Teaching is sometimes... really hard. Like really really hard. 🥴...

  Sometimes it's easy to make and give students a quiz on the vocab and/or grammar they've been learning. Don't get me wrong - I'm not hating on quizzes. But sometimes you want to give students more creative freedom to put together a skit or project to show off their Spanish language skills....

It can seem hard to keep my Spanish skills up when I spend all day with Spanish 1 students, where I have to speak… super… slow… and… ee-NUN-see-ay-ted… Spaaaaaniiiiisssshhhh… ¿entiendes? Have you ever spoken real Spanish to a native-speaking student and had them be surprised that you *actually* speak Spanish? Not just that super slow enunciated Spanish they hear in Spanish 1 class?...

If your lessons are going well this year, you should reuse them next year! Because it'll be waaaaay easier.  If you save your files digitally, here are some tips to make sure your desktop isn't a dumpster fire and next year can be suuuuuper easy with lesson planning....

At a certain point, students notice that they have learned two different verbs for "to be".  ¿Cómo estás ? Estoy bien. How are you ? I am good. ¿De dónde eres ? Soy de California. Where are you from? I am from California....

Digital, Engaging, Free… You’ll DEFinitely love them! Get it? D igital, E ngaging, F ree… DEF initely?! I know, I’m so clever. *takes a bow* I'll be here all week... 🤪...

I have always found myself going back to the same types of speaking activities unit after unit, year after year. They’re easy for me to plan. After a while though, kids eyes glaze over and they’re like, “Oh, we’re doing THIS activity again?” *insert teenagers rolling their eyes and looking as disinterested as possible* If you’re looking for some fresh new ideas to broaden your teacher toolkit and include some variety in your lessons this year – look no further!...