Category Archives: Projects

Making your own CI movies

After my class finished reading the TPRS Publishing novel Esperanza and were working on their final projects, I spent some time playing around with an iPad and ended up making a video for chapter 1. The most useful aid in … Continue reading

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March Music Champion

And the winner is…. I had the students fill out a survey as part of the voting process and here’s a few key notes:

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Facebook in Spanish

We just gave one of our most popular product a huge upgrade. We are quickly approaching 1,000 licenses sold for our Spanish Facebook Profile Project. If you are one of those who already has this project, you will want to log … Continue reading

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Superheroes

Here’s a fun activity to culminate at the end of the year or to begin the year with a review. (See also, Animal Unit) Have your students create they very own Superhero. They can describe the superhero in the target … Continue reading

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Copa Mundial

Just finished this 12 page packet for the World Cup. This 12 page packet features a 4 page webquest where students will find out information about the tournament, the teams, and its history. Also features 4 songs including the 2010 … Continue reading

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Futbol

I’ll admit, I’m a huge soccer fan. And I’ve been lucky to attend World Cup qualifying games in Costa Rica to see the passion firsthand. Being the number one sport in Latin America (and the world) gave me even more … Continue reading

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Educreating Spanish Cooking Videos

What better input to learn about food and cooking in context than to watch short tutorials on how to make food. The power of Youtube gives us so much access to resources many teachers didn’t have in the past, it … Continue reading

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Escribir una carta a Santa

Resources para La Navidad With vacation approaching and students getting ready for the holidays, today students wrote a letter to Santa. It fit in perfect with our ‘shopping’ unit to talk about items they would want or not want. For … Continue reading

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Comics

We talked about creating comics and cartoons about a month ago, and we are back with some more ideas and new sites. Did you know that creating comics is one way to differentiate in your classroom? Differentiated instruction can be … Continue reading

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Spanish Projects

7 Ready-to-Use projects for the Spanish 1 classroom. These projects are ready to be utilized in your classroom. Download them now, print the necessary pages, and have your students get to work! These projects can be used as assessments during … Continue reading

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