Description
Simple Reading Activities in Spanish about el Día de San Valentín (Valentine’s Day) for students learning Spanish (Spanish 2).
The five stories are short texts with three paragraphs each. They are written in the Simple Present Tense or the Past Tense. The rest of the page has simple comprehension questions to check understanding.
Story 1: San Valentín – The first reading passage is about the origin of San Valentín (Saint Valentine) and is in the past tense.
Story 2: Día de los Enamorados – The next reading is about how Gonzalo plans to celebrate the day with Fernanda.
Story 3: La fiesta del amor y la amistad – The third reading passage is about how Oscar and his friends want to have a different Valentine’s day together and what they do.
Story 4: El Cupido decidido – A reading passage about Cupid and how he is.
Story 5: La invitación sorpresa – A story about a surprise invitation for someone who didn’t have plans for Valentine’s day. This story is in the past tense.
These worksheets should only take 10-15 minutes each so are a great item to warm up a class or to end the day. You could do a worksheet every day (lasting a school week) or leave them as homework.
These reading passages would be great in an emergency as a quick filler and you may also find them useful to hand out to fast finishers (so they don’t disrupt others).
All reading texts, questions and instructions are 100% in Spanish making it ideal for language immersion classrooms.
Bonus Listening Activity
We have now included a sheet with the 5 stories on one page (without exercises). This is can be used where the teacher gives the comprehension questions orally, or can be used in conjunction with the audio on our YouTube channel so they can read as they listen (without the distraction of other activities on the page).
There is another sheet with the 5 stories on one page, but this time with certain words missing and replaced by a blank line where students can fill with the word they hear on the listening.
Note: The audio of the listening only appears on our YouTube channel. The recording is spoken by a native Spanish speaker.
CONTENT: This resource contains: 14 Pages
- Teacher Guide in Spanish – (1 page)
- Reading with Questions – San Valentín – (1 page)
- Reading with Questions – Día de los Enamorados – (1 page)
- Reading with Questions – La fiesta del amor y la amistad – (1 page)
- Reading with Questions – El Cupido decidido – (1 page)
- Reading with Questions – La invitación sorpresa – (1 page)
- 5 Stories on one page – (1 page)
- 5 Stories on one page with missing words – (1 page)
- Teacher Answers – (6 pages)
Spanish Listening
Here is the audio that accompanies the short stories. It will also give you an idea of the content and level of these short reading passages.
You may also be interested in our other Spanish Reading Resources:
LEVEL: Beginner (CEFR – A1 Level) – Spanish 1
AGE: From 10 years and up
Format: .PDF
INFORMACIÓN EN ESPAÑOL
5 historias cortas acerca del Día de San Valentín con preguntas de comprensión.
CONTENIDO: Este recurso contiene 14 Páginas:
- Guía de Profesor – (1 página)
- Lectura con preguntas – San Valentín – (1 página)
- Lectura con preguntas – Día de los Enamorados – (1 página)
- Lectura con preguntas – La fiesta del amor y la amistad – (1 página)
- Lectura con preguntas – El Cupido decidido – (1 página)
- Lectura con preguntas – La invitación sorpresa – (1 página)
- 5 cuentos en una hoja – (1 página)
- 5 cuentos en una hoja (llenar los espacios) – (1 página)
- Respuestas para los profesores – (6 páginas)
NIVEL: Principiante (CEFR – A1 Level)
EDAD: Desde los 10 años (nativos) hasta adultos
Formato: .PDF
