It's that time of the year that is dreaded  for students and teachers alike - back to school.  No one wants to have to know what day of the week it is... or set an alarm for 5am. 🙃 If you're feeling like...  the worst level of dread for back-to-school, you need some ✨ inspiration ✨ to remember why you get up every morning and do the wonderful things you do!...

How do you get teenagers to talk about health-related vocabulary and give advice when they think fast food is the ideal meal? You have them create "crazy people" and give the advice you taught them!...

Full disclosure - I never liked spending time putting things up on my bulletin boards.  There are sooooooo many things to do as a teacher - especially at the beginning of the school year. Stapling things to bulletin boards just never felt like the best way to spend my limited time . ...

Want a fun and engaging idea to wrap up your Clothing Unit? Do a Fashion Police Skit with your students! This skit works best with Spanish 1 or 2 students , but you could absolutely level up the requirements for upper-level students with more language skills....

You want to keep things fresh and new and engaging in your Spanish class, right? Here are 7 ideas for engaging writing activities that you can use for a ny level of Spanish and just about any topic!...

  Need an idea to get students speaking Spanish and practicing new vocab? Try this bingo-style whole-class speaking activity!...

Okay, so you've taught affirmative tú commands and negative tú commands to your Spanish students. Now what?? Let's give them a way to express themselves and use the language in a fun and engaging (and very targeted  🙃 ) way! Let's have them do a project.  😆 Step 1: Choose a format. What format do you want your students to use for the project?  💻Powerpoint?  🖥️Google Slides?  📝Paper?  Pick whatever format makes the most sense for your students.  Step 2: Decide your requirements.  Did your students learn both affirmative and negative tú commands? If so, have them include both. How many sentences do you want them to write?  What types of verbs do you want them to include? I require students to use a certain number of regular, stem-changing, and irregular verbs.  Do you want students to include an image? Let them know. Are you grading them on their grammar or a variety of vocabulary? Let them know. Step 3: Assign point values. All of your requirements need point valu...