SUPPORTING WORLD LANGUAGE EDUCATORS
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Weather you are an elementary, middle or high school language teacher, I am glad you made it here! On this website you will find teaching tips, strategies and resources to support your teaching journey.
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AN ACTIVITY FOR THE FIRST WEEKS OF SPANISH CLASS
I named this post "An Activity for the First Weeks of Spanish," but in reality this activity can be used any time during the school year. This activity is wonderful to get to know a little bit about your students, to make connections, and have fun! It has been adapted...
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT IN AN ELEMENTARY SPANISH CLASS
Classroom management is definitely a skill that you build with practice. And it's something that is constantly changing and evolving according to the different personalities of your students and classroom chemistry. What works with one class might not work with...
LA FRASE DE LA SEMANA IN ELEMENTARY SPANISH
Learn all about how to incorporate la frase de la semana into the routine of your Spanish class.
Spanish Interactive Notebooks in Grades K-1
I strongly believe that teaching a language through movement, games, and songs should be the main approach when teaching young learners. However, this age group also enjoys engaging in some hands on activities. After all, most young children...
“MUST HAVE” FOR ELEMENTARY SPANISH TEACHERS
This a list of what I have in my classroom and can't survive a school year without any of these materials. Chime: Sometimes we need breaks from using call-and-response chants or clapping our hands. I have found a three tone chime* that works well because it gives...
MANZANITA DEL PERÚ: TRADITIONAL POEM AND GAME
This is a short traditional poem that is perfect to teach a little bit of geography of the Spanish speaking countries, and also numbers from 1 to 10. Use a map to locate Perú. If you have technology at handy, take a virtual trip to Perú using Google Earth. You can...
MY JOURNEY AS A (SPANISH) TEACHER
As a native speaker, I find it fairly easy to stay in the target language (TL), and I’m aware that it’s important to keep my communication simple and to do as much as I can to keep my instruction at the proficiency level of my students, and, more importantly, to...
USING TRADITIONAL SONGS IN AN ELEMENTARY SPANISH CLASS
Nothing like the sounds of traditional music, and the stories behind it! I love when I am able to find a song that belongs to and represents one of the Spanish speaking cultures - and use it in my classes. Bringing traditional songs to the classroom is a way to teach...
REFLECTING ON THE SCHOOL YEAR
I have made it a tradition to end each school year with a post reflecting on the year. It's become a way for me to keep track of my progress as an Elementary Spanish teacher. I have been teaching for 20 years, and every year I find myself ditching things that didn't...
