5 Ways to Use Plastic Eggs In Spanish Class

April 18, 2017 admin

The egg hunt is over, the candy has been eaten, and you are left with dozens of plastic eggs. Now what?? Use those plastic eggs in Spanish class, of course! (P.s. if you don’t have any, stop reading this and immediately proceed to your nearest Target or similar store because they should have some 75% off or more since it is just after Easter! Grab some discounted chocolate while you are there, too. Go ahead, you deserve it.😀) Here are FIVE ways I love using those leftover plastic eggs in Spanish class.

 

 

1. EGG HUNT WITH TASK CARDS

This can be done inside the classroom or outside in the much-needed fresh air! Before class starts, take a task card set and sort them into as many piles as you have different colors of eggs. You can either sort them so there is an even amount of work required for each group or use this as a great opportunity to differentiate. You will need an even number of eggs for each color (8 pink, 8 purple, 8 blue, etc.). I like to use 8-10 of each color.
Once the eggs have been stuffed and hidden, divide students into as many teams as you have colors and give them instructions. Tell them they need to find all the eggs of their color, open them up, and work together to complete each task card on a separate sheet of paper. The separate sheet of paper is necessary because they will be turning in their answers and the cards will get reused. Once everyone understands, assign each team a color. I highly recommend not telling them their colors until RIGHT before the hunt begins or else you will have students looking early and not paying attention to instructions.
After all the eggs have been found and task cards completed, have students check their answers. I like to project the answer key so students can self-check. Then they write the number they got correct at the top and turn it in. Once they have turned in their sheet, I let them put the task cards back in the eggs and hide them for the next class. Give them some guidelines so they don’t make them absolutely impossible to find or put them all in the same area. After class, I can quickly scan their answer sheets to see if the class is understanding whatever the task cards were about and adjust the next day’s lesson. It’s a really fun formative assessment!
Here is a FREE set of task cards for SER + adjectives! Click HERE to get it.
See all of my task card sets here.

2. TELLING TIME

For this activity, draw a clock face with hour and minute hands on one half of the egg and write out the time in Spanish on the other. Repeat on all the eggs. Students then need to match the clock face with the time in Spanish. This can either be done individually, in partners, or in small groups. Want to make it into a competition? Divide students into teams and have them race to put the eggs back together correctly!

 

3. MARACAS

Is your Spanish class not loud enough? Make maracas! Check out this blog post from A Thrifty Mom for step by step instructions on how to construct these fun little music-makers (hint: it’s really easy). I love how students can put their own creative spin on them when they decorate. Ties in a little culture, too!

 

4. EMOTIONS

Even if you aren’t good at art, you can still do this activity! (See picture below for proof. I am NOT an art teacher for a reason. Ha!) Draw a picture of an emotion on one half and write the corresponding emotion in Spanish on the other. Have students match the picture with the emotion vocabulary word that describes it.

 

5. ANTONYMS

This activity works GREAT with adjectives! Write an adjective on one half of the egg and its antonym on the other. Students need to think about the adjectives they have learned and which ones are opposites as they match up the halves correctly. You could also add another layer to this and have masculine and feminine versions of adjectives in the mix so students have to not only match the opposites, but also make sure they agree in gender.

 

Have you used plastic eggs in your Spanish class? I would love to hear how in the comments below as I think we are all looking for fun new ways to use those leftover plastic eggs! Have fun!

 

8 Comments

  • Sol Azúcar by Catharyn Crane April 19, 2017 at 5:16 pm

    I love your idea to differentiate and color code the eggs for group work. Thanks for the great tips, Dianna.

  • La Profe Plotts April 19, 2017 at 7:34 pm

    You are most welcome! I am glad you found this post useful!

  • Unknown April 20, 2017 at 2:30 am

    I love all of these ideas! Thanks for sharing them! Can you give me an idea of a task that you had students do in the first activity? I have mostly Spanish I classes and am at a loss as to what to have them do (:

  • La Profe Plotts April 20, 2017 at 4:53 pm

    ¡Hola! I am so glad you like these ideas! You can put anything you want on task cards which is what makes them such a great learning tool. I like to use a variety of tasks so students get a well-rounded review. Here are a couple task card freebies I have in my TpT store so you can get an idea of what I mean:
    teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Imperfect-Tense-Task-Cards-FREEBIE-1295278
    teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spanish-Weather-Vocabulary-Task-Cards-FREEBIE-2444092
    I hope that helps!

  • Unknown April 24, 2017 at 12:27 am

    Yes, thank you!

  • Unknown July 25, 2017 at 12:13 pm

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  • Unknown September 11, 2019 at 8:10 pm

    Thanks for sharing!!

  • Pilar Florenz January 28, 2022 at 6:32 pm

    I cannot get over how talented and creative you are! Thank you for sharing your ideas.

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