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

Uploading to Lyrics Training

Posted on March 5, 2017 by SpanishPlans

Yesterday, we showed you how to create your own cloze activities on LyricsTraining.com. But what if the song you want to use as an activity isn’t there? Well, it’s easy to add a song by adding your own lyrics and … Continue reading →

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Lyrics Training Creating a Cloze

Posted on March 4, 2017 by SpanishPlans

If you are participating in March Music Madness, you probably have used a fill-in-the-blank Cloze activity before with a song. Perhaps, you’ve checked out the site lyricstraining.com. While this site was a great way for students to practice typing in … Continue reading →

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March Music Madness 2017

Posted on February 18, 2017 by SpanishPlans

It’s here! Our favorite time of year: When 16 songs go head-t0-head to see which hit will de declared the winner of March Music Madness. Our 2016 Bracket was a success, with students falling in love with the eventual winner. And … Continue reading →

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Lectura Libre

Posted on January 16, 2017 by SpanishPlans

I finally started “FVR” or Free Voluntary Reading time with my students this last week. For an idea on what FVR is, check out this post by K.Placido, “Sustained Silent Reading in Language Class“. Our first day we spent 5-6 … Continue reading →

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Creating Listening Activities

Posted on December 18, 2016 by SpanishPlans

In the TPRS classroom, creating your own listening activities can be super easy. You can utilize this approach to create your own cloze cloze activities or record your own audio of a story. The process is simple. Every computer has

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Resources for Navidad

Posted on December 14, 2016 by SpanishPlans

With many schools entering their final days before winter break, I wanted to share some quick and easy lesson plans to get you through your final days! Enjoy! MovieTalk: Pedacito de Navidad Video Justino Y la Loteria: A free movietalk … Continue reading →

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Yellow Summary

Posted on December 6, 2016 by SpanishPlans

Yellow Summary: A reading strategy for TPRS to get students to re-read with a purpose. Continue reading →

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Cyber Monday

Posted on November 27, 2016 by SpanishPlans

In addition to the TeachersPayTeachers Cyber Monday Sale, we have some other special announcements:

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Celebrity Face Masks

Posted on November 15, 2016 by SpanishPlans

Oh my god, you guys!! Look who visited my class today!  I had my fan girl moment as Juanes was part of our class story. We’ve also had visits previously from Beyonce (not Bey-doce or Bey-trece), John Cena, Cristiano Ronaldo, … Continue reading →

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Verb Shout: TPRS Reading Activity

Posted on November 7, 2016 by SpanishPlans

We just finished up our La Llorona Unit, which was our first story in Spanish 1 that we introduced in the past tense. Our prior stories this year were all present tense. Our Llorona story featured the background of the … Continue reading →

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