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¡Hola profes! I hope you have been having a great start to the school year so far! This week, I wanted to share a blog post written by my friend Jamie from Specialty Spanish about the Seal of Biliteracy. I found her post to be super informative, and I thought that you might too! Happy
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing? I hope your school year has been going well so far! Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15) is almost here! Hispanic Heritage Month is the perfect opportunity to highlight the rich histories, cultures, and contributions of Hispanic and Latino communities in the United States and across the Spanish-speaking world.
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¡Hola profes! I hope you have had a fantastic winter break so far and that you’ve had plenty of opportunities to recharge your batteries before going back to school! Speaking of school – I can’t believe it’s time to start thinking about what activities to do with students when we get back. Returning to school
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing? I can’t believe we are almost halfway through December already! Where is the time going? The holiday season is upon us, and it’s the perfect time to bring some Christmas cheer into your Spanish classroom while helping students expand their vocabulary. Christmas-themed activities are not only festive, but are
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¡Hola profes! I hope all is going well! Has the first marking period ended for you yet? At my school, we are just about done. I can’t believe 25% of the school year is done already! Let me ask you a question, profes: Do you and your students complete any Halloween-themed activities in your classroom?
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing? I can’t believe we are more than halfway through October already! Let’s talk about el Día de Muertos! As the end of October approaches, it’s the perfect opportunity to immerse your Spanish students in one of the most colorful and culturally significant celebrations in the Spanish-speaking world. El Día
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¡Hola profes! I hope you’ve all been having a fantastic summer so far, and I hope you still have many weeks left before you have to return to school! If you’re anything like me, no matter how hard you try, you might not be able to keep school off the brain. Around this time of
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing today? I can’t believe how quickly spring is flying by! How many days of school do you have left? Profes, let’s talk about keeping students engaged and actively participating in class through the end of the year. With summer on the brain, it can be challenging to keep your
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¡Hola profes! I hope you’re doing well today! Are you having nice spring weather where you are? We’ve been having a warm (albeit rainy) spring here so far in Pennsylvania. The warmer temperatures always remind me that summer is on its way! Let me know if you can relate to this: the end of the
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing today? I can’t believe it’s April already. I have just over two months left in the school year. How about you? As the school year progresses and our students’ knowledge and skill levels increase, we may be looking for new ways to challenge our students to provide them with
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¡Hola profes! I hope you’re doing well today! Who’s on spring break this week? If it’s you, I hope you enjoy!! But, if you still have school this week and are looking for some fun, engaging activities to help you and your students make it to break, why not teach your students about Semana Santa?
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¡Hola profes! I hope you’re doing well! Do you have spring break coming up this week? If so, I hope you have a great time – you deserve it! If you don’t have spring break this week, hang in there! You’ve got this! I don’t know about you, but nothing makes me more uncomfortable than
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing today? I can’t believe March is already halfway over! Are you having spring weather yet where you are? We are seeing warmer days here in Pennsylvania, and having more daylight hours is definitely putting me in a happy mood! Does this sound familiar, profes? You’re going over an important
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¡Hola profes! I hope you’re doing well today! We have officially made it to March – warmer weather and sunnier days are coming! Do you have spring break this month? Ours is in three weeks, not that I’m counting or anything! 🤣 I’ll be honest with you, profes – there have been a few days recently
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing this week? I cannot believe that February is almost over! Where did this month go? I don’t know about you, but this point in the school year always has me looking for ways I can change up the routine. It helps keep the students more engaged and interested, and
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing? Do you have a February break this week, or at least a day off? We usually get a 4-day weekend in February and I think it really helps both teachers and students recharge their batteries at a tough time of year. I hope you get some kind of break
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¡Hola profes! How is everything going? I can’t believe February is almost halfway over already! The third marking period can be a challenging time for both teachers and students. The winter weather might be getting us down and spring break might seem really far away. It could be more challenging to engage students than it was
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing? Can you believe it’s February already? I feel like the month of January just flew by! I have a few questions for you, profes: What kind of curriculum do you use in your classroom – traditional or CI? Do you get a choice at all in your curriculum and
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing? Have you been having a lot of winter weather where you are? We’ve had three snow days so far in January here in Pennsylvania. I love snow, so I’ve been happy! Hopefully you’ve gotten some snow (or at least some snow days) too! Let me ask you a question,
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing? I can’t believe we are nearing the end of January already! It seems like just yesterday we were leaving school for winter break in December. Time is flying by! I don’t know about you, profes, but the third marking period is in full swing at my school, and some
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¡Hola profes! How did the transition back to school after winter break go? Hopefully it was as seamless as possible! It’s hard to believe that the second semester is almost here – or maybe even already here, for some of us! While it’s super exciting to know that we’ve made it through half of the
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¡Hola profe! How was your winter break? I hope it provided you with the opportunity to rest and recharge and come back to school, ready to tackle the new year! Now that January is here, it means that the second semester is upon us. (Side note: How is it possible that the school year is
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¡Hola profe! Winter break is almost here! How many days of school do you have left? Not that anyone’s counting or anything, right? 😉 The week before winter break is a wonderful time to infuse some fun and culture into your classroom by studying Christmas traditions of Spanish-speaking countries! Here are some fun, engaging, and
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¡Hola profes! I hope you are doing well! We are getting close to winter break! I’ve got school through December 22nd. When is your last day? I have good news today! The Spanish teachers of #TeachMoreSpanish have a series of holiday gifts for Spanish teachers during the Winter Wonderland Sale, starting TODAY! Check out what’s
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¡Hola profe! We’ve made it to December! A time of cheer, bright lights, fun activities with family and friends…and if your school is anything like mine, a time for spreading germs. 🤧 Absences increase at this time of year, and not just among the students – teachers are affected too! If you find yourself under
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¡Hola profes! How was your Thanksgiving? I hope you got the rest and relaxation that you needed to come back strong and make it until winter break! The time between Thanksgiving and winter break can be challenging – students may be more excited, off-task or more difficult to engage than usual, and there might be
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing? I cannot believe that Thanksgiving is almost here already! Are you one of the lucky ducks who is off for the whole week? If so, I hope you are getting some much deserved rest and taking the time to do something that you love! With Thanksgiving around the corner,
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing? I can’t believe we are nearing the middle of November already. Thanksgiving break will be here before we know it! Last week, I shared one of my favorite activities that I turn to at this time of the year when my students’ attention becomes more difficult to capture: Jeopardy
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¡Hola profes! The first quarter of the school year is over and I don’t know about you, but at my school, we are officially out of the honeymoon phase. 🤣 If that’s the case for you too, you may be noticing that it is more difficult to capture and keep your students’ attention. What worked
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing? I can’t believe October is almost over already. In many ways, it feels like the school year just started, yet here we are! Let me know if you can relate to this, profes: You are starting a new lesson or unit, and there is new vocabulary for your students
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¡Hola profes! I hope you’re doing well this week! Have you finished the first quarter of the school year yet? Mine ends next week and I cannot believe how fast this school year is flying by! Welcome to week 5 in my series on how to introduce AP Spanish Language and Culture exam tasks to
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing? I can’t believe October is halfway over already. I hope you’ve had the opportunity this month to partake in your favorite fall activities! This is week 4 in my series on how to introduce AP Spanish Language and Culture exam tasks to lower-level students. I firmly believe that preparing
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¡Hola profes! How are you doing? Hopefully you and your students have settled into a nice groove and all is going smoothly! This week, I’m going to continue my series on how to introduce AP Spanish Language and Culture exam tasks to lower-level students. I firmly believe that preparing students for AP success begins in
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¡Hola profe! I can’t believe September is over already! Time is just flying by! This week, I wanted to continue my series on how to introduce AP Spanish Language and Culture exam tasks to lower-level students. I firmly believe that preparing students for AP success begins in Spanish 1. The more students practice the tasks
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¡Hola profe! How are you doing this week? Hopefully all is going well in your classes, and you and your students are settling in and getting along well! This week, I wanted to start a detailed series about how to introduce lower-level Spanish students to AP Spanish Language and Culture test tasks. I firmly believe
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¡Hola profe! How is everything going? I don’t know about you, but I feel like September is just flying by! Last week, I talked about activity ideas for one of my favorite units, la rutina diaria, and this week, I want to talk about activity ideas for another unit that I love: la niñez! Like
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¡Hola profe! How is your school year going so far? I can’t believe we are almost halfway through September already! Let’s talk about one of my FAVORITE units: la rutina diaria! I love this unit because it’s one that all students can relate to and can find a way to use the vocabulary to talk
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¡Hola profe! I hope you’re settling in nicely to the new school year! It’s hard for me to believe I’ve already been back for a few weeks – and I’m sure that some of you have been back for even longer! Let’s talk about listening comprehension activities for Spanish class! Let me know if this
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¡Hola profe! How’s the start of the year been going? I hope you and your students are adjusting well and having a great time getting to know one another and getting back into the routine! This week, I wanted to talk about some of my favorite activities for the introductory/preliminary unit of Spanish 1. While
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¡Hola profe! Have you gone back to school yet? If so, hopefully it’s been going well! If not, I hope you’re enjoying the rest of your summer break! Whether or not you’ve officially started the school year, you might be asking yourself how you can get your students to speak more Spanish in class and
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¡Hola profe! Let me know if you can relate: It’s the beginning of a new school year, and you’ve been getting to know your students. Things are going well, but now it’s time to go over the course syllabus and your class policies and procedures. You’re dreading it because you know that your students’ eyes
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¡Hola profe! I don’t know about you, but I feel like the summer has just flown by! I can’t believe it’s time to start planning the first classes of the school year! If you’re not sure where to start this year, here are some ideas that your students will enjoy: #1: Spanish-speaking countries. Teaching students
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¡Hola profe! Last week, I wrote about getting started using proficiency-based activities in your Spanish classes. As a follow-up to that, I wanted to talk about grading options to help make using proficiency-based activities as painless as possible for both you and your students! #1: Rubrics When you’re grading your students proficiency levels (novice high,
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¡Hola profe! As much as we don’t want to think about it, it will be time to return to school for another year! Today, I wanted to talk about 3 ways in which you can get FREE resources on Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) that you can use to help make that transition back to school
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¡Hola profe! Let me ask you a question: Think about the students that you’ll have coming into your classes this coming year. When the year is done, what do you want these students to be able to do? If your answer is something like, “I want my students to be able to understand Spanish that
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¡Hola profe! I hope that you had a great weekend and that you had the opportunity to do something that you really enjoy! Has this ever happened to you? You’re looking for a supplemental subscription service for your classroom. You research all the options and think you have the best one. However, after a while,
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¡Hola profe! I hope you are living your best life this summer and are getting the opportunity to fully recharge your batteries! If you’re anything like me, though, school might still be on your mind this summer. Maybe you’re reflecting on the policies and procedures you had in place last year and thinking about what
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¡Hola profe! I hope your summer is going great and that you’ve had some time to relax and recharge your batteries a bit! If you’re like me, it can be nearly impossible to keep school completely off the brain, even during the summer. I spend a lot of time over the summer reflecting on the
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¡Hola profe! I hope your summer break is off to a fantastic start and that you’ve had some time to relax a bit and spend time doing what you love! While summer is the perfect time to unwind and recharge, it’s also a great opportunity to earn some extra money. Teaching over the summer can
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¡Hola profe! Hopefully, your summer break has started and you are enjoying some much needed rest and relaxation! If you’re not quite there yet, I’m with you – I’ve still got a few days to go this week. But we’ve got this! This week, I wanted to talk about summer curriculum writing and revision. This
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