Easy Spanish Readers for SSR/ FVR

In my little classroom "library" I have:

TPRS readers (Agentes Secretos y el mural de Picasso, Piratas del Caribe y el mapa secreto, etc)
(chapter books; which automatically discourage lower leveled readers)

and children's books
(ummm these have words I haven't even learned in Spanish and the grammar is all over the place)

Cover of book

But what gets my students ready to have the confidence to read those books or what else can I offer to them during SSR and FVR that isn't just  a TPRS reader and has more pictures and might even have structures from those TPRS readers broken down but aren't just "there's a boy. He goes to....".  I want to play around with genre.

So I ordered some leveled readers from http://www.willbooks.com. These were actually like the idea that I had and as I read them with my daughter, I realized that more of this type of book was what I was missing in my class!

And I wrote a book. The sample was well received by teachers.
And two particular teachers told me to sell it for other teachers to print.

The book focuses on "no hay"; "hay", and "al mono le gustan los plátanos" and numerous places.

While it is more simple than many Spanish teachers would ever think to give to a student, I want to make reading so easy that it can be enjoyable and relaxing. When a student finds success, they are more likely to read! And I think this can even be used in high school if students are given the choice to read it. Because many of my high school students are nostalgic for being young again and simpler times. I want my class to be as stress free as possible. So that means I should make sure I have book options that can be stress free for even the lowest reader.

Without further adieu, my first Easy Spanish Reader: Al mono le gustan los plátanos. I am finally selling something on Teachers Pay Teachers (don't judge me too hard!).

I hope you can find a use for it in your classes and I plan to write more as well.

Al mono le gustan los plátanos:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Easy-Spanish-Reader-Al-mono-le-gustan-los-platanos-3358958


*Edit*  Here's my second super simple reader!

¿De qué color es el cerdo?
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Easy-Spanish-Reader-De-que-color-es-el-cerdo-3367401

Comprehensible Input with the MONO

Hay un mono. (from first episode)

So I have met various educators over the last year or two who have told me how much their classes have enjoyed a little story I made about a "mono" (monkey).

Backstory:
I thought it would be fun to make a super simple TPRS like story about a character that wanted something and didn't have it and so they went to the 3 locations. And as I drew one day on my iPad, suddenly I had a monkey, an island, and Antarctica. From there the first "mono" story was born!

Since then, I have had teachers who have met me at conferences (or have told me via email) how much their classes have enjoyed the story.

Monkey story #2! SNEAK PEEK!

Here's a continuation of the monkey story to help people learn Spanish in a simple, repetitive way.



I'm pretty excited.  In this storyline, I'll be using the following while reviewing the structures from the previous series...

come - s/he eats
quiere comer - s/he wants to eat
le dice - s/he says to him/her
tiene - s/he has
con - with

I also throw in some "I" and "you" forms of some of the words in conversation, but I think it will still be comprehensible... [fingers crossed]

While it seems incredibly complicated, these are things I tried to draw pictures for and always, always, always, offer subtitles for so it's not just up to the learner to figure it out.

I'm enjoying making these and hope people can find them useful in their own personal study or for teachers and their classes.

see first story here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBk-rU5Lj1Y&list=PLPD6O-TouCqQXu4LDPOnzAUGDh7r3G7TV