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!...

Imagine: You’ve got  30  way too many students in class and you have successfully coerced them into opening their mouths and speaking Spanish. Maybe they’re in partners, maybe it’s a group activity.  But now what? How do you grade them?...

Looking to keep things fresh and new without driving yourself crazy with planning and prep? Want to incorporate listening, speaking, reading, AND writing activities all in one class period, but aren't sure how?...

You know when you teach 3 or 4 (or 5… oh god or 6??) Spanish 1 sections… and one of the classes is highly motivated 🤓. And one of them can’t stop talking 🤪. One of them is right after lunch when everyone wants to sleep 🥱. Then the last one is full of jokesters 🤡 … like each class has its own personality....

How do you teach your students about allllll of the Spanish-speaking countries and cultures around the world? Let them do the research and present to the class!...

I have always found having a bell work assignment projected on the screen as students enter class to be an easy routine.  Students sit down and get started on something that is suuuuuuper easy for them to do, and will remind them of what we previously did or get them ready for that day's lesson. ...

This post should be called "How to structure your 50-minute Spanish class period so students listen, speak, read, and write Spanish every day", but that's way too long. 🙃 It's definitely not possible for students to do a listening activity AND a speaking activity AND a reading activity AND a writing activity absolutely every single day....

  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!...