Category Archives: Vocabulary

Resources for LA ROPA unit

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

Teaching a unit about La Ropa? Here’s some resources for your Spanish classroom for this Clothing unit: Música/Videos Canción “Billy La Bufanda” by Señor Wooly Youtube Target Commercial Youtube K-Mart Commercial Dibujos y Fotos Twitter user @profeslack tweeted “There is … Continue reading →

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Connecting vocabulary to our students

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

I realized something important this week while going over our unit’s vocabulary. The  vocabulary is “household chores” going along with the House Unit. After the initial vocab introduction, we started talking about what chores my students do. I quickly realized … Continue reading →

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Animales

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

I start my 8th grade class off with a lesson about Animals in Spanish. Animals is one of the topics that students really enjoy but you don’t see it included in many textbooks or early levels, so it is something … Continue reading →

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Palabras de tecnologia para usar en clase

Posted on August 17, 2012 by

Since I will be utilizing iPads in the classroom this year and engaging the students on the educational social media tool edmodo, among other web tools, I thought I better brush up on some technology vocabulary. I plan to do … Continue reading →

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Letras B y V

Posted on August 12, 2012 by

Because the letters “b” and “v” have the same pronunciation in Spanish, they can sometimes be a bit confusing. Calling the letters “be” and “ve” sounds exactly the same, so many times you will hear other names for these letters. … Continue reading →

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Has this ever happened to you?

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

Spanish teachers, has this ever happened to you? A student asks you how to translate some really obscure word into Spanish? Then this is the comic for you: How do you normally respond to these questions?

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Lenguaje de text

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Se llama “SMS” y son mensajes cortos. Se usan especialmente en los mensajes de text o email. Aquí una lista de las más usadas y comunes “Text Speak” en Español: x = por k = que xq= porque / Por … Continue reading →

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Use descriptions of missing people

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

As your students learn about physical descriptions, there is a very easy way to incorporate authentic language sources that even a level one student could interpret. Using the notion of a “missing person ad” they students have a clear context … Continue reading →

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Song for La Casa Vocabulary

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

As I was sitting thinking about different activities to use for the unit on La Casa in my Spanish 1 class, the song “El Edificio” by Bacilos came up on my music player. What a perfect song! This song has … Continue reading →

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Online Flashcards

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

My favorite web2.0 tool for the foreign language classroom has to be WordChamp.com I started using this site several years ago, a little at first, but now have really started to integrate it into my classroom. The site is free … Continue reading →

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