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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

Comics

Posted on March 6, 2011 by spanishplans

We talked about creating comics and cartoons about a month ago, and we are back with some more ideas and new sites. Did you know that creating comics is one way to differentiate in your classroom? Differentiated instruction can be … Continue reading →

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Free teaching resources

Posted on March 6, 2011 by spanishplans

Hello educators, Looking across the web for free teaching worksheets and lessons? Have you tried teacherspayteachers.com? With almost 10,000 free items available made by teachers themselves, you are sure to find something to use in your classroom. To download these … Continue reading →

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Listening Activities and native speakers

Posted on March 1, 2011 by spanishplans

Someone passed along this website to me and it is a great tool for all foreign language teachers. RhinoSpike is an online language learning community tool that lets users around the globe connect and exchange foreign language audio files. Get … Continue reading →

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Los Enanitos Verdes A Las 3

Posted on February 24, 2011 by spanishplans

Another song to use in your Spanish class. Includes very easy vocabulary that a student in level one could understand with some help. Includes many common Spanish 1 verbs in the present tense, but also includes conjugations in the past … Continue reading →

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Spanish Projects

Posted on February 20, 2011 by spanishplans

7 Ready-to-Use projects for the Spanish 1 classroom. These projects are ready to be utilized in your classroom. Download them now, print the necessary pages, and have your students get to work! These projects can be used as assessments during … Continue reading →

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YouTube commercials in Spanish

Posted on February 20, 2011 by spanishplans

A great idea over at musicuentos blog…. Youtube is filled with lots of video clips of commercials in Español. For listening comprehension, Musicuentos has come up with the idea of finding Spanish commercials, and writing the script to compile a … Continue reading →

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Verb Word Wall

Posted on February 17, 2011 by spanishplans

Spanish Verbs Word Wall Bulletin 32 Pages with 2 Verbs in Large Red Font, with smaller English definition in black font. 64 Spanish Verbs in Total.  Includes most common Spanish 1 Verbs. Stem Change Verbs are distinguished with an asterisk … Continue reading →

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Spanish Powerpoints

Posted on February 14, 2011 by spanishplans

Our Top Spanish Powerpoints para la clase de Espanol NOTES: Affirmative Informal Commands Powerpoint Notes 8 Slide PowerPoint introducing and teaching Informal Affirmative Commands / Positive Tú Commands in your Spanish 1 or 2 class Sure to grab the attention … Continue reading →

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Los Verbos Reflexivos

Posted on February 13, 2011 by spanishplans

When I was a student learning reflexives for the first time, I thought to myself, “Why do these verbs have a ‘se’ at the end? How am I supposed to conjugate these?” A topic I struggled with as a student, … Continue reading →

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Spanish Idioms/Proverbs

Posted on February 13, 2011 by spanishplans

Bring the culture of the language to your classroom with these 15 easy Spanish proverbs that even students in level 1 and level 2 can figure out. While they not not be able to understand these proverbs by themselves, in … Continue reading →

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