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Facebook Contest Winners

Posted on September 15, 2015 by SpanishPlans

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 Jennifer C. and Annie R. Those 4 winners have been contacted by e-mail.
Due to the support of this contest, we hope to host more in the future! Didn’t win this time? Don’t feel bad, we’ve got a special offer just for you:

Our Facebook Project are now 10% off on TeachersPayTeachers until September 18th, 2015.

–Facebook Profile Editable Template
–Facebook Profile Project

And our Facebook Stamp is also on sale. Down to $14.99 for a limited time:
Buy it now:

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Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month

Posted on September 13, 2015 by SpanishPlans

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 a federal Mexican holiday (it’s a regional holiday celebrated in Puebla). If you are looking for ways to bring more culture into your classroom, check out our calendar of Hispanic Holidays. This free calendar can be embedded to your class website or to your own calendar to remind you of important days, or you can print a list of the holidays listed by month. Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged dias festivos, feriados, Hispanic Heritage, holiday, Holidays | 1 Comment

Facebook Giveaway

Posted on September 10, 2015 by SpanishPlans

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 again. (We have a second version here that you may have purchased instead, which is also updated). If you do not yet own a copy, you are in luck! We are announcing our Facebook Giveaway.

We are have 2 items available in our giveaway:
1) Facebook Profile and Newsfeed Project
2) “Me Gusta” rubber stamp

Enter our Giveaway clicking here. (Edit: Giveaway has now ended)

~~You have 5 ways to enter. This giveaway runs from September 10th to September 16th! Get your entries in now and be sure to share with your colleagues!~~

A reminder, you can also purchase our self-inking rubber Me Gusta Stamp or any amount of our rubber stamps exclusively in our store.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged contest, Facebook | 3 Comments

English Pop Music in Spanish

Posted on September 8, 2015 by SpanishPlans

What’s better than taking songs that your students already know and enjoy in 10 Spanish Versions of Popular English songs 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 songs.

The best part is that they have previous knowledge of the song, so the song is comprehensible. Although, it can also be a discussion of how the song is not a 100% word for word translation.

Kevin, Karla and la Banda are the most successful artists who translate English hits into Spanish. Check out their Spanish cover versions of Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, and more!
Listen to the Spanish version of Look what you made me do Continue reading →

Posted in Authentic Resource, Music | Tagged connections, engaging, música, music | 4 Comments

Passport Stamps

Posted on August 31, 2015 by SpanishPlans

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 objectives using I can statements. You can download our passport template here.

At the end of the unit, the students will stamp the objectives that they have completed. To do so, I made these passport stamps for all of the Spanish speaking countries including México, Perú, Costa Rica, Bolivia, and more. I also plan to use the facebook “Me Gusta” stamp for objectives stating their likes.

Passport with stamps USA Spanish Stamp

How would you use a “passport” in your classroom? What might students do to earn stamps? What other creative ways would you use these stamps? Tell us in the comments below!

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged passport, travel | 9 Comments

Classroom Scavanger Hunt

Posted on August 27, 2015 by SpanishPlans

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 questions words were located in the classroom, as well as having them find certain information by looking at the bulletin boards and posters, such as the translation for a movie, or the colors of a certain Flag.

This helps students realize that the the classroom itself is also a reference. We teachers spend a lot of time in organizing and decorating our classroom to help students. Using this scavenger hunt, it gets students up and moving, but lets them see the rich resources of information you have made available to them.

Posted in Lesson Plans | Tagged back to school | Leave a comment

Spanish Classroom Tour

Posted on August 24, 2015 by SpanishPlans

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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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged classroom, classroom decoration | 3 Comments

Inspire Travel

Posted on August 19, 2015 by SpanishPlans

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 add to your classroom decoration.

After creating the word “travel” digitally through maps, we decided we should offer our viewers the Spanish version.
The word viajar is spelled out with a map-font. Click on the image to enlarge.

Our next set was inspired by Continue reading →

Posted in Bulletin Boards | Tagged classroom decoration, decoration, posters, travel | 1 Comment

Classroom 2015

Posted on August 17, 2015 by SpanishPlans

Got into my classroom today and am making some progress on decorating. Wanted to share what I’ve got so far; perhaps an idea might inspire you.

I love using plastic tableclothes for bulletin boards. They are so easy to put up. They cling to the background, I use a pushpin to hold them into place as I cut it perfectly at the edge. And it’s cheap: I pick these up at the dollar store. They will last for several years. Continue reading →

Posted in Bulletin Boards | Tagged bulletin boards, classroom decoration, decoration, travel | 5 Comments

Authentic Resources sobre La Escuela

Posted on August 3, 2015 by SpanishPlans

These authentic resources are perfect for a school unit in your Spanish class or to use at the beginning of the school year.

Check out our experience from working in a Colombian School to compare the US school system with that from a rural community in the coffee region of Colombia.

Pictures of “Back to School” Ad from Colombian store “Exito”:

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