I love using drawing activities every once in a while in Spanish class because they feel new and different without being confusing....

Sometimes I think the most exhausting part of teaching isn’t even teaching. It’s constantly figuring out what to do next. What activity should I use? Will this fill the period? Is this too easy? Too hard? Will this actually work?...

That moment when your 50-minute lesson finishes in 32 minutes flat. 🥴 And now you’re standing there like… cool cool cool.   What exactly are we doing for the next 18 minutes??? We’ve all been there....

Teaching a Spanish food unit sounds simple. Until you actually sit down to plan it. Because now you’re trying to figure out: What food vocabulary should I include? How do I teach how foods taste without it getting repetitive? Where does ser vs estar fit in to this? How do I pace all of this so it doesn’t feel rushed… or drag on forever? And somehow, this turns into pulling activities from 5 different places and hoping it all works together. 🥴...

This blog post could also be titled "What to Do the Day Before Winter Break When Every Student Has Lost Their Minds". 🤪 I teach about Día de los Reyes (3 Kings' Day) in Spanish 1 classes the day before Winter Break, however it would also work great coming back from Winter Break. Since... you know... it's technically a January holiday. 😂...

I once had a boyfriend that “cOuLdN’t BeLiEvE” I was giving my high school students stickers on their quizzes. He didn’t think there was any way that teenage boys appreciated stickers....

I always worked in schools that required some multiple-choice tests. It’s great and all when students can fill in bubbles correctly and prove they learned something.   But I want to see them use the language. And that’s where an engaging project as an authentic assessment comes in!...