Planning for the first few weeks of school is the hardest part of the year. There are so many logistics that are involved in getting started. You need to set out all of your procedures and routines while getting to know your students and engaging them in interactive ways. The first week with middle school spanish students is additionally challenging because you want to set a tone of Spanish Only, ... Read More about My first week with middle school Spanish
5 ways to improve your classroom organization
This post is going to focus on 5 things you can do to help yourself stay organized. Read more to learn about:1. Curriculum binders2. Email and Google Drive3. Collecting papers4. Documenting and reflection5. Calendars 1. Curriculum binders If you will be creating your own handouts for students, I suggest printing a copy for yourself and creating your own binder. Living in a ... Read More about 5 ways to improve your classroom organization
What to teach on the last day of Spanish class
Are you looking for a meaningful end of year activity to do with your Spanish students? I stumbled upon this wonderful activity with my own sixth grade, Spanish I students that I think you will love! It's low-prep and low-energy for teachers, but fun and rewarding for students. Win-win! My sixth graders finished our final unit with just two days to spare, and I found myself in a panic of what ... Read More about What to teach on the last day of Spanish class
Teaching empathy and social justice in Spanish class
Background I recently attended the Central States Conference for language teachers. I highly recommend it if you have the opportunity! Hands down the best workshop I attended over the 3 day period was titled "Teaching with Social Justice". Thank you to the presenters Karen Goering (@kbhawki) and Lindsey Camacho (@lindseyscamacho) for sharing their ... Read More about Teaching empathy and social justice in Spanish class
How to teach possessive adjectives in Spanish
I've reached the unit in my scope and sequence on possessive adjectives in Spanish..SNOOZE FEST! Thanks to some help from Sr. Jordan, I was able to flip this lesson and have student stake notes on their own while I was at an amazing conference soaking up fantastic ideas from inspiring teachers! Here are theย guided notesย I gave them to complete while watching his videos on ... Read More about How to teach possessive adjectives in Spanish
Project Based Learning in Spanish
How students designed their own cross-curricular service and research projects! If you read my article back in December, my students had just begun a project-based learning endeavor that they organically designed based on interest.ย I am happy to report that it was a great success and I am so proud of them for all their efforts! The project ended up taking about 3 weeks to complete. As ... Read More about Project Based Learning in Spanish
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