Simple 5 Question System for Choosing Preterite vs. Imperfect As Spanish teachers, we all know that one of the trickiest topics to teach is how to choose between the preterite and…
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Free French, Spanish Lesson Plans!
August 7, 2017Want free French and Spanish lesson plans? Well, guess what? I just opened 3 Free Resource Libraries for World Language teachers! There are French, Spanish, and World Language libraries, so you can…
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20 Ways to Get Your Students Speaking in the Target Language, Part 1
November 30, 2016Know what makes my language teacher heart break? When I tell people that I am a French and Spanish teacher and they proceed to tell me that they took X number…
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Using 100 Spanish Transition Words to Improve Writing for High School, Middle School Students
December 12, 2018In my last post about how to teach writing in Spanish, I shared tips about the importance of providing templates and examples for your lower level language students. This next post…
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Are you struggling to teach Spanish writing to your students? Do they write short, choppy first grade level sentences which are extremely painful to grade? And even more frustrating, do they…
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25 Spanish Writing Activities, Spanish Writing Projects for High School, Middle School Students
December 12, 2018In this series on teaching Spanish writing skills, we’ve discussed using templates to model good writing, as well as the importance of Spanish transition words to decrease choppiness. This post will…
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10 Reasons Why World Language Class Is the Best!
August 4, 2018Thought I’d write this fun post sharing how awesome it is that we get to teach French, Spanish, and a variety of other languages each day. Gym and lunch beware, we’re…
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How to Set the Tone during the First Week of French Class It’s always a challenge to figure out what to do for the first week of French class. You never…
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The 20 Worst Sub Experiences Ever!!
February 27, 2018As I was writing my last post, “Why Subs Fail (and How to Help Them Succeed)“, I heard lots of sub plans horror stories from all of you and just had to…
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Why Spanish Sub Plans and French Sub Plans Fail
February 27, 2018Do you leave what you think are very clear Spanish sub plans or French sub plans only to return to chaos the next day? Have any of the following happened to…
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Teacher Feature #5 – Laura Lee, K-8 Spanish Teacher
February 17, 2018Teacher Feature #5 Veteran Teacher – Laura Lee Taught Spanish K-8 in private and public schools for 18 years. Currently taking a year off to create teacher resources and renovate a…
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15 Ways to Add Francophone Culture to Your French Classes
January 11, 2018We all know that Francophone culture is an important part of language French, but we often don’t spend as much time as we should teaching our students about the cultures of…
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5 Awesome Activities for Day of the Dead in Spanish Class
October 24, 2017Hey guys! Just made a video sharing 5 of my favorite Day of the Dead activities for Spanish class. It’s too big to host on my blog (boo hoo!), but you…
