Spanish First Week Activities: How to Teach Using Immersion In my previous 4 posts, I’ve talked about why it’s so important to create an immersion atmosphere, how to set the tone…
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Spanish Ebook with Teaching Tips and Free Lesson Plans
July 16, 20172017 Spanish ebook, free Spanish lesson plans, games, activities, and teaching tips! Whether you’re new teacher or a veteran teacher, the 2017 Spanish ebook, is a definite must-have for your school year. Every year,…
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50 Free World Language Games!
June 28, 2017Do you ever feel like you’ve made so many resources for your classes and that you just wish some veteran teacher would magically appear to give you some new, fresh ideas…
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How to Teach Irregular Verbs
February 28, 2017In the first 2 parts of this series, we discussed how native speakers learn differently than language students and how to break down tricky verb tenses into manageable chunks by teaching…
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How to Teach Preterite Conjugations
February 28, 2017Don’t you just love teaching tricky verb tenses? Nope, not really! In particular, the past tenses and the subjunctive can be so troublesome to teach. But why are they so hard to teach?…
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After using traditional vocabulary and verb Spanish flashcards in my World Language classrooms for years, I have finally come to the conclusion that they just aren’t as effective as they could…
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Do your students struggle with verb conjugations and remembering vocab? Are they unable to use verbs in a sentence without conjugating the whole thing in their heads? Do they misspell verbs…
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Cinco de Mayo Activities for Spanish Class
April 19, 2016Cinco de Mayo is fast approaching. Are you ready to create a memorable Cinco experience for your Spanish students? What? You’re busy grading papers, writing final exams, and trying to figure…
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Connect with Me on Social Media
January 30, 2016Just added this post with all my social media accounts so we can connect with each other. I love hearing what you have to say, so please get in touch. Thought…
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History of Cinco de Mayo: What Really Happened
April 22, 2015Cinco de Mayo is coming up and as Spanish teachers, it’s our chance to set the record straight with the true history of Cinco de Mayo, what really happened. 1. Cinco…
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Danza de los Voladores de Papantla
April 20, 2013Danza de los voladores Check out this video that I took at Xcaret (a park near Playa del Carmen, Mexico) of the Danza de los Voladores de Papantla, (Dance of the Flyers).…