This site, called Spanish-Kit contains an Elementary Spanish Reader that is very much on level with level 2 classes. It is in the form of a PDF file, so copies may be made and distributed to your students for them to take home and to make notes on. It contains 21 short stories, all adapted to fit the elementary level, and most of the stories are stories that American children would have heard growing up (The Three Bears, Chicken Little). So, even though reading these stories will be a challenge for some students, they will be already have background knowledge of the story, helping them to understand the context better. The language in this reader is adapted to fit the elementary level, and does not contain difficult vocabulary.
One idea for using this in the classroom would be to allow students 5-7 minutes at the beginning of class to skim through the stories you would like to cover for that day and highlight words that they do not know. Then, they can go back (once reading) and try and figure out the meaning from the context, or (before reading) keep a log of these words and their definitions.
I hope that you are able to get some use from this! :)
I like these little cuentos. Even though they deal with some elementary level content, I think they could be used for high school and adult learners as well because most people are familiar with these stories and this would give them an advantage for comprehension (and so reading would be less of a frustrating task). Also, they offer great exposure to how stories are told in Spanish as well as new vocabulary. Fun site!
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