You know when you plan that great lesson and it finishes 15 minutes before the bell rings... and you're like omg now what?? And the students stare at you like now what?? Yeah... it happens....

If you've got 10 minutes left of class time and you need another activity to fill time until the bell rings - charades could be what you're looking for. It takes almost zero prep beforehand , so you can easily make it look like you had this plan ned the whole tim e, and definitely intended to end the lesson with charades. ...

I inherited a class set of student white boards (about the size of a piece of paper) in my first teaching position and it was The 👏 Best 👏 Thing 👏 Ever 👏.  ...

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.  ...