Author Archives: SpanishPlans

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Spanish Educator, with focus on acquisition Educator Enthusiast I love learning about and sharing culture.

March Music Madness 2018

Posted on January 30, 2018 by SpanishPlans

Hey ya’ll. We are super excited to annouce that we have finished the bracket for our 2018 edition of March Musica Madness. This year is going to be the best year yet. While we know this idea has probably been … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged march madness, MarzoDeMusica, música, music | 6 Comments

FVR reading with audiobooks

Posted on January 16, 2018 by SpanishPlans

If you are thinking to yourself, “Another post about FVR?!”, then I would suggest this book by the legend himself, Stephen Krashen, The Power of Reading. That book has focused my attention to reading as a way for students to … Continue reading →

Posted in FVR, FVR, reading | Tagged audiobooks, FluencyMatters, FVR, grant, grant proposal, reading, SSR | 1 Comment

FVR Accountability

Posted on December 4, 2017 by SpanishPlans

I recently came across a post on Grant Boulanger’s blog written by Mónica Romero where she shows how she has students share what books they are reading during FVR (Free Voluntary Reading). Go ahead and read that post… go on, … Continue reading →

Posted in FVR, FVR | Tagged FVR, lectura libre, SSR | 4 Comments

Spanish Graphic Novels

Posted on December 2, 2017 by SpanishPlans

Thanks to everyone who recently entered our Spanish Graphic Novel raffle. The winners have been chosen. Check below to see if you are a winner. We will also tell you how you can add more graphic novels to your classroom … Continue reading →

Posted in FVR, FVR, Uncategorized | Tagged graphic novels, novela grafica, novelas graficas | 3 Comments

FVR Graphic Novel Giveaway

Posted on November 23, 2017 by SpanishPlans

This Thanksgiving we are thankful for such a supporting PLN and the amount that we have professionally grown thanks to all the ideas that you all share through blogs, conferences, and twitter. With the new release of Wooly’s La Dentista … Continue reading →

Posted in FVR, FVR | Tagged FVR, giveaway, graphic novels, raffle | 2 Comments

Language Acquisition Quote

Posted on November 15, 2017 by SpanishPlans

If you are a teacher who teaches with comprehensible input (TCI) and accepts the research of language acquisition, I find it helpful to explain the reasons for doing what we do in class to students. This helps them understand the … Continue reading →

Posted in Discussion/Methodology | Tagged Krashen, language acquisition, SLA | 2 Comments

Creating your own FVR Booklets

Posted on November 5, 2017 by SpanishPlans

If you’ve been following our posts this year, you know we have been focusing a lot lately on FVR (free voluntary reading) as a tool for acquisition in the language learning classroom. Today we are going to show you how … Continue reading →

Posted in FVR, reading, TPRS | Tagged booklets, FVR, reading | 6 Comments

Spooky Stories

Posted on October 29, 2017 by SpanishPlans

Some Halloween tales for this week: Authenic Reading of Haunted Hollywood Stars This product features an authentic text from a Colombian Magazine regarding 6 stories of famous celebrities and their encounters with ghosts. Makes a great engaging lectura for students. … Continue reading →

Posted in Lesson Plans | Tagged halloween | 1 Comment

CI Midwest Takeaways 3

Posted on October 16, 2017 by SpanishPlans

The second session I attended at Comprehensible Midwest 2017 in Ripon, Wisconsin was about using Non-fiction stories. Some critics of TPRS will say that the stories are silly and wonder when a student would need to talk about a pink … Continue reading →

Posted in TPRS | Tagged CIMW17, Conference, non fiction, non fiction stories | 2 Comments

CI Midwest Takeaways 2

Posted on October 14, 2017 by SpanishPlans

It’s been about a busy month since CI Midwest took place but we finally have some time to post a few more of our thoughts and takeaways. Notes from Justin Slocum Bailey’s (@indwellinglang) session: