I used to have a recurring nightmare every single year that it was the first day of school and I had an entire class of kids in front of me and I had no lesson plans . No PowerPoint, no papers, no supplies whatsoever. Just me and a class of kids staring at me. I had to wing it and try not to give them the impression that I'm an unprepared buffoon. ...

Get students speaking Spanish and getting to know each other on the very first day of Spanish 1!   This activity would also work as a great review of Spanish for Spanish 2 students.  ...