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About SpanishPlans

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

ICTFL15

It was wonderful to see so many of of our colleagues join us at the Illinois Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ICTFL) Fall Conference. For those of you who are checking out our website for the first time, read … Continue reading

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Bell Work in Spanish Class

Here’s why I love Bell Ringers in my Spanish class: 1) It gets the student working as soon as the come in the room. 2) It’s a great way to get students to use their notes and practice using the … Continue reading

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Facebook Contest Winners

Congrats to our winners of the Facebook Me Gusta Stamp and Facebook Profile Project. Dale D won the Stamp, and Yahaloma P. won our Facebook Project. We were feeling extra giving so we added 2 more projects winner, which were … Continue reading

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Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month

Did you know there are over 70 National Holidays in Latin America? Did you also know that the most popular one that is taught in schools isn’t even a National Holiday? I’m talking about 5 de Mayo, which is not … Continue reading

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Facebook Giveaway

Our Facebook Spanish Project, after going over a major upgrade this summer, has reached  over 1,000 sales. If you have downloaded this product in the past, make sure you have the newest version by signing in and downloading the product … Continue reading

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English Pop Music in Spanish

What’s better than taking songs that your students already know and enjoy in English and listening to the Spanish version? Your students will be fascinated listening to the Spanish version of Taylor Swift’s Shake it Off or other current popular … Continue reading

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Passport Stamps

During the first week of school, our students put together their own passports. They filled out a Colombian Student Visa and glued that to the inside cover and then we used the blank passport pages to write our first unit’s … Continue reading

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Classroom Scavanger Hunt

Here’s a quick tip to do doing the first week of school: Create a classroom scavenger hunt. I wrote up a half sheet of questions for things for students to look for around the classroom. I included asking where the … Continue reading

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Spanish Classroom Tour

Ok, so the bulletin boards are done and the posters are hung. Here’s what our students will walk into on the first day of classes.

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Inspire Travel

My theme for my classes this year will be travel, and you get see all our previous posts about this topic here. Today’s posts offer some images that you can print to use as bulletin board material or frame and hang to … Continue reading

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