One of Spanish II’s favorite days of the year was our class market. They loved that they got to eat a lot of food, I loved that they got to practice a real world skill and spent almost the entire class period speaking to each other completely in Spanish! My second year having a mercado was WAY better than year one’s thrown…
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As a teacher one of my first thoughts after finding out I was pregnant was, “what are my students going to do while I am gone!?!?” I knew that there was not a single sub in our tiny district that even spoke Spanish, so the odds were low that my students would be able to do a whole lot with…
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Inside: Música miércoles in Spanish class. What is música miércoles, why to do música miércoles, and ready to go música miércoles resources for Spanish class. My first popular post on this blog was about baile viernes, our routine of starting every Friday dancing to a Spanish song. So, I decided to go into more detail with baile viernes‘ older sister…
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What I learned my first two years teaching high school Listen to your students. If they tell you you are moving way too fast and they don’t get it, ASK them specific questions and LISTEN to what they have to say. Have students complete friday feedback to give you valuable information on what is working in class, and what needs to change….
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**See all of my El Internado resources sorted by episode HERE! I am sorry for being absent this past week. I spent nap time (AKA my free time) watching the entire season one of the Spanish TV series El Internado. I understand the craze now as I am absolutely hooked. I first became interested as I saw so many of the Spanish teachers…
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