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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

Making Comics and Cartoons

It’s project time. Looking for something new and unique and something that will interest students? How about having your students create their own comic strip or comic book to showcase their knowledge in the unit. Want students to summarize a … Continue reading

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Musica y Videos en la Clase

In addition to playing authentic music during the first few minutes of class and during work time, I try to incorporate fun and interesting music and videos. Maybe some of you have seen these before, or even used them yourselves. … Continue reading

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15 Spanish 1 Projects

Group Projects, Individual Projects, Projects for the Main Themes of all Spanish I textbooks (Expresate, Realidades, Avancemos, etc.) 24 pages. A Majority of the projects include rubrics for easy grading and clear expectations. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/15-Spanish-1-Projects 1. Vocabulary Project: can be used … Continue reading

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Adivina Quien Guess Who Spanish game

I know many teachers would love to play the game Guess Who in Spanish to practice descriptions in their early level classes. Teacher’s Catalogue’s offer the game Guess Who or the Spanish vesion Adivina Quién for $25-35 dollars. I don’t … Continue reading

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Ser and Estar Resources

Ser and Estar Worksheets, Lessons, Resources Ser and Estar Unit Lesson Plan Packet: Spanish (19 pages) One of our BEST SELLERS: Teaching Ser and Estar (level I and II) through a 19 page document. Included are an ID badge, 7 … Continue reading

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Spanish and Co-curriculum

In my school the Language Arts department teaches Latin and Greek stems to their students. The students are given about 10 new words a week and tested weekly on their cumulative stems. As their beginning level 1 Spanish teacher, I … Continue reading

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Spanish Speaking Activities

The whole point of learning a foreign language is to be able to communicate. Our students need to be practicing speaking as often in possible in Spanish classes. During certain activities our goal may be very specific. Sometimes we want … Continue reading

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Food / Comida Vocabulario

¿Quién tiene hambre? Todos estos archivos se tratan de LA COMIDA: Expresate Chapter 6 Food Vocab Presentation Food Project (Level 1) with Rubric Food Vocabulary Unit for Spanish: Worksheets, Quiz Spanish Food Oral Partner Speaking Listening Activity Comida Spanish Food … Continue reading

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Expresate 1 Resources

Two months ago, we featured the textbook Expresate and offered chapter quizzes and tests for chapters 2-7 in level 1. With the success of that post, we are today OPENING UP OUR FILE CABINET. We present you with over 40 … Continue reading

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Cognate Word Wall

A lot of Spanish teachers have the Spanish Alphabet posted in their classrooms. This visual can help show students the extra letters in Spanish and also the Spanish pronunciation. However, I take mine a bit further. I have posted mine … Continue reading

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