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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
- This is just f’ed up. twitter.com/istamembers/st… 1 day ago
- 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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Yellow Summary
Yellow Summary: A reading strategy for TPRS to get students to re-read with a purpose. Continue reading
Why I hate Pobre Ana
Ok, this post may be a bit controversial. But I’m hoping we can have an honest and open discussion here about a very popular teaching resource. I know many schools use the Pobre Ana series (Patricia va a California, Ana … Continue reading
Resources: Day of the Dead and Halloween
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
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Tagged authentic resources, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, halloween, Spanish readings
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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
Authentic Reading
In my advice unit, I usually have kids write a letter to “Dear Abby” asking for advice. Well, when we happened upon an Advice section from the Mexican teen magazine Tú, we hit the jackpot on authentic readings. We have … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, authentic resources, consejo, Spanish readings, tú
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