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Tips for Creating Your Own Units in Your Spanish Classroom
¡Hola profes! Let me ask you a question – are your course curricula for your Spanish classes working for you? Do they provide all that you need to teach, practice, and assess your students? Are there supplemental resources that allow for differentiation and student choice? I hope so, but if not – I have totally…
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Test Items to Assess Vocabulary in the Target Language
¡Hola profes! Does this sound familiar? You’ve got your vocabulary lesson or unit planned out – you know what material you need to cover, you’ve got some great ideas for activities, and you have a rough timeline prepared. All that’s missing is your assessment piece. Of course, there are so many ways you can assess…
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Writing Activities for Spanish Class
¡Hola profes! Has this happened to you? You are finished with your unit – you’ve introduced and practiced all the concepts and themes, and you feel pretty confident that your students understand. So, you give them a related writing prompt or a series of questions and ask students to respond. But then…you look at their…
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4 Ways You Can Reduce Time Spent Grading in Your Spanish Classroom
¡Hola profes! Can you relate to this? My first year of teaching, I had about 200 students, and I was DROWNING in grading. I left school every day with a bag full of student work and I spent hours upon hours of my nights and weekends marking papers. It was overwhelming, to say the least,…
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Reading Strategies that Help Students Understand Texts – Without Direct Translation
¡Hola profes! Has this ever happened to you? You find the perfect text that goes with your unit. After reading it, you make some comprehension questions for students to answer. It’s all set and ready to go! But then, you give your students the passage and…it doesn’t go well. Maybe your students are struggling to…
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Tips, Tricks, and Resources For Using Authentic Audios and Videos in Spanish Class
¡Hola profes! Has this ever happened in your classroom? You speak to your students in Spanish every day. Your students complete activities where they speak to each other in Spanish. If you have ancillary materials that go along with your textbook or curriculum, you make sure your students complete the audio activities. You think everything…
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5 Websites and Apps You Can Use to Assess Your Spanish Students’ Speaking Proficiency
¡Hola, profes! Tell me if this has ever happened to you: You tell someone that you’re a Spanish teacher. That person chuckles and says, “You know, I took x number of years of Spanish in high school and I can’t speak it at all!” Does hearing that make you a little upset? Sad? I know…
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Preparing for AP Success in Spanish 1
¡Hola, profes! Today’s topic is one of my passions – helping my students gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to succeed on the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam! If a school or school district offers an AP Spanish Language and Culture course, it is probably the culminating course of the program and will…
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3 Interactive, Hands-On Activities for Spanish Class that Grab (And Keep!) Students’ Attention!
Humor me for a minute – close your eyes and picture your ideal lesson. Are your students interpreting Spanish? Are they creating with the language? Is everyone actively engaged and participating in your activity? Are all class members (including you!) having fun? Now, I’m sure you answered “YES!” to all those questions 😀 We want all…
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Top 5 Favorite Low/No-Tech Games for Spanish Class
¡Hola profes! Today, I wanted to talk to you about…GAMES! Adding games to my lessons is my favorite way to engage my students. When we play games in class, even my most reluctant students are more eager to participate. Don’t get me wrong – I am a HUGE fan of digital games like Kahoot!, Blooket,…
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