Spend a fair amount of time - much more than is usual - teaching and having your kids practice the basic sounds of spanish. Have them learn at the syllable level, then at the word level. Once they can pronounce words correctly, without the American accent, then have them practice reading newspaper and kids books. In other words don't have them practice reading badly, have them practice reading with a good accent.From there, it also really matters how well they have the irregular verbs in all the tenses.......This isnu2019t an exaustive list. You could certainly do vowel consonants to do things like ab, eb, ib ob ub, etc. But for the most part, students can practice and over learn the syllables by making a card for each of these, and then playing the game of if you know it you keep the card. You can do this in groups using one kid who knows the syllables or the teacher showing and giving out the cards. Whoever gets the most cards is el rey for the day.How to play el rey for the day. 3u20136 students sit in front of a captain or teacher. Teacher or captain shows card, giving students 10 seconds maximum to get car right. If students doesnu2019t, go to the next. If no students get it, it goes back into the stack to be done again.If a student correctly says the card, give student that card.When all the cards have been gone through and given out, students must count their cards, IN SPANISH, correctly. Students who have counted correctly and have the most cards is el rey (or the reina) for the day.Important things to teach and review then practice are the silent u in gue and gui, the soft ge githe silent u in que qui, and the soft ce ci. Teach as well the sounds gu00fce and gu00fci where the u IS pronounced.Make on three by five card for each of these sounds. One for ba, one for be, etc.Once cards are made, put them in order, cards facing front, right side up, it is a good idea to clip one corner. Once you do this, should cards be dropped they can quickly and efficiently be put back in order because of the clipped corner.So make a card for each of these individual sounds. You will need 2u20133 packages of 3x5 cards and rubber bands and scissors and a sharpie to get this done.ba, be, bi, bo, bubra, bre, bri, bro, brubla ble bli blo bluca, que, qui, co cuce, ci, se, si, so, su sa,cra cre cri cro crucla cle cli clo cluda de di do dudra dre dri dro drudla dle dli dlo dlufa fe fi fo fufra fre fri fro frufla fle fli flo fluga gue gui go gugra gre gri gro grugla gle gli glo gluha he hi ho hu(Donu2019t do ka ke ki ko ku; the k is rarely if ever used in Spanish)ja je ji jo ju, ge, gila le li lo luma me mi mo muna ne ni no nupa pe pi po pupla ple pli plo plupra pre pri pro prura re ri ro rurra rre rri rro rruta te ti to tutla tle tli tlo tlutra tre tri tro truva ve vi vo vuwa we wi wo wuxa xe xi xo xuya ye yi yo yuza ze zi zo zuaa ae ai ao auee ea ei eo euia ie io iuoa oe oi ouua ue ui uo