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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

Teachers Tweeting: Free Professional Development

Posted on June 12, 2011 by spanishplans

I’ll admit, I used to say I would never get a twitter account. I didn’t see the purpose and besides what did I have to say that would be important to anyone to read? I thought twitter was just for … Continue reading →

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Jesse y Joy

Posted on May 26, 2011 by spanishplans

One of my favorite Latin artists to listen to, Jesse & Joy, brother and sister duo from México City, are a hit with my Spanish students. Their music is extremely catchy and very easy to understand, especially for beginning level … Continue reading →

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Mana Drama y Luz

Posted on May 18, 2011 by spanishplans

I took the lyrics from Maná’s new album “Drama y Luz” and created a wordle. If you’ve never used wordle before, you can paste in text and it creates a word cloud of the most common words. You can have … Continue reading →

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Partes del Cuerpo actividad

Posted on May 16, 2011 by spanishplans

Teaching Body Parts in Spanish Class: It’s getting that time of the year: Garage Sales. As a teacher, garage sales are a great opportunity to find cheap items that you can incorporate into your classroom. Today’s idea features the classic … Continue reading →

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Make reflexive Verbs fun

Posted on May 10, 2011 by spanishplans

When I studied Spanish in high school, I never quite understood the concept of reflexive verbs. Now, as a teacher, its one of my favorite topics to teach! Make teaching reflexives verbs fun, interesting, and engaging for your students. I … Continue reading →

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5 Things You Didn’t know about 5 de Mayo

Posted on May 2, 2011 by spanishplans

5 Things you Didn’t know about Cinco de Mayo: 1: When: May 5th, 1862. Unlike Independence Day, celebrated September 15 and 16th, which is the largest national celebration, Cinco de Mayo is only celebrated regionally and in fact, is celebrated … Continue reading →

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Cinco de Mayo

Posted on April 27, 2011 by spanishplans

Oh great, it’s that time of year again. The one day a year Americans pay attention to the Mexican “culture”. It’s the one date your average American can say in Spanish. (Although I’m sure we’ve all had that student who … Continue reading →

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Expresate Spanish Resources

Posted on April 2, 2011 by spanishplans

Expresate Chapter 1 –Subject Pronouns Practice on Powerpoint –Teaching Subject Pronouns (5 pages) –Teaching Subject Pronouns with Pictures –Telling Time : Notes and Quiz (FREE) Expresate Chapter 2 –Expresate Chapter 2 Test (Adjectives, Gustar) –Ser Adjectives Flashcards Expresate Chapter 3 … Continue reading →

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Past Tense

Posted on March 21, 2011 by spanishplans

I remember hearing that over 85% of communication in a language is in the past tense. Yet, we as language teachers, generally wait until second year to fully engage our students in past tense. Ideally, we should be introducing and … Continue reading →

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Updates

Posted on March 16, 2011 by spanishplans

Just a few quick notes. On Wednesdays we will be posting a link on our twitter (@spanishplans) whether it be a web2.0 tool, cool Spanish sites, education sites, or other sites of interests to educators. Our previous two: Wed, March … Continue reading →

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