Category Archives: reading

Graphic Giveaway

Posted on November 13, 2019 by SpanishPlans

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 →

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Me llamo Victor Graphic Novel

Posted on October 21, 2019 by SpanishPlans

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 →

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What students say about acquiring vocab through reading

Posted on September 21, 2019 by SpanishPlans

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 →

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FVR Reading Log

Posted on December 17, 2018 by SpanishPlans

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 →

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Top 10 Novels for Spanish 1

Posted on October 15, 2018 by SpanishPlans

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 →

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Chapter Recaps with Images

Posted on September 17, 2018 by SpanishPlans

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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How to print a glossary for a book

Posted on June 11, 2018 by SpanishPlans

  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 →

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Quien fue… series

Posted on April 12, 2018 by SpanishPlans

One of my favorite books that I’ve added to my classroom library this year has actually been an authentic novel that is probably at the 3rd-5th grade reading level for native speakers, but has been a nice additional to my … Continue reading →

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FVR tutorials

Posted on April 8, 2018 by SpanishPlans

Printing your own FVR Booklets See our other tutorials on Youtube including: Creating your own FVR Booklets Creating a glossary for texts Printing your own booklets FVR accountability and ratings FVR recommendations Using MovieTalks as FVR readers Using student created … Continue reading →

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FVR reading with audiobooks

Posted on January 16, 2018 by SpanishPlans

If you are thinking to yourself, “Another post about FVR?!”, then I would suggest this book by the legend himself, Stephen Krashen, The Power of Reading. That book has focused my attention to reading as a way for students to … Continue reading →

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