¡Bienvenidos! After spending the last two years immersed in wonderful Spanish teacher blogs, I have finally decided that it is time to contribute. I can honestly say I have no idea how I would have gotten through my first two years of teaching without all of the resources, advice, tips, and tricks that many have (unknowingly) and graciously shared with the public. I am forever grateful for the routines and lessons that I have acquired from others blogs and more recently from the #langchat community on Twitter.
So as a desperate first year teacher, I went exploring on my new favorite website at the time Pinterest and started to build my own curriculum. It was here that I found links to the wonderful blogs and websites that literally saved my teaching career. At first these included: The Creative Language Class, Zambombazo, Musicuentos, Teaching Spanish: Thematic & AuthenticThe Comprehensible Classroom & Teachers Pay Teachers. But this list has expanded exponentially thanks to the blogs I have discovered through #langchat including some of my recent favorites: Somewhere to Share, Aventuras Nuevas, & La Clase de Sra. Dentlinger.
Allison Wienhold of Mis Clases Locas has a decade of experience as a #deptof1 secondary Spanish teacher in Iowa. She enjoys creating curricula using novels, films, and music. Allison provides professional development to World Language teachers, including being the keynote speaker at MALT and Comprehensible Iowa, and workshop presenter at dozens of state & regional organizations, school districts, AEAs, and virtual conferences.
Anonymous says
Welcome to the blogosphere!! Excited to read 🙂
Thank you so much Martina! Your blog and resources are amazing!
So glad you decided to start!!! Its amazing how much we all learn from each other's blogs! Love your classroom set up and am looking forward to hearing about all of your adventures!
Thank YOU for being on of my inspirations to start!
Really grateful you started this blog! This will help me so much in planning for my first year starting in August 🙂 Gracias!