Description
Spanish Reading – 4 de Julio (4th of July) – Día de la Independencia
Spanish reading passages about the celebration of el 4 de Julio (4th of July) in the United States of America. These Spanish texts have been written in the present tense (presente simple del modo indicativo) making it ideal for Spanish 1 students.
There are five short stories in Spanish are:
- El 4 de Julio (4th of July)
- Feliz 4 de Julio (Happy 4th of July)
- Mi primer 4 de Julio (My first 4th of July)
- Los fuegos artificiales (The fireworks)
- El aniversario de Estados Unidos (The anniversary of the United States)
All texts have either 3 or 4 (long) sentences written in the present tense (presente de indicativo). However, in the first reading there is a question that uses the past tense (¿En qué año se firmó la …?). See the preview to get an idea of the level of Spanish used.
Each reading passage has simple comprehension questions and other activities to check understanding of each text.
These Spanish worksheets should only take 10-20 minutes each (depending on the students’ level) so are a great activity 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).
The reading passages, all questions and instructions are 100% in Spanish making it ideal for language immersion classrooms. Answers sheets have been included.
✅ PRINTABLE (PDF) VERSION ✅
The Printable PDF Version of this resource includes:
- Teacher Guide in Spanish – (1 page)
- Reading with Questions – El 4 de Julio – (1 page)
- Reading with Questions – Feliz 4 de Julio – (1 page)
- Reading with Questions – Mi primer 4 de Julio – (1 page)
- Reading with Questions – Los fuegos artificiales – (1 page)
- Reading with Questions – El aniversario de Estados Unidos – (1 page)
- 5 Stories on one page – (1 page)
- 5 Stories on one page with missing words – (1 page)
- Teacher Answers – (6 pages)
- Reading Text with image (no questions) – Horizontal Page Version – (5 Pages)
✅ DIGITAL VERSION (EASEL by TpT™) ✅
With EASEL, you can assign these interactive digital activities to your students which can be completed on any device. EASEL is ideal for use in distance learning settings and also in the physical classroom.
The Digital Easel Version of this resource includes the landscape (horizontal) version which is easier to use on devices.
The EASEL (Digital) Version of this reading resource includes:
- Reading, with image and no questions – 1 page per reading
- Reading and no questions WITH AUDIO – 1 page per reading
- Reading with a MULTIPLE CHOICE question – 2 pages per reading
- Reading with a YES/NO question – 2 pages per reading
- Reading with a FILL THE BLANK – 1 page per reading
- Reading, larger text without image, no questions – 1 page per reading
- Reading, larger text without image, FILL THE BLANK activity – 1 page per reading
- Reading, larger text without image, FILL THE BLANK activity WITH AUDIO – 1 page per reading
You can decide when/if/how you would like to show the answers to students digitally.
This printable PDF version and the Digital EASEL version are both available immediately upon purchase. Pen and paper or digital … you choose which version fits best in your classroom’s learning model.
🎧 Bonus Listening Activity 🎧
We have included a page with all 5 stories on it (without exercises). This can be used where the teacher gives the comprehension questions orally or can be used in conjunction with the audio on EASEL by TpT™ 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 for this listening activity appears as a part of the digital resource of EASEL by TpT™ and is not downloadable. Students (or Teachers) just have to click the play icon to hear the recording which is spoken by a native Spanish speaker (Angélica Prieto).
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♦️♦️ EDUCATORS LIKE YOU HAVE SAID: ♦️♦️
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Easy to use and lots of fun for the students. A good resource. – Isis T.
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✅ SIMILAR SPANISH RESOURCES ✅
You may also be interested in the following resources:
★ Spanish Reading – Cinco de Mayo
¡Qué tengas buen día!
– Angélica y Rob W.
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This resource may only be used by the original purchaser for classroom/personal use as a single user. If you want to share this resource with another teacher, department or school, please purchase the corresponding additional licenses at a discount.
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Cinco lecturas cortas acerca del Cuatro de Julio.
