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

Win Prizes in Our March Music Madness Raffle!

Our March Music Madness is just under a month away and we’ve got some surprises in store. The first is the unveiling of our Teacher Bracket Prediction Challenge. Teachers can fill out a google form with their picks to try … Continue reading

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Get Ready for March Music Madness ’25: Participate in the Bracket Tournament!

With a toddler and newborn, I haven’t posted as much as I would like the past year. But if there’s one thing that gets me foregoing sleep so I can work on creating… it’s the annual March Music Madness. We … Continue reading

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Bracket Predictions

We are less than a week away from March Music Madness 2024. Plenty of time to get in on what will sure to be the highlight of the year for your students. We recently sat down with Claudio Elliot on … Continue reading

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SpanishPlansMMM March Music Madness 24

The 11th annual March Music Madness tournament is approaching and teachers are gearing up. Our MMM24 homepage has what you need. Don’t miss what students consistently call their favorite part of the year. Our 2024 bracket features 16 current songs … Continue reading

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Mad Libs en español

Next week I’ll be using the Spanish Lottery video of Justino with materials from the Comprehensible Classroom. In order to preview the story I used a Mad Libs activity, generated by ChatGPT which I  fined-tuned. Students worked with a partner: … Continue reading

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Independent Spanish Reading

After different variations over the years, [FVR (Free Voluntary Reading], Lectura Libre, SSR (Silent Spanish Reading), among others] I’ve again renamed our reading time in class to ISR: Independent Spanish Reading.To kick things off this year, we read for several … Continue reading

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Movie Talk Notes Activity

After presenting a MovieTalk/Clip chat, what’s your next step? If you use screenshots to present a video (which is usually my preferred way), then you are already halfway there. Organize the important screenshots on a slide and leave room for … Continue reading

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Hispanic Heritage Month

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! Some ideas to keep in mind this month: We recently combined several of our products into a Hispanic Heritage Bundle… including our popular 10 Misconceptions about the Spanish Speaking World. Technology: Hispanic Country Powerpoint/Slides Backgrounds. Have … Continue reading

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Back to School 2023

It’s that time of year again…. summer break is coming to an end for me and I’ll be back in the classroom for year 17 soon. Here are a few things we’ve been up to over the summer to help … Continue reading

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MMM23 Final 8 songs

If 16 songs and 3 weeks were too much, then maybe the Final 8 songs and a week and a half tournament is just for you. And if the timing is right, it might be a perfect way to cruise … Continue reading

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