Spanish Grades 5-8 Annotated Sites

Subject Specific Sites

"Welcome to Mezzofanti Translations - the most useful free translation site on the Internet! This page gives you direct access to powerful translators and multilingual dictionaries, all for FREE!  The world of foreign friends, family, customers, and website visitors is now open to you! These free translators will give you and/or your reader the main message of the entered text, commonly with some flaws (when translation accuracy is important, we suggest consulting a professional translator)"

2. Babel Fish Translation
http://babelfish.altavista.com/

This sites allows one to translate blocks of text up to 150 words. The options for languages include: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Be aware that there are flaws in this translation service. 

3. ERIC Spanish Lesson Plans
http://ericir.syr.edu/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Foreign_Language/Spanish

ERIC provides Spanish lesson plans for grades 1-12.

4. Language in Action
https://www.angelfire.com/nj4/languages

"This site will encourage students' enthusiasm for learning a world language while developing their ability to use the target language in real-life situations and content-based instructional presentations."

Great graphics and audio files for beginners who want to build vocabulary on topics like: food, transportation, sports, animals, and more. 

6. Search Engines Colossus  http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/

Search Engine Colossus offers you links to search engines from 195 countries and 38 territories around the world! Conduct extensive web searches. Search the web using your choice of language. Locate your new favorite search engines. Make your own website submissions.

Internet-Based Lesson Plans Sites

1. Quia: Spanish
http://www.quia.com/dir/spanish/

"I facilitate the use and integration of technology for teachers K-6 and I train teachers in Quia's use. It is so easy to create a review in any subject. Even students can create a challenge in any area. Quia is an excellent tool for teachers and students. Its user-friendly interface makes the creation of learning activities easy, quick, and quite painless!
-Technology facilitator, New Lenox, Illinois, U.S.A."

2. Parlo: Language, Culture, Life
http://www.parlo.com/

"Parlo Inc. was founded to meet the immense but underserved global demand for language learning: over 1.2 billion people are studying foreign languages today. ... Using the interactivity of the Internet, Virtual Immersion ^TM surrounds learners with realistic, practical and fun information about the language and culture they're studying, replicating the study abroad experience online. Customers and media around the world agree that Parlo's online courses and e-mail lessons are uniquely effective and flexible. At Parlo, real-world learning means real-life success." 

3. Content-based Language Learning Through Technology
http://carla.acad.umn.edu/cobaltt/lessonplans/search.html

"The CoBaLTT website has both content-based lessons and content-based units. The lessons are typically from 1-5 days, where the units are made up of multiple lessons, cover a longer time period and have greater depth of content." There is a separate search for English, French, German, Norwegian, and Spanish.

4. The Recent Explosion of Latino Music in America
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/1733.html

In this elementary level lesson plan, students will be able to identify singers when shown pictures, list instruments found in Latino songs, label instruments in Spanish, and name the country from which each singer comes. This forty-five minute lesson plan does list names of Latino singers but does not supply sources for their music. 

Distance Learning Possibilities

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