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About spanishplans

Spanish Teacher in Chicago. Have studied or traveled to Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, and Uruguay. Have taught level 1 at middle and high school levels. Degree in Spanish and Master's in Teaching and Leadership. Blogger www.SpanishPlans.org

Summer Savings

Posted on July 17, 2011 by spanishplans

The end of summer is becoming more and more of a reality. As the summer winds down, it’s time for teachers to start thinking about getting ready for the new school year. Getting your classroom ready and buying supplies can … Continue reading →

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New Tech Tools

Posted on July 11, 2011 by spanishplans

Have you checked out our Tech Tools sqworl? We have 17 (and growing) websites that you can incorporate into your classroom with these Web2.o Tools. We’d like to feature a few of them today: Spell with Flickr: Type a word … Continue reading →

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10 Spanish Freebies

Posted on July 10, 2011 by spanishplans

Great ready for back to school with our featured 10 Free Spanish items for your classroom! These 10 items are ready to use, or can be modified to fit your own classroom’s needs. To download these items, all you need … Continue reading →

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Subject Pronouns

Posted on July 8, 2011 by spanishplans

The Achilles heel of Spanish class. Don’t know your subject pronouns and you won’t be able to conjugate that verb. A topic that students MUST understand and master if they are to have any success the rest of the year. … Continue reading →

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SevenSevenEleven Sale

Posted on July 6, 2011 by spanishplans

It’s your lucky day! On this 7-7-11, we are offering special prices for today only! To get you ready for the new school year, we are offering some of our favorite Spanish resources at a big discount for you. If … Continue reading →

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Teaching Feelings

Posted on July 2, 2011 by spanishplans

When teaching adjectives with estar for feelings, I take advantage of an “Emociones” poster, which the students love. I give each student a post-it note and have them write their name on it. They then stick it to the picture … Continue reading →

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Vosotros

Posted on June 22, 2011 by spanishplans

Zachary Jones @ZJonesSpanish, brought up an interesting debate on twitter, by asking if fellow Spanish teachers teach vosotros and why or why not. Some responses given: @hmwildy: I had a prof say “they only use vosotros in Spain, we won’t … Continue reading →

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Tiras Comicas en español

Posted on June 22, 2011 by spanishplans

We’ve talked before about having students create their own comic strips and useful websites to make them, but today we are talking about actual comics that you can use in your classroom. I love finding comic strips that deal with … Continue reading →

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Happy Spanish Day

Posted on June 18, 2011 by spanishplans

We are celebrating El Día E with some free items today!! El Día E, la fiesta de todos los que hablamos español, is today, June 18. Read more about Spanish Day from the Instituto Cervantes. To celebrate we are offering … Continue reading →

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Using Whiteboards in FL class

Posted on June 16, 2011 by spanishplans

My students love using individual mini-whiteboards. If you don’t have a class set: get one now! There are several budget-easy options. The first one, is to go to a hardware store such as Menards, Home Depot, etc. Look for a … Continue reading →

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