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Christmas Digital Interactive Notebooks

Christmas Interactive Slides

By Señora Jota Jota

**UPDATE**

The 10th and 11th on the calendar had the same link (to slide 30). The link has been corrected and an additional Christmas tradition from Miami, Florida has been added. Click here for the updated version!

OMG! I am so excited about this post! I have been working on these slides for weeks and my Christmas labor of love is finally finished!

It all started with an idea I had while prepping to meet with CI teachers from my area. I envisioned a calendar. Actually, I envisioned THIS calendar:
I plan to share this calendar with students who will click on any school day of the month. That day is linked to a mini-lesson about a Christmas tradition from around the Spanish-speaking world. The first slide students see is similar to this one:

The Tió Nadal is the December 1st lesson, so he is the lucky guy that ‘guides’ us around the Spanish-speaking world. Then they continue on to learn about a (super simplified) Christmas tradition.
This lesson is jam-packed with authentic resources: videos, commercials, infographics, music videos, and more! Each school day of December is it’s own little lesson!

I plan to use this as a digital interactive notebook that students will use each day for bell ringers.

Some days are super short. Others can be expanded to a full lesson. The beauty is in the flexibility. Assign certain days, all days, or just one or two. Students can complete this self-paced or we can do it as a teacher-led activity. You can assign two different days that they compare and contrast. You can rank favorites. Ask, ‘if you could only celebrate with one Christmas tradition, which would you choose?’ 

The possibilities are ENDLESS!

Be sure to check out each lesson to ensure that it is a tradition you would be comfortable sharing
Also, check out the present (technically November 30th!). 
Spoiler Alert: 
It’s a lesson on El Caganer (the pooping peasant from Cataluña). If you don’t feel comfortable sharing this tradition, simply delete the slides. They certainly aren’t required! 

For your own completely editable copy, click here! 

Hillary Buckner shared this expansion of El Caganer. It is a Pear Deck enabled slide show. She envisions that ‘the “art” at the end could engender discussion around questions such as ¿Quién es?, ¿Qué lleva?, ¿Por qué lleva….? Very augmentable for upper levels, too. (And for those with an edgy sense of humor like me, maybe practice with the preterite with ¿Qué comió anoche?). Thanks so much for sharing Hillary!

As always, once you download, it’s yours. Make it your own and then sit back and relax a bit during December (I know I will!!).
Happy teaching! 
And, 

PS For a Christmas Movie Talk, click here!

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26 Comments

  8. This is such an amazing tool for breaking up the end of semester "blahs"! Thank you so very much for sharing your creativity! I know it must have taken a long time to complete. I can't imagine! I have been playing through it, and have noticed that several of the dates all link to the Tió Nadal lesson- the Sundays, the 11th, the 19th. Am I doing something wrong? I didn't download the calendario until Monday, Nov 30, so maybe I don't have the updated version?

  9. You are correct – I didn't add any lessons to the weekends because I won't be teaching those days and I won't assign any homework. This is going to be independent bell ringers for me. Also, I fixed the link on the 11th.

  23. God bless you!!!! I suddenly realized that I have about 20 kids expecting a fun virtual Spanish Club meeting today on Google Meet, right after their online Midterms, but I've been so swamped, I forgot to plan something. So, I jumped on the "iFLT/ NTPRS/ CI Teaching"Facebook group, searched "Christmas" and instantly discovered this goldmine. You are a lifesaver!! ¡Feliz Navidad!

  25. Just so you know, Venezolanos do not eat tamales, we eat hallacas, which are very similar to Salvadoreño tamales in that they are wrapped in banana leaf (and I think in the Yucatán too)

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