
Picture-to-word recall - no English or Spanish clue text appears, so each answer is retrieved from the image alone.
Self-checking - the solution page prints all twenty-one completed entries in the same order as the puzzle.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

How are the clues presented?

Visually. The page carries no clue sentences and no English words at all; each of the twenty-one numbered entries is prompted by an image, and the only printed text beside a slot is its definite article and its number.

Does the puzzle deal with noun gender?

It shows it rather than testing it. Every entry has its article printed in front of the answer space - fourteen masculine (el nido, el sol, el huevo, el conejo and others) and seven feminine (la fiesta, la magdalena, la lavanda, la cesta, la mariposa, la vela, la guirnalda).

What kind of Easter vocabulary does it use?

Spring and celebration objects rather than religious terms. The list runs to nests, lilies, tulips, daffodils, lavender, butterflies, rabbits, ducklings, chicks and grass on one side, and sweets, cupcakes, marshmallows, chocolate, eggs, baskets, candles, paintbrushes and garlands on the other.