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Increase Your Spanish Students’ Engagement With Board Games
¡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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Using Jeopardy Games To Increase Engagement In Your Spanish Classroom
¡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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10+ Vocabulary Practice Activities for Spanish Class That AREN’T Worksheets
¡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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Scaffolding the AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam for Lower-Level Students: The Cultural Comparison
¡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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Scaffolding the AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam for Lower-Level Students: Interpreting Audio Texts
¡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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Scaffolding the AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam for Lower-Level Students: Interpreting Printed Texts
¡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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Scaffolding the AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam for Lower-Level Students: The Simulated Conversation
¡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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Scaffolding the AP Spanish Language and Culture Exam for Lower-Level Students: The Email Reply
¡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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15+ Activities For Your Childhood and the Imperfect Unit
¡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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15+ Activities For Your Spanish Daily Routine and Reflexive Verbs Unit
¡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…