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Category Archives: reading
Resources for La Lucha
This year was my first year using the book LA LUCHA by Melisa Lopez from FluencyMatters/Wayside Publishing. The book is a historical fiction book about a teenager year old named Javier who works in the fields picking crops alongside his … Continue reading
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Tagged cesar chavez, dolores huerta, farmworkers, la lucha, novel
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Engaging Group Activities for Spanish Reading Comprehension
In a Spanish class reading “La Lucha,” students analyzed chapter 6 by identifying 20 significant words. They collaborated in pairs to compare lists, ultimately agreeing on ten key words. This activity promoted deeper understanding of the text and vocabulary through repeated engagement, discussions, and potential follow-up writing assignments using the chosen words. Continue reading
Posted in reading, TPRS
Tagged chapter summary, class novel, education, farmworkers, group discussion, la lucha, literacy, reading, teaching, teaching strategy, using AI, writing
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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
Graphic Giveaway
With the release of a new graphic novel and November being the month to show thanks, we wanted to host a giveaway for Spanish teachers. One of the best things about Graphic Novels or Comic books is that the illustrations … Continue reading
Posted in FVR, FVR, reading
Tagged contest, FVR, graphic novels, novela grafica, novelas graficas
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Me llamo Victor Graphic Novel
As you may know, the latest graphic novel from Señor Wooly is titled “Me llamo Víctor Parte 1” and is almost available. Hopefully you have pre-ordered it, as it is expected to ship in the coming weeks. When I found … Continue reading
What students say about acquiring vocab through reading
I love asking for student feedback. So after our classes read El Escape Cubano or El Capibara Con Botas I asked for student feedback using google forms. Both of these books include many cognates, but I also wanted students to … Continue reading
Posted in reading, TPRS, Vocabulary
Tagged acquisition, audiobooks, reading, vocabulary, vocabulary acquisition
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FVR Reading Log
One new thing that I implemented this year with FVR was a reading log. On one side of the sheet of paper I have all the books listed and on the other side is a chart that students can use … Continue reading
Top 10 Novels for Spanish 1
One of my favorite things in my Spanish 1 class is implementing Free Voluntary Reading time (FVR) aka SSR. It is probably the most important thing we do in class. If you need convincing of that, then you need to … Continue reading
Chapter Recaps with Images
This year I hit the gates running with a class read of the Fluency Matters novel “Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro”, a super easy and fun reader. I usually like to act the chapter out before having the students read … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Brown Quiere un Perro, FluencyMatters, novels, reading strategies, Storyboardthat, TPRS
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How to print a glossary for a book
In the past, we showed you how to take an entire text and put ALL of the words into a glossary. This is especiallu useful when you’ve written a class story and want to print a small booklet for … Continue reading
Posted in FVR, Uncategorized
Tagged authentic resources, authres, FVR, Glossary, Malala, novel, quien es, Quien fue, Tutorial, youtube
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