Tag Archives: TPRS

Diana Trujillo: De Colombia a Marte

Posted on February 20, 2021 by SpanishPlans

By now, hopefully you’ve heard the name Diana Trujillo, the Colombia woman who came to the US at age 17 and is now a team leader at NASA working on the Perseverance Mars Rover. Her story is one that should … Continue reading →

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Drag and Drop Audio with Google Slides

Posted on September 8, 2020 by SpanishPlans

Now that most of us are giving classes virtually, how can we adapt our listening activities to an online format? Even if you are presenting it LIVE as a class over a video Meeting, it’s always best to provide an … Continue reading →

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Remote Learning: El Tigre Tiene Hambre

Posted on September 1, 2020 by SpanishPlans

Our second week of remote learning is underway and we wanted to share with you what we’ve been up to. My set-up All my students are working from home. I have the option to work from my classroom and I … Continue reading →

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Story with 5 Phrases

Posted on September 29, 2018 by SpanishPlans

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 SpanishPlans

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 SpanishPlans

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 SpanishPlans

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 SpanishPlans

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 SpanishPlans

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 SpanishPlans

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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