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Kinesthetic activities for reading
I am preparing my students to test over the novel “Robo en la noche” this week. We have read it in the past tense in my level 2 classes and they will take a test that involves listening to passages of...
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An idealist meets the real world
Something I have always struggled with is the way that my own pie-in-the-sky huge teaching ideas don’t always play out in real life the way they worked in my head. I start the year with these awesome...
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Creating comprehensible input with commercials
Commercials are a really great way to infuse your language classes with a short burst of authentic language, but they are also really valuable as a vehicle for storytelling and discussion. Commercials...
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Making Authentic Resources Comprehensible – CSCTFL 2017
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/La-Abuela-Verizon-Commercial-Authentic-Spanish-Resource-Activity-2888051...
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Planning my “El Salvador Civil War” Unit for Spanish 4
One of my favorite units to teach is my unit on the Civil War in El Salvador leading up to my MS-13 unit. I teach this in Spanish 4 and it is generally really well-received by my students. I think it...
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Music Videos as Movie Talk
One of my favorite aspects of my classes is teaching with music, and nothing makes me happier than to hear students say they downloaded the songs I taught them in class! I spend about 6-8 class days on...
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Numbered Heads Together
We are reading Noches misteriosas en Granada in Spanish 2 right now, and we needed a little ease back into school after Thanksgiving and a little review before we moved forward with the reader. This...
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El Internado “Mafia”
I’ve been wanting to try the game Mafia in class for a really long time! Martina Bex wrote a great post about it and she even has a free downloadable packet for Spanish teachers! We played in Spanish...
View ArticleBeating the Pre-Spring Break Blahs
I have NINE school days left before Spring Break, and I know many of you have 15 days left to go! These are trying times in the life of a teacher! We can do this! I am giving a test in Spanish 2 this...
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Feet up and feeling “fine” on a Tuesday
Good Lord, people. It is week 6 of school, Homecoming week, and it was 85 degrees today on October 1. In Michigan. With no air conditioning. Did I mention it was Homecoming week? Yesterday was pajama...
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