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Spanish worksheet · Animals
Wild Animals Trace and Say
Trace the Spanish name under eight wild animals, from el león to el koala, and say each one.
- Grade level
- Grades K–2
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Topic
- Animals
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Naming farm, wild and sea animals, Using grande and pequeño, Reading short riddles, Matching a picture to a word
What kids do
Printed on the sheet:
- Trace the Spanish name under each animal. el means the.
Words on this sheet
el leónel monoel tigreel pandael koalalionmonkeypandatigerkoala
Teacher tip
Many of these names look like English. Ask kids which ones they could guess before they learned them.
How to use it
- Point out words that look like English: el elefante, el tigre, el canguro.
- Make the animal sounds and movements together as you say each name.
- Say every Spanish word out loud and have kids echo it before they read or write it.
Watch for
Leaving out el or la. Teach each animal with its little word.
Talk about it
- Is an elephant grande or pequeño?
- Where could you use this word outside of school?
Take it further
Sort toy animals into grande and pequeño piles while saying the names.
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