Tag Archives: TPRS

Story with 5 Phrases

Posted on September 29, 2018 by

I was going through some old blog posts the other day and happened upon one that reminded me of an activity that I learned from Carol Gaab at the first annual Comprehensible Midwest. I ended up using it as a … Continue reading →

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Chapter Recaps with Images

Posted on September 17, 2018 by

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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Sprucing up a Story with Sound Effects

Posted on May 9, 2018 by

We all know that visuals are a great aide to comprehension. But there is another sensory that we can be targeting to add not only comprehension but also fun and humor to class stories. I’m talking about using SOUND EFFECTS. … Continue reading →

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Open House Parent Night

Posted on September 9, 2017 by

We just had our Back to School Open House night for parents this past week and I’d like to share a handout that you can give to parents to explain TPRS and using comprehensible input in your Spanish classroom.  This … Continue reading →

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TPRS Curriculum Year 1

Posted on September 4, 2017 by

Over the summer, I had time to organize the stories I teach. I was able to a document the story, its targeted vocabulary structures, grammar pop-ups and even cultural notes. This is for an 8th grade (second year of level … Continue reading →

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Incorporating Spanish Rejoinders

Posted on August 21, 2017 by

Last year I used our school’s poster maker to create a bulletin board of rejoinders that students could refer to during storytelling to react to the stories. Or when I would use one of the phrases, I could point to … Continue reading →

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What students are saying about FVR

Posted on May 17, 2017 by

In our most previous post, students shared how reading a novel in the target language made them feel, offering wonderful insight into the reading experience in the world language classroom. Another question we asked on a student survey, was for … Continue reading →

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Yellow Summary

Posted on December 6, 2016 by

Yellow Summary: A reading strategy for TPRS to get students to re-read with a purpose. Continue reading →

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Celebrity Face Masks

Posted on November 15, 2016 by

Oh my god, you guys!! Look who visited my class today!  I had my fan girl moment as Juanes was part of our class story. We’ve also had visits previously from Beyonce (not Bey-doce or Bey-trece), John Cena, Cristiano Ronaldo, … Continue reading →

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Verb Shout: TPRS Reading Activity

Posted on November 7, 2016 by

We just finished up our La Llorona Unit, which was our first story in Spanish 1 that we introduced in the past tense. Our prior stories this year were all present tense. Our Llorona story featured the background of the … Continue reading →

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