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After tying in the semifinals twice, CALMA became this year’s winner in my classroom. 6th champion in 7 years. #MarchMusicaMadness #spanishteacher #locurademarzoSemifinals today! #locurademarzo #marchmusicanadness #maniamusical #spanishteacherIn need of an activity for the period? Play an audiobook of a chapter and have students draw what is happening. After I explain necessary background info (in target language, of course), we listen to the audiobook version. Takes up whole period. @fluencymatters #fluencymatters #tprsbooks #ciworks #comprehensibleinput #elekeko #spanishteacherSearch for this blog post on SpanishPlans.org #FVR #TPRS #spanishteacherLet’s stop pretending that Spanish class is just about memorizing verb endings! Communication happens through being an exchange of comprehensible utterances and negotiation of meaning. We need to empower our students to build their fluency! Knowing verb forms does not a communicator! #CIworks #spanishteacher #conjugation #language #learnlanguagesAnother way to practice lyrics of songs: check out our tutorials of using #lyricstraining by searching on SpanishPlans.orgWorld Language SLO
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- RT @d70profe: We have a winner!!! Calma by Pedro Capó is the 2019 March Música Madness Winner and will hang in the "rafters" of room 128 @H… 5 hours ago
- Printing the warm-up activity for the Monday when we come back from break. Write/Draw what you did over break. https://t.co/AIsDWasM3G 5 hours ago
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- RT @ProfeMurray: Instead of translating problematic phrases in a reading, those Ss that understood led the way as we rewrote them in more f… 1 day ago
- By golly, it finally happened. We have a 41-41 tie in our #MarchMusicaMadness semi-final. Which song would YOU vote… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2 days ago
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Tag Archives: Holidays
Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month
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 … Continue reading
Cesar Chavez Day
March 31 is Cesar Chavez Day. Here are some resources to teach your students about this important American. Same video in Spanish. Youtube also has a PBS document “Chicano: Stuggle in the Fields.” My students already have some knowledge of … Continue reading
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
Hispanic Heritage Month Post 4
During Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15) we will be posting articles and information relating to the impact of Latinos in the United as well as looking at their culture from their home countries. The goal of this … Continue reading
Cinco de Drinko
Take a look at the above calendar of Mexican Holidays. Take a closer look. What’s missing? Mexico’s America’s favorite holiday: Cinco de Mayo. Or as they refer to it in Mexico: Cinco de Drinko. That is because Mexicans get a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Lesson Plans, Resources
Tagged cinco de mayo, culture, hispanic, Holidays, latino
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Día de los Muertos
It’s October, and if you’re a Spanish teacher that means getting ready for Halloween and the Day of the Dead. We’ve compiled some of the best resources around to give you a one stop shop for great teaching materials. Readings … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Resources
Tagged calaveras, culture, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, halloween, Holidays
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Columbus Day
Most schools around the country have Monday off in recognition of Columbus Day. In Latin America, most countries also recognize this day as “Día de La Raza“, although in Costa Rica it is called “Día de la Culturas” but in … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History
Tagged Colon, Columbus, Cristóbal Colón, Dia de la Raza, Holidays
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Laminas sobre la Independencia de Mexico
Estas laminas son de México sobre la Independencia. There are 4 pictures, and the back contains the information describing the pictures or events depicted on the front. Pictures are quite large. To download, right click and choose “Save As”. You … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Resources
Tagged fiestas patrias, Grito, Hidalgo, Holidays, Independence, independencia, laminas, mexico, Morelos, Nueva Espana
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5 Things You Didn’t know about 5 de Mayo
5 Things you Didn’t know about Cinco de Mayo: 1: When: May 5th, 1862. Unlike Independence Day, celebrated September 15 and 16th, which is the largest national celebration, Cinco de Mayo is only celebrated regionally and in fact, is celebrated … Continue reading
