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WHEEL OF YOGA POSES
Last year I came across a great tool called "Wheel Decide" which is a wonderful online tool to create wheels to pick games, songs, volunteers, you name it! I was able to create fun games in class such as "El espejo" (see my post from my presentation at TFLA to learn...
OFF-SCREEN ACTIVITIES FOR ELEMENTARY SPANISH
Zoom burnout is real! After I completed my 3rd week teaching online, one of the things that made me tired the most was the amount of time I was spending in front of a computer every day. Some of my students were not only attending our Zoom classes but also having to...
YO TAMBIÉN – #QUEDATEENCASA VERSION
I came up with this #quedateencasa version of the activity "Yo También" that I used with my students. It has been great to use at the beginning of class. If you haven't used this activity yet, I have written two posts about how to use these images in the classroom. A...
VIRTUAL GREETINGS IN SPANISH
I miss my classroom so much and also miss being able to see my students in person. One of the hardest things about transitioning to online school was finding ways to keep some of the routines I had in my classroom and adapting them to this new way of teaching that I...
BREATHING EXERCISES FOR ELEMENTARY SPANISH
These days we are all spending a lot of time sitting in front of the computer. Taking the time to pause and breath is important in class. Doing simple breathing exercises and asking children to close their eyes while doing them is a quick way for them to take their...
DIGITAL STICKERS FOR SEESAW
One of the things that I love about Seesaw is the different options it has for teachers to give feedback to students. You may either type or record your voice to provide direct feedback. Although Seesaw doesn't allow you to give a quick sticker response (like you can...
ANIMAL MOVEMENT CARDS IN SPANISH
Movement Cards are a life saver in my classes. I like to use them as quick brain breaks with my younger students. Now that we have moved to teaching online due to the current health situation, I find that giving our students some time to move after staring at the...
GAMES FOR ONLINE DISTANCE TEACHING
I just ended our 3rd week of distance learning, however this was my first week teaching live online classes. I do have to say that it has been exhausting trying to figure out how to make the class interactive and engaging while being so far apart from my students and...
THREE FREE STORIES FOR YOUR ELEMENTARY SPANISH CLASESS
These are three simple and easy to understand stories that I have written for elementary students, although I have also been delighted to hear from middle school teachers that they have used them with their beginner classes. These stories have a lot of repetition in...
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