Las Posadas Reading Comprehension - Spanish Christmas Activities - La Navidad
🎄 Las Posadas Bilingual Reading & Activities | Spanish Christmas NO PREP Printables
Celebrate Las Posadas in your Spanish classroom with this fun and comprehensive NO PREP printable unit!
Students will explore this important holiday tradition while practicing vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension, and cultural awareness — all in one resource.
Perfect for Spanish 1–2 students, this bilingual resource allows for easy differentiation and includes a mix of language, grammar, and cultural activities to make learning both meaningful and festive.
💡 What’s Included
✅ 1. Bilingual Reading on Las Posadas
- Provides both Spanish and English text for differentiation
- Includes comprehension questions
✅ 2. Las Posadas Cognates Activity
- Students match Spanish cognates with their English equivalents
- Reinforces vocabulary recognition and reading strategies
✅ 3. Vocabulary Matching Activities
- Match Spanish words with pictures, English words, and Spanish definitions
✅ 4. Vocabulary & Grammar Review with a Hidden Spanish Idiom
- Level 1: Vocabulary review (colors, numbers, animals, etc.)
- Level 2: Grammar review (tenses, parts of speech)
- Students uncover the hidden idiom “Alcanzar las estrellas” (to reach for the stars)
✅ 5. Spanish Verbs Practice (Present & Past Tense)
- 2 worksheets where students complete sentences using verbs in both tenses
✅ 6. Reading Comprehension Questions
- Students form and answer questions based on the reading
✅ 7. Grammar Review: Feliz Navidad Challenge
- Write a Spanish noun, adjective, and verb for each letter in “Feliz Navidad”
✅ 8. Las Posadas Scrambled Words
- Unscramble key vocabulary from the unit
✅ 9. Word Art Activity
- Creative vocabulary review and bulletin board–ready student display
🎯 Perfect For
- Spanish 1 & 2
- Cultural units and holiday lessons
- Sub plans (NO PREP!)
- Vocabulary and grammar review
- Bilingual classrooms or differentiation
- Bulletin board or classroom decorations
❤️ Why Teachers Love It
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Perfect mix of culture and language! My students loved learning about Las Posadas while practicing vocabulary.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “So easy to use and beautifully designed. The bilingual reading helped all my students feel successful!”