Beginner Spanish Readers

Beginner Spanish Readers: These are for students that are learning the sounds of the letters and their combinations in Spanish. When I teach my students (learning Spanish as a second language) how to read in Spanish, I start in Third Grade. I believe that it is a good idea for them to develop their first language reading and comprehension skills first.

I have created books based on phonics and I am currently working on reading comprehension material. This school year (2023-24,) I plan to create small reading packets based on the phonics books I’ve created and make them available in the Teachers Pay teachers (TPT) platform.

For example, this is one of my phonics lessons. This is the introduction of letter g and its basic sound.

How do I teach with this?

Page 1:

  1. First I go over every consonant-vowel combination and students repeat after me.
  2. Students read with me the syllables in the ovals.
  3. Students Repeat the words at the bottom after me.

Page 2:

  1. I call on every student to read the words on one of the columns. They can check the pronunciation on the first page if necessary.
  2. I ask students to pick a sentence to read. They can pick the one they prefer.
  3. I go over the meaning of the sentences. My heritage learners love to translate them.

You can see how I teach this in the following video. I created this video for my students during the COVID pandemic. It does not show the student part…

These are phonics books I’ve created:

Lectura Inicial, Beginning Spanish Readers. This set of three books I currently use with my third, fourth and fifth grade students. They cover every sound in the Spanish language. The focus is on pronunciation and fluency. The texts increase size by the third book.

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Portada Reader 2

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Portada Reader 3 Final

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Ata la Lata

This reader was inspired by Dr. Seuss’s Hop on Pop. Seeing how much my son enjoyed this book made me want an equivalent in Spanish. This book covers basic sounds and has some drawing/coloring activities included. It is a LOT of fun!

Portada Alpha Color

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These are other beginning reader videos you can use wih your students:

Practicando las vocales. Great for Preschool to First Grade.

Leyendo con la letra M. Great for Second or Third grade (when you are just starting to read)

More coming soon!