Miss Señorita: lesson planning
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!...
  If you've ever been tasked with teaching "reflexive verbs" or "the preterite" or "travel vocabulary" - you already know this isn't as easily done as it is said. "The Preterite Tense" for example is a beast of a tense with lots of exceptions (looking at you - verbs that add Y in some forms but not all forms) ....
When you're teaching new Spanish vocabulary words, you want students to get all sorts of practice listening, speaking, writing, and reading these new words.   Because how else are they going to master them? ...
I always felt like I was barely keeping up in 8th grade math. But I was keeping up.  The barely part was stressful though....
You ever wonder how you can easily teach calendar vocabulary in Spanish 1? Here are 3 tips to make it seamless and comprehensible!...
This post could also be called "How to teach the Spanish Alphabet so good that you have to ban students from singing it" .  Or "For heaven's sake - it's March, please stop singing that song" . For the record, I've only had to ban one class from continuing to sing the alphabet song well into March.  That class was full of overly enthusiastic 7th-grade girls. 🙃 ...
The first year is the hardest. Seriously. If you're in your first year now, just know that IT GETS BETTER . And easier. ...
There are probably a billion different ways to create long-range plans. I have found them to be indispensable when it comes to lesson planning. It takes some time to sit down and plan things out, but it's well worth it in the long run. Here's how I make mine. 👇 ...
Lesson planning can be a MONSTER. It's this continual chore and sometimes I have felt like I'm barely ahead. And that's stressful! ...
Have you ever looked at your calendar and realized - wholly crap the midterm is 3 weeks away and I still have 6 weeks worth of material to teach! I know I've been there. #firstyearteacherproblems #andsecondyeartoo I have some tips to help you out in this moment of crisis and to help you avoid it in the future!...