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Get Ready for March Music Madness ’25: Participate in the Bracket Tournament!

Posted on January 7, 2025 by SpanishPlans

With a toddler and newborn, I haven’t posted as much as I would like the past year. But if there’s one thing that gets me foregoing sleep so I can work on creating… it’s the annual March Music Madness. We … Continue reading →

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SpanishPlansMMM March Music Madness 24

Posted on February 10, 2024 by SpanishPlans

The 11th annual March Music Madness tournament is approaching and teachers are gearing up. Our MMM24 homepage has what you need. Don’t miss what students consistently call their favorite part of the year. Our 2024 bracket features 16 current songs … Continue reading →

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Playlist and resources for MMM23

Posted on January 27, 2023 by SpanishPlans

Our playlists are out! You can listen to the 16 songs by the 23 artists who have been selected as finalists for the 2023 song of the year in our 10th annual March Música Madness tournament. With over 2 billion … Continue reading →

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Save the Date: March 6

Posted on January 17, 2023 by SpanishPlans

Less than 50 days. Since many teachers out there are able to plan ahead, we want to you save the date for March 6. That’s when our 10th annual Spanish music tournament kicks off. The nationwide tournament of 16 hit … Continue reading →

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Music Video Activities

Posted on March 2, 2021 by SpanishPlans

We talked about over 6 different activities you can use with lyrics of a song, so today we want to talk about ways you can provide comprehensible input and use the music video in your lesson. 1. MovieTalk One of … Continue reading →

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Beyond the Lyrics

Posted on March 1, 2021 by SpanishPlans

So you’ve played the song… You have a copy of the lyrics. But how else can you work with a song besides the traditional fill-in the missing lyric cloze activities? This post is all about getting the most of out … Continue reading →

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March Music Madness 2019

Posted on February 7, 2019 by SpanishPlans

Are you ready for this year’s March Music Madness? As one of the first teacher bloggers to write about the idea of March Music Madness, we are excited about our sixth annual tournament. This year’s bracket is as follows:

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March Music Madness 2018

Posted on January 30, 2018 by SpanishPlans

Hey ya’ll. We are super excited to annouce that we have finished the bracket for our 2018 edition of March Musica Madness. This year is going to be the best year yet. While we know this idea has probably been … Continue reading →

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Uploading to Lyrics Training

Posted on March 5, 2017 by SpanishPlans

Yesterday, we showed you how to create your own cloze activities on LyricsTraining.com. But what if the song you want to use as an activity isn’t there? Well, it’s easy to add a song by adding your own lyrics and … Continue reading →

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Lyrics Training Creating a Cloze

Posted on March 4, 2017 by SpanishPlans

If you are participating in March Music Madness, you probably have used a fill-in-the-blank Cloze activity before with a song. Perhaps, you’ve checked out the site lyricstraining.com. While this site was a great way for students to practice typing in … Continue reading →

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