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GRATITUDE AND THANKSGIVING IN A WORLD LANGUAGE CLASS
This year I wanted to do something more connected to nature in some of my classes for Thanksgiving, but this resource can be used any time during the school year. It's a great and simple way to talk about gratitude with your students. I came across these two beautiful...
WHAT HAPPENS ON “ALL SAINTS’ DAY” IN COLOMBIA?
"Día de Todos los Santos" (All Saints' Day) is celebrated on November 1st, but if this date falls on a weekend, the celebration is moved to Monday to make it a long holiday weekend. This is known in Colombia as "La Ley Emiliani", and it happens with some celebrations....
¿QUÉ PREFIERES? GAME – HALLOWEEN VERSION
This game was created to use with my younger students to review colors. Many of them are into Halloween right now, so this is a good way to keep them engaged. This game is played just like any "Would You Rather?" type of game, where you have a set of questions and...
EL DÍA DE LA RESISTENCIA INDÍGENA IN SPANISH CLASS
Growing up in Colombia we didn't have a "Columbus Day." This "holiday" was called "El Día de la Raza" to celebrate the different races born after the mix of a not a very pleasant encounter. Even though it wasn't known as Columbus Day, it was still meant to focus on...
MAKE YOUR PET GIVE INSTRUCTIONS IN YOUR CHOICE BOARDS
Adding extra things to spice up your choice boards is definitely not necessary. In fact, I don’t do it every time a create one because it can be time consuming. There is no need to worry if you haven’t added Bitmojis, GiF’s or other things to your boards. Sometimes I...
2020 HALLOWEEN SONGS
I was excited to search for different Halloween songs on YouTube and was also surprised to find so many new ones! The Halloween versions of the Baby Shark songs definitely win! Here are the songs I have found this year! Happy singing!...
GIF YOURSELF TO SPICE UP YOUR CHOICE BOARDS
In case you are still wondering how to add some fun to your choice boards, a gif of yourself can never go wrong! I am now creating videos, making choice boards, and asynchronous lessons while the school is slowly transitioning to in-person classes. I know! It sounds...
TEMPLATES TO PLAY TIC-TAC-TOE
I recently shared on Instagram a template of a tic-tac-toe game I created to play during my virtual classes. I have gotten requests from different teachers who want this template and since I am all about saving teacher friends' time, I decided to create more templates...
A “TOUR” OF MY VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
Every year I like to give a virtual tour of my classroom or bags if I am a traveling teacher. For obvious reasons, this year is different for all of us. Right now I teaching synchronous classes from my classroom, but once we go back to in person classes I no longer...
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