As a follow-up to my 3 part series of 20 Ways to Get Your Students Speaking in the Target Language, I created this list of 15 creative Spanish speaking activities to use in class. Here is a collection of my favorite ideas and activities to get your students talking. Beware: Once they start talking, they might not stop talking and then you’ll want to read, What to Do with Chatty Students. 🙂 1. Weekend Chat Every Monday in class, we…
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July 26, 2020Join over 13,567 other teachers who already have accessed this treasure trove of engaging free Spanish lesson plans and free French lesson plans. Free Spanish lesson plans and free French lesson…
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Online Spanish Activities for Students at Home
March 5, 2020So the coronavirus has hit your town, your school closed, but you are still expected to teach your students who can’t come to school. These online Spanish activities will provide engaging…
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Preterite vs. Imperfect: How to Choose the Correct Tense
October 16, 2019Simple 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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9 Day of the Dead Spanish Activities and Lesson Plans
October 14, 2019Looking for engaging Day of the Dead Spanish activities? Spice up your classes with these Day of the Dead Spanish activities ranging from authentic video clips to make your own memorials,…
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5 Day of the Dead Spanish Activities
October 14, 2019Hey guys! Just made a video sharing 5 of my favorite Day of the Dead Spanish activities. It’s too big to host on my blog (boo hoo!), but you can watch…
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Spanish Transition Words to Improve Writing
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 will…
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How to Use Spanish Writing Templates
December 12, 2018Are you struggling to teach Spanish writing to your students? If your Spanish students are writing short, choppy first-grade level sentences, try using Spanish writing templates to dramatically improve and formalize…
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Spanish Writing Activities, 25 Spanish Writing Projects
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. Â Gym and lunch beware, we’re…
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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…