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Spanish that feels like an adventure!

Spanish resources for middle and high school. Pack your bags: every unit is a new country, a new friend and a story your students actually want to finish, all print-and-go for you.

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Our promise · in every unit

¡Dame Cinco!™

nuestra promesa: five pillars in every unit

“Give me five”: the five pillars of language, in every unit, around one adventure.

¡Dame Cinco! builds it. ¡YO PUEDO! proves it.

Every unit opens with ¡YO PUEDO! goals by mode: Interpretive (I understand), Interpersonal (I talk with someone), Presentational (I share).

¡YO PUEDO! by unit

One goal from each unit, as it prints on page 1 of the student packet.

  1. Unidad 01 · PerúEl Pasaporte de IdentidadInterpersonal · Speaking

    ¡YO PUEDO! I can state my name, origin, and age in Spanish.

  2. Unidad 02 · PerúEl Código de ConversaciónInterpersonal · Speaking

    ¡YO PUEDO! I can introduce my full Explorador Persona in 5+ sentences.

  3. Unidad 03 · MéxicoEl Candado de SonidoInterpersonal · Speaking

    ¡YO PUEDO! I can ask how to spell a name and where someone is from.

  4. Unidad 04 · PanamáEl Glitch de TiempoInterpersonal · Speaking

    ¡YO PUEDO! I can ask and answer about the date, the time, birthdays and prices.

  5. Unidad 05 · Costa RicaLa Mochila PerdidaInterpersonal · Speaking

    ¡YO PUEDO! I can ask and answer what something is, its color and whose it is.

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21 countries. One story.

One adventure across the Spanish-speaking world, one country at a time. Each unit stands on its own and is part of the full curriculum, with five to nine teaching days per unit. Each one builds on what Spanish students have already learned. Unidades 01–05 are available today.

01Perú
Unidad 01, El Pasaporte de Identidad: Spanish 1 student packet cover, Cognates, greetings and who I am, Perú

El Pasaporte de Identidad

Cognates, greetings and who I am

02Perú
Unidad 02, El Código de Conversación: Spanish 1 student packet cover, Los Súper 7, the verbs for real conversation, Perú

El Código de Conversación

Los Súper 7, the verbs for real conversation

03México
Unidad 03, El Candado de Sonido: Spanish 1 student packet cover, The alphabet, spelling and nationalities, México

El Candado de Sonido

The alphabet, spelling and nationalities

04Panamá
Unidad 04, El Glitch de Tiempo: Spanish 1 student packet cover, Numbers, time and dates, Panamá

El Glitch de Tiempo

Numbers, time and dates

05Costa
Rica
Unidad 05, La Mochila Perdida: Spanish 1 student packet cover, Ser, articles and school supplies, Costa Rica

La Mochila Perdida

Ser, articles and school supplies

06Cuba
Unidad 06 cover, coming soonComing soon

El Álbum de Retratos

Describing people: ser and adjectives, with -o/-a agreement

What's in the suitcase

Everything for the trip, already packed

Every unit comes with all of this, ready to print and teach.

Pages from the Unidad 03 student packet
The student packet

Culture, reading, listening, speaking and writing, page by page.

Unidad 03 slide deck
Slides that teach

A deck that walks the packet with you, so you can teach straight from the screen.

Pages from the Unidad 03 teacher guide: slide map, page overview and answer key
The teacher guide

The plan, the timing and every answer, so tomorrow's lesson is ready tonight.

Teens on a colorful trajinera in Xochimilco
Culture, Cultura Más

Every unit opens a real place: its people, its food, its festivals and its stories.

Students working on a hands-on project
A game & a project

Escape rooms, lotería, scavenger hunts and hands-on projects students ask for.

Sofía and Ethan recording the podcast at an ofrenda
Video & listening

Characters students know, speaking real Spanish, in a podcast-style video.

Beyond the units

Escape rooms, games and culture

Every unit has extensions: escape rooms, lotería, speaking games, culture readings and projects. Use them with the unit, or on their own.

¡El Pasaporte Perdido!: Spanish 1 Greetings, Numbers and Cognates Escape Room, Unidad 01 · PerúEscape room
¡El Pasaporte Perdido!Greetings, Numbers & Cognates Escape RoomUnidad 01 · Perú
El Tesoro de Tenochtitlan: Spanish 1 Alphabet and Nationalities Escape Room, Unidad 03 · MéxicoEscape room
El Tesoro de TenochtitlanAlphabet & Nationalities Escape RoomUnidad 03 · México
Las Tres Esclusas: Spanish 1 Numbers, Time and Dates Escape Room, Unidad 04 · PanamáEscape room
Las Tres EsclusasNumbers, Time & Dates Escape RoomUnidad 04 · Panamá
¡Mucho gusto!: Spanish 1 Greetings and Introductions Speaking Game, Unidad 01 · PerúSpeaking game
¡Mucho gusto!Greetings & Introductions Speaking GameUnidad 01 · Perú
La Experiencia del Xocolatl: Spanish 1 Alphabet Game and Cacao Culture Reading, Unidad 03 · MéxicoCulture & reading
La Experiencia del XocolatlAlphabet Game & Cacao Culture ReadingUnidad 03 · México
¡Carga el Barco!: Spanish 1 Numbers, Dates and Time Listening Game, Unidad 04 · PanamáListening game
¡Carga el Barco!Numbers, Dates & Time Listening GameUnidad 04 · Panamá
Los Números del Canal: Spanish 1 Numbers 0–100 Lesson and Board Game, Unidad 04 · PanamáLesson & board game
Los Números del CanalNumbers 0–100 Lesson & Board GameUnidad 04 · Panamá
Lotería de Cognados: Spanish 1 Cognates and Numbers Bingo Game, Unidad 01 · PerúLotería game
Lotería de CognadosCognates & Numbers Bingo GameUnidad 01 · Perú

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Meet your guides

¡Viaja con amigos!

Students meet a new amigo at every stop of the route.

Profe Endsley

Profe Endsley

Your guide and the teacher behind every unit

Fernando

Fernando

A llama explorer from Perú, and the star of the route

Sofía

Sofía

Your amiga in Mexico City, from Unidad 03

Santi

Santi

Your amigo in Panamá City, from Unidad 04

Alonso

Alonso

Your amigo in La Fortuna, Costa Rica, from Unidad 05

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Día de los Muertos 2-day activity pack

Our biggest freebie ever: everything you need to teach Día de los Muertos for two class days.

  • 10 student culture pages in color, copy-safe and B&W
  • A 15-slide deck that follows it page by page
  • A teacher guide with a two-day plan and answer key
  • A podcast video with Sofía, from Mexico City, and Ethan, from New York
  • Two hands-on crafts: paper calaveritas, with a cut-out template, to hang as classroom decor or string into a banner, and how to make real sugar skulls
The Día de los Muertos slide deck
15 slides that teachFollows the culture pages one by one
Sofía and Ethan record the podcast at an ofrenda
The podcast videoSofía and Ethan explain the holiday
Teacher guide cover
The teacher guideTwo-day plan and answer key
Profe Endsley, Spanish teacher, in a sunny Spanish courtyard
¡Hola! I'm Profe Endsley

The teacher behind the adventure

After more than 25 years in the classroom, my favorite moment in teaching is still watching students connect the dots: the moment a language concept clicks into genuine communication.

Spanish Curriculum Studio is my way of sharing the classroom-tested strategies, stories and activities I've built over the years.

  • National Board Certified Teacher, Spanishwith National Board renewal
  • Graduate studies, NC State UniversitySpanish & instructional design
  • B.A., K–12 Spanish, Salisbury University

¡Nos vemos en clase!Profe Endsley

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¡Nuevo!Unidad 05, La Mochila Perdida: Spanish 1 verb ser, subject pronouns, articles and school supplies, Costa Rica, for middle and high school
New this week · Unidad 05 · Costa Rica

La Mochila Perdida

Verb ser activities for Spanish 1, in middle and high school: subject pronouns, el, la, un and una with plurals, 14 school objects and eight colors. Fernando’s backpack is lost at a school in La Fortuna, Costa Rica, so students ask “¿De quién es?”, run a lost-and-found desk and present their own backpack.

  • 9 class sessions
  • 38 teaching slides
  • 17-page teacher guide
  • Color, copy-safe & B&W
  • $8.99 on TPT
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